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[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] viperc:
I'm getting about 6 hours sot from 90% to about 19%. Not as good as I expected.

Edit: above usage with 120hz setting. For mine, the SOT fluctuates. On one of the days, the SOT was only 4hrs. Trying to find out what's taking up the usage.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Andolss:
It would be helpful if you write if you use 60 or 120 hz.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
Battery life on 5 II is very good, SOT, 7-8h, aprox.30+hour.. 120Hz
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] viperc:
Wow, that's a big difference. Really got to find out what's using the battery on mine.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
Is now at, 46%, 28hrs, 5h8min. 120Hz. Not bad sony, not bad.

Moderate use (some calls, wifi/3g, browsing, yt, etc.)
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
Some SS
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
More screenshot:)
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] matty100147:
thats crazy screen time, how does your google play services say only used for 25mins?? for me today google play services has been used for 7hrs25mins so far and its only mid afternoon i have no idea why its always on...even though google play services only uses up around 4% battery each day for me it always says used for around 10hrs each day, any tips on how i can get mine down to a respectable 25mins like yours?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Finneri:
Sony phones has some miraclemagic in their batteries, very good results indeed. I tested last two cycles, first with 120hz and another one with 60hz.

120hz: 100-1%, 9h 30min SOT during 41h time period.

60hz: 100-1%< 11h 36min SOT during 48h time period.

Mostly on wifi at home, lot of videos, social media and web surfing.

Power consumption at idle state is the best. I have had 4 mornings in a row with the same battery percent that was last night. 0% consumption during night. Gotta love it.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
Very good battery life, with 120Hz enabled.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] frostitomik:
Do you guys actually use the "Battery saving mode" function? You know that charging the battery to 100% and discharging to 1% slowly kills the battery lifespan? That's why Sony developed this technology, so why not use it? I have set mine to 80% and charge my phone every day so my battery never goes over 80% or below 20%...
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Finneri:
I actually don't use the saving mode but usually charge the phone up to 80-90%. Mostly to 90% so the battery stats resets. And then use it to 30-20% before charging. For me these extreme, 100 to 1%- cycles are just tests.

And you are half right about the lifespan getting shorter if you do that all the time. Battery does not like being full or empty, it wears the battery more quickly. I usually charge the battery to full capasity if I know that I'll use it right after. That way it won't stay fully loaded long. Charging over night and keeping it in 100% for 6-7 hours every night, that kills your battery quicker. For that, the saving mode is very good.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
I put it on the charger while at 15-20% to 100%.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] frostitomik:
I think the battery saving mode is a fantastic feature that you won't find in phones from other brands. I like this phone so much that I am planning to keep it for as long as possible, so I want the battery to last. I am not very optimistic that there will be any better phones in the near future... Unless Sony ****s up some future updates, I am just going to stick with this phone phone.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] badlipe:
Asus has it as well, in both ROG and Zenfones
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
Update.. 120Hz enabled.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] jdilla1987:
Used it heavily today. Could've easily got another 30 mins.

Loving the battery life thus far. Been easily hitting 8hrs+ of SOT day in and day out.

120hz all day.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] enekomh:
I was the first to post my impressions and I complained about having fairly poor battery life. Well, I got tired of it and I started doing a few tests. One day I disabled bluetooth and location services altogether and by the end of the day I still had 60% battery left with 3 hours SoT, I left the phone overnight without charging and by the end of the second day I was on 15% of battery and 6 hours 50 minutes SoT. Fantastic.

Therefore the issue had to be either bluetooth or location services. I enabled only bluetooth and I was getting slightly worse figures but nothing dramatic (around 5% battery increase every day with several wearables connected, including a Wear OS smartwatch). Meaning the culprit behind my battery drain are location services.

And this is the weirdest. Even if I don't use any app that takes advantage of location battery plumets extremely fast barely scrapping 6 hours in a single day.

So I guess I now need to figure out what part of the location services is consuming so much juice.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zujko:
120Hz enabled.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] homerlovesbeer:
8.5 hours screen time today on a 90% charge with 19% battery left. No stamina mode and used normally.

I'm blown away by this!

https://i.vgy.me/fws95r.png
[Sony Xperia 5 II 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 5 II'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 5 II 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 5 II'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 5 II 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 5 II'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 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Sony Xperia 5 II 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 5 II is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Sony Xperia 5 II is a beautiful phone.

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[General Topics] STL.Mogul:
Okay, so I decided to give the proggy a try today, and here's what happened...

I made it so that it was just about the exact size of HTC Home. However, it is cutting off a bit of the right side of the HTC Home Screen, and it does not have any animation. When I slide the screen to the right or left, it just disappears. I DO have it set to cube.

Anyone have any ideas??

-W&P
[General Topics] TheChampJT:
Sounds like you only have one tab.
[General Topics] joshrys:
go into the settings and see if you have left/right margins setup. I think by default it sets it to 2, try setting to 0
[General Topics] legacydevice:
I like what you can do with ultimate launch; I'd buy it, except it freezes my titan pretty consistently, even after a hard reset with virtually nothing else installed. Thus instead of buying it, I've had to uninstall the demo and look for another solution.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Sony Xperia 5 II 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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[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] mhsbrian:
Everything about this phone feels high quality in its day to day use. The screen is amazing, the body feels light and solid, speaker audio for phone calls is fantastic.

There is only one thing so far that I will say that is low quality or a bad decision from Sony in this device...the vibration motor. I wish they would have not used a soft motor.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] yekollu:
And for me, the whole phone vibrates like Hell
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] mhsbrian:
So that is the issue, motor is more of a wider spread vibration rather than almost a dense thud like samsung or apple have, my oneplus 7pro had it and I have to say, I miss that type of feedback. But it's a small sacrifice I believe among other things.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] yekollu:
I like the vibrarion on my Xperia 5 though... it is subtle but you can still feel it and does not rattle the phone
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] WarVic:
I wish it was the only sacrifice. Apparently it is not. I still can't understand why Sony removed Wireless charging option and put that bloody Google button. Those two things are deal-breakers for me for $980 smartphone. For $700 - no complains.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] yekollu:
The Google button is bloody annoying... Coming from an Xperia 5, my muscle memory still thinks it is a Power button

Never had wireless charging on any of my previous phones and do not really miss it but yes, it would have been a good addition...

What i really miss is the Xperia Albums, Email app and Xperia actions
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Tudor M:
Any other impressions, comparing the phone with Xperia 5? ?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Sopur:
I think, the vibration motor is just too loud! its not mute anymore. Also the google-button: i would like to have it deaktivated - isnt this possible?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] mhsbrian:
Honestly the Google button to me isn't annoying at all, I just think it's unnecessary. I will really like it if Sony adds the ability to customize it to any app because for me I would absolutely love to map it to change the volume status instead of it being a software toggle. So you tap it, vibrate mode, you tap it again, back to normal. Let's hope for some type of mod that can achieve this in the future or Sony release.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Sony Xperia 5 II 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 5 II Real Life Review] bootlessjam:
This is somehow my biggest problem with this phone. As others have established, it's one slippery, tall boi. Even with my fairly large hands, using android you tend to end up cradling it with your hands around the bottom of the phone. Then its so top heavy that I've almost had it flip out of my hand multiple times now.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] mlerota:
So slippery that I can barely hold it in my hands. Every pick up from the pocket in the open is a risk. What's the point of making quality and premium glass if you can't hold it without a rubber case. You wont see this luxury when case is on. I also have large hands and it's almost impossible to get to the top when you need back arrow in some apps. 16:9 aspect ratio is not so bad but I prefer the normal one like on Galaxy S20. But then again on Galaxy you wont get stock Android experience. That's why I choose this phone over S20. The others are just too big (>6.2 inch) for my taste.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] zwirek75:
Yes, its too slippery. But its easy to fix with a kinesio tape :) or any better looking tape.

And since yesterday I am testing "IMAK HYDROGEL III PROTECTION FILM BACK" - and looks and feels ok :)
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] arturiu:
I use a slim transparent case and got the slippery thing solved
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Deleted member 11223717:
I waiting for a case to arrive. There is no Sony Xperia 5 ii case in Oaxaca, Mexico. It's like handling an ice cube or a wet trout.
[Sony Xperia 5 II 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 5 II. 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 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Sony Xperia 5 II's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.

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[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] bujinkan01:
sadly the xperia 5ii doesnt even come close to my p30 pro in brightness outside,

Very disapointent but ok it has other strengths
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] homerlovesbeer:
No issues at all with mine. It may not be ultra bright but I can still see the screen more than ok.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] chgr:
I can say 5 II is brighter than Xperia 5.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] :
I was concerned because a few reviews mentioned a lack of brightness. I'm sure it's not as bright as some but where I live is very bright and it works. I have a bigger problem my my face reflecting on the screen if the sun is right.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] WarVic:
Just got my Xperia 5 II few days ago. Put it side by side with Pixel 4 and noticed straight away that the Pixel screen is better - brighter, no blue tint when looking at it from the angle, better colours. Outdoor (bright sun) visibility is clearly worse than on dirt cheap Pixel 4 which is very disappointing. Considering that in Pro mode you have only a half of the screen as a viewfinder, taking pictures at bright sunny day conditions become a pain in the ass a bit.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] patrickt:
I had disabled the auto-brightness and set the brightness to the highest level. Then I read that the highest level set that way was not as high as the highest level with adaptive brightness. So, I turned on adaptive brightness and it does seem to work, totally subjective, a bit better. I'm still not happy with the screen in sunlight.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] robi101012981:
Exactly, this phone unfortunately doesn't worth its price tag :(
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] patrickt:
I like the phone. It was worth it for me. I understand it wasn't for you.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] robi101012981:
I don't understand why you like it, cause the battery life it's mediocre...I don't get more than 6h sot on WiFi,on mobile data I can barely get the 4h sot mark, camera quality it's bad,so why do you like it?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] patrickt:
A. I prefer photography to computational photography

B. I don't play games, don't do Facebook, and don't need 6 hr. screen on each day

C. I charge by phone each night before bed, up to 80%, and the next evening it's at 50% at worst.

D. I like the Photo Pro interface

E. I like the photographs I get

F. I was spending my money. You can spend yours on Samsung or Huawei if you want.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] robi101012981:
I would easily pick P40 Pro/Mate 40 pro if they would have GMS, but I can't live without Google, so my only alternative to a good camera was Sony, at least this was my hope...Samsung I don't like it, I honestly hate this brand because they're selling overpriced phones without a reason, and they make market differences(Exynos in some countries, snapdragon in another country).

About charging, yes, I also have Battery care set on auto and I charge my phone overnight, but yeah, I spent some time on social media so my hope was that battery should be better, but this was false, unfortunately :(

That's why Sony sales are so low because phones are not so good as they say, or maybe I was a little bit unlucky and got a faulty unit(unlucky that I only have 1 year of warranty)
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] patrickt:
I think sales are low because people prefer a point-and-shoot camera that takes great photos for them. That is Huawei and Samsung. My sister said she preferred photos from my Huawei p40 pro. I said I preferred taking photos with my Xperia 5 II.

I have my fun taking photos.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] robi101012981:
I would also have fun if the phone would focus properly, but unfortunately it can't do this :(
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] patrickt:
I think we've settled on my enjoying my Xperia 5 II and you don't like yours. I'm happy. You're not. That's life.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the Sony Xperia 5 II's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.

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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lionseal:
i have looked every where for a a simple but effective today plugin but just cant find what i want. is there anybody here who would make one for me for a donation or show me how to do it myself.....

i have a toshiba 701 with 320x240 non touch screen.

just need:

date / time / network on one line,

then 3 lines of calender,

then last three emails received,

then last text received

with a black background to save battery.

any takers....???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] knownboyofno:
have u looked at batterystatus? it will do everything u want u just need to look into that.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lionseal:
Thank you, just had a look but it has far too many other things. i dont want to see the screen covered in icons - just need my data...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] knownboyofno:
install the default skin and u will see it doesn't have to cover ur screen http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=270751 check out this link and u will see it can be one line or more.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lionseal:
thank you. i have had a look at battery stauts but is far more sophisticated than i need. can i offer you a whole round of beers to make me a simple plugin??

also sorry for starting a new thread. did not know about the thread for all questions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] galaxys:
Many battery status themes are simple, already created, and easy to try. Take a look at my space saver one on post#666 of the BS Theme thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=350510

Also, there are many more nice ready to go themes there! good luck
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lionseal:
they are all with touch screens. i have a non touch screen...

there is a perfect one in thread 654 but it looks touch screen and also where do i get it?
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
If you're colorblind, please disregard this thread. Rate this thread to express how you deem the color saturation and accuracy of the Sony Xperia 5 II's display. A higher rating indicates that you think that color accuracy is very high and saturation is excellent.

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[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
The Sony Xperia 5 II has a crazy crisp display. Just kidding, this is automated text so who knows if this screen is any good. So, you be the judge! A higher rating indicates that it's extremely sharp and clear, and that you cannot see pixels with your naked eye.

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[Sony Xperia 5 II 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 Sony Xperia 5 II'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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[Sony Xperia 5 II 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 Sony Xperia 5 II'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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[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Sony Xperia 5 II'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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[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] chgr:
Wifi speed is much faster on 5 II than on 5:

Did not measure but file transfer through wifi is at least 1.5 times faster.
[Sony Xperia 5 II Real Life Review] Yakkosmurf:
Wifi signal is better than my P30 Pro. I only have a Wifi-5 network in my house, but the Xperia 5 II is able to consistently get 350Mbps speeds both up and down from the main rooms in my house. It even exceeds the performance of my P30 Pro outside in the yard and on the porch.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] anandus:
Hi,

I've got a PC, a laptop with wifi and my Artemis.

Now, I connect to the internet on my PC through cable, and I use Activesync (through USB) to do internet-stuffs on my phone.

But now I'd like to share the internet on the phone through wifi with my laptop?

Is this possible?

I've seen the hack to change the internet sharing "PC connection" from bluetooth to wifi (regedithack Privateinterface), but the "network connection" only shows my GPRS-connection, not Activesync.

How can I change that?

I *assume* I need to change the registry-key for PublicInterface?

But into what do I need to change it?

Or do I need some kind of proxy-software or something?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] anandus:
Nobody has an idea?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] guilleglad:
help

hey man i'd like to know that too, if you figured it out some way please tell me how to do it, thank you. :(
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] josefcrist:
i would also like to know.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] n4p1:
Me too, but i think its imposible w/o additional software on ppc.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] Simon Andrew:
I'd be really glad to hear there's a solution to this too, as I need to use Activesync simultaneously with allowing internet access to my laptop (would save me a few bob on mobile BB when I'm out in the car).

However its done, count me in. Any idea if/where this software can be found.

Regards all,

Simon.
[Sony Xperia 5 II 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 Sony Xperia 5 II's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

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