Hello Xda. I have a Sony Xperia Z, stock rom, locked bootloader , non-rooted and with android 4.3 (10.4.B.0.569, Belgium version). All of my games lags on this device ( asphalt 8 , subway surf, even fruit ninja sometimes). Except games, nothing lags (menu, transition between apps etc). I tried many of the 10.4.B.0.569 build versions (singapore, switzerland, australia version ) but nothing changes. Strangely is that on .267 version the menu, album, camera was laggy, but not the games. Anyone knows what can I do to resolve the lag problem? (root or changing the phone from stock isn't an option, because I don't want to lose warranty).
You won't lose warranty by rooting mate..
Xperia Z
DragosBad said:
Hello Xda. I have a Sony Xperia Z, stock rom, locked bootloader , non-rooted and with android 4.3 (10.4.B.0.569, Belgium version). All of my games lags on this device ( asphalt 8 , subway surf, even fruit ninja sometimes). Except games, nothing lags (menu, transition between apps etc). I tried many of the 10.4.B.0.569 build versions (singapore, switzerland, australia version ) but nothing changes. Strangely is that on .267 version the menu, album, camera was laggy, but not the games. Anyone knows what can I do to resolve the lag problem? (root or changing the phone from stock isn't an option, because I don't want to lose warranty).
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its wierd because it lags... serioulsy..maybe u have a phone with faulty hardware.
You can Try the Repair-option in the Sony PC companion. be AWARE that you might lose all your data, but the program will warn you again if this risk exists.
A better option would be to flash a Stock rom with flashtool and datawipe unticked. If you feel unsure about using flashtool, this thread should help. If, after reading it you still feel unsure, ask me via PM, I might be able to help you.
If you don't want to mess around with flashing and things like that, you can tap settings/about phone/build number a few times and play with the developer options, especially the categoty "hardware-accelerated rendering". be aware that the developer options can (very very rarely) have unexpected behavour like forceclosing apps. It has been a long while since it last happened to me, but just go untick whatever you did and it will be fine again. do not simulate a secondary screen if you have that option.
I have this lag as well. I have not been able to identify why.
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logcating the phone gives lots of vsync delay messages, could be the problem. (use logcat extreme and see for yourself.)
Coirpre said:
logcating the phone gives lots of vsync delay messages, could be the problem. (use logcat extreme and see for yourself.)
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Do you know how to disable logcat?
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Do you know how to disable logcat?
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needs to be kernel-level. but why would you want that?
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needs to be kernel-level. but why would you want that?
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To free the system resources it takes up to write it. Besides, logcat files could take up several hundred megabytes of internal memory on my I9100.
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I play a stupid game called Kiwi Dash, after a while the phone gets hot, really hot, on the back, next to the camera, you know, where the processor is located
Well, when it gets hot the lags appears, I had previously a CPU meter and I came to the conclusion that when it gets hot it slows down the CPU, one time in the summer it reached 50 celsius, even the home screen was laggy! So I bet that our foe is the overheated CPU....
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To free the system resources it takes up to write it. Besides, logcat files could take up several hundred megabytes of internal memory on my I9100.
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never had that problem with the i9100, but I'm sure you can find a kernel with logs disabled somwhere in the Original Android Development sub-forum...
reptile64 said:
I play a stupid game called Kiwi Dash, after a while the phone gets hot, really hot, on the back, next to the camera, you know, where the processor is located
Well, when it gets hot the lags appears, I had previously a CPU meter and I came to the conclusion that when it gets hot it slows down the CPU, one time in the summer it reached 50 celsius, even the home screen was laggy! So I bet that our foe is the overheated CPU....
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It is well known that this device has a overheat protection "thermal throttling". It slows down the CPU if the phone is in danger of overheating. you could try to run the game at 720p instead of 1080 via xposed module to see if it is easier on the chips. but the hardware stays 1080p, so the load on the chips wil stay comparatively high...
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Hi guys,
my phone is warming after a short time playing (angry birds, modern combat, or other games), or web browsing, or when I using a navigation app for a half an hour or more (igo or sygic aura). In this case I have to remove the battery because the phone is freezing and doesn't respond. I can feel a very hot area in the back, next to the camera led (I suppose the processor is there).
Does anybody else have a problem like this?
I have the v10a soft, I cannot upgade it because my phone can't find any update via pc suite or fota.
If I could find a solution for this and the video rating problem, it could be the best pfone for me
baseband: XMM6160
Kernel: 2.6.32
Build number: FRG83G
soft: v10a
Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english
try to install a costum rom.maybe that will help you.i had the same problems with my phone..usually after i made a call.i sold that phone and bought another OB.
Isnt that normal for playing games? Mine gets hot too when playing angry bords but i thought thats normal as the cpu has to work more. The same when watching video
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yep, but what about navigation? When I'm going to a long trip I can't use it becausse of freezing...
Most android devices have this prob. Maybe p970 has all plastic body so the heat can't be distributed well.
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lesp4ul said:
Most android devices have this prob. Maybe p970 has all plastic body so the heat can't be distributed well.
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maybe, but I had a motorola defy before this (same os and nav. apps), and it was working well, without warming
I know that phone is much "stronger", but I think my Optimus warming is not acceptable. It is not just hot, it is freezing.
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It is not just hot, it is freezing.
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hehe, i understand what you mean but that's kind of a funny expression, hot and cold at the same time!
but i don't have that problem that apps freeze except on occasion the browser hangs when i'm on some websites with flash (flash is the root of all evil!) so it might be something wrong with your device.
My OB heats quite a lott when charging but oyjerwisr it is ok.
Have uou tried yo underclock with CPU utility?
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Not too sure. I don't use navigation apps, but I do have a custom rom. It does feel a little warm after constantly playing Angry Birds, but not when I'm surfing the web (maybe coz I'm only using wifi?)
I am currently testing an LG OB P970, but I have an issue with it: the phone starts heating up and the battery is drained very fast. This is the typical scenario for my problem:
- if I use the WiFi or 2g/3g connection everything is ok
- when I make the first voice call: the phone starts heating up
- after I end the call: the phone remains warm long after the voice call was ended
- starting with the voice call initiation moment, the battery is draining very fast: 1% each minute in standby (while the phone is being charged!)
- battery temperature reaches 39-40 celsius (although the most warm area is NOT the battery but the upper part of the phone, right under the LG logo - probably the RF module is "guilty")
- I have to reboot the phone to stop this effect
- everything start over again if I make a voice call...
I must mention that this phone is a demo phone and that it was intended for testing purposes. I has a "not for sale" label printed on the body, under the back cover. The IMEI is something like 35xxxxx00000001. So it's no surprise that it has problems.
The phone came with the V10 firmware version. I've updated to this version:
- V20N_00 rooted version (upgraded from a rooted V10 by using CWM and NOT the official .kdz file since I was unable to root the official V20N_00)
- build number GRJ22
- baseband XMM6160
- android 2.3.4
- kernel 2.6.35
My mission is to determine if the heating issue is caused by a software
problem (solvable) or because of the 'probably' early hardware revision (NOT solvable).
I need answers to the following questions:
- is the firmware for the Radio module embedded in the main firmware of the phone?
- if the radio rom is not embedded in the main rom, then where can I find a software update for the Radio module?
thank you for your support
For me this looks like defective hardware. My OB gets hot only when I'm chargin from the socked and watch youtube - back of the phone gets very hot.
Yes, I have a confirmation that it is a hardware problem for the demo/sample phones. Now I'm running CM7 but I still have the same issue.
Well until recently i was using the stock kernel and stock ROM but after i got my OB rooted and got CM in it,it has started to heat after i play games(in 30 mins) or while browsing.
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Defy really hot OB warm
My OB heats up to around 45 degrees Celsius but that's better than my Motorola Defy I had that would heat up to around 65 degrees celsius, go into emergency calls only, constantly freeze and restart from just browsing using cellular data.
what rom are you using?
Hello.
Had the same problem, and sent the phone to repair under warranty.
I'll be picking it tomorrow. I've been informed that a ribbon (screen connector maybe?) has been replaced inside the phone. I'll try to gather more info when picking it up and i'll know if this fixed the issue or not.
BG
Hello again.
Well, the phone seems fixed, but...
After receiving it, the same problem was occurring and the call quality seemed worst with some "white noise" on the background.
Returned to shop, complained, they took the phone inside for half an hour and when they returned me the phone, claiming they had done nothing more, the white noise was gone and the phone never got over 30 degrees Celsius, even in long calls...
So i guess it really was an hardware issue.
BG
it's normal on OB, try to free RAM on closing background running processes
Girl friend tooks hers back over heating problems. Koodo put a new battery in and all is good.
Hello guys...
well... this is will be my first flash using android tools ((from symbian i'm quite used to it)).... this is my second android ((today I own a Xperia Z1 and before a Motorola Razr i, which i never flashed))...
and I have some questions regarding this flashing procedure.... some one mind just clarify me around some doubts ??
1 - after I flashed my mobile and if I regret, can i reinstall the flash the sony fw in the same way? i mean, download it from sonymobile.com and flash it? is this works?
2- these custom roms to Z1 ((cyanogem, miui, and so on)) are the pure android with sony drivers OR are they the same from sony but modified? I'm asking this because i like ((and use so much)) the sony features like stamina, throw, screen mirroring ((I use this one a lot to play on my tv))... If these ""sony features"" doesn't come ""out of box"" when I flash a custom rom, can i install them later?? I never saw any video showing these stuffs or any at all...
3- these custom roms can I enable and disable animations and other things to enhance my phone?? because with my previous phone ((Motorola Razr i)) i was able to do this and much more, and this save battery a lot... can I do this?? if yes, mind to attach a screenshot to show what can do? I was reading many other forums ((including from sonymobile) and even there they complain about drain battery and random freezes, just like I'm having these days....
4 - Ok... i read a lot but I couldn't understand exactly what is TWRP.... mind to explain as if i 6yo?? =)
5 - Is it normal to screen not shows up when I press the power button to ""wake up"" the screen?? I mean... sometimes i want to check my phone, and when I press the Power button the screen just freezes in black, not showing anything .... and just show something after some seconds ((ten or more)) or after i press the Power button for some seconds as if i want to shut it down.... this happens more ""often"" if i press the Power button to lock and after 2, 3 seconds i have the need to use the phone again ((which this never happen with my Razr i))...
6 - my phone heats a lot.... i mean.... a really lot.... is that normal?? i was reading about this and many other z1 owners complains from this same thing...
thanks in advance =)
1. Yes
2. If you install cyanogen or other AOSP roms, you need to unlock bootloader. also you will loose stamina mode and other sony features. i dont think you can get them back, look around in other sections.
3. It could. Honestly, my z1 hasn't frozen on me ever. I am on stock rooted 761 fw. If you want to disable animations go to developer options and disable the animations there, you can do it both in stock sony and aosp.
4. Twrp is a recovery, you need it to flash roms and do backups of your phone. Team win recovery project.
5. I do not know if its normal as my z1 is very responsive, no delay in screen opening time even when i underclocked the cpu to 1.7Ghz
6. Yes it does tend to heat up after prolonged gaming etc. You can lessen it by underclocking. It works trust me
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mahalkosijoy said:
1. Yes
2. If you install cyanogen or other AOSP roms, you need to unlock bootloader. also you will loose stamina mode and other sony features. i dont think you can get them back, look around in other sections.
3. It could. Honestly, my z1 hasn't frozen on me ever. I am on stock rooted 761 fw. If you want to disable animations go to developer options and disable the animations there, you can do it both in stock sony and aosp.
4. Twrp is a recovery, you need it to flash roms and do backups of your phone. Team win recovery project.
5. I do not know if its normal as my z1 is very responsive, no delay in screen opening time even when i underclocked the cpu to 1.7Ghz
6. Yes it does tend to heat up after prolonged gaming etc. You can lessen it by underclocking. It works trust me
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minor questions regarding your answer...
#3 - mine z1 freezes everyday... and i dont have too many apps installed... just a few.... for real... like 20 apps... only 2 games...
#4 - ok... finally i got it =)
#5 - mind to make a test with your own? press the power button normally, as if you gonna lay it down... then, after 2 or 3 seconds, press again the power button, as if you wish to check the hours or a message.... try this at least 5 times if you dont mind..... so... it worked all the times flawlessly?
#6 - nope.... even if im not using it.... not doing anything at all...
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minor questions regarding your answer...
#3 - mine z1 freezes everyday... and i dont have too many apps installed... just a few.... for real... like 20 apps... only 2 games...
#5 - mind to make a test with your own? press the power button normally, as if you gonna lay it down... then, after 2 or 3 seconds, press again the power button, as if you wish to check the hours or a message.... try this at least 5 times if you dont mind..... so... it worked all the times flawlessly?
#6 - nope.... even if im not using it.... not doing anything at all...
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#3 - maybe the RAM is cluttered?
#5 - I did it around 8 times. Turned off the display, waited for 2-5 seconds then turned it on. Works flawlessly. No lag. My device is even underclocked when it is in sleep or display off. When the display is off, i set it to run between 300 - 900something Mhz because I found that the device could still respond without any lag with that setting when turning the display on. When the display is on its 300Mhz to 1.7Ghz.
#6 - maybe have it checked at a sony center.
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#3 - maybe the RAM is cluttered?
#5 - I did it around 8 times. Turned off the display, waited for 2-5 seconds then turned it on. Works flawlessly. No lag. My device is even underclocked when it is in sleep or display off. When the display is off, i set it to run between 300 - 900something Mhz because I found that the device could still respond without any lag with that setting when turning the display on. When the display is on its 300Mhz to 1.7Ghz.
#6 - maybe have it checked at a sony center.
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#3 - what can i do to fix it then?? any thought?
#4 - but did you did it using the stock rom? how?
#6 - yeah.... i think i might have one here in my city...
thanks! =)
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#3 - what can i do to fix it then?? any thought?
#4 - but did you did it using the stock rom? how?
#6 - yeah.... i think i might have one here in my city...
thanks! =)
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#3 just keep clearing it manually. if you ate rooted install xposed fw and recent apps cleaner for it to be faster. closes all apps in one click
You can underclock in stock rom, just need root access.
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mahalkosijoy said:
#3 just keep clearing it manually. if you ate rooted install xposed fw and recent apps cleaner for it to be faster. closes all apps in one click
You can underclock in stock rom, just need root access.
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ok... i will try it then.... i have "advanced task killer" and "clean master" running together ... i always clean the memory.. the ATK is set to clean every time i press the power button to lock the screen... and, even doing this, my phone keeps freezing all the time... i dont know, but maybe after you rooted the phone, you could enable/disable any options were enhance the phone... no?
well... i will try to install any custom rom to check it and see if i enjoy any of them.... any recommendation for a custom rom? cyanogem? miui? iHacker? DooMLord?
I havent done anything to my phone but root it and underclock + xposed but only modules for camera and cosmetics of the ui. Its your pick. I use stock 761. Just stock + root.
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I havent done anything to my phone but root it and underclock + xposed but only modules for camera and cosmetics of the ui. Its your pick. I use stock 761. Just stock + root.
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swell... i will give a try =)
thanks very much!!! =)
As the title suggests, how is your experience with the latest firmware? What have been improved. Which are the downsides. At the end of the Day, is it worth updating, or better wait?
TL;DR
Update definitely recommended. No camera issues anymore, faster operating speed, only sporadic misfunction of SD card. Fixed by reinserting it/restart.
I'll definitely recommend anyone to update, so far I'm genuinely happy with the update. No more annoying camera failures, much faster operating speed and Android 5 sweetness. It always blows my mind how pressing the camera button actually works as a shortcut for opening the camera now, takes about 1 sec to open and snap! Picture taken. Only problem I've encountered so far is that sometimes the OS somehow loses write privileges for the SD card, leading to apps like play music not to work properly, dunno how apps that are saved on the SD card react to this, weirdly, file managers like total Commander can still read the card but no more write privileges. Solution is to eject SD card and putting it back in, a restart works, too. I'll have to look further into that bug tho.
QUOTE=Quad_Plex;60376598]TL;DR
Update definitely recommended. No camera issues anymore, faster operating speed, only sporadic misfunction of SD card. Fixed by reinserting it/restart.
I'll definitely recommend anyone to update, so far I'm genuinely happy with the update. No more annoying camera failures, much faster operating speed and Android 5 sweetness. It always blows my mind how pressing the camera button actually works as a shortcut for opening the camera now, takes about 1 sec to open and snap! Picture taken. Only problem I've encountered so far is that sometimes the OS somehow loses write privileges for the SD card, leading to apps like play music not to work properly, dunno how apps that are saved on the SD card react to this, weirdly, file managers like total Commander can still read the card but no more write privileges. Solution is to eject SD card and putting it back in, a restart works, too. I'll have to look further into that bug tho.[/QUOTE]
What about Battery life? Have you noticed any change from kitkat? Also, does the device overheats more?
Sorry my english....
1-Anyone had problems With priority mode? Doesnt work for me.
2- sometimes during a calling touch screen get crazy
I'm kind of disappointed with battery. I think its slightly worse than KK
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I'm kind of disappointed with battery. I think its slightly worse than KK
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Let the rom settle for few days no issue for me battery been great.
anakdayak said:
Let the rom settle for few days no issue for me battery been great.
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OK will see how that goes
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I have issues with the Cache. When I look at the recent Tab I have Maybe 10 Apps here. The Cache is full and all this slow down the Xperia. The icon don't load anymore. Then I must close all Apps and it runs normal. Under KitKat no problems like this...
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I have issues with the Cache. When I look at the recent Tab I have Maybe 10 Apps here. The Cache is full and all this slow down the Xperia. The icon don't load anymore. Then I must close all Apps and it runs normal. Under KitKat no problems like this...
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Try factory reset...for me no issue...what I did after upgrade to any latest firmware I will factory reset the device eventhough I lost all the data but I'm willing to reinstall all over again.Tedious but in the end paid off.
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Try factory reset...for me no issue...what I did after upgrade to any latest firmware I will factory reset the device eventhough I lost all the data but I'm willing to reinstall all over again.Tedious but in the end paid off.
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That was the first thing I have make after flashing...
I have Lollipop for over a week now. Installed a pre rooted firmware to get 120 fps, 4K, face in camera, smart call handling, smart backlight and all the goodies. Before installing any of these, I wiped all caches. The battery drainage is greater, at least for me, now. Phone isn't lagging at all. Camera is indeed fast. My main issue is the battery life that has worsened.
Apart from that I would say go on and update.
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I have Lollipop for over a week now. Installed a pre rooted firmware to get 120 fps, 4K, face in camera, smart call handling, smart backlight and all the goodies. Before installing any of these, I wiped all caches. The battery drainage is greater, at least for me, now. Phone isn't lagging at all. Camera is indeed fast. My main issue is the battery life that has worsened.
Apart from that I would say go on and update.
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can you send me a link for this firmaware?
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can you send me a link for this firmaware?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/general/c6903customized-hk1276-794814-5-0-t3080949
This is the thread I used. It requires a rooted kitkat rom.
After that check for 120 fps and 4k for Z1 lollipop and the other stuff.
I think it's all located in Xperia Z1 themes and apps.
Follow the instructions in each thread and everything should go fine.
Done everything in one take with no bricks or bootloops whatsoever.
What about overheating? Has this been controlled. Also, what do you think about the camera, especialy in low light conditions? Have been improved?
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What about overheating? Has this been controlled. Also, what do you think about the camera, especialy in low light conditions? Have been improved?
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The low light camera is the same to me
For the over heating, the only way I "fixed" it was to use pimp my z1 app, set GPU governor to power save. It will seldom overheat while playing games
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Bluetooth finally fixed. No more stuttering on Aptt-X devices, no more having to turn Bluetooth off and on again when connecting headphones. :good:
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The low light camera is the same to me
For the over heating, the only way I "fixed" it was to use pimp my z1 app, set GPU governor to power save. It will seldom overheat while playing games
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If am correct, the powersave governor, locks the processor to its lowest clock speed. So have you noticed any impact on framerates??
Xperia z1 c6906 LOLLIPOP Battery Drain
I have updated my Xperia z1 C6906 to android 5.0 rooted however the battery life has worsened. Android OS is using around 50-55% of the battery with "Mobile Radio Active" using the battery most of the time for each of the apps. Is there a solution for this since battery life is more important to me rather than being on lollipop.
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If am correct, the powersave governor, locks the processor to its lowest clock speed. So have you noticed any impact on framerates??
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I do but I don't play intensive games so I'm fine.
Clash of clans, lol
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Here worsened battery life and sistem android second for battery usage. With data on and stamina on I have 13 hours device on with 3 hours screen on. Not so good
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I know that there was a memory leak issue with 5.02 but it's apparently fixed before the fw was deployed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/clarification-xperia-lollipop-fix-t3087240
So that doesn't help explain my issue. Very often, when I have any combination of Spotify + Google Maps, Spotify + Chrome, Chrome + Google Maps, etc open, the app that's in the background will just flat out close. It's stupidly annoying while driving when my music just dies, or when my navigation disappears and I miss my turns because I don't hear any audible alerts. The issue goes away after a fresh restart, and will come back usually within a day or two.
I did not have this issue on 4.4.4.
My free ram hovers around 500-600MB at all times.
RAM status today
RAM Status after fresh restart
I absolutely hate why nothing can be properly backgrounded like in iOS. The moment I press the home button or switch apps, all my open tabs in Chrome have to be reloaded. Filling out forms in a Chrome tab while referencing another app is almost impossible... This was actually an issue on 4.4.4 as well as 5.02. I have not found any way to fix this, no matter how many times I restart my phone. I don't think my old Galaxy S3 had this problem...
Why does Android make us work so hard for a properly working phone, if we can even have that at all? As a consumer I should not have to go through 7 levels of technical hell to make a phone work properly. This isn't Linux.
Sorry for the rant. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? Everyone says RAM clearing apps are bad. So that's not an option right?
.726 has this problem and as far as I can recall it was pretty serious. Fortunately in .26 the problem has been solved. It's about memory management in lollipop being poor rather than memory leak.
.26 hasn't been released for D5803 USA right? I don't see it in the firmware thread
Still doesn't explain the Chrome issue. Whenever anything is backgrounded (not closed) in Chrome, all my tabs have to be reloaded. Most of the time now, even just switching from one tab to the next within Chrome while it's open forces a refresh of the tab. WTF
I never had any memory leak issues with any of the firmwares. Try to turn off Stamina mode just to see if it is affecting (I have it off, and queue background data off as well). Make sure also you have not enabled Developer Options and checked the setting 'Don't keep activities' or some other setting that limit the amount of process you can have in the background.
Dev options are not enabled. And stamina only kicks in at 50% battery. I could turn off que data but does that have anything to do with RAM?
I just called Xperia tech support and they suggested I do this:
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...uctions-using-Pc-Companion-Win-or/td-p/249946
Has anyone done this and fixed the issue?
I am apparently not the only one who has had this problem:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/356f80/z3c_502_stock_memory_leak_or_something_else/
There's an Xposed module called App Settings that lets you force the OS to keep stuff resident in memory. Because it's an Xposed module, I have no idea if it's compatible with LP or not. Also, there's a point where you can run out of memory and experience involuntary restarts if you keep too many apps resident. Still, it's worth trying, imo.
I was told that the memory leak wouldn't be fixed until 5.1 or even 5.1.1
726 did indeed have this problem. i used the xposed module for the memoryleak fix and it did indeed work...phone was much faster.
People are saying sony phones do not have the leak but the leak affects each phone in slightly different ways.
I the new .28 USA firmware running on my phone now and it is working rather well. granted i still have the lollipop memory fix module activated but i will do some testing with it off as well.
Nope, the problem is not solved in any lollipop firmware, atleast for me. I tried all the latest, reflash and wiped all (Included Internal Data) and the problem still here. Is Ridiculous how with 2GB RAM I can´t have atleast 4 apps opened without the preocupation of they get killed for itself. I remember with my Nexus 7 Tablet in Android 4.3 had a looot of apps opened and no one get killed itself, it was a great multitask experience that I can't get yet in Xperia Z3 Compact. I tried edit minfree values, uninstall apps, change firmwares, edit services.jar, install tweaks, edit my build.prop, etc. Also I noticed with the Task Manager of System Tuner app that "/system/bin/mediaserver" is always eating more than 60mb of Ram, this is since kitkat and continues to happen in Lollipop, after of some hours, this same process can take up to 160 - 200 mb of RAM!!! The worst thing is that in other devices this process don't seems to take a lot of Ram as in Z3 Compact did. Idk, it would be good that we can improve multitask in this device.
I compared the /system/bin/mediaserver usage with a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and it only takes 5 mb of RAM while in Xperia Z3 Compact it always start eating 50 mb of RAM and it increases up to 160 - 200 mb in some hours. You can see my proofs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60569610&postcount=9
So Idk what to do now, I hear that the only good devices that take importance in multitasking are HTC M9 (M8 and M7 too) and the Asus Zenphone because they merged their own patches to ART to improve a lot how multitasking is managed in android. I think sony do their devices to kill apps very agressive, so in this way they can presume that his device is more smooth than others but useless for multitasking. Weird...
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Nope, the problem is not solved in any lollipop firmware, atleast for me. I tried all the latest, reflash and wiped all (Included Internal Data) and the problem still here. Is Ridiculous how with 2GB RAM I can´t have atleast 4 apps opened without the preocupation of they get killed for itself. I remember with my Nexus 7 Tablet in Android 4.3 had a looot of apps opened and no one get killed itself, it was a great multitask experience that I can't get yet in Xperia Z3 Compact. I tried edit minfree values, uninstall apps, change firmwares, edit services.jar, install tweaks, edit my build.prop, etc. Also I noticed with the Task Manager of System Tuner app that "/system/bin/mediaserver" is always eating more than 60mb of Ram, this is since kitkat and continues to happen in Lollipop, after of some hours, this same process can take up to 160 - 200 mb of RAM!!! The worst thing is that in other devices this process don't seems to take a lot of Ram as in Z3 Compact did. Idk, it would be good that we can improve multitask in this device.
I compared the /system/bin/mediaserver usage with a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and it only takes 5 mb of RAM while in Xperia Z3 Compact it always start eating 50 mb of RAM and it increases up to 160 - 200 mb in some hours. You can see my proofs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60569610&postcount=9
So Idk what to do now, I hear that the only good devices that take importance in multitasking are HTC M9 (M8 and M7 too) and the Asus Zenphone because they merged their own patches to ART to improve a lot how multitasking is managed in android. I think sony do their devices to kill apps very agressive, so in this way they can presume that his device is more smooth than others but useless for multitasking. Weird...
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Hmmm, idk. My GPE m8 on 5.1 is experiencing these same symptoms. Super annoying to have my music cut out in the middle of a workout. ?
I play with my food
I referring to HTC M7, M8 and M9 with Sense, because they get own HTC patches. Well, is what I hear, and also I see some tests in YouTube and the multitask is very good.
jerflash said:
726 did indeed have this problem. i used the xposed module for the memoryleak fix and it did indeed work...phone was much faster.
People are saying sony phones do not have the leak but the leak affects each phone in slightly different ways.
I the new .28 USA firmware running on my phone now and it is working rather well. granted i still have the lollipop memory fix module activated but i will do some testing with it off as well.
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Any feedback on how .28 is running compared to .726 with the xposed fix?
Like many, I uninstalled the fix after I read the thread pointing out that having it active was pointless as Sony had already fixed the memory leak themselves, but after reading your reply, I decided to reinstall and sure enough, my phone does seem snappier. Having read the changelog for .28, it didn't seem worth upgrading unless performance was noticeably better.
I will tell you im enjoying .28 with the fix running. There are enough fixes in there to make it worth it i think
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No issues on 23.1.A.0.726 here, I have averagely 250 MB more free RAM on Lollipop than on Kitkat, with all the same apps installed. :good:
Guys, the problem is not how many ram do you have, the problem is if you can multitask some apps without someone get killed. I can multitask within 2 or 3 apps sometimes, but I can't get more than that without someone gets killed...
It was to be expected that Lollipop in Sony devices would be problematic. For the time being, I prefer to stay in KitKat and then make the jump to 5.0.2.
framerper2 said:
It was to be expected that Lollipop in Sony devices would be problematic. For the time being, I prefer to stay in KitKat and then make the jump to 5.0.2.
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Lollipop on Xperia started off at 5.0.2
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Lollipop on Xperia started off at 5.0.2
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And nobody said otherwise. I said that I prefer staying in KitKat until the Lollipop update is better to making worth the jump
My UI freezes for 5 - 15 seconds, particularly when the phone regains network connectivity (reconnecting wifi or mobile network going from 0 to 1 bars). It's much improved after removing FB and Insta but. My launcher is even getting closed when the phone frequently, although the phone has ~500MB free RAM.
I dropped this poor phone one too many times, so before I replace it with another z3 compact, I'm wondering if everyone else on Marshmallow is seeing poor responsiveness as well.
I did have slow downs before but not like that,I have switched to Lineage and it works very well so I don't have any plans going back to stock Marshmallow.
yeah same here, i advice you to switch to lineage, you will feel like butter on the screen.
I don't have any lags at all, no launcher refreshes or whatever on stock MM. ( I don't use the horrible Facebook application)
Until 3 weeks ago, I used to have no lags at all on my stock Marshmallow 6.0.1 Z3C. I had uptime of 50 days and more and it didn't lag. Now, it happened twice in a row that my System RAM usage grew in last 5 days to 1,3 GB! It seems like a memory leak in kernel space. It's hard to pinpoint particular process. The phone is slow, multitasking doesn't work (reloads every app), my stock launcher redraws and the phone is unable to make/receive GSM calls - probably a symptom of low on memory state. I wonder, if it's caused by bluetooth driver, because I've transfered 100MB file on both occasions. I need more time to analyze this, this time I won't turn bluetooth on, so I can see if it is the cause.
Edit: I'm confident the cause is not bluetooth. Symptoms now appear after just 65 hours of uptime - . Now I tried to get rid of ES File Explorer, let's see what this bloatware did to system performace.
Edit 2: It seems the problem is gone after uninstalling ES File Explorer. Before uninstalling it had data storage set to external SD card. I replaced this piece of bloatware by open-source explorer called Amaze.
Thanks all. I was avoiding Lineage because I wanted the stock camera / DRM and their description makes it sound very unstable... "random reboots while charging", etc. I'll try it out anyway and add the stock camera back in if it runs well.
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Until 3 weeks ago...
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Do share the source of the issue if you find it. I'm still seeing UI lockups when the phone loses internet connectivity.
jayarmstrong said:
Thanks all. I was avoiding Lineage because I wanted the stock camera / DRM and their description makes it sound very unstable... "random reboots while charging", etc. I'll try it out anyway and add the stock camera back in if it runs well.
Do share the source of the issue if you find it. I'm still seeing UI lockups when the phone loses internet connectivity.
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camera works like stock in lineage, don't worry about that. you can face with other small bugs but still worth to use, it is better than stock in most cases.
having the same issue since a few weeks.
device gets VERY slow (i mean like 10 seconds to open the phone dialer or whats app)
Even did a factory reset, which only helped for ~2 days ...
same problem with my girlfriends Z3C.
Something is very wrong here ...
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Until 3 weeks ago, I used to have no lags at all on my stock Marshmallow 6.0.1 Z3C. I had uptime of 50 days and more and it didn't lag. Now, it happened twice in a row that my System RAM usage grew in last 5 days to 1,3 GB! It seems like a memory leak in kernel space. It's hard to pinpoint particular process. The phone is slow, multitasking doesn't work (reloads every app), my stock launcher redraws and the phone is unable to make/receive GSM calls - probably a symptom of low on memory state. I wonder, if it's caused by bluetooth driver, because I've transfered 100MB file on both occasions. I need more time to analyze this, this time I won't turn bluetooth on, so I can see if it is the cause.
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Icefeldt said:
having the same issue since a few weeks.
device gets VERY slow (i mean like 10 seconds to open the phone dialer or whats app)
Even did a factory reset, which only helped for ~2 days ...
same problem with my girlfriends Z3C.
Something is very wrong here ...
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there must be a reason that it is slow as hell in stock while it works with jet speed in lineage. something related to sony software, hardware is okay.
Wipe cache (Power and vol+ until 3 Vibrations) helped a little, but i don't put too much hope in it.
It's my gf's Phone so i kind of hesitate to install some unstable beta on it. Or is there any real stable release out there?
Sony haven't pushed out any updates for over a year, so not sure how you can blame it on MM build.
It'll be an app.
My money's on Facebook or Messanger.
No lags or slowdowns on my phone, had the same build on it for a year now.
Autoupdates turned OFF.
No Facebook/Messanger.
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Sony haven't pushed out any updates for over a year, so not sure how you can blame it on MM build.
It'll be an app.
My money's on Facebook or Messanger.
No lags or slowdowns on my phone, had the same build on it for a year now.
Autoupdates turned OFF.
No Facebook/Messanger.
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Guess you're right, but i can't really accept a SD801 Phone being unable to run basic apps like FB
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Guess you're right, but i can't really accept a SD801 Phone being unable to run basic apps like FB
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Last year Facbook deliberatly broke their app, made it run slow and heat your phone up, as an experiment, to see what people would do. They honestly don't give a sh*t about what you think of thier app.
Uninstall it and use your browser, see if it makes a difference.
Try SD Maid from the playstore, that does some good basic houskeeping
Didgesteve said:
My money's on Facebook or Messanger.
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Nope.
I do not have a Facebook account.
Therefore I do not have facebook or messenger installed.
But I do have these slowdowns :-/
I read in an italian forum that it's the Google app fault, you should unistall updates and disable automatic updates until it's fixed.
unpair said:
I read in an italian forum that it's the Google app fault, you should unistall updates and disable automatic updates until it's fixed.
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Interesting.
You got a link to that thread/post?
Icefeldt said:
Interesting.
You got a link to that thread/post?
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here and previous page
It seems the problem is gone after uninstalling ES File Explorer. Before uninstalling it had data storage set to external SD card. I replaced this piece of bloatware by open-source explorer called Amaze.
Now I have an uptime of 125 hours and counting, my System RAM usage is 0.90 GB and it isn't rising to 1.3 GB as it did before. So the phone is really smooth again. When I was checking my LogCat using DDMS, there seemed to be recurring message of ES File Explorer (estrong) leaking something, I don't remember if it was a window or an activity. What a piece of chinese malware it became. Interestingly, ES File Explorer's memory footprint was low (3 processes, 10MB total user space memory), even when leaking memory and this made debugging harder. Although I killed it, when the phone had problem (1.3 GB system memory), only a reboot worked. It totally seems like a memory leak to me.
GL debugging yours.
it works good with me ..
try to make clean install
I'm not going back to this crappy app. Once, it used to be outstanding, but they probably sold the app to another company in China and from there it went downhill. A lot of popups and ads for things I don't need. Their only purpose is to make your phone slower (bloatware) and optionally, to get money from you. I like simple, minimalistic apps, which do things they are designed for and do it right. Just this Linux approach and also "less is sometimes more".
It's confirmed that ES File Explorer makes network connections to China in background, no thanks!