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Hi all!
I've followed XDA Developers for some time now; back when I first had the HTC Desire and again when I had the HTC Sensation XE. However, after a very poor experience with the HTC Sensation, I vowed that I would never have another HTC again. Thus, I turned to Sony and the Xperia Z offering. The device is amazing, it looks gorgeous, feels snappy and is a hell of a turn-around from Sense UI that I've been bogged down with for years.
I've had the phone approximately a month now and for the most part it has been a positive experience. However, I get very device specific issues regarding a few apps on the phone, they are as follows:
Sony's own media-specific applications: Walkman, Album, Movies & Camera.
Google's own: Play Store, Play Movies, Play Music & all of the other offerings (books, magazines, etc.)
Lastly, the official Twitter application and Amazon MP3.
They all crash! I can be looking at photos or videos or even listening to music using ANY of the apps listed above and I just get booted back to the home screen with no crash report. It doesn't say "Walkman has stopped working", just instantly crashes and boots to the home screen.
At first, I believed it might be the Mobile Bravia Engine as I was experiencing the issue heavily within the first days of use on the Sony's media apps (before I installed Twitter, etc.), so I turned off the MBE and nothing. The device still booted me back to the home screen whilst viewing photos or videos or listening to music.
I started to believe that maybe the SD card was at fault so I hooked it up to a Windows PC and ran all of the checks and there appears to be nothing wrong with the SD card after I repaired it (initially there was the error pop up that says to fix the device). And when I installed Twitter, it was an indication that maybe there was more of an underlying problem than a dodgy SD card anyway (since that doesn't store or operate from the SD), whenever I am typing a Twitter message, I get instantly booted out to the home screen... again, no crash reports.
Any tips?
The only thing related to this strange problem that I have found is on the Sony Mobile site that says there was a corrupt font in Taiwan... which obviously does not affect me as I live in the UK.
For a list of apps installed:
Adobe Reader, Alarm & Clock (S), Album, All Stars Island, Amazon, Amazon MP3, Astro File Manager, Back-Up & Restore (S), Box, Calculator (S), Calendar (S), Camera (S), Car Mode (S), Chrome, Contacts (S), Cover Art Grabber, Cracked Lite, Diagnostics, Dictionary, Dodol Wallpaper, Downloads (S), Dragon Fly!, DroID3Tagger, Dropbox, Earth, eBay, Email (S), Engadget, Facebook, File Commander (S), FM Radio (S), G+ Photo, GMail, Goggles,, Google, Google Settings, Google+, Hangouts, IMDB, Joystiq, Let's Start PSM (S), Local (S), Maps, McAfee Security (inactive), Media Remote (S), Messaging (S), Movie Studio (S), Movies (S), Music Unlimited, Name[dot]com, Navigation (S), NeoReader (S), Netflix, News & Weather (S), Notes (S), NowTV, O2 Priority Moments, O2 Priority Tickets, OfficeSuite, Phone (S), Play Books, Play Magazines, Play Movies, Play Music, Play Store, PlayMemories Online, PlayNow, Playstation, Playstation Mobile, pocket BLU, Settings (S), Shazam, ShopTo, Sky News, Sky+, Slices, Smart Connect (S), Socialife (S), Sony Select (S), Speed Test, Steam, Support (S), Tone Picker, TrackID (S), TweetCaster Pro, Twitch, Twitter, Update Centre (S), Video Unlimited, Voice Dialer (S), Voice Search, Walkman (S), Wikipedia, Wimbledon, Wisepilot for Xperia (S), WWE, XDA, Xperia Link (S), Xperia Lounge, YouTube
(S) = System default apps from Sony
Here is miscellaneous information regarding the phone:
Model Number: C6603 (Sony Xperia Z)
Android Version: 4.2.2
Build Number: 10.3.1.A.0.244
Any help you can give will be much appreciated!
Repair your firmware using pcc.
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Hopefully I've put this in the right section, as I believe the questions sections is for help requests rather than general survey style questions (eg the What are you running on your N5 thread).
Anyway, I'm sure we use our phones for a lot more than calling and texting, so post what you use your device for!
Here's some of the things my phone helps me with:
Reminders (Google keep/now, they should be integrated) - I have horrible memory so these help heaps
Timetable (Google Calendar) - use the lock screen widget so I just swipe to see what classes I have
Homework/tasks (Google keep)
Social networking (Fb, telegram, Instagram, snapchat etc)
Media (YouTube, MX player, Vines, Unis video player, uListen)
Tracking food intake (My fitness pal)
Alarm (Alarmpad)
Taking photos of documents and things on the board (Camscanner - highly recommend)
Syncing all my school work that I do on my home computer in case I forget to sync my school laptop before leaving as cloud storage is blocked (Google Drive/Bittorrent Sync)
Browsing XDA/reddit (Tapatalk/Reddit Sync)
That's all I can think of for now, your turn!
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Google+, Hangouts, Flipboard, Sunrise calendar, YouTube, XDA, Instagram Facebook etc.
No particular order
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goes on the Q/A section, not here. but if you were to ask me, I would say taking phone calls, texting, skyping, playing CPU extensive games such as Real Racing 3, Ravensword 2, GTA SA, etc, listening to music, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, clock, taking photos/videos, browsing Facebook, 9GAG, XDA Forums, using Chrome, Google Keep, Google Calendar, and most of all, tweaking my phone to the best of my ability to make things look right and just right.
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I normally just use mine for the basics...calling, texting, important school email etc. It's also my primary alarm clock. Aside from that, I also use Keep to make sure I know what's due when and when I need to be where, not to mention music and social networking. I guess you could say I don't mess with my phone as much as I did when I had my HTC One. Although the N5 is rooted with a few mods, I try not to get too caught up in the realm of XDA as it does get quite addicting
Always start my day turning off my alarm, stock clock application is fine for me.
I use my phone as a music player A LOT, PowerAmp doesn't seem to work well with this phone for me so I use Google Play Music now.
Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Keep keep me organized. Office Mobile + OneDrive is my choice for office suite and cloud storage.
Most of my reading is on Chrome and Newstand.
Mostly to read news. It is also my alarm clock.
as a phone.
Amost Everything! GPS, Alarm, Banking, NFC, OTG, Browser, Tethering, Email, Texting, Camera, HDMI to TV, Phone, Entertainment, Weather, Calculator, etc.
My phone is my college companion: I often take notes by connecting a Bluetooth keyboard, read PDF documents, write and read emails, manage my cloud documents, and share its 3g connection to my laptop.
Then I use it for text messages (Hangouts, WhatsApp...) and Internet browsing, sometimes as a music player.
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Email..
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Everything it can do. Calls, texts, email. Some games. Web browsing. YouTube, XDA, etc. Use Wallet & NFC to pay for stuff at a couple gas stations and stores in my areas. I use it to record notes (quick record feature on custom ROM). I use it as my alarm clock. I have an app to track my work hours and how much I make per hour. To track my expenses. As a GPS. HDMI mirroring to my TV for Netflix. Social networking. I use it as a camera as well. Pretty much everything it is capable of doing, I use it to do. I love it.
At the same time, writing this list I also realized how dependent I am on my phone. It's gonna get real once SkyNet takes over.
I switch between the N5 and M8 daily, but I mostly use my N5 for modding and tethering
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Voice calls , sms , listening to music, camera, youtube and playing some games
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Hi,
For benches, tweaks and kernel tests only...
And sometimes all the rest that a smartphone can do if I have enough battery life after 01H10 of total use of Antutu and Quadrant and after about 10 reboots a day due to some tests...
It's a Nexus device after all...
Calling family, texting family and friends, music, YouTube, browsing forums via Tapatalk, general web browsing and retrieving information from the internet when I am out.
I play around with the camera too and use the camera to capture anything and everything.
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MUSIC.
I have it all day right next to me hocked up to my stereo via Bluetooth. I just love how easy it is to hear music all the time. And even if I'm not a home, I'm using my Klipsch S4 for that.
And of course for WhatsApp, XDA and for taking photos with the lovely camera. I love playing around with it (trying out new Roms, kernels and apps), tweaking it to my needs. I love my phone.
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Instagram hey guys can I flash uber linaro on validus
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Other than phone and texting ~~
Ebook reader, news reader, public transport checking, emails, calculator. (in order)
occasionally, facebook, but only through a browser. (Facebook app asking for too much permission, not installing it.)
Hammer_Of_The_Gods said:
Hi,
For benches, tweaks and kernel tests only...
And sometimes all the rest that a smartphone can do if I have enough battery life after 01H10 of total use of Antutu and Quadrant and after about 10 reboots a day due to some tests...
It's a Nexus device after all...
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you basically use it as a guinea pig?
Aadilnz said:
Hopefully I've put this in the right section, as I believe the questions sections is for help requests rather than general survey style questions (eg the What are you running on your N5 thread).
Anyway, I'm sure we use our phones for a lot more than calling and texting, so post what you use your device for!
Here's some of the things my phone helps me with:
Reminders (Google keep/now, they should be integrated) - I have horrible memory so these help heaps
Timetable (Google Calendar) - use the lock screen widget so I just swipe to see what classes I have
Homework/tasks (Google keep)
Social networking (Fb, telegram, Instagram, snapchat etc)
Media (YouTube, MX player, Vines, Unis video player, uListen)
Tracking food intake (My fitness pal)
Alarm (Alarmpad)
Taking photos of documents and things on the board (Camscanner - highly recommend)
Syncing all my school work that I do on my home computer in case I forget to sync my school laptop before leaving as cloud storage is blocked (Google Drive/Bittorrent Sync)
Browsing XDA/reddit (Tapatalk/Reddit Sync)
That's all I can think of for now, your turn!
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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I cannot think of what I DON'T do with my N5, other than the usual calling , texting , social networking , gaming , scheduling , music and video streaming etc etc I do a lot of reboots.
Hey,
I was wondering is there any difference in disabling system apps(bloatware) or removing them?
Also I have something like a bug with the RAM, my device is showing that I have almost 400MB of free ram and there is almost no ram being used. This can t be real. Must bee some kind of bug. Does anyone else have something like this?!
-scarface- said:
Hey,
I was wondering is there any difference in disabling system apps(bloatware) or removing them?
Also I have something like a bug with the RAM, my device is showing that I have almost 400MB of free ram and there is almost no ram being used. This can t be real. Must bee some kind of bug. Does anyone else have something like this?!
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There is.
I'm using the Russian version, downloaded from XperiFirm and flashed with Flashtool
If you disable or delete bloatware, or system apps you can feel the difference between when you remove it, and when you don't. The phone can withstand 5-6 days without doing anything to it. (14-19hrs If you play games, listen to music, etc..)
That must be a Software bug, I suppose.
Kizoky said:
There is.
I'm using the Russian version, downloaded from XperiFirm and flashed with Flashtool
If you disable or delete bloatware, or system apps you can feel the difference between when you remove it, and when you don't. The phone can withstand 5-6 days without doing anything to it. (14-19hrs If you play games, listen to music, etc..)
That must be a Software bug, I suppose.
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So I can gain more free ram and extra battery life? Maybe you know a list of apps safe to delete for E1?
Mostly this ram bug appears when I play games. I had it on older updates and with the latest update.
Thank you for replying
Edit:
So here is the list of system apps(crap)that I deleted so far:
Account Manager
Black Hole
Bubbles
Drive
Email
Enhanced forest
Exchange Service
Google lyrics extension
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google Search
Google+
Hanguts
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Maps
News & Weather
Phase Beam
Play Games
Podcast
SenseME slideshow
Smart Connect
Social live
Support
TalkBack
Wikipedia extension
Wikipedia extension
Xperia Calendar Sync
Xperia Music Likes
Xperia Share
Xperia Social Engine Photos
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia Lounge
Xperia Lounge Pass
Xperia with Facebook
Xperia with Twitter
Youtube extension
Youtube karaoke extension
-scarface- said:
So I can gain more free ram and extra battery life? Maybe you know a list of apps safe to delete for E1?
Mostly this ram bug appears when I play games. I had it on older updates and with the latest update.
Thank you for replying
Edit:
So here is the list of system apps(crap)that I deleted so far:
Account Manager
Black Hole
Bubbles
Drive
Email
Enhanced forest
Exchange Service
Google lyrics extension
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google Search
Google+
Hanguts
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Maps
News & Weather
Phase Beam
Play Games
Podcast
SenseME slideshow
Smart Connect
Social live
Support
TalkBack
Wikipedia extension
Wikipedia extension
Xperia Calendar Sync
Xperia Music Likes
Xperia Share
Xperia Social Engine Photos
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia Lounge
Xperia Lounge Pass
Xperia with Facebook
Xperia with Twitter
Youtube extension
Youtube karaoke extension
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You shouldn't delete Account Manager, now you can't download any apps from Google Play
Kizoky said:
You shouldn't delete Account Manager, now you can't download any apps from Google Play
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who told you that?
I can download apps just fine, even after restart
So I can confirm this ram bug appears whenever I am playing games, the more I play the more free ram I get I mean WTF?
Updated list:
Account Manager
Black Hole
Bubbles
Chrome
Drive
Email
Enhanced forest
Exchange Service
Google lyrics extension
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newsstand
Google Search
Google+
Hanguts
Magic Smoke Wallpapers
Maps
News & Weather
Phase Beam
Play Games
Podcast
SenseME slideshow
Smart Connect
Social live
Support
TalkBack
Wikipedia extension
Wikipedia extension
Xperia Calendar Sync
Xperia Music Likes
Xperia Share
Xperia Social Engine Photos
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia Social Engine Sharing
Xperia Lounge
Xperia Lounge Pass
Xperia with Facebook
Xperia with Twitter
Youtube extension
Youtube karaoke extension
Got OTA for 6.0 on 22nd of October, device is very fast and smooth compared to lollipop but I have this weird issue. Apps such as Chrome, Camera, YouTube, Keep, Calendar and many more do not save any settings such as sign in info on chrome keep and calendar. youtube doesn't keep paired tv infos, camera after launch keep bringing the initial screen to choose between 4:3 or 16:9 and location. These problems occur once aday.
please help.
thank you
Hi Guys,
I updated to OOS latest version few months back when Pie came. Though the phone is overall smooth and works fine. I have a few problems with regards to the performance of heavy apps such as games or editing in lightroom etc.
The apps that I use on daily basis are
1. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Discord, Chrome, Spotify, Apple Music
2. PayPal, PayZapp, PayTM etc for payments
These are the most used apps on the phone other than Google suite apps such as Drive, Keep, Gmail, Maps, Playstore.
The major problem after upgrading to pie is whenever I play PUBG / Asphalt the phone lags like anything. It wasn't the case before OOS Pie update. There are a few other niggling issues aswell after this update.
Is there any ROM / Kernel combo that can work without much fuss with the above-mentioned apps?
Thank you.