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As the topic title says, i'm looking for a new phone to replace my boring xperia s (bootloader loocked...) and the maximum i wanna spend is 400€. So,for this money the oppo find 5 is the best option? The feature that i most apreciate is taking photos, and my xperia s do it very well...
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The camera is OK but nothing amazing in my experience which is fine for me and Faux kernel has done wonders my battery life (+30-40%). Not sure the camera can compare to the Xperia.
Despite those niggles, I'd recommend the F5 above others to friends if asked but it depends on your needs. I certainly prefer it over the Note 2 and Nexus 4. For me is the sweet spot between size, screen, performance and design.
What else is on your short list?
-- From my Find 5
Exactly the switch I made XS->Find5. I thought about getting the HTC One or the S4, but since I planned on running a custom ROM, I didn't want to pay for features I wouldn't use anyway.
Regrets? No. The Find5 has a Sony Sensor as camera, AFAIK the same as in the XZ. On stock ROM, the cam is pretty good, not so much on custom ROMs, though, usual closed source binary blob problems.
vitorugo-8 said:
As the topic title says, i'm looking for a new phone to replace my boring xperia s (bootloader loocked...) and the maximum i wanna spend is 400€. So,for this money the oppo find 5 is the best option? The feature that i most apreciate is taking photos, and my xperia s do it very well...
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Hi!
If you are looking a brand new one, maybe this is the one with best camera for this price (I dont know anything about Nokia and WP) you can buy for that amount.
If you dont mind, maybe you can take a Xperia Z (same sensor, but better app) in the second market.
P.S: Yes, this is my first post in about 3 years LOL! (I prefer reading)
Regards from sPAIN
kinghu said:
The camera is OK but nothing amazing in my experience which is fine for me and Faux kernel has done wonders my battery life (+30-40%). Not sure the camera can compare to the Xperia.
Despite those niggles, I'd recommend the F5 above others to friends if asked but it depends on your needs. I certainly prefer it over the Note 2 and Nexus 4. For me is the sweet spot between size, screen, performance and design.
What else is on your short list?
-- From my Find 5
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at the beggining i was thinking about xperia z (i'm a huge fan of the xperia line) or htc one (i don't like the samsung plastic), but i reconsidered that ... 550€ or more for a phone? i think it´s to much, so i stablished the 400€ limit, and for that money, and new phones (not used) i'm in between nexus 4 or the oppo find 5 ( i believe they are the only with superb specs and not so expensive phones ). But the nexus 4 is 4.7 inch screen, and an 8mp camera ( but i guess the 8mp i just a number).
3 things that i consider in a phone : camera; battery; development.
So, what you guys say?
If camera is a priority then you may be better looking elsewhere.
The Find 5 camera is OK in good light but struggles otherwise. My wife has a Nexus 4 and I don't rate that camera either.
-- From my Find 5
I agree the Oppo is nothing to get mad excited about. The camera is very noisy. Actually in HDR mode my pictures on the Nexus 4 turned out way better!
CodeX86 said:
I agree the Oppo is nothing to get mad excited about. The camera is very noisy. Actually in HDR mode my pictures on the Nexus 4 turned out way better!
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so the camera is worst than an xperia s?
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so the camera is worst than an xperia s?
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Never had the chance to compare to a Xperia S.
But for the claims made by their commercial it doesn't live up to the promise.
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kinghu said:
The camera is OK but nothing amazing in my experience which is fine for me and Faux kernel has done wonders my battery life (+30-40%). Not sure the camera can compare to the Xperia.
Despite those niggles, I'd recommend the F5 above others to friends if asked but it depends on your needs. I certainly prefer it over the Note 2 and Nexus 4. For me is the sweet spot between size, screen, performance and design.
What else is on your short list?
-- From my Find 5
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I too am interested in this phone, one of my main concerns is battery life.
When you say you have about 30-40% more battery life, how many screen on time are you talking about? 5-6 hours?
Thank you.
Elwood_It said:
I too am interested in this phone, one of my main concerns is battery life.
When you say you have about 30-40% more battery life, how many screen on time are you talking about? 5-6 hours?
Thank you.
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Well you can forget the Stock firmware even with fauxes Kernel it will suck you dry. The best experience as far as battery life i had so far was with Cyanogenmod. Even so it is not running an optimized Kernel it seems to handle power mangement way better!
5-6 hours screen on is way over what you will be able to achieve with normal day 2 day use. For sure you will max out at the moment at 4 hours screen on time.
If you are looking for a new phone with lot's of battery life i would hold of another 1-2 month and see what others have to offer because Oppo didn't even release 4.2 yet but they are planning on in early August. Until then don't bother!
so, in conclusion, despite the problems with the camera ( which i think it's a software problem, not hardware ) for 400€, and with a custom rom, the oppo it's the best phone on the market?
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Well you can forget the Stock firmware even with fauxes Kernel it will suck you dry. The best experience as far as battery life i had so far was with Cyanogenmod. Even so it is not running an optimized Kernel it seems to handle power mangement way better!
5-6 hours screen on is way over what you will be able to achieve with normal day 2 day use. For sure you will max out at the moment at 4 hours screen on time.
If you are looking for a new phone with lot's of battery life i would hold of another 1-2 month and see what others have to offer because Oppo didn't even release 4.2 yet but they are planning on in early August. Until then don't bother!
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Thank you very much for the answer!
camera is far from bad.. not the best in low light and yes noise can be a problem but i walked out in garden snapped some pics
nothing wrong with it IMO, i actually think its quite good! a lot better than my s2 was.
grudas said:
camera is far from bad.. not the best in low light and yes noise can be a problem but i walked out in garden snapped some pics
nothing wrong with it IMO, i actually think its quite good! a lot better than my s2 was.
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uou those pictures are amazing ... i'm not any expert, but i think the picture quality are far from bad ... are you using any tweak or something? or it's the stock camera app?
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uou those pictures are amazing ... i'm not any expert, but i think the picture quality are far from bad ... are you using any tweak or something? or it's the stock camera app?
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stock camera and stock rom only thing i've done is root and kill the stock launcher, thats it no editing on those either straight out of the phone in full res.
Elwood_It said:
I too am interested in this phone, one of my main concerns is battery life.
When you say you have about 30-40% more battery life, how many screen on time are you talking about? 5-6 hours?
Thank you.
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Sorry just saw this... I've tried most of the stock/beta ROMs and as a light to moderate user, it lasts me about 24-36 hours. Without faux kernel I would get around 3 to 3.5 hours screen on (email, twitter, browser, Tapatalk, watching a TV show, taking pics/video and a few calls).
With faux setup for battery life, I can get 4.5 to 5 hours doing the same stuff and there isn't really a performance hit as I'm not doing much needing the phone to run at full speed for long.
It was really the idle drain that was killing it at around ~1.5%-2% per hour rather than ~0.8% with faux. Usually, I'm on wifi and have GPS on and leave them on when sleeping so it was overnight that saw a big improvement.
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stock camera and stock rom only thing i've done is root and kill the stock launcher, thats it no editing on those either straight out of the phone in full res.
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Yeah I used Stock to for a while and when you do close ups the camera makes some pretty nice pictures. But as soon as contrasts aren't really there anymore it gets potentially noisy.
I mean how much can you really expect from a smartphone camera sensor without any optics to adjust depth.
Your pictures are nice. I made some nice ones myself but they don't measure up to HTC One's Ultrapixel contrast and light condition abilities.
Funny part about all of this is probably that drivers neither on Stock or Custom are really optimized.
I do though still think the state the phone is in right now it is not worth it. Neither Stock Software nor Custom give you a really great experience with the device right now.
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I do though still think the state the phone is in right now it is not worth it. Neither Stock Software nor Custom give you a really great experience with the device right now.
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After trying numerous stock and custom ROM/kernel combinations, I have to disagree. Last week's Chinese Firefly is, IMO, very usable in terms of performance, battery life, and reliability.
I posted some findings here:
http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/project-firefly-v1-0-0_3186b.2016/page-19#post-53441
kinghu said:
After trying numerous stock and custom ROM/kernel combinations, I have to disagree. Last week's Chinese Firefly is, IMO, very usable in terms of performance, battery life, and reliability.
I posted some findings here:
http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/project-firefly-v1-0-0_3186b.2016/page-19#post-53441
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Yeah and you will have to lay a little more weight on chinese open beta...
My impressions on 4.4 update:
Camera gets pictures faster after getting proper focus compared to 4.3
UI seems a bit smoother - it just feels smoother
Webpages get loaded faster
Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea
Nothing new in camera apps. I got terribly disappointed.
We've got the new video editor that has the slow down the video option. That looks like they didn't remove that function from the Z1 or maybe Timeshift Video is coming for us. I'm sure that .681 FW is going to be updated soon as creative app is laggy just like on ported version. Same thing for showing camera apps (change mode from SA to anything else)
Camera apps can be rearranged by tap and hold.
I can't tell about any REAL new features. We've got wifi data transfer and printing. So far I can't see any other features.
Statusbar can't be swiped to change from notifications to toggles. You have to press the toggles button to change to those. It's not really a big thing, but I got really annoyed by that in 10 minutes of 4.4 on Z1.
Camera launches faster.
Summary:
I'm kind of dissapointed by the update. I hoped to get more out of it.
I'll give it a try for a few days though. We'll see if I'd really benefit from the update. (TBH I'm too lazy to do rerooting, restoring backup etc. and I'm a bit curious if there's anyting new here.
Please drop all your opinions/feelings about 4.4 update below.
PS. If you think that this thread is useless - let me know. I'll tell the moderators to delete it.
olokos said:
My impressions on 4.4 update:
Camera gets pictures faster after getting proper focus compared to 4.3
UI seems a bit smoother - it just feels smoother
Webpages get loaded faster
Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea
Nothing new in camera apps. I got terribly disappointed.
We've got the new video editor that has the slow down the video option. That looks like they didn't remove that function from the Z1 or maybe Timeshift Video is coming for us. I'm sure that .681 FW is going to be updated soon as creative app is laggy just like on ported version. Same thing for showing camera apps (change mode from SA to anything else)
Camera apps can be rearranged by tap and hold.
I can't tell about any REAL new features. We've got wifi data transfer and printing. So far I can't see any other features.
Statusbar can't be swiped to change from notifications to toggles. You have to press the toggles button to change to those. It's not really a big thing, but I got really annoyed by that in 10 minutes of 4.4 on Z1.
Camera launches faster.
Summary:
I'm kind of dissapointed by the update. I hoped to get more out of it.
I'll give it a try for a few days though. We'll see if I'd really benefit from the update. (TBH I'm too lazy to do rerooting, restoring backup etc. and I'm a bit curious if there's anyting new here.
Please drop all your opinions/feelings about 4.4 update below.
PS. If you think that this thread is useless - let me know. I'll tell the moderators to delete it.
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may i know did u wipe data?
your device gets very hot with this update?
I'm happy we got kit kat early even though we're missing the Z2 features
At least we got the stock kit kat features
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No option to select runtime so no ART
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olokos
What did you mean by:
"Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea"
Where is this feature ?
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may i know did u wipe data?
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I tried to get kk without wiping data and cache, but I just ended up in bootloop. Maybe that's because I should have wiped cache. Doesn't matter - I made a backup with TWRP.
yok3r said:
your device gets very hot with this update?
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I can't really tell the difference yet.
MobileBritain said:
No option to select runtime so no ART
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Confirmed. That's a bummer.
Multitasking seems to be better now.
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MobileBritain said:
olokos
What did you mean by:
"Data transfer between pc and phone over Wi-Fi without any external apps seems to be a good idea"
Where is this feature ?
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Xperia connectivity. It's for windows 7+. Z1 basically shows up just like you would have connected it via USB cable in MTP mode. Haven't tested it any further though.
I accidentally thanked you for no reason xD
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sound effect bug fixed?
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yok3r said:
your device gets very hot with this update?
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Mine does it's the only issue I have so far and I wiped my device but I'm going to kill my battery and then charge from dead since my battery life with Wi-Fi is crap now
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im liking it had it on for the last 4 hours battery use seems a tad better as is the camera
now has anyone created a boot.img with cwm yet so this can be rooted
never developed anything in my life but my fingers are twitching and googling how to's
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Xperia connectivity. It's for windows 7+. Z1 basically shows up just like you would have connected it via USB cable in MTP mode. Haven't tested it any further though.
I accidentally thanked you for no reason xD
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Where is this feature enabled ?
How do you use it ?
Anyone's camera no longer focuses?
I'm getting this in logcat:
Code:
E/caladbolg( 298): 275221439 excal_idt_ctrl.cpp (688) 10990 E [EXC] [IdtCtrl ] Received error event from FocusDetector
E/caladbolg( 298): 275221685 excal_idt_ctrl.cpp (692) 10990 E [EXC] [IdtCtrl ] Call returnBuffer for HwFocusStats 0xb7d59a80
D/mm-camera-intf( 298): mm_stream_read_msm_frame: VIDIOC_DQBUF buf_index 4, frame_idx 0, stream type 9
D/dalvikvm( 1425): GC_CONCURRENT freed 393K, 14% free 50955K/59036K, paused 4ms+3ms, total 20ms
D/mm-camera-intf( 298): mm_stream_read_msm_frame: VIDIOC_DQBUF buf_index 5, frame_idx 181, stream type 1
FR related, C&J firmware fixed it.
kkd28 said:
sound effect bug fixed?
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Confirm fixed. C6906
Lost + button to add more themes.
But big question is...
Anyone could pls explain how localization now works on 4.4.2?
In 4.3 I could have localization thru 3g on and gps off, then I'd turn gos on with a switch when using maps on nav app, and ogff again when finished.
Now all I have is a switch that enables/disables localization and an option with 3 way of working: 1. gps + 3g + wifi, 2. Gps + wifi or 3. gps only.
I am lost... If I choose option 1 than is my gps always on sucking battery? If I choose 2 how can I easily enable gps when in nav app? And if I choose 3 how can I still have google localize me thru wifi when localization is off?
This is so stupid, they should have kept 3g and gps localization separate...
MON5TER said:
im liking it had it on for the last 4 hours battery use seems a tad better as is the camera
now has anyone created a boot.img with cwm yet so this can be rooted
never developed anything in my life but my fingers are twitching and googling how to's
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Doomlord has 1 already out.
Finally the ability to shoot 4:3 in superior auto
mikailmohammed said:
Doomlord has 1 already out.
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Can you please link it I cannot find it anywhere
MON5TER said:
Can you please link it I cannot find it anywhere
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632808
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632808
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ahah thankyou didnt realise he updated the old thread :good:
Besides the localization question above, how do you add a secind widget on the lickscreen?
Update: never mind, found answers to both questions
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Anyone has found a templerun2 link not working in app drawer?
Has anybody else found this. For example, unlocking the phone. Or turning the alarm off. Or pulling down the notification shade. Very laggy - 5 to 10 seconds to respond sometimes. My z3y was MUCH more responsive.
Sent from my Xperia Z3+/Z4.
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Has anybody else found this.
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Nope.
Try a clean wipe
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Try clearing data/cache of the launcher app from settings - apps - all. Also avoid live wallpapers if you got any.
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Try clearing data/cache of the launcher app from settings - apps - all. Also avoid live wallpapers if you got any.
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Thank you for your suggestions. I use Nova launcher. And no live wallpapers - I find them an unnecessary use of resources.
Sent from my Xperia Z3+/Z4.
Well, then you could try the stock launcher. If the lag is gone, then it's definitely caused by Nova in the first place. I've seen this before on other phones.
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Well, then you could try the stock launcher. If the lag is gone, then it's definitely caused by Nova in the first place. I've seen this before on other phones.
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Dunno, for me, Nova seemed to actually speed things up. Being fast is one of its selling points, after all.
I have to say that I'm extremely disappointed with the Z3+. I previously owned a z2, z3 and z3 tablet compact and all of those were far more responsive and less laggy than the z3+. Hell even my Moto X 2014 puts the z3+ to shame. I love Sony products but have been massively put off them after the shoddy Z3+, this is not even mentioning the fact that most other xperia phones, including the z1, have the 5.1 update yet there's no sign of it for the z3+. A bit of a rant but its a poor show by Sony.
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ronak47 said:
I have to say that I'm extremely disappointed with the Z3+. I previously owned a z2, z3 and z3 tablet compact and all of those were far more responsive and less laggy than the z3+. Hell even my Moto X 2014 puts the z3+ to shame. I love Sony products but have been massively put off them after the shoddy Z3+, this is not even mentioning the fact that most other xperia phones, including the z1, have the 5.1 update yet there's no sign of it for the z3+. A bit of a rant but its a poor show by Sony.
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I agree. It's a real shame. I'm gonna try a full reset tonight and see if that helps any. I don't have much installed on the phone. To be honest, it was much more responsive when I first got it, so I'm hoping this helps. I'll keep you posted.
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I found my Z3+ to be unacceptably laggy as well. I moved to the One Plus Two phone last week and could not be happier. I may try the Z5 when it's released as I prefer the smaller 5.2" screen size versus the OP2 5.5" screen.
I had previously been using the Z2 with CM 12.1 nightlies but could not deal with the poor phone calling quality.
MrPACS said:
I found my Z3+ to be unacceptably laggy as well. I moved to the One Plus Two phone last week and could not be happier. I may try the Z5 when it's released as I prefer the smaller 5.2" screen size versus the OP2 5.5" screen.
I had previously been using the Z2 with CM 12.1 nightlies but could not deal with the poor phone calling quality.
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Does it overheat?
The lagging even happens when the phone is stone cold.
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Does it overheat?
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Does what overheat; the Z3+? Not at all since the latest firmware was released; .251.
The Z3+ does lag for me while scrolling left/right or up/down even when the Phone is NOT hot. There can be no denial of this fact. My Opinion.
Note: All this is even after I did a full clean wipe, de-bloated my phone heavily, and disabled ALL google services save for a few mandatory ones.
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Does what overheat; the Z3+? Not at all since the latest firmware was released; .251.
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No i meant The "Oneplus 2"
Do you have 28.0.A.8.251 firmware on your Z3+? I am asking because on this firmware I am not having lag anymore (a little bit after playing games but it is OK).
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No i meant The "Oneplus 2"
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No, not at all.
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Do you have 28.0.A.8.251 firmware on your Z3+? I am asking because on this firmware I am not having lag anymore (a little bit after playing games but it is OK).
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Yes, .251
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Dunno, for me, Nova seemed to actually speed things up. Being fast is one of its selling points, after all.
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Nova makes the phone way faster. Set scroll and animation speed to faster-than-light.
I've been so busy developing stuff and reflashing my phone that I've not had the chance to use it in daily use. That said, it feels faster than my Galaxy Note 4. using .251 firmware, it kicks the Galaxy's ass on an Antutu Benchmark, and that's even with what we know about Samsung cooking benchmarks on their devices. It got 53.5K to the Note 4's 48.3K
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Nova makes the phone way faster. Set scroll and animation speed to faster-than-light.
I've been so busy developing stuff and reflashing my phone that I've not had the chance to use it in daily use. That said, it feels faster than my Galaxy Note 4. using .251 firmware, it kicks the Galaxy's ass on an Antutu Benchmark, and that's even with what we know about Samsung cooking benchmarks on their devices. It got 53.5K to the Note 4's 48.3K
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53.5 vs 48.3 doesn't seem like that big a jump considering the z3+ is 64 bit.
The annoying thing for me is lag when unlocking , or using WhatsApp, or the camera. Just takes ages (5-10 seconds) to respond.
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AMoosa said:
53.5 vs 48.3 doesn't seem like that big a jump considering the z3+ is 64 bit.
The annoying thing for me is lag when unlocking , or using WhatsApp, or the camera. Just takes ages (5-10 seconds) to respond.
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Mine does lag when unlocking, too, but not that much...
When I was on my Samsung phone I had the Game booster app that was able to tweak resolution for specific apps and games, which was pretty cool because it allowed better performance and battery saving when using gfx intensive apps. However I can't find anything similar for non Samsung phones that actually works. Any suggestion would be much appreciated because that odd little feature is pretty much all I miss from my Samsung days.
Currently running CM13 so I don't care if it requires root.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi
works for me..
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marcin111177 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.texdroider.texdroider_dpi
works for me..
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Thanks, but I was looking for something that us able to change the actual resolution, not just the dpi.
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vnvman said:
Thanks, but I was looking for something that us able to change the actual resolution, not just the dpi.
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I'm looking for too, could you tell us if you find something ? with my honor6 , I had this option ; from 1080 to 720 to save battery .
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I'm looking for too, could you tell us if you find something ? with my honor6 , I had this option ; from 1080 to 720 to save battery .
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I'll keep looking and if I find something I'll report back here.
Thanks dude !
Sup, i'm using this phone for 4 years! So, im curious about your camera and battery life? Are you using auto mode, if not can you share some wisdom about manual settings and etc? How is your battery life, are you using any "hacks" or something? I'm using CustomiZed Sony 5.1.1 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/development/rom-official-sony-lollipop-5-1-1-t3196237), so its basically a stock version... So if there is anyone with stock and daily using this phone, can you share camera and battery? Thanks!
My wife is still using this phone daily. Stock version. Camera is not great because it's 4 years old. She used to get about 3 hours of screen on time every day. She uses essentially messenger, WhatsApp, and SMS (a lot). She still likes the phone and don't want to change it by now.
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SolidSnake1976 said:
My wife is still using this phone daily. Stock version. Camera is not great because it's 4 years old. She used to get about 3 hours of screen on time every day. She uses essentially messenger, WhatsApp, and SMS (a lot). She still likes the phone and don't want to change it by now.
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i would recommend to flash clean stock, bcs that battery life is really bad. Mine can last for about half day with not that much usage...
I am using Resurrection Remix v5.8 battery life is amazing. Not using camera though. Been using Xperia Z since its released.
I've had mine since 2013 and only switched to the Z5 last year after the battery died. I've recently ordered a new battery and having it put in this week just because I want a backup (hopefully a new battery fixes it anyway - it's been used as a permanently charged up alarm clock since it won't hold a charge).
Still using since 2015.Especially need to say durability is perfect <3 i've done great things with it. Still i don't have get any issue. I'm using this for my better photo quality https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/mod-xperia-camera-unlocked-t3071161
It's still my daily driver. I just replaced the screen. Battery is poor camera has a lot of bad pixels but i use it only for taking pictures of books/notebooks so I don't care. Im running PureX Z v3 from about a year and a half and it's going well. I have plans to unlock bootloader and try lineage but, don't know when.
I've just replaced the battery this morning and reset the phone. In the process, I have lost the waterproofing as the glue is a little loose in one corner. An easy fix I guess, the gasket and glue is only a few bucks off eBay, and its not that hard to take off the back now that it is loose. Heat is still an issue but I will let it settle and observe.
I don't intend to take it with me to the shower or pool though, and it will now live the remainder of its life in a case as my car nav and Play Music client.
i use it daily , having it with me since 2013 (Did root n all this year) Currently on RR Latest 5.8.2.
i have put kernel auditor set max freq to 1.7k and min to 0.3k
overall it get me thru my day
heat is less compare to other rom or previous version
battery i get screen on time of 220-250 mins depend on use but 3.5 hrs is minimum i get...
camera i have minor scratch so rear camera ok but front good. use Google Camera in this rom.
3 years now, on lineage 14.1 unofficial, ditch stock and it's alright, very smooth still. Still upgrading to the Snapdragon 835 though ?
I have sony xperia z and samsung galaxy s7. Still prefer to use xperia z for my daily usage. S7 have better photo but xperia z is for everything else. S7 is like English people love to say "not my cup of tea".
Xperia z is still on stock kernel. Unable to unlock bootloader.
Best regards
I am still using it, it is still running really great. Running on "Resurrection Remix N for Xperia Z". But my old Sony Xperia S still makes better photos, with alot less noise!
Using this phone since 4 years now! I like the little things about this phone, like the small apps it's literally a life saver!
Battery life is poor.. i have to charge it two times a day.
I have over 100 apps installed and it still holds up pretty well during peak performance periods, although some apps like snapchat do lag, not many system lags tho.
Also it's literally impossible to play demanding games on it.
Camera was decent... Until when, one day i unlocked the bootloader and the drm's got deleted, it's a patato cam now.
Although i noticed the Instagram stories camera app takes slightly better pictures than stock camera app.
The display is the best part of this phone, i put it up against the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy A5 and Xperia Z's display comes out better than both with accurate colors (With Bravia engine disabled).
I am on stock rom with bootloader unlocked. I have a couple of xposed module's that elevate the experience to a whole new level like the Android N-ify, ad blocker, custom status and nav bars, etc
I must say after rooting, I've done a lot of experiments that just make my phone stand out amongst other phones!
I am planning on buying a new phone this year (Galaxy Note 8 or LG V30) but I'll definitely miss this wonderful phone!
My Z is my daily since March 2014.
Replaced Stock once, then went to CM13. Yesterday I had installed LineageOS 14.1-UNOFFICIAL.
My battery is like the first day right now, the new LineageOS made my old phone more recent than my friends XZ
I just got one. Love the phone so much I decided to use it as my daily and put away my M8 !! Not as good quality as the M8 but I love the feel of the phone.
Only problem is I have a locked bootloader and it would appear that all I can put on it is lollipop. Anyone know of at least a marshmellow rom I could install on a locked bootloader ?
My Z was taken out of a cupboard about a month ago having sat idle for most of its life as I was given a company phone (first a Galaxy S4 and then a Note 4). The phone was unlocked and rooted soon after I first got it, but I 'refreshed' it a few weeks back with ExistenZ Ultimate 3.5 (I managed to download the older copy without spotting the more recent ones - my bad!) and it was working fine, with good battery life, but I then noticed I could not get a VPN connection working and this seemed to be a known problem with some 4.x stock ROMs, so yesterday I reflashed with CustomiZed 5.1.1 and now the VPN functionality works! I did somehow manage to kill wifi with one tweak and I had to factory reset the phone this morning and start over (I have a separate post on that), but things are now up and running again. With the older ROM, audio used to stutter too, but not with the new one.
The Z is an 'OK' phone with a good screen, but I never really liked the waterproof port covers, nor the location of the power button (causes issues in car cradles) and the speaker (you can cover it with your hand too easily), but right now it is working fine and I am impressed that the battery is still pretty healthy after several years sitting discharged. It'll do until I decide what make/model to get next.
I'm almost reaching 4th year using this phone. Bought at around June 2013, and this is my primary phone for it's entire lifetime. Still loving this phone.
Maybe I'll change to X Performance someday
Battery is still so good, still got 2100mAh (original 2370mAh) - tested using my LiPo charger, directly to the battery cell terminal.
I do this "insane" battery testing because I want to know about the sony battery quality over 4 years, and want to test if it's the battery, software, or network problem that draining my battery.
Also, battery replacement are quite easy to obtain here...
i used to use it until yesterday...
i bricked it trying to downgrade it for the second time (i did it right the first time a year ago and i got it right...).
did it happen to anybody and would you have any idea to where i should try to find informations to reinstall my xperia z C6603 and "unbrick" it?
Thanks
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I'm a Chinese. I was considering change my daily phone from XZ until I found RR rom. its the best rom I have ever used, even better than CM mod. Now XZ will be being my daily phone and I like it more than before.
I am using it for a week now as backup for the time the battery of my Z5 is replaced. Using the unofficial Lineage OS 14.1. Very stable Rom.