Hello guys, i just took the xperia mini st15i and i saw that the screen lightning is trembling when i am writing a text most of times, but it does it at idle times too.
I did factory reset to the phone and it still does it. It stops doing it when i am covering the lightning sensor, i think that the problem is at auto screen brightness.
is there anything that i can do with that? or i must get it for RMA?
There is another topic that treat the argument.
The only way is to root your phone and Download the app "Disable Auto Brighteness" for Xperia Play(It's work for Xperia Mini).
Or you have to change something in the file system and disable auto-brightness.
The reason that happens is because you cover the light sensor with your thumb sometimes when texting. Its not a device fault, its just how its meant to work.
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Yeah, I get that too on my Xperia Mini Pro, but it doesnt happen all the time, like sometimes indoors and out.
ok ill check that, my question is if i want to put the cyanogen to the phone, firstly i have to unlock the bootloader to do it and that is avoiding the warranty, can i lock the bootloader after that again to get the warranty back?
dumraden said:
The reason that happens is because you cover the light sensor with your thumb sometimes when texting. Its not a device fault, its just how its meant to work.
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No.
It's happens only on Xperia Mini ST15.
Is a problem of the light sensor,badly calibrated.
Cloudus91 said:
No.
It's happens only on Xperia Mini ST15.
Is a problem of the light sensor,badly calibrated.
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My Xperia Mini Pro does that too some times, going where there is more light make it stop.
Cloudus91 said:
No.
It's happens only on Xperia Mini ST15.
Is a problem of the light sensor,badly calibrated.
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So does the Xperia active. Its just common sense. Less light into the ambient sensor = lower brightness.
There's an official fix for this issue as well as overheating and other issues with SE Mini, just go to the nearest SE Service Center and ask for the calibration fix for xperia mini.
There have been a lot of reported stories about these issues and was all resolved by the calibration fix.
Have a look at this thread where I posted an answer on this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19778308
I'll just paste it here as well for all to see.
I can confirm that this happens when the light sensor adjusts the screen brightness. If you go to Settings > Screen > Screen brightness, and here set it to max, you will disable the auto brightness feature and the flickering should stop. It will have negative effect on your battery performance though.
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I just got an Xperia Active Billabong Edition today. My problem is that the lower right screen is bleeding. It's not the screen itself. It's actually the blacklight of the capacitive "menu" button. When I set the screen timeout to 2 mins and the capacitive buttons shut off before the screen does, there's no light bleed. Anyone else with this problem?
Yea i got the same issue. I have persuaded myself not to look on the bottom right corner
I think its a manufacturer error...
dumraden said:
Yea i got the same issue. I have persuaded myself not to look on the bottom right corner
I think its a manufacturer error...
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Thank god. I feel better now that I'm not the only one. Which active do you have?
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i have same thing......does not bother me at all.......
Same error here.
Newly aquired Xperia Active with bleeding light in lower right corner, and it really annoys me.
That an the fact that the phone sometimes, without reason, goes into a vibrating spasm which usually do not last longer than a minute.
And sometimes the phone looses connection with the SIM-card, and I have to turn the phone off, and the on again to be able to connect to my carrier.
So it's a common problem? I think it's a manufacturing defect.
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Anyone else experiencing this? My seller said his last unit also has this light leak.
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I see the same thing. I just decided not to care
Me too on st15i
I also have the vibra-spasms
I didnt have them on CM7 tho. I think its Kernel related more than anything,
Same for me - don´t think about .............
BTW - it´s a famous fone and really water resitent - i tried this out yesterday.
That's just terrible quality control! It's alarming.
Strange thing is people aren't bothered by the inferior quality of their products.
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I've been checking for light bleeding on a couple of active's but I can't see any. Do you guys have any picture of your light bleeding's? I'm interested too see it myself.
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I've been checking for light bleeding on a couple of active's but I can't see any. Do you guys have any picture of your light bleeding's? I'm interested too see it myself.
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It's quite hard to capture it on photo but it's on the lower right. It's caused by the capacitive buttons light leaking on the LCD.
It's very visible at night specially on a black screen or just when you unlock unlock phone using the power button from sleep.
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It's quite hard to capture it on photo but it's on the lower right. It's caused by the capacitive buttons light leaking on the LCD.
It's very visible at night specially on a black screen or just when you unlock unlock phone using the power button from sleep.
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I saw that you made a thread about this on my "home" forum as well.
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/25624#
It's updated.
Hey,
have you ever tried to use the app "Screen Filter"?
The app should allow you to turn off the backlight of the softkeys!
Can anyone check if its working with the Xperia Active?
Let me know please... i dont have the phone, but maybe soon i have...
Same Here, i think what happend on my active
Please can anyone check if the "Screen Filter" app works on the xperia active?
There you can choose "disable softkey backlight". With this option the effect dont appear anymore...
please advice
Screen filter and unselect "Enable soft key backlight" works well. Soft key backlight is disabled, also when unlocking the phone.
The disadvantage being that in a dark room, you'll now have to "know" where each of the three soft buttons is (which probably isn't a problem if it's your phone and you're used to using it).
Thanks a lot! Happy to hear that...
Is there a possibility to autostart Screen Filter or have you to start the app manually after a reboot?
Thanks a lot again
Hi guys,I bought a Xperia Mini Pro to my girlfriend.
Like my Xperia Mini has the worst touchscreen that I ever seen/touched.
Try to play Fruit Ninja is impossible,because the touchscreen lose your fingers.
If you draw a circle very fast with a paint app,it's lose your touch.
This is annoying when I navigate on the browser or scroll contacts and music.
Why no one has noticed this problem?
The only problem on your list that i noticed is with fruit ninja but the weird thing is that it's working well with the other app called fruit slice
That's the only problem i noticed about the touchscreen in 2 month of use (sk17)
otherwise I am quite satisfied.
I have Mini Pro (SK17i) and I still get nearly 1000 points in Fruit Ninja (Arcade Mode), not too much but I think it's not bad at all.
I advice you to download "Multi Touch Paint" and you will discover how malfunctioning this touchscreen.
Use this app in "Kids Mode" and made a continuos circle very fast.
In Xperia Mini there are some disconnects.
In Xperia Mini Pro the touch screen is crazy,because the pen is going where don't touch.
I dont know why are you having hard time with screens, but my Xperia mini works perfect, never had any problems with it
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peexl said:
The only problem on your list that i noticed is with fruit ninja but the weird thing is that it's working well with the other app called fruit slice
That's the only problem i noticed about the touchscreen in 2 month of use (sk17)
otherwise I am quite satisfied.
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Because Fruit Ninja use multitouch while fruit slice use single touch.
Alchnemesis said:
I dont know why are you having hard time with screens, but my Xperia mini works perfect, never had any problems with it
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I send it to Sony Ericsson Support,I hope that they can fix it.
Using an (constantly under RAM pressure) X8 at the moment I unfortunately have to agree that touchscreen responsiveness is noticeably inferior on both the mini and the mini pro. I noticed when using the device one handed, i.e. operating the screen with the thumb. Fast scrolling is nearly not possible. We're not talking about performance here, the device ist fast. It is about the digitizer being unable to register quick flings over a short distance.
To visualize this I tried Kids Paint Free. It simply draws gestures with random colors for each stroke. This is perfect to determine whether the digitizer has lost the finger: if it has, a new color will be drawn.
I drawed a couple of QUICK vertical up-down flings of about one inch length each at about four strokes per second. The X8 registered these correctly and displayed them at the given length. The mini (and also a mini pro I tried at a local store) registered only at most half an inch of the movement. If you increase gesture speed even further, some are being registered as taps (resulting in a dot being drawn)!
This is exactly what happens when scrolling around: it feels laggy, because you can't input a certain length of fling in a short time, i.e. "give power to the scroll". Occasionally you might even end up with a false tap where you actually wanted a scroll.
Another test is to start on the upper right corner an try to fill the whole screen by diagonally wiping to an fro until you reach the lower left corner. This will even end up in the digitizer not responding until you lift the finger again. It was not possible to fill the screen in one long gesture! Again no problem on the X8.
I returned my mini yesterday for this very reason, it renders the device unusable to me. A real pity, given the otherwise good specs of it.
Now: have I encountered defective devices? Can anyboy confirm? Is there a parameter to set some kind of progression like with mouse pointers on a PC?
You phone might have problem with heating and navigation keys. Keys are connected to screen, so every time you hold you finger on the screen, keys may react by themselves. Send it to service if you have warranty.
Its very strange that you have screen issues... I have sk17i and also try st15 in store. Feelings just awesome,
sensivity and speed is very good. No lag or stucks at all time. Maybe you sould return that one for warranty
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I have the very same stupid problem, is there any fix ??
I also unlocked the bootloader and installed last CM Nightly and the problem still exists !
Nope. Doesnt have this problems on my SK17i. It only happens on your device. Your made topic sounds ridiculous
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My Xperia mini pro has perfect touchscreen mayb this mans on bad luck!!
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What do you mean by writing "Xperia Xperia Mini and Mini Pro have the worst touchscreen ever seen!" ?
I'm using sk17i for about 3 months and it just worked fine,well if u dont like sk17i buy another phone then,everything have positive and negative side.
If u cant live with sk17i,i recommend u to buy another phone
No offense,just saying
Touchscreen responsiveness Xperia Mini (Pro)
Hi all,
thank you for your input. Please don't blame the thread title, I didn't choose it and just didn't want to clutter the forum with another thread on the same topic.
Just for the right scope: my Mini did not overheat in any way, the two soft buttons worked perfectly. Also I'm not complaining about scrolling performance of the OS or the device. Once it scrolls, it does so smooth, lag-free and fast. I'm all about giving drive or momentum into quick (respectively short) strokes.
Please find two screenshots made with Kids Paint to illustrate what I mean. Sorry that I may not yet post image links. I'd be glad if anyone who is content with his or her digitizer performance could try the same on a their mini (pro)s. The APK is also attached.
Test case 1 (vertical flings):
Speed is absolutely of the essence. This screen has to be drawn in less than three seconds. There's no point in doing it slower, it will work. On the Minis I tried it was not possible to get the lines that long in the given time.
Test case 2 (screen fill):
Start at the upper right corner and fill the screen in one continuous stroke. Again, this has to be done in at most five seconds. I have not been able to do so, the Mini's digitizer lost my finger (new color drawn) and stopped completely reacting at about 3/4 of the screen.
I'd happily accept that I had devices from a defective lot and try another. I wouldn't invest time here on this issue if I didn't think that the Mini was THE phone for me (price- and spec-wise).
cmfan said:
Hi all,
thank you for your input. Please don't blame the thread title, I didn't choose it and just didn't want to clutter the forum with another thread on the same topic.
Just for the right scope: my Mini did not overheat in any way, the two soft buttons worked perfectly. Also I'm not complaining about scrolling performance of the OS or the device. Once it scrolls, it does so smooth, lag-free and fast. I'm all about giving drive or momentum into quick (respectively short) strokes.
Please find two screenshots made with Kids Paint to illustrate what I mean. Sorry that I may not yet post image links. I'd be glad if anyone who is content with his or her digitizer performance could try the same on a their mini (pro)s.
Test case 1 (vertical flings):
Speed is of absolutely of the essence. This screen has to be drawn in less than three seconds. There's no point in doing it slower, it will work. On the Minis I tried it was not possible to get the lines that long in the given time.
Test case 2 (screen fill):
Start at the upper right corner and fill the screen in one continuous stroke. Again, this has to be done in at most five seconds. I have not been able to do so, the Mini's digitizer lost my finger (new color drawn) and stopped completely reacting at about 3/4 of the screen.
I'd happily accept that I had devices from a defective lot and try another. I wouldn't invest time here on this issue if I didn't think that the Mini was THE phone for me (price- and spec-wise).
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Like i said,everything have a weakness
Like i said,everything have a weakness
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Maybe. Though I had expected SE to do at least as well as they did 1,5 years ago on the now outdated X8, wouldn't you?
Anyway, so does your comment mean your Mini Pro behaves the same way?
cmfan said:
Anyway, so does your comment mean your Mini Pro behaves the same way?
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My daughter's xperia mini pro behaves the same way:-( Fast swype movements are not registered or misregistered to clicks. The problem is worsening, when the phone is on the charger. Overall, I am not satisfied with it, I will exchange it to an experia pro.
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I have the same problem, and my touch buttons are not working properly either, and fast swyping is also terrible.
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I have the same problem with the screen. But is it case of warranty? Or just a feature in Apple style?
I havent face any issue yet
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I have two phones at home... Xperia Ray and NeoV
100% Brightness on Neo V = 40% brightness on Ray
My Ray when set to 100% makes Neo V die...
Is the display on Neo V so dim? It's like i have to keep it above 75% brightness to keep it comfortable... On ray, just 20% is also enough...
It's there any hardware problem or its just dim by default?+ :-/
jjdoctor said:
I have two phones at home... Xperia Ray and NeoV
100% Brightness on Neo V = 40% brightness on Ray
My Ray when set to 100% makes Neo V die...
Is the display on Neo V so dim? It's like i have to keep it above 75% brightness to keep it comfortable... On ray, just 20% is also enough...
It's there any hardware problem or its just dim by default?+ :-/
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Software related bug.
I quarantee with custom roms Neo display will blind you with max brightness
taaviu said:
Software related bug.
I quarantee with custom roms Neo display will blind you with max brightness
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I too wondered about this problem,with CM7 rom screen is great at brightness set to full.Wonder why Sony is not fixing these in fw releases or they do want us to stay in dark like this forever
try use RootDim ~May work
And MIUI has crazy brightness trust me !
Are you guys sure its Software related thing?... I was so depressed with it....
its running stock at the moment...
isnt there any Mod that can allow me to use it on Stock Rom after Rooting?
jjdoctor said:
Are you guys sure its Software related thing?... I was so depressed with it....
its running stock at the moment...
isnt there any Mod that can allow me to use it on Stock Rom after Rooting?
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Disable auto brightness
https://market.android.com/details?...uYW5kcm9pZC5EaXNhYmxlX0F1dG9fQnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
sdk16420 said:
Disable auto brightness
https://market.android.com/details?...uYW5kcm9pZC5EaXNhYmxlX0F1dG9fQnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
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Thanks ....looks great... Will try after rooting... its such a pain to root after upgrading to .62
jjdoctor said:
I have two phones at home... Xperia Ray and NeoV
100% Brightness on Neo V = 40% brightness on Ray
My Ray when set to 100% makes Neo V die...
Is the display on Neo V so dim? It's like i have to keep it above 75% brightness to keep it comfortable... On ray, just 20% is also enough...
It's there any hardware problem or its just dim by default?+ :-/
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Hi there. I also experience this. Despite 100% brightness and all, its not that bright and I am not satisfied.
However, I have an experience I would like to share with regards to the brightness:
When power off the phone and power it on again, the sony ericcson logo appears dim. Then goes bright, the brightness that I wanted and feel should be the correct one, then suddenly goes dim again until the desktop appears. And mo matter how you adjust it, it just doesnt get that bright.
Sigh
DCTopTeam said:
Hi there. I also experience this. Despite 100% brightness and all, its not that bright and I am not satisfied.
However, I have an experience I would like to share with regards to the brightness:
When power off the phone and power it on again, the sony ericcson logo appears dim. Then goes bright, the brightness that I wanted and feel should be the correct one, then suddenly goes dim again until the desktop appears. And mo matter how you adjust it, it just doesnt get that bright.
Sigh
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Solution is in post #6
Thilina said:
Solution is in post #6
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Thanks a lot. But I dont know how to root.. Is going to the service center gonna help? My friend's SE Experia Neo V' brightness was fine and he did not root his phone.
Search the forums
Root it
And no SE wont help
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Search the forums
Root it
And no SE wont help
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Christ. Thanks!
Hi everyone, just bought a neo V a couple days ago,and i have some noob questions, when i read the phone specs it said the ram was 512mb, but when i check its only about 300mb total, and the last one, i have a screen blinks when day, is it only the light sensors or what?, need answers thanks
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mikey000 said:
the last one, i have a screen blinks when day, is it only the light sensors or what?, need answers thanks
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What do you mean by the screen blinks???
Does it blink when brightness is full?
If it doesn't blink with full brightness, then you may have a faulty ambient light sensor.
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I think he is also pissed off with "ambient light sensor" Auto brightness feature, which unfortunately we can't turn off (without root)
I think the OP means flicker, which is a "feature" on SE 2011 phones... the autobrightness modulates the screen brightness rather quickly and is generally more obvious in low light conditions.
I think i found the answer, its what u guys told, the ambient or auto ****s sony has..
Thanks for the answers
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mikey000 said:
I think i found the answer, its what u guys told, the ambient or auto ****s sony has..
Thanks for the answers
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Here's the solution,but you need to root your phone for this to work.About the ram rest is used for Android OS I guess
I have SE LWW i love this phone but what i have notice that it has some problem with the sensor that change the brightness according to the light conditions.
What happens is that sometimes the screen start to flicker that is continuous jump
between low and high brightness which is very irritating.
So please share if any one of u face the same problem or know anything about it.
I m using LwW from yesterday but havnt seen this kind of issue may be needing more time to cross check, will update definitely.
abhishekcal said:
I have SE LWW i love this phone but what i have notice that it has some problem with the sensor that change the brightness according to the light conditions.
What happens is that sometimes the screen start to flicker that is continuous jump
between low and high brightness which is very irritating.
So please share if any one of u face the same problem or know anything about it.
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yeah mine too.
i think it's coming from the device light sensor, n we can't fix it until sony put an update.
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Weird had the lww too and never had that problem. Do the ones that have it updated your phones?? I am currently on lasan's rom but never encounter it.
thanks for replying guys but i think it is the ambient light sensor problem that means it is a hardware problem so it might not get solved by update.
Be positive most of the times it is a kernel related problem or take to a service center and see if they give you a new one
Live With Walkman
Live with walkman has a ambient sensor in it which changes light accordingly
but i never noticed any flicker in my phone my suggestions would be take the
phone SE service center
the flicker shows when u look at screen from side. but from infront of the screen, it's hard to see.
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abhishekcal said:
I have SE LWW i love this phone but what i have notice that it has some problem with the sensor that change the brightness according to the light conditions.
What happens is that sometimes the screen start to flicker that is continuous jump
between low and high brightness which is very irritating.
So please share if any one of u face the same problem or know anything about it.
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I confirm this.
When brightness is not full(I used on half on Stock and Hybrom ROMs), then in some conditions the screen indeed does flicker a bit.
That is caused by ambient light sensor, which detects many different light levels at some point, that is the reason for changing screen brightness so much at that time.
Currently, I am not aware of solutions for this, as I do use custom ROM, where I haven't noticed it yet.
chepoz said:
the flicker shows when u look at screen from side. but from infront of the screen, it's hard to see.
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I my case the flicker is noticeable from front also.
I think i have to take it to the service center.
abhishekcal said:
I my case the flicker is noticeable from front also.
I think i have to take it to the service center.
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Is not a bug, most other phones have it also, that means light sensor works.
It shouldn't damage your phone.
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Dude here is the solution..i have the same probs..but i havent tested it as it reqires root..so check it it should work as posted by athor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...uYW5kcm9pZC5EaXNhYmxlX0F1dG9fQnJpZ2h0bmVzcyJd
I actually also experience this problem on my xperia active, but it doesn't bother me too much though.
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Yes the same problem is with me too!!