Hi guys. I have the Xperia Mini and I am generally very satisfied with it except for a couple of things. Firstly its WiFi performance is mediocre. It can't find wireless networks from the same spot that other phones can, or even in the same room where the wireless router is, it doesn't get full signal. Secondly, it's the GPS. I had it on a table in the house, next to a Xperia Neo V and started simultaneously running GPS TEST application. The Neo V in a matter of 10-15 seconds had caught signal from 12-14 satellites and within 20 seconds it had a lock. My mini instead it didn't even get one satellite no matter how much I left it there on the same spot. (More than 10 minutes). It also has trouble getting a good GPS signal on the street and maintaning a fix. The two phones have the same Qualcomm CPU in which I think the GPS chip is included, so if they both have the same hardware, how come there's such a big difference in performance? I live in Greece and I have to note that the Neo V is from a greek store, while the Mini is import from Germany. Could this be of importance? Also could this be caused by a couple times that the phone fell hard on the ground? Wouldn't it stop its functions completely if something was wrong? Is it possible that it's performance just deteriorated? Everything else works perfectly. Anyway I am waiting for your suggestions. Thank you and I am sorry for the long message
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Hi guys. I have the Xperia Mini and I am generally very satisfied with it except for a couple of things. Firstly its WiFi performance is mediocre. It can't find wireless networks from the same spot that other phones can, or even in the same room where the wireless router is, it doesn't get full signal. Secondly, it's the GPS. I had it on a table in the house, next to a Xperia Neo V and started simultaneously running GPS TEST application. The Neo V in a matter of 10-15 seconds had caught signal from 12-14 satellites and within 20 seconds it had a lock. My mini instead it didn't even get one satellite no matter how much I left it there on the same spot. (More than 10 minutes). It also has trouble getting a good GPS signal on the street and maintaning a fix. The two phones have the same Qualcomm CPU in which I think the GPS chip is included, so if they both have the same hardware, how come there's such a big difference in performance? I live in Greece and I have to note that the Neo V is from a greek store, while the Mini is import from Germany. Could this be of importance? Also could this be caused by a couple times that the phone fell hard on the ground? Wouldn't it stop its functions completely if something was wrong? Is it possible that it's performance just deteriorated? Everything else works perfectly. Anyway I am waiting for your suggestions. Thank you and I am sorry for the long message
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Are this two phones running on the same build number?
Menu > Settings > About phone.
I suggest that you use the latest software in both phones to get the best performance.
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Hi all
I'm a big android fan, and I'm thinking of getting x10 mini pro for my wife
Enough with the nokia's I guess
Wanted to ask what's your feedback of the phone, anything you don't like about it ?
How's battery life ?
Do you need to charge everyday under average use ( no 3G data, wifi on and voice calls )
Camera quality ?
Is it easy to root, move from rooted to stock when needed ?
Feedback appreciated
Have a good weekend
I've got a mini, rather than a mini pro, but I'll answer from my perspective (the two phones are basically identical, other than the hardware keyboard)
I've had mine for 6 months now, and have been very happy with it - no complaints at all.
For me, with 3g enabled, checking email regularly, and spending a couple of hours a day browsing, I get about 20 hours before it needs charging.
With data disabled, nothing set to auto sync, and only sending a few text messages during the day, it can last for a couple of days.
Rooting's easy - just find z4root, install and run it.
To go back to the stock just download SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Utility) which can reflash the phone back to the stock SE firmware.
(Note that nobody's managed to crack the SE bootloader yet, so there aren't any custom ROMs for it yet - you're stuck with SE's customised version of 2.1)
There are some examples of photos taken with the camera here:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/ph...n-xperia-x10-mini-pro-703545/review?artc_pg=5
Hi all!
First of all I wish to thanks in advance for any of you who may stop by, and provide some tips, experience
regarding the next matter, advice request:
My context is that I am completely noob regarding choosing android phone.
I want to get my first one, but a low budget, and I thought about Sony Xperia Tipo, cause it uses Android ICS,
and its hardware specs are some better than comparing to others of similar budget as LG Optimus L3, Samsung Galaxy Mini
( phonearena.com/phones/compare/LG-Optimus-L3,Samsung-GALAXY-mini,Sony-Xperia-tipo/phones/6941,5147,7151 )
I already discarded going for Vodafone Smart II, cause after reading its thread in XDA (around 30 pages), despite it was posible
to be rooted at first, in 1 month the new versions have been capped by cel companies (the recovery, the fastboot etc), at least for Spain, Portugal versions, therefore the customization is getting quite impossible, or very random depending the version, the cel company, ...
I think the main problem it is that this Xperia Tipo has been released quite very recently,
and after been searching through forum about info for rooting the Xperia Tipo, I can't find any info about it :S.
So my 2 questions are:
- it is expected that Xperia Tipo will be rooted in a near future ( and therefore customizable with
ROMs ...) ?
- Taking in count any answer to this question, would you suggest to go for it,
or by other hand go for Samsung Galaxy Mini (despite it has worse HW, Android GingerBread,
BUT it has quite plenty support for rooting and flashing with custom ROMs) ?
Again thanks in advance for any advice, and excuse the long post! )
Cheers!
ive used this phone after recomending it for someone else. Its a great cheap ICS phone dont expect it to be really fast or to play excellant games but it is really good for the price under £100!!!. would i recomend it to someone else after using it YES!!!! just remember to clear the apps your not using from the RAM by pressing the Home key and holding it and swiping it to close it so it doesnt get laggy.
as for root im not a dev but im safley sure it will be rooted in the future as its got a SD card slot so its easier to install CWM recovery etc.
BUT it is new out and dont expect it to happen any time soon i have the Xperia U and thats been out ages now and i still dont have root it just takes time for the devs to get the phones and then to start work on them.
hope it helped
djpigz said:
ive used this phone after recomending it for someone else. Its a great cheap ICS phone dont expect it to be really fast or to play excellant games but it is really good for the price under £100!!!. would i recomend it to someone else after using it YES!!!! just remember to clear the apps your not using from the RAM by pressing the Home key and holding it and swiping it to close it so it doesnt get laggy.
as for root im not a dev but im safley sure it will be rooted in the future as its got a SD card slot so its easier to install CWM recovery etc.
BUT it is new out and dont expect it to happen any time soon i have the Xperia U and thats been out ages now and i still dont have root it just takes time for the devs to get the phones and then to start work on them.
hope it helped
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Thanks for the tip!
Being cheap phone is ok, in fact that is what I seek for, a low budget phone as a start point, looking for customization.
Well, I could get that Xperia Tipo for £48, while the Samsung Galaxy Mini would cost £32. HW (CPU, inbuilt mem, display res) difference and phone release date diff, explain the price difference, hehe.
I was tempted to get Vodafone Smart II (for £48, I think), but atfer reading this whole thread forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722811 , I found that it is a lottery, if I could get it rooted or not :S
My main doubt is if going for Samsung Galaxy Mini cause its great support in matters of rooting and customization, or expect that Xperia Tipo will get some nice support here in XDA, in the future ...
A third choice could be LG Optimus L3 which has worse display res, same price as Xperia Tipo, and it has some support here at forum for rooting and ROMs.
Regarding your Xperia U, I think there is quite nice support in this site, forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1728 , so you mention you still having probs to root it ?
I have just returned my Tipo today due to very poor reception. If you just want a phone to make calls and send texts then it should be more than adequate but if you are going to use it for browsing or games I would find something with a stronger processor as it can be very laggy after using it a while - even in menus. However the touchscreen is responsive and the display should be OK for making calls and texting but I found it very washed out when viewing pics etc. On my particular handset I could hear electrical interference through the headphones but this could be related to my reception fault I guess. If you can I advise you try it out before making a decision - if ur in the UK o2 shops usually have all there the phones on display switched on. If music is important to you the sound quality is very budget. Also the camera has no flash or autofocus. Tbh if it wasn't for the Sony xperia branding on the front I would have though this was a cheap chinese no-name handset as Sony really have cut costs on this one.
I can't comment on the Samsung but I have read bad things about the lg. Have you considered the Motosmart from Motorola. It has a similar spec to the tipo but at least the camera has a flash and its root able (running gingerbread)
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I bought this phone a week ago. It's very nice for the price!. It isn't laggy, It has plenty of ram. Obviously it isn't so fast as would be needed for a device to play games,and doesn't have a big screen (or an hires one) if you have to surf the web a lot, but handles with no problems at all divx streaming from my pc, using mx-player. It's clearly better than vodafone smart_II and my device hasn't reception problems at all. The battery (this is a good point in my opinion) it's 1500mah just better than the usual 1200mah used in low-end devices
The camera can make decent photos but hasn't flash or aufocus at all & no front camera just like all the cheap phones.
BTW i think it's one of the best ICS devices avaiable here in Italy for about 150€.
I tried samsung galaxy mini too and this experia is a lot better in my opninion.
I have been using the mobile for more than a month... It's perfect .. Go for it... It is the best in the range... I do use it a lot and it has held up against everything... Custom ROM will be available veeeeeeeeeeeery soon... It is already rooted...
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[help] firmware flash
my boot loader is unlocked and my device is stuck at boot with single vibration .
i need to install firmware but its get aborted everytime with an error
ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CODE="0019";ERR_DYNAMIC=" SIN header verification failed";
please help
Just got the ICS update from Sony on my Sola (apparently it was released on the 17th, but update centre never told me, so I only knew yesterday when I checked), and I was poking around the new features when I came across a WiFi direct option which, correct me if I'm wrong, is basically a means to transfer data across devices using a WiFi connection between the 2 devices.
The problem I've come across is that I have no idea how to work it between devices. I've got a Xperia U (also running ICS), but I can't get the phones connected because there's no settings page for WiFi direct, unlike phones like the S3. Does anyone know how it works on the 2012 Xperia devices? Thanks.
Also, I've seen some threads on the Sola development page recommending a complete factory reset of the phone after updating to ICS. Personally, I'm not too used to this good service (came from a Xperia X10, which has been notorious for lack of updates, especially OTA or similar from Sony Ericsson, as it was back in the day), so I'm wondering if it's really necessary, although the phone has a tenancy to lag quite a bit more than when it ran 2.3, although I'm not sure if that's just down to higher hardware requirements from ICS. Thanks again for any advice you guys can give
From what I've read so far, it's still not possible to use WiFi direct on the Sola like it is on e.g. on Samsung's phones.
Try to use Fast File Transfer instead. It offers similar transfer speeds, works on the device and is free.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floriandraschbacher.fastfiletransfer
Hope this helps.
Hi everyone, I'm considering picking up this bad boy - however I have a few questions that I couldn't find answers to when casually perusing this forum.
1. I intend to use this as a tablet/secondary device - does this phone give annoying nag notifications or even remove key features like the addressbook if you use it w/o a sim? My old Xperia SL did this and I want to make sure this won't hinder usage as a tablet.
2. Are either the Sony or GPE editions of the Z Ultra completely bug free? My old Xperia SL developed quite a few bugs after a few updates which was annoying.
Just FYI, I'm considering either the Z Ultra or an 8in Windows 8 tablet like the Asus Note 8. I currently have an iPad Mini, but the wife has been using my iPad more and more instead of her (bulkier) Acer A500. I figure the Asus Note 8 or the Xperia Z Ultra are good devices that are different enough from the iPad to still be fun. Anyone that owns a small Windows 8 tablet and the Xperia Z Ultra please do list some pros/cons of either device.
1. I have no idea since I, and pretty much all the other ones around here use it as a phone, but I can't see why you can't just kick it permanently into Airplane Mode? That should shut it up (in theory)?
2.Pretty much yes. The few bugs that it does have aren't any serious ones. If you can choose which version to get, then get the Xperia version and not the GPe one. You'll have far more choices regarding ROM flashing and stuff like that down the road. You can flash the GPe build on the Xperia model, but you can't flash the Xperia ROM on the GPe model (yet), so keep that in mind. You're at XDA after all, so i'm guessing that you do want to fiddle with it down the road.
1. In the old firmware it did bug you and shutdown, I didn't look too hard at an solution, just flashed a custom ROM.
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2. Are either the Sony or GPE editions of the Z Ultra completely bug free? My old Xperia SL developed quite a few bugs after a few updates which was annoying.
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There ain't no such thing as 'bug free' software.
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Exactly.
There are issues with this phone
No flash so camera sucks.
screen does not turn off reliably during phone call. It is still a phone, a big one though and after a while of direct calls, you feel the heat.
Phone call volumes are bad.very bad.
screen is very reflective. badly need an antiglare.
I rarely use the write on screen feature, so it gives me lots of unwanted touches.
sim tray is extremely flimsy; silly design. Easy to break, loose.
and then some more.
I sometimes use it without sim and it doesnt cause issues. Just reboots when you remove/add a sim.
All said, this is still a very good phone. considering that i have used a Nexus 4 for quite a while, its better in features.
and great for reading/browsing if you can bear the glare.
macexplorer said:
Exactly.
There are issues with this phone
No flash so camera sucks.
screen does not turn off reliably during phone call. It is still a phone, a big one though and after a while of direct calls, you feel the heat.
Phone call volumes are bad.very bad.
screen is very reflective. badly need an antiglare.
I rarely use the write on screen feature, so it gives me lots of unwanted touches.
sim tray is extremely flimsy; silly design. Easy to break, loose.
and then some more.
I sometimes use it without sim and it doesnt cause issues. Just reboots when you remove/add a sim.
All said, this is still a very good phone. considering that i have used a Nexus 4 for quite a while, its better in features.
and great for reading/browsing if you can bear the glare.
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Thanks it sounds a lot like most of the bugs/issues are related to its phone features. As for the camera, no tablet has a flash as far as I know. All in all, it looks like this would make a great mini tablet and spare phone if I ever need one.
I got Sony Xperia C3 D2502, on Kitkat 4.4.2 rooted, It got poor GPS signals, tried lots of GPS.CONFIG files, edited as per country specifications, but only little effect. It takes about 10-15 minutes to get satellites in low strenght and 3d fix (GPS Test plus), in open air. Comparing to other devices like Samsung Galaxy S4 it take few seconds to 3d fix.
Before my Xperia D2502 was on LP 5.1.1, GPS was even worst on LP, Then I have downgraded to Kitkat but little improvement in signals . While driving in car GPS lost is frequently, but on same time in other devices never.
Also diagnosed my device from Sony service center but GPS antenna and and other components are perfect.
Rooting , un rooting , does not give any sort of difference in GPS performance, Also tried lots of GPS aiding / Boosting apps but nothing improved.
Please help me to get rid of this problem.