[Q] Is the Z2 just REALLY slow to respond? - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've had my Z2 for a day, and before I bought it I read a review that measured phone reaction time between when the screen was clicked and when the phone started to react and it was DOG SLOW. Now I'm definitely experiencing the same. I mean there is noticeable lag when clicking something (like the Home button for example) and when the phone actually starts to take action. Is this normal? Is this just due to Sony's Android Customization?

Really?!! My experience is exactly opposite. I think the phone's touchscreen is too sensitive.
So I usually type wrong... ( Maybe it's my personal problem)

carbonmeteor said:
Really?!! My experience is exactly opposite. I think the phone's touchscreen is too sensitive.
So I usually type wrong... ( Maybe it's my personal problem)
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Yeah the problem isn't sensitivity, it's responsiveness. The screen sensitivity is fine, it's just that the time it take between when I click the Home button and the point at which the Z2 actually STARTS to close my current app and bring me to the home screen seems WAY too long to me. Not sure if the review I read and my experience is normal or is the reviewer and I both have phones with issues.

I see... I misunderstood your words~~
Did u upgrade the firmware ? OR the problem had existed from the beginning?
Coz it's seldom that a new phone has such...lag

My phone did update when I started it for the first time, but I don't know how it was before the update since it was brand new.

SwarlosEstavez said:
My phone did update when I started it for the first time, but I don't know how it was before the update since it was brand new.
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For myself, I usually do a factory reset after a OS version update~ otherwise waiting for the next update released by official .

I always do a factory reset on system updates. Prevents a lot of weird things...
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SwarlosEstavez said:
Yeah the problem isn't sensitivity, it's responsiveness. The screen sensitivity is fine, it's just that the time it take between when I click the Home button and the point at which the Z2 actually STARTS to close my current app and bring me to the home screen seems WAY too long to me. Not sure if the review I read and my experience is normal or is the reviewer and I both have phones with issues.
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Maybe its the default animation of the default launcher. Personally I don't seem to have this problem, when I press the home button it goes straight to the homescreen, there is no delay but I don't use the default launcher.
Go into developer options and turn animations off, maybe this might help you
Settings>About phone>Build number, keep clicking it until you unlock developer mode

SwarlosEstavez said:
I've had my Z2 for a day, and before I bought it I read a review that measured phone reaction time between when the screen was clicked and when the phone started to react and it was DOG SLOW. Now I'm definitely experiencing the same. I mean there is noticeable lag when clicking something (like the Home button for example) and when the phone actually starts to take action. Is this normal? Is this just due to Sony's Android Customization?
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Nope. My Z2 responds very quickly. It may be a problem with your device.

Same goes, although i curently have a very defective unit, everything is very rapid
I agree with @nreuge this could be a fault with your device
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My z2 sometimes lags too, not much, but I can feel it,

How about a backup and a hard reset then? It helps to that most at-times.

Definitely more sluggish than the HTC One M8 and iPhone 5s. It isn't as bad as the Galaxy S5 though.
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Its far from sluggish, and the speed at which home button reacts to your press isnt really a deciding factor in phones performance..

Thanks for the responses everyone. I did a factory reset and it did help a bit. I guess the phone just isn't as fast and responsive as others on the market. It's a far cry from the Nexus 5 and the HTC M8, but I'm sure that over time I'll either get used to it or flash a custom rom on it.

The Z2 isnt as slugish as people have mentioned
I can play almost all games around -40-60fps
If you cant acheieve this and have no lag at all lag through home or navigating apps, your unit is probably defective
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feis said:
Its far from sluggish, and the speed at which home button reacts to your press isnt really a deciding factor in phones performance..
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You're right it's not, but a Snapdragon 801 shouldn't hesitate to go to the home screen when you press home.
Envious_Data said:
The Z2 isnt as slugish as people have mentioned
I can play almost all games around -40-60fps
If you cant acheieve this and have lag through home or navigating apps, your unit is defective
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This has nothing to do with gaming performance. I can play all games without any stutter, but as soon as the home button is hit or the recent apps button is hit, it will hesitate before opening or going to the homescreen. It's not "defective", something is just making the phone sluggish.
OP, I removed the small apps launcher from the recent apps panel and it seems to be a bit faster, though still not instant.

Ya, it is not about playing games, it is these little things, like home key, camera app, setting manual, recent app key.....
the z2 is a bit slow and lags compares to other flagships. It is not too bad, but the lags are there. It doesn't happen all the time.
If you are coming from dual core phones you will not notice it, however if you are coming from M8 or S5, you will notice it.
Hopefully the next update will fix this.
No phone is perfect, overall I am very happy with the z2, except the audio......:crying: I will get used to it.

If you need to speed up the phones response try altering the 'Drawing modes' for Window animation, transition animation and animator duration scales.
To do this you first need to activate Developer mode.
Go to Settings/About phone and at the very bottom of the list tap on Build number eight times.
This will bring up a small warning informing you Developer mode is now active.
Next, go back to Settings and you will notice in between Printing and About phone you now have 'Developer options' available.
Tap on Developer options and scroll down to the 'Drawing' section.
Where it says:-
Window animation scale
Transition animation scale
Animator duration scale
Change these three settings from 1x to .5x
You should now notice your phone is much snappier and responsive.

Beards said:
If you need to speed up the phones response try altering the 'Drawing modes' for Window animation, transition animation and animator duration scales.
To do this you first need to activate Developer mode.
Go to Settings/About phone and at the very bottom of the list tap on Build number eight times.
This will bring up a small warning informing you Developer mode is now active.
Next, go back to Settings and you will notice in between Printing and About phone you now have 'Developer options' available.
Tap on Developer options and scroll down to the 'Drawing' section.
Where it says:-
Window animation scale
Transition animation scale
Animator duration scale
Change these three settings from 1x to .5x
You should now notice your phone is much snappier and responsive.
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That does make a difference, thanks!

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EVO days (likes and dislikes)

I will start since I couldn't find it anywhere.
I like its bigger that's better for my huge hands.
I dislike its feels like I could crush it with my huge hands.
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I don't know if its because of how big it is or how thin it is, but I feel like I'm going to drop it when typing and holding with one hand. Original Evo felt better.
Ryno_666 said:
I will start since I couldn't find it anywhere.
I like its bigger that's better for my huge hands.
I dislike its feels like I could crush it with my huge hands.
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The one thing that is absolutely bugging the crap out of me thus far is the notification volume...you can't adjust it separately from the ringtone volume...I dont like my notifications to be as loud as the ring tone personally....
Also I left mine on connected to wifi with screen off over night, and when I turned the screen on I showed the unit had turned off data connections, and once the screen turned on the wifi connection then turned on and connected and got all emails sent over night...
though there is no power settings menu like the 3D had, that ive seen so far...
I miss the search button and HATE that the back button is on the left side and I can't reach it while holding the phone in my right hand.
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The one thing that is absolutely bugging the crap out of me thus far is the notification volume...you can't adjust it separately from the ringtone volume...I dont like my notifications to be as loud as the ring tone personally....
Also I left mine on connected to wifi with screen off over night, and when I turned the screen on I showed the unit had turned off data connections, and once the screen turned on the wifi connection then turned on and connected and got all emails sent over night...
though there is no power settings menu like the 3D had, that ive seen so far...
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I agree with the notification/ringtone volume. Seperate volumes is a must. As far as your WiFi turning off, if you go into WiFi settings, hit the menu button in the top right, then advanced, and change the WiFi sleep policy to always on.
Can't wait to get CM9 on this thing.
sgt. slaughter said:
The one thing that is absolutely bugging the crap out of me thus far is the notification volume...you can't adjust it separately from the ringtone volume...I dont like my notifications to be as loud as the ring tone personally....
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I used Volume Toggle (Free) from the play store to manage the 6 different volumes on my Android devices. It's a great app, you should check it out.
Scott
thenags said:
I miss the search button and HATE that the back button is on the left side and I can't reach it while holding the phone in my right hand.
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You should try THIS out for us
I think the lack of a hardware Menu button was a catastrophic failure on HTC's part.
Most apps haven't caught up to the "ICS standards", and so on apps like GoLauncher EX, you have that gawd awful "Menu button bar" at the bottom, covering 1/10th of the screen.
I genuinely don't understand how they could prioritize a Task Manager button over the Menu button... :\ Especially seeing as how leaving the Home button pressed down used to perform the same function on the old Evo...
/minirant
robobeau said:
I think the lack of a hardware Menu button was a catastrophic failure on HTC's part.
Most apps haven't caught up to the "ICS standards", and so on apps like GoLauncher EX, you have that gawd awful "Menu button bar" at the bottom, covering 1/10th of the screen.
I genuinely don't understand how they could prioritize a Task Manager button over the Menu button... :\ Especially seeing as how leaving the Home button pressed down used to perform the same function on the old Evo...
/minirant
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I agree it is very annoying but if the evo lte is a huge success (if sprint every gets the ball rolling) then app devs will be more likely to update to ics standards. If every phone just included a menu button (sIII for example) then they would have no reason to care and update it.
roids87 said:
I agree with the notification/ringtone volume. Seperate volumes is a must. As far as your WiFi turning off, if you go into WiFi settings, hit the menu button in the top right, then advanced, and change the WiFi sleep policy to always on.
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Ha duh! Thanks.....
Edit:
......odd it shows "always" being the selected value under the sleep policy for it....so it shouldn't of turned off to begin with...have to keep an eye on this now...
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the weight is a little light for me but i do have a 9 inch span on my hands lol. this also doesnt make the backj button a problem.. doesnt hurt i have double jointed thumbs either lol. I find myself using the multi task button a lot.. the biggest problem im having getting used to is using the menu bar button instead of hitting home button on the phone
Eventually most if not all apps will be updated to play nice with ICS and include the menu button onscreen. They officially have 2 years starting now.
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Most apps haven't caught up to the "ICS standards", and so on apps like GoLauncher EX, you have that gawd awful "Menu button bar" at the bottom, covering 1/10th of the screen.
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That's how it is for me in Handcent. I'm constantly hitting the menu button instead of the space bar
I think my biggest gripe right now is the font scaling. For things like the desktop widgets 4x4 takes the entire HUGE screen. I should be able to see enough of my daily calendar as well as something else without taking the entire screen....this is a 720p display after all.
I want a half-screen ubersocial widget where I can actually see 4 or so tweets
KenNashua said:
I think my biggest gripe right now is the font scaling. For things like the desktop widgets 4x4 takes the entire HUGE screen. I should be able to see enough of my daily calendar as well as something else without taking the entire screen....this is a 720p display after all.
I want a half-screen ubersocial widget where I can actually see 4 or so tweets
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Thought part of sense four is you can resize widgets....look at some sense 4 vids
Screen is ok, was expecting to blown away. My samsung infuse is alot sharper and looks better and its a yr old
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buttons
The buttons are super easy to press... I find it's really awkward when I'm holding the device and trying to text or something (especially with one hand) I almost always push some of the buttons on accident... maybe I just need time to adjust.
I also REALLY wish the power charging port was on the bottom of the device. I *hate* having it on the side, makes no sense.
Endorn said:
I also REALLY wish the power charging port was on the bottom of the device. I *hate* having it on the side, makes no sense.
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I actually love the charging port on the side. The port on the bottom always got in the way when usuing a phone in landscape. The charging port is completely out of the way now, landscape or not.
Starting to miss Search button.
Camera pictures are great I can just hold button forever until I hit the right shot, and it even suggest best pic.
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Some weird lag in my galaxy s3 !

Some times my galaxy s3 gets laggy ( i mean laggy in scrolling in menu , scrolling thru home screens) , everything. The animations wont stay smooth for a short time.
Im not interested in flashing any custom rom and i think the s3 is pretty fast and smooth with the stock rom , and i even want to keep the features.
Any idea what is causing this ?
Thanks.
Settings - advance settings, change both window and transition to 0.5x
S- voice - settings - uncheck the launch s- voice with double tap of home button.
There is a lag on home button because the phone is waiting to see if you press it a second time to activate s-voice, the above 2 really do help.
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Motogp1 said:
Settings - advance settings, change both window and transition to 0.5x
S- voice - settings - uncheck the launch s- voice with double tap of home button.
There is a lag on home button because the phone is waiting to see if you press it a second time to activate s-voice, the above 2 really do help.
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I already applied these changes before. I disabled some bloatware and its working smooth till now. Lets hope it wont lag
Motogp1 said:
Settings - advance settings, change both window and transition to 0.5x
S- voice - settings - uncheck the launch s- voice with double tap of home button.
There is a lag on home button because the phone is waiting to see if you press it a second time to activate s-voice, the above 2 really do help.
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thanks alot , i use it
its a damn low ram isssue
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If you are using any widgets that have information that automatically updates, remove them and reboot. Reapply them 1 by 1 leaving a while between each. Before adding the next one, check for lags. When you find lag, it's likely the last one you applied is the culprit.
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i also have some problem on my s3. i seems to be lagging (from lock screen to home screen), not as smooth (in temrs of animation, etc) as before. i dont know the cause, i always clear the memory. and the averge % of the 50-60%. the first time it happened, i restore the factory settings, and it become smooth again. but now, it's lagging again. what could have been the cause of it? and how could i fixed this without restoring factory settings again, i dont want to lose my files again. please help. thanks!!!
other info: i only have 3 homescreens, i only use the default widgets except for, 2 apw widgets. my lockscreen app is widgetlocker. ram is 398/780mb
My lag disapeared when i turned of the power saving mode. Had the same problem before.
My lag disapeared when i turned of the power saving mode. Had the same problem before.
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Power saving only causes issues but does not really prolong the battery life (according to my own and other people's tests)
Just keep it off and enjoy the phone.
If you wanted lower specs, get a Galaxy S1...
d4fseeker said:
Power saving only causes issues but does not really prolong the battery life (according to my own and other people's tests)
Just keep it off and enjoy the phone.
If you wanted lower specs, get a Galaxy S1...
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agree . power saving is useless. if u wanna save battery just turn down the brightness levels
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reduce the number of accounts getting synced
dazkyl said:
Some times my galaxy s3 gets laggy ( i mean laggy in scrolling in menu , scrolling thru home screens) , everything. The animations wont stay smooth for a short time.
Im not interested in flashing any custom rom and i think the s3 is pretty fast and smooth with the stock rom , and i even want to keep the features.
Any idea what is causing this ?
Thanks.
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Since a lot of contact syncs generally lengthen the contact list. If u r logged in to too many social networking sites or other apps like chaton and accounts like samsung account, it generally slows down the phone. Since initially the mobile didnt hv lots of contacts and sync accouts , it was running smooth.
I applied this on my S3 as it was showing the same problem and i dont see any lag now.
Ha! S3 users are experiencing lag! Glad to hear it, not in a big rush to upgrade now...
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DanDroidian said:
Ha! S3 users are experiencing lag! Glad to hear it, not in a big rush to upgrade now...
Swyped from Outer Space
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Your lost
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Arsaw said:
Your lost
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Doesn't sound like it.
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dazkyl said:
I already applied these changes before. I disabled some bloatware and its working smooth till now. Lets hope it wont lag
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Hey..wat bloatware did u disable?? Havin the same prob..??
dazkyl said:
I already applied these changes before. I disabled some bloatware and its working smooth till now. Lets hope it wont lag
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well if that doesnt well, jelly bean makes s3 fast and lag free. just a few weeks away.
jgalvez21 said:
well if that doesnt well, jelly bean makes s3 fast and lag free. just a few weeks away.
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no it makes just the animations run with 60 frames per second, but it doesn't disable lags. on android you will have always lags, because the UI rendering has a low priority.
take it easy guys it's just a phone, even a desktop lags what more for a phone..
let's wait for more years, hopefully people can then throw the work "LAG" to oblivion
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let's wait for more years, hopefully people can then throw the work "LAG" to oblivion
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I dont think android will ever been mostly lag free. even a 200€ windows phone runs more smooth then a 500€ samsung galaxy s3, its a "problem" of android. but for that con, it has good multitasking.
I'm experiencing pretty slow and laggy multi tasking and laggy YouTube. The multitasking was a lot smoother on my gnex. Is this normal or should I go exchange my s3 for a new one.

G2 Bugs/Problems/Issues Thread *VIDEOS INSIDE*

so i figured starting a general thread for bugs and issues would be a better idea to consolidate everything into one thread!
I've got the Verizon G2, so it would be interesting to see if other carriers have the same issue. These are all, for the most part, software issues.
for me, its:
1.) Launcher Redraw.
video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpn-hZnEPqg (ending shows homescreen launcher lag too)
I've posted a video yesterday, and will be posting another today showing how after almost every app, the launcher is redrawing, and therefore causes lag if you goto switch screens after hitting home. doesn't always do it, but does for the majority of the time. it does it enough that it warranted me rooting the phone to try to fix it, so I'm going to give v6 supercharger a go soon and do the bulletproof launcher. I'm apprehensive though because we don't have recovery to make a nandroid...
2.) *solved*Lag on notification drop down on lock screen
video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLWUXOu68d8
did you set your wallpaper to non scrolling? if you didn't know you can do this, you can. if you goto gallery and select a custom wallpaper, at the top it gives the option of non scroll or scroll, which is awesome. however, beware.. when you do non scroll, for some weird reason your notification drop down will lag in the home screen. setting it back to scrolling wallpaper alleviates this. very weird
3.) Audio during video recording.
video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU6Sp5V5Hv0 (also shown is the "breathing" auto focus we all experience.)
The audio during video recording uses noise cancelling mics, which can be good as we've seen in other flagship phones. however, on the g2, they sound identical to the htc rezound from 2011. that phone had really bad wishy washy underwater sounding audio when the source was remotely loud. the g2 does the same thing sadly. other phones, such as the htc dna (shows that htc learned their lesson..) and the gs3/gs4 do not have this issue.. hell, even the galaxy nexus didn't.
I'm hoping that once we get developers on it, they'll make a modified camera that can allow for either the reduction in gain from the microphones, or to be able to cancel the noise cancellation to stop the underwater sound. on the rezound, htc somewhat fixed it with the ics update. here's hoping LG will do the same.
4.) Speaker has built in limiter/compression.
this is most annoying because i like listening to music on the speaker. sounds good but the thing is its being compressed and limited at a certain level, so you don't actually hear the best quality of the song. for example if the drums get really loud, it compresses and limits them down to your volume level, which takes away intensity of the song and just doesn't make it sound even. hoping to find a setting to turn this off...
5.) screen brightness changes with Auto brightness off depending on what's on the screen.
video example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slwkFhpiYbs&feature=youtu.be
this is that content adaptive brightness crap that they forced on the phone. it changes based on more whites or more blacks on the screen, then dims and brightens accordingly. it's incredibly annoying and there's currently no way to turn it off. in titanium i found an app called content adaptive back light and then i removed it.. it still does it.
what issues are you having with it?
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my wallpaper doesn't scroll and when I pull the notification bar down I don't have any lag.
I'm gonna post the video when i get home from work. it does it every single time I have non scrolling on the stock launcher, and once I switch to scrolling, it's smooth again. remember, this is on the lockscreen.
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- Knock knock works 70-80% on the 1st try. Being a huge selling point of this device and something I use ALL the time I would like this to work 100%
1. There is a headphone CPU noise issue when charging. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448854
2. Transparency for status bar/soft buttons only seems to work for stock wallpapers.
I will remember a few more little ones in time.
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2. Transparency for status bar/soft buttons only seems to work for stock wallpapers.
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I noticed that. I wonder if you could locate the stock wallpaper folder and just put your wallpapers in there. Would it work somehow..
SysAdmNj said:
I noticed that. I wonder if you could locate the stock wallpaper folder and just put your wallpapers in there. Would it work somehow..
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Really? when i was playing with the verizon version. the homescreen/app drawer was still transparent with a wallpaper i had downloaded from goodfon.com. when you went to apps it went away. but kept at transparent on the ones i stated. i guess i'll find out tomorrow when my G2 arrives.
jmill75 said:
- Knock knock works 70-80% on the 1st try. Being a huge selling point of this device and something I use ALL the time I would like this to work 100%
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Yes this is unfortunate and unreliable. I wonder if an update can fix this. They may worried about it being too sensitve.
On another matter, my Verizon version is prone to turning on the camera or note pad when in my pocket via the rear buttons. Even prone to turning on the phone when sitting on a table off because of the sensitivity of the rear buttons. Not sure if it is just the verizon model or both.
BaronInkjet said:
1. There is a headphone CPU noise issue when charging. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448854
2. Transparency for status bar/soft buttons only seems to work for stock wallpapers.
I will remember a few more little ones in time.
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Mine are transparent with a custom wallpaper.
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Mine are transparent with a custom wallpaper.
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Your pic shows status bar shaded darker. I see truly transparent on stock wallpaper. There is a slight shading on bottom soft keys, but otherwise transparent.
Another thing I see -- transparent forces soft keys to be white regardless of what you select.
I got intermittent distortion with my Icon HD bluetooth headset during calls. Doesnt matter if the phone is in my pocket or just sitting on a desk next to me. This didnt happen with any of my previous phones (S4, One, Nexus)
Lock Screen Camera App Image?
Is this supposed to happen? If I start a swipe to unlock, the camera app image goes away, but then comes back...
Is this a shortcut to the camera? Usually if I swipe from an app on the bottom that is my shortcut.
yeah man swipe to the left to bring up camera like on stock android.
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You can turn off content adaptive mode. And no more screen issues!!! There are so many hidden settings on this phone!
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craigbailey1986 said:
You can turn off content adaptive mode. And no more screen issues!!! There are so many hidden settings on this phone!
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nope. doesn't work. I turned it off, it still did it.. and then i deleted that exact app you're in, and it still does it.
I have a feeling it's a kernel issue.
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You can turn off content adaptive mode. And no more screen issues!!! There are so many hidden settings on this phone!
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Where is that located?!?!?!?!? I keep seeing the an icon on the task bar that is a box with an eye in the corner and generally the brightness changes when it comes on, but I can't find any info on the icon. I think it might be that, not sure.
The issue I notice is when I get a text and click on it to go to the convo about 25% of the time it goes to the top of the thread and not the bottom where the most recent text is.....
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yeah man swipe to the left to bring up camera like on stock android.
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I appreciate the reply but please check out a quick video I made. It seems like the camera is getting "trapped" on the screen after loading it, then the normal shortcut way doesn't work.
youtube dot com/watch?v=bI5ZBsI_RNE < I can't post links... someone or a mod please embed or link me please! Just replace " dot " with "." to see the behavior I'm experiencing.
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Where is that located?!?!?!?!? I keep seeing the an icon on the task bar that is a box with an eye in the corner and generally the brightness changes when it comes on, but I can't find any info on the icon. I think it might be that, not sure.
The issue I notice is when I get a text and click on it to go to the convo about 25% of the time it goes to the top of the thread and not the bottom where the most recent text is.....
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I found it in nova launcher gesture setting under aactivities. I also changed the screen mode. Which is similar to Samsung screen mode. Changed minds to natural
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jmill75 said:
- Knock knock works 70-80% on the 1st try. Being a huge selling point of this device and something I use ALL the time I would like this to work 100%
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Agree with this. Knock off works 100% of the time for me. Knock on not so much.
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mouf32 said:
Where is that located?!?!?!?!? I keep seeing the an icon on the task bar that is a box with an eye in the corner and generally the brightness changes when it comes on, but I can't find any info on the icon. I think it might be that, not sure.
The issue I notice is when I get a text and click on it to go to the convo about 25% of the time it goes to the top of the thread and not the bottom where the most recent text is.....
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get quick shortcut maker and type in content adaptive.. and it'll come up. make a shortcut open the app, and turn it off.. tell me if you notice. because I turned it off, and it STILL did the annoying brightness change. then I deleted the app in titanium and it still does it anyway.
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Pixelation and slow drawing on lockscreen only!

I have a minor niggle but wonder if it's due to something I'm doing wrong. I have full backup's of my TA partition and flash custom and stock rom's as and when I choose. I just have an annoying issue when i turn my screen back on it shows garbage pixels on the screen and slowly draws the screen til the bottom and then flashes to a properly drawn screen. Can I remove it or learn to live with it?
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I have a minor niggle but wonder if it's due to something I'm doing wrong. I have full backup's of my TA partition and flash custom and stock rom's as and when I choose. I just have an annoying issue when i turn my screen back on it shows garbage pixels on the screen and slowly draws the screen til the bottom and then flashes to a properly drawn screen. Can I remove it or learn to live with it?
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My test device - that I picked up very cheep as it had been dropped and the SIM reader no longer works - displays the same issue, I had always assumed it was because of the fall it had.
Sorry if that doesn't help you
like this?
http://youtu.be/oyv5QmD5uQA
Exactly the same issue thanks
Same here but my phone is allways in case and i never dropped it. Oh and factory reset or flashing another ROM is not solution.
Any ideas?
I can only guess that either the RAM fills up with the screen off and once it starts to clear when the power button is pressed it suddenly can draw faster, or it's because the CPU and GPU clock down and slowly ramp up on wake. I'll change my performance settings see if that changes things?!
I've changed the settings in performance. So goto settings, performance, profile and select performance instead of balanced or power save. This seems to have sorted the re-draw issue on the lockscreen, any change I'll let you know. Now I just need to get a basic knowledge coding/cooking rom's and start delving further into android!!
srdempster said:
I've changed the settings in performance. So goto settings, performance, profile and select performance instead of balanced or power save. This seems to have sorted the re-draw issue on the lockscreen, any change I'll let you know. Now I just need to get a basic knowledge coding/cooking rom's and start delving further into android!!
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So it's actually software problem right? Not damaged screen or something inside the phone.
Jecmenn said:
So it's actually software problem right? Not damaged screen or something inside the phone.
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seems that way i now get it one in ten times I press the power button otherwise it just instantly appears with no redraw, just seems like lag
srdempster said:
seems that way i now get it one in ten times I press the power button otherwise it just instantly appears with no redraw, just seems like lag
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mine is a hardware issue. you will see that it is currently on cm12 but it has done that on Stock, 4.4.x custom and 5.0 CM/AOSP as well. It will only do this if it hasn't be used for a few hours.

[HOW TO] Increase touch sensitivity and Double-Tap-To-Wake Functionality(Force Touch)

First of all, thanks to @xtermmin for pointing me in the right direction for this.
Steps to increase touch sensitivity and get DTTW functioning better:
Download Shortcut Master Lite
Hit the ellipsis at the top right and click App Explorer (Yes to the error)
Tap anywhere to get the loading circle to go away and find something called Force Touch
In the Force Touch menu, select ZteLCDPressureSettings and hit Launch
Here you will find some options.
Tap Pressure Sensitivity and move the red dot slider all the way to the left where the green "Light" is.
Back out of the menu and you are done.
There are some other things under features that may be of interest as well to some people.
Additionally, there are a couple other items in the Force Touch menu that could play a role in ROMs down the line. The "Press Image" option has a toggle within that item but it does not stick upon backing out and reentering the menu.
If you find anything else of interest, please let everyone know so we can make this the best phone we've ever owned.
Thanks!
Awesome, T2W works better now.... Thanks
P. S. Adding your thread to my all in one place guides.
xgerryx said:
First of all, thanks to @xtermmin for pointing me in the right direction for this.
Steps to increase touch sensitivity and get DTTW functioning better:
Download Shortcut Master Lite
Hit the ellipsis at the top right and click App Explorer (Yes to the error)
Tap anywhere to get the loading circle to go away and find something called Force Touch
In the Force Touch menu, select ZteLCDPressureSettings and hit Launch
Here you will find some options.
Tap Pressure Sensitivity and move the red dot slider all the way to the left where the green "Light" is.
Back out of the menu and you are done.
There are some other things under features that may be of interest as well to some people.
Additionally, there are a couple other items in the Force Touch menu that could play a role in ROMs down the line. The "Press Image" option has a toggle within that item but it does not stick upon backing out and reentering the menu.
If you find anything else of interest, please let everyone know so we can make this the best phone we've ever owned.
Thanks!
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With the shortcut master i had several loading problems, i used QuickshortcutMaker and this is more easy, Thanks !
xgerryx said:
First of all, thanks to @xtermmin for pointing me in the right direction for this.
Steps to increase touch sensitivity and get DTTW functioning better:
Download Shortcut Master Lite
Hit the ellipsis at the top right and click App Explorer (Yes to the error)
Tap anywhere to get the loading circle to go away and find something called Force Touch
In the Force Touch menu, select ZteLCDPressureSettings and hit Launch
Here you will find some options.
Tap Pressure Sensitivity and move the red dot slider all the way to the left where the green "Light" is.
Back out of the menu and you are done.
There are some other things under features that may be of interest as well to some people.
Additionally, there are a couple other items in the Force Touch menu that could play a role in ROMs down the line. The "Press Image" option has a toggle within that item but it does not stick upon backing out and reentering the menu.
If you find anything else of interest, please let everyone know so we can make this the best phone we've ever owned.
Thanks!
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This definitely helped! Kinda odd that there is a slight delay from when you double tap and when it actually wakes. I remember the LG G2 responding more quickly with this feature. Also miss the double tap to lock screen too that almost no other phone had (though with nova launcher and an app, you can do this). Regardless, I'm glad the functionality is there.
What's interesting about this little hack is that it clearly is using the force touch settings that will be found in the 6GB RAM model that has a force touch display. Funny how it remains in the ROM anyway, just tucked away since this model doesn't use force touch.
Can I remove the vibration when I use the double tap to wake?
This has made 0 difference for me. I've got a 64gb US variant. I've also noticed double tap to wake stops working when the phone is in Doze. Anyone else have this issue?
Same same with doze, but when my phone isn't deeply asleep this tip indeed increased touch sensitivity.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U
DrakenFX said:
Awesome, T2W works better now.... Thanks
P. S. Adding your thread to my all in one place guides.
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Did you know this app is also present on the a2017u usa version?
But it is not doing anything...
manu7irl said:
Did you know this app is also present on the a2017u usa version?
But it is not doing anything...
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I'm using the a2017u LoL always has been.
tolymatev said:
Can I remove the vibration when I use the double tap to wake?
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Is there a setting to disable the vibration with double tap to wake?
I've tried the mod but don't see any differences for better response for the double tap to wake.
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I don't have anything like force touch in quick shortmaster app or shortcut master lite. I'm on european B03 update... Can anyone confirm this?
kodrnusa said:
I don't have anything like force touch in quick shortmaster app or shortcut master lite. I'm on european B03 update... Can anyone confirm this?
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It's actually there as been always and with B02 software version.
Do hard reset if not see it
Something get wrong with upgrade in your case.
pklee said:
Is there a setting to disable the vibration with double tap to wake?
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Don't have vibration with double tap.
How did you get it
paatha13 said:
Don't have vibration with double tap.
How did you get it
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It's there by default on the US model, at least.
While this definitely improves DT2W functionality, it's still temperamental. I find that now it responds best to very light touches, but harder taps are ignored. If I tweak it to be less sensitive, it does exactly that: it requires a harder touch at all times. Why can't it just respond to a range of touches? My G3 worked just fine in this regard.
rczrider said:
It's there by default on the US model, at least.
While this definitely improves DT2W functionality, it's still temperamental. I find that now it responds best to very light touches, but harder taps are ignored. If I tweak it to be less sensitive, it does exactly that: it requires a harder touch at all times. Why can't it just respond to a range of touches? My G3 worked just fine in this regard.
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Totally agree with this. It's still very inconsistent, but mine does work if I slam it twice as well as tap it lightly twice. It doesnt always work and it's still delayed. This was sort of a bandaid for a bigger problem though. I hope CM, and ....probably nothing else? at this point...can address it further.
rczrider said:
It's there by default on the US model, at least.
While this definitely improves DT2W functionality, it's still temperamental. I find that now it responds best to very light touches, but harder taps are ignored. If I tweak it to be less sensitive, it does exactly that: it requires a harder touch at all times. Why can't it just respond to a range of touches? My G3 worked just fine in this regard.
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At EU version I don't see any option for vibration so far.
But totally agree I would like to be more response to a range of touch.
I remember when had LG flex 2 was better implementation than ZTE.
Hope future update improve that.
Sent from my iPad Air 2
paatha13 said:
At EU version I don't see any option for vibration so far.
But totally agree I would like to be more response to a range of touch.
I remember when had LG flex 2 was better implementation than ZTE.
Hope future update improve that.
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Quite honestly, the Axon 7's story is perpetually: "[insert company here] did a better job of implementing [insert feature here]". There is very little (if anything) that the Axon 7 does better than the big manufacturers, IMO. It does a passable (sometimes even decent) job of most things, though - and at an appreciable discount - which is why I still have mine. It's a budget flagship. It's high-trim Toyota versus a Lexus. Add to that the potential for improvements via software (which is the source of many of my complaints, really), and I think it's a solid buy with quirks I'm willing to live with for a little while as ZTE steps up and makes improvements.
Yep exactly from hardware point is very very capable device but from software although it's pretty good level but there's still staff for many improvements.
Axon 7 is my first Chinese smartphone from Chinese company until now and I'm quite pleased with the all package offering having it 5-6 days,but I would like to see from ZTE much more effort and listening the user base and bring as much improvement and tweaks to the software.
Sent from my iPad Air 2
paatha13 said:
It's actually there as been always and with B02 software version.
Do hard reset if not see it
Something get wrong with upgrade in your case.
I already did factory reset. And then again . No such setting in quickshortmaker. I can post pics.. Weird...
Edit..
Did change language to English and found it ?
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I notice no difference in the week that I used this tweak. So I just put this settings back. Yup, still no difference to me.
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