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.
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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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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.
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. I currently own Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 for more than a year and I thought its good time to change phone. As you can see, Im a person who buys budget phones. I was searching for my next budget phone and Motorola Moto E LTE got my attention. I couldnt find a better deal than this, so I thought before making a final decision I will ask some opinions from people who got this phone. So, what do you think of Moto E and can you recommend it? What are biggest disadvantages and hows the performance? I already know that lack of flashlight is big hit for me.
Well it's a hard question. On stock 5.0.2 (there is still no update in eu) performance is preatty bad. Sometimes it runs smooth but there are cases when it lags horrible. I don't know who even installed chrome on this phone: it is cleary unusable however I instaled lighting browser and it works fine.
I've bought this phone because I tought that it will be my first smartphone which will be runing fine out of the box without modifications and I'm disapionted now :/ There is update in US and it probably fixes some of performance issues but when it will be available in eu? We still don't know.
Of course there is some good things like:
- of course price
- build quality
- very fast gps
- decent screen for it's price
- great battery life (up to 7h of screen on time)
- almost clean android
- decent speaker
- sd card slot and enabled android's app to sd
- up to date cpu (bigger chance that it will get android m)
- lte
- big data partion (we get 5gb out of 8gb so I think that's good)
- good light sensor
- and I very like it's look (but it's my own preference)
and what is bad now:
- performance on 5.0.2
- there is no e-compas! (my xperia x8 had compas in 2010)
- no notification led (this is very annoying since moto display is too sensitive and ambient display works randomly)
- fornt camera (back one is decent but sometimes it can't focus well)
- lack of camera flash
- updates aren't so fast (at least in eu)
- miracast isn't working (because of only 2,4 ghz wifi)
- moto features aren't working well on 5.0.2, for exaple twist to turn on camera isn't working properly (after twist I feel the vibration but screen isn't turning on)
So would I buy it again?? I don't know, it's performance is really discapointing right now. I compared it to moto g on 4.4.4 (which should be slower because of 720p screen and slower cpu) and it was like day and night. G was way faster.
Thats a bummer. I thought it was very good for basic usage like messages and browser. I heard Android 5.0 had memory leaks, but from what youre saying performance is really bad here. Is it fixed in 5.1?
well for basic usage it can make a job, I discabled all moto services that you can discable in settings, installed nova launcher, lighting browser and it's somehow working. When it starts lags I clean my recent apps and it helps.
The phone is preatty good but it was relased in bad time, in days of probably the worst android relase, lollipop looks cool but it can't be as fast as kitkat :/
howerer when I compared it to my other firend's moto g on stock 5.0.2 they were running simmilar and he told me that he hasn't got issues with it (but he often clear recent apps so maybe thats the reason)
I belive that 5.1.1 will fix all the issues, we have to wait.
I would appreciate other people opinions.
just too good a phone at this price
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I would appreciate other people opinions.
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when i purchased it i dint have much expectations considering its cheap.but then as i am using it for over 2 months now ,i dont feel it as a cheap phone.it never hanged on me..not even once.though i have disabled quite a lot of stuff but thats fine...this is first phone i am running without rooting in last 5 years.and surprisingly i am not feeling need to .My battery lasts beyond 3 days and it runs fast enuf in comparison to my past phones which i had to root to make them usable(samsung s3 , s advance etc)
i wud say go fr it..5.1 update is sure to improve it further
When I first bought my moto e (xt1526) a few months back, at first it sucked. I wanted my ZTE max back. Everything was laggy. Even after the 5.1 update. So, I rooted and tinkered with roms that our great XDA developers have been working very hard on, until I found one that was somewhat solid. It ended up being a soak test 5.1 rom. It made the phone snappy and overall great. The only issue is my mic drops out on my bluetooth sometimes. Overall it is a great phone to me for its price.
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When I first bought my moto e (xt1526) a few months back, at first it sucked. I wanted my ZTE max back. Everything was laggy. Even after the 5.1 update. So, I rooted and tinkered with roms that our great XDA developers have been working very hard on, until I found one that was somewhat solid. It ended up being a soak test 5.1 rom. It made the phone snappy and overall great. The only issue is my mic drops out on my bluetooth sometimes. Overall it is a great phone to me for its price.
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Well, I think it cant be worse than my current Galaxy Ace 2.
Hi guys,
so I've tried for about 2 months to get by but the mandatory upgrade to lollipop from kitkat is a joke,
the biggest problem right now is the cpu is draining the battery while it sleeps. Tried lots of things like turning location services off, Wi-Fi, battery saver etc.
I don't know what to try next and feel just throwing this once perfect tablet in the bin.
Kitkat was far superior, working perfectly, and after seeing just how awful lollipop is, interface included, I just want Kitkat back.
Is there any way to get the ROM or root the Hudl 2. The tablet is becoming useless once working perfectly always crashing and lasting day.... At this rate. it will burn out it's own CPU.
Many thanks
I've bought HTC ONE M9 SPRINT version through Ebay( had money on paypal so. )
And its so slow phone, working slower than my sony xperia z (c6603)
Screen many times dont want to on when im clicking power button (huge lag, whole phone lagging cause music stop too when it plays with off screen) , youtube lagging as f***.
Idk why but I had supersu on my htc, never used before cause it was factory closed.
I dont know why its so slow , and signal is horrible, hard do get HSPDA/3G in city, 90% time its EGDe , and sometimes signal drop.
I've installed viper rom to check that is probably firmware problem, but no.
About that signal, i live in poland so mby i have to change bands ?
But about that system lagging i dont know how to fix it.
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