topic Re: Xperia extremely slow.... in Other/General

Xperia extremely slow....

Rayday — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:55:36 GMT

My Xperia sp was stupendous before I updated to 4.3, it was fast and smooth and never froze. Now, it just keeps freezing at everything I do! It takes ages opening every app andI have to keep emergency shutting down!
Here's what I have tried:
Getting a 32gb sd card and moving as much data as possible to it (I couldn't move the apps)
Disabling Google Chrome
Removing the cache of my apps
Is there anything else that could possibly help? And why is it so slow on 4.3?

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

_alexdon_ — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:59:06 GMT

4.3 needs more RAM than previous versions.You should restart the phone regularly.Maybe try a software repair.

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

Rayday — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:03:50 GMT

Oh. Is there anyway to downgrade to 4.1.2? Please tell me there is.

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

_alexdon_ — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:07:32 GMT

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658952

See here.But be careful that it might void warranty.

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

Rayday — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:10:06 GMT

Thanks man. But are you sure this is safe for my phone?

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

_alexdon_ — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:16:07 GMT

What have I told you?Read more here and see if it is worth it.I told you it might void warranty.

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MałaMi — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:36:09 GMT

I have the same problem with my phone. Can anyone tell me what's the point of releasing an update for a phone with this amount of RAM which need it so much that this practically makes my phone useless? Does the people who done this, didn't even check this or what?!?!?!?

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

blackbox — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:03:36 GMT

I think the Android community in general needs to come up with better testing methods. Sony are not the only ones to release dodgy updates. It's not doing the platform's reputation any good.

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

Ridgeback — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:06:14 GMT

I am really disgusted with this. To release an update that will turn good phones into useless bricks is worse than foolish. I really want to revert to the old version of OS, but I cannot do that if it means invalidating the warranty. What should I do?

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

GreekXperiaSp — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:16:25 GMT

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/How-to-manually-update-downgrade-root-2013-Xperias/m-p/298463#M2209...this is a guide to downgrade ur xperia..it voids though the warranty...so its up to you what you will do...i suggest you to wait for another update that will probably fix the bugs in Sp...But no one knows if its in sony plans to roll out a new update and when..

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

Ridgeback — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:31:57 GMT

After another long chat with my phone supplier (Orange in the UK), I'm delighted to say that I'm receiving a new SP tomorrow - preloaded with the OLD operating system. This is a known fault with the new release of OS - it takes up too much memory for SPs. How Sony could release an OS for phones that would cause this kind of issue, I do not know!

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

Ridgeback — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:34:38 GMT

Thanks for that, GreekXperiaSp - as you can see, I've just had a long talk with my supplier, and they're doing all they can to fix by replacing the handset. I cannot risk the warranty because voiding it would muck up my chances of getting the phone replaced. Crazy situation, though.

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

GreekXperiaSp — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:03:33 GMT

Glad to hear that..hope you get a proper xperia Sp..

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Rajesh999 — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:31:37 GMT

i am also faceing same problem. after update my drives extremely slow.... please help me.........

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Ideomotor — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:15:07 GMT

Ridgeback... I'm having exactly the same problem and I am on Orange as well... Can you please give me their contact? I have no idea how its done. I went to the shop and they wanted 60 pounds for a loan old samsung phone.

Problem is... I tried to reflash it, I don't know if I voided the warranty or not, I put it all like before with PC Companion.

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

FTP — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:12:39 GMT

I use a cleaner free from Playstore its the one with the blue brush

Yesas someone said its the RAM or rather the lack of it

Re: Xperia extremely slow....

Jakti — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:25:32 GMT

Hi Everyone!

I have a similar problem. I have Android 4.3 (Ver.: 12.1.A.1.207) installed. When it was fresh updated, it worked nice. I avoid to install too much apps so I cared about its internal memory. Despite of my care it slowed down. Sometime i cant pick up my phone, because the pick up slider has a huge lag or I cant stop my alarm because it hes a huge lag. And the most annoying thing when I cant decrease the volume without lagging.

Could you help me to solve the described problem? I would be very grateful.