Terrible after 23.0.1.A.5.77 Update

[aligurtuna]

I have just bought Xperia Z3 Compact 6 - 7 days ago. Battery time was more than perfect. BUT my phone asked me to install [B]23.0.1.A.5.77 Update[/B]. After update, battery life is very very bad now. I did a factory reset, but nothing has changed. Still the same update. Still terrible battery time. Thanks

[Phy]

Have you looked at the FAQ AboUT problems with abnormal battery?
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/Facing-problems-with-abnormal-battery-and-shutdown/m-p/320375#U320...

[cherub961]

Since I updated to 23.0.1.a.1.49, I experience considerable battery drain in standby mode (i.e. a few percent per hour).

Also, notification sounds are really quiet, but then I think they were like that before. It's just that they didn't improve like they should have.

I bought this phone in the Philippines.

What I would like to know is:

1. Why do I have this peculiar firmware version instead of the standard 23.0.1.A.5.77?

2. Could it help if I wipe the phone (hard reset)?

3. Can I somehow update to 23.0.1.A.5.77?

4. Can I go back to the old firmware version?

[aligurtuna]

Hello,

I have a new Xperia Z3 Compact.

I have bought it 7 - 8 days ago.

OS: 4.4.4  (23.0.A.93)

- Network was adjusted as % 50 of total period 3G/2G, and next % 50 period only 2G

- Stamina mode was always active

- Autosynch: Off

- Brightness: Auto (about % 20 setting)

- Below is my screenshots.

- They say that this is not enought for a Z3 compact.

- So please what is your advice for improving my battery life.

Thanks

[Uliwooly]

1. Your phone could be locked to a carrier network
2. Yes it will help
3. Only if it's available, check with PC Companion
4. No, unless you go to an Xperia Care center or using flashtool

@cherub96

[Uliwooly]

@aligurtuna

There's nothing wrong with your phone, almost three days on a single charge and you still have 36% left

[aligurtuna]

I have bought this phone cause i heard that i can use it 8 - 10 days with a single charge.

[MyAliasIsGary]

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@uliwooly wrote:
@aligurtuna

There's nothing wrong with your phone, almost three days on a single charge and you still have 36% left

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exactly what I was thinking

[MyAliasIsGary · Accepted solution]

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@aligurtuna wrote:

I have bought this phone cause i heard that i can use it 8 - 10 days with a single charge.

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I'd say that's hugely misleading. if you had a nokia 3210 then you'd easily get 5 days out of it but that's because it had a tiny monochrome screen and literally just did voicecalls and texts.

Current phone are packed with technology and frankly are full of software that you don't really need. All of this **bleep** juice.

It all depends on what you do with the phone though.

You'd get multiday endurance with stamina mode on and having phone in airplane mode and hardly using it!

I got nearly 5 days out of mine when I first had it, using it lightly.

Battery consumption is still IMHO down to certain key things:

• screen brightness
• amount of time that screen is on
• applications being active and/or syncing a lot
• having your various phone systems active (i.e. cell radio, data connection, wirelss, GPS, NFC

Basically, switch stuff off when you don't need them.

I only have data on, when I need it. This also stops apps from syncing in the background.

I also use an app called greenify to properly close / hibernate apps.

I also make sure that my recent items list is empty.

CAVEAT: ironically, if you look at this thread, the greenify author recommends against this:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2gif4g/greenify_developer_says_constantly_swiping_away/

I guess I clear the recents list because I've got one or two apps that would continue to function and run if I didn't (public transport apps). Also it's perfectly possible that I might not use my phone for a couple of hours, so I'd prefer to have things properly inactive for that period of time. I'm not debating against the greenify author as he knows more than I do about the net power consumption.

Note that I don't use task killers in general.

I have a little CPU usage app (microCPU monitor and no I'm not connected to the app in any way, beyond being a user of it) - tiny unobtrusive application but you can immediately see when your phone is burning CPU cycles. It helped me pick up a bug in an app which was running my CPU ragged. Basically if your CPU is busy, it's burning juice.

I accept though that some people need to be in contact with others i.e. need a data connection on for business emails. Here all I can say is see if you can tweak your syncing. For example, check the polling of your email client. Perhaps configure it for every 15 mins and that you trigger it from your end, not with your server pushing messages to you (i.e. how MS exchange works with outlook in a corporate environment).

Culprits for abusing syncing would be e.g. facebook (awful), whatsapp, etc. I had the official facebook app for a while and it just was evil   My tip if you need it is to use facebook mobile on your phone browser.

Minimise the number of widgets you have on your phone desktop too. Also, try not to have too many home screens. Consolidate your app icons onto fewer screens and/or use folders.

Bear in mind that what you're doing, when your screen is on/active, is vital to battery consumption too i.e. playing a game on your phone will hammer your battery but it depends what game. Something which uses your CPU and GPU and has a lot of screen refresh activity e..g a driving game will use more juice than playing solitaire

Sorry btw - I've re-read your initial post and you're already doing some of what I've suggested. Hopefully you can pick up some things to help you further... but you must understand that having your phone last for 2 days is a revelation really, compared to phones which might not last more than say two thirds of a working day. If you are a heavy user, you may well need to have a charger with you and do a top up, if you find it difficult to get through a day. All I'll say is you should fare better with the Z3 compact than with other phones.

Regards,

Gary

[aligurtuna]

Thank you very much for your nice reply.

Have a good day