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This is my first Sony android phone, and I'd definitely buy a Sony again. I come from a long string of Samsung androids (Captivate, Galaxy Nexus, SGS3) and before that I generally stuck to Moto phones (razr, razr2). Sony has really impressed me with speed of updates and general quality (build...

I actually have this exact issue on stock, unrooted. It seems like every time I reboot the phone, the battery percentage will jump up by anywhere from 10-30% (though not always). I usually charge it up when this happens so that it doesn't just drop to 0 on me. I only wish there was a way to...

Well, I just had this same thing happen to me, as well. Had to repair using PC Companion, which, of course, loses all data. Wow, epic failure, Sony. And I otherwise absolutely love this phone.

My point exactly. ;)

Of course it isn't, but that isn't my point. My point is that my battery routinely lasted 3 days before the .235 update and it still does after the update. Screen-on time isn't the only measure of battery life on a smartphone (I indicated that voice calls are the majority of my usage, rather...

My battery life post-update is identical to what it was before the update. There must be something else in the update that's interacting with an app or apps you guys are using to cause your problem -- I doubt it is the update itself, but more a combination of things. Thanks to getting pretty...

I get nearly twice the amount of battery life out of my ZL than I did from my SGS3. I'm pretty sure the same thing (the occasional large overnight drain) would happen on my S3, but the drain was so much faster all of the time that I don't think it ever occurred to me to look for a problem. With...

I haven't had exactly that issue, but I've had mine about a month now and every so often I have one night where my phone will drain about 30% of the battery for absolutely no reason at all (the phone is on during this time). For me, a reboot returns the phone to it's normal rate of drain, which...

I kind of figured that would be the case. I hope Google decides to support the ZL as having a non-carrier branded phone (and thus choices like Google Wallet) was half of the allure of the ZL for me.

So, by all the posts here, Google Wallet does not work without some hackery? I find that interesting, considering it seems that the phone intentionally supported it. I'd love to know who dropped the ball here, Sony or Google. I would love to have Google Wallet working on my ZL, but I refuse to...

I've now been using my ZL for a month or so, and since that first day when I made this post, no spontaneous reboots at all. I have no idea how or why, they just stopped on their own.

This is interesting. I've now seen 2 dead Patriot memory cards in my husband's ZL ... switched to a Kingston card in that phone now & will see if the problem continues. I'm currently using a Samsung 32gb card in my own ZL and haven't had any problems (I've had the phone for a few weeks).

Did either of you notice anything with upload speeds (especially if you run speedtest)? What we're seeing seems to be intermittently poor or nonexistent upload speeds when tethering a tablet to the ZL via Wi-Fi portable hotspot.

He's not the only one. I can change my lockscreen wallpaper on the factory unlocked 6506 as well. For kicks, I just did using an image that was stored on my microsd card. ;) No problems.

True, sort of. As I understand it, AT&T is still capable of blocking tethering with unlocked phones -- not on the phone itself via a tethering manager, as they do on AT&T locked phones, but certainly the network traffic, if it isn't masked, can be blocked. I suppose I could try FoxFi to mask the...

Since I'm pretty sure others here have used their ZLs for tethering via portable hotspot (I hope), has anyone had Internet speed issues when using the phone as a portable hotspot (from the perspective of the tethered device)? Here's the whole story -- both myself and my husband have the ZL...

Completely agree, here. I came to the ZL from nothing but Samsung phones (Captivate, Galaxy Nexus, SGS3), and I much prefer the ZL's screen to any Samsung phone screen. For one, I can never read Sammy screens when outdoors on a cloudless sunny day, even with the brightness at maximum. I have had...

I second this. The 6506 comes with a pre-installed screen protector (look closely & you'll see it) -- your scratches are probably in that, rather than on the actual glass. I've had my 6506 for nearly 2 weeks now and I have no scratches on it anywhere. The only thing that it seems the 6502/3 (?)...

I just happened to be looking for info on tethering issues with xperia devices and I came across a couple of articles on the web talking about how the Jelly Bean upgrade for the Xperia T broke tethering for Rogers customers. Whatever the issue is, perhaps it is firmware and carrier (combined)...

Interesting. I've replaced all my corrupted files on my microSD card as of now, and so far, aside from that first day, I have not had a single reboot of the kind I saw before. Actually, no reboots at all, and my current uptime shows it (111 hours). What happened to me was I had had a bad...

Out of curiosity, why would you say this? A lot of Sony's previous phone models weren't water-resistant, and yet they made docks for most of them... I'm hoping for a dock, myself.

To those who have ordered and installed screen protectors on their ZL, are you removing the pre-installed one first (I would assume so)? How easy is it to pull off?

I wouldn't call that a reboot, at least not in the sense that I was seeing them. That's more like a freeze that would require a battery pull on a phone with a removable battery (I used to have this all the time on the Samsung Captivate). My ZL was rebooting fully right in front of me (screen...

I'm starting to think this issue is unique to me and/or my phone -- at least my specific case. Actually, I'm glad for that, because I love this phone. I realized I may in fact have memory card corruption. I'm going to explore that further, because I had some serious issues with my SGS3...

I did this exact thing the first time I set up my phone and my LED did NOT work correctly, so this could be a YMMV situation, then. The issue I think is in the restoration of the account. It definitely changed my Gmail app settings the first time through, and neither light flow nor the LED...

Thanks ... in some ways it's good to know, and in others, it worries me. I hope it isn't a pattern, though. Thus far, I've used the phone since the two reboots without incident (music playing, bluetooth connections, and phone calls). EDIT: A third reboot. This time I had just updated a few...

Has anyone experienced any spontaneous reboots on their ZL yet? Mine has done it twice, both times while doing things related to Google apps or accounts. The first time my phone rebooted, I was actually adding my Google account after a reset to fix the notification LED issue. When I unchecked...

The key seems to be not just to skip the setup, but also to make sure you untick the google account backup & restore box. I had to reset my phone and do it all over again because of that. But after making sure it didn't download backed up settings from Google, the LED is working fine now, it...

The latest firmware from Sony tells you that if you don't insert a SIM, it will automatically shut the phone off after 15 minutes, just FYI in case this is what happened. I got my 6506 from ShopBLT yesterday, and I almost always tinker with my phones for a bit before inserting my SIM. The ZL...

I had to try this for myself -- I have an N8013, bought day one from Best Buy running the stock ROM, nothing but stock from the beginning. I have the latest version of the firmware and have not ever seen this issue in actual use, mind you. I can replicate the bump in the line using the stock...

Are you serious? How can you ask people which tablet is "better" for you when you don't even know the basic specs of either tablet? Sounds like you need to do some research before asking your questions -- otherwise, we won't be able to really help you. Nexus 7: 7 inch vanilla android 4.1 (JB)...

Kno App is definitely on my Note 10.1, so not sure what you're sayin' there. S-Voice? Gimmick. And Google Now is JB only, as has been said. Nothing terribly special, either -- I used it for awhile on my Galaxy Nexus and honestly found that it wasn't my cup of tea. I don't personally like having...

Sadly, I'm going to pass on the Note 2, despite the fact that I'm sure it's going to be flat out awesome. I had the opportunity to play with the original Note, and it's great, but just way too big for me. I love my red AT&T SGS3 too much, and I haven't had it for very long, either -- the Note's...

So, some of you actually use the predictive text on the stock keyboard? I tried it for a couple of days and found it intolerably bad -- more often than not, I found myself absolutely fighting with the predictive text to actually type what I wanted, and so gave up on it. I miss having just the...

I found that file earlier today, thanks! I was really hoping for a non-odin-flash workaround, though. ;)

This has always been in TouchWiz -- my Captivate even had the ability to alphabetize the app drawer (Open the app drawer and hit the settings button --> View type --> Alphabetical grid). It wasn't always the easiest thing to find, but it was there. I just wish it was the default setting. Does...

I've been using the universal dock as a stand for about an hour a day and haven't noticed any scratches, but thanks for posting this! I'll keep an eye on mine. I got the dock at Best Buy (at the time, they were about the only ones locally who had it in stock), because the regular stand I was...

I don't know what ad that is, but my Fry's (Roseville, CA) had the $100 gift card for the 16GB model today's weekly ad (which that page is not from) -- and it's correct, because my husband just bought one and got the $100 card ;). I almost wish I'd waited, as I paid full price for mine at BB...

It's funny reading those posts over in the TF700 forum, especially from a few people I recall from the TF101 forum -- all of whom suffered the same problems that I did with the TF101, and now they're the biggest Asus cheerleaders yet again with the 700. Gluttons for punishment, perhaps? I don't...

Don't you mean that you see the Note 10.1 as an alternative to W8 tablets? Because from what I read, the statements from Samsung don't really say that at all. You're using a statement from Microsoft (who, last I checked does not make nor market the Note 10.1) as the basis for how Samsung is...

I would think MS Access on a 10 inch screen would make my head spin. I also think the 10" form factor is best suited to light to moderate productivity tasks along with consumption of media, communications, and presentation. Tasks like note-taking, email, basic document manipulation and that sort...

Agreed on all counts except liking Touchwiz. I'm still not a huge fan of it, but it is tolerable on the Note 10.1 thanks in large part to the power it has behind it. I hate the home screen folders, though -- I prefer to be able to drag and drop apps on top of each other to make folders, rather...

This seems to be the overall case with reviewers on the Note 10.1 -- the usefulness of the s-pen is lost, because apparently, the iPad has made it such that tablets are not tools, they are consumption-only devices and all must be judged on that criteria alone (hence, why the screen res is far...

Well said! And while this is a really amusing observation, there's good reason for it: no one wants to admit, especially not within the first month or two after a purchase, that they've made the wrong decision. I think it's just human nature ;). That said -- I suppose I somewhat fail to...

Lotsa love for the white -- I took one look at a store demo of the white unit and hated it. The silver trim just really didn't sit well with me. Between that and having seen the dirty white plastic effect on other stuff, I went with the grey -- and I'm a girl (if that really means anything). ;)

I'd be willing to guarantee, the reason it reports as 11.66GB is because the remaining internal memory is being used for android itself and of course, touchwiz. ;) My Note reports something similar, as I believe the last time I looked at my applications manager, it showed about 9-ish GB free...

I'm among the many folks who don't see much difference between the high-res displays like on the Infinity & displays like that on the Note. My husband, however, is one who can see a difference and it bothers him. He'd possibly be buying himself a Note if it weren't for the display. It's funny...

Got this update this morning... glad to see the keyboard bug has been fixed -- that was getting damn annoying! I'm full stock, update was OTA (not Kies) and no issues at all with applying the update. Also, my s-note app is behaving just fine (no problems opening previously saved notes).

I can't say I disagree here .. I'm not a big fan of the appearance of touchwiz -- especially the notification pop-up. Ugh. I also hate the white menus, too. That said, there are features of touchwiz that I do like (app drawer organization options are nice), but overall, I could do without it. I...

There's only one problem with this method -- it doesn't stop it permanently. Every time you re-load the gallery app, it re-appears. I find it totally annoying, honestly, and wish there was a permanent way to turn it off. I leave media sharing on my Win7 PC turned on because I use apps that allow...