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  1. StevenSeed

    Help New to the S6 Edge - Brightness of lock screen?

    Hello all - I've had the S6 Edge since Saturday and I'm very impressed with it. Sony Xperia Z was always going to be a tough act to follow but so far I'm really pleased. There are just a couple of things Google Searches have let me down on, one of them being is there a way to change the...
  2. StevenSeed

    Thank you

    After just over 2 years of happy, almost fault-free Sony Xperia Z-ing it's finally time for me to say goodbye. On Saturday I took delivery of my upgrade which is a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge 64GBananas in Platinum Gold from EE. As a result, I'll not be on this forum all that much now (I see just...
  3. StevenSeed

    Google Services Wakelock/battery drain problem

    I've just noticed that Google Play has auto-updated on my phone, so I'm wondering if there is a fix for the Google Play Services/Location Services wakelock problem tagged on to it? It test it, I've enabled the "High Accuracy" location services feature and will report back what happens.........
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    Help Memory full!

    Every so often my phone resets itself (usually after I've been switching between applications a lot). When I say "reset", I mean the screen goes blank for 20 seconds or so, then I have to put my phone lock code in again (but not the SIM lock code - so it's not fully rebooting just resetting)...
  5. StevenSeed

    Intermittent voice interference during calls

    Well, after 9 months of solid performance my Xperia Z is going back to Sony for the first time! It's developed a problem whereby during a call the other person's voice intermittently cuts out. Speakerphone works fine. Sometimes when I press the back with my finger this pops back into life, and...
  6. StevenSeed

    Help "Google Services" sapping my battery

    This is quite an interesting one - yesterday at the end of the day my battery was at 18%. When I looked at the battery useage, I saw that "Google Services" had used 73% (screen was something like 12%). Sadly, I didn't think to take a screenshot of it because I thought a reboot would probably...
  7. StevenSeed

    Help Accelerometer/Compass acting erratically

    Anyone else notice the compass and accelerometer is really erratic on the Xperia Z? I first noticed it when I tried to use Google Sky Map, which was all over the place. Then, I noticed that the compass function on "Smart Tools" was all over the place as well. So I downloaded Z-DeviceTest and...
  8. StevenSeed

    Help LED notification not working when Stamina Mode is on

    This is an interesting one. I've noticed that the LED notification doesn't work when Stamina mode is engaged. I'm guessing that the Stamina Mode is suppressing one of the processes that controls the LED activation - anyone any idea what it could be so I can flick it to "always on?" I'm using...
  9. StevenSeed

    Help Edited photos storage

    Took delivery of my Xperia Z a few days ago, and so far very impressed with it. Nice phone! I wondered if anyone knew how to make it so that "edited" photos were saved on the SD Card preferably in the same folder as the other photos once they had been edited? The reason is that I like to...
  10. StevenSeed

    Help GPS less accurate on Motorola Atrix?

    I use an app called "Runkeeper" to track my walks and runs, and I noticed that the GPS is not as accurate as it was on my HTC Desire (the phone which I came from). I would have thought the GPS would have been more accurate in the newer phone, so I'm wondering whether it's the Runkeeper app not...
  11. StevenSeed

    Multi-touch keyboard "full stop" lock-up

    I use the multi-touch keyboard option rather than "swype", but today it seems to have developed a problem. About 50% of the time when I press the full stop button the keyboard locks up completely, and the only way I can get out of it is by pressing the home button, waiting for a while until...
  12. StevenSeed

    Help Sky+ app - unable to log in using Atrix

    Anyone else have the Sky+ app (the official one, not that "record it" one). It worked perfect on my HTC Desire, but on Atrix it won't let me log in, advising that my credentials are invalid. I tried removing the app from HTC desire in case there was some kind of conflict with that device being...
  13. StevenSeed

    From HTC Desire to Motorola Atrix - hello!

    Just saying hello to all. I upgraded yesterday to Motorola Atrix from HTC Desire and so far I'm very pleased with the phone, battery and UI. I'm on T-Mobile in the UK, and am patiently waiting for the Gingerbread 2.3 update. I'm told this has been confirmed to be out end of October, but you...
  14. StevenSeed

    Leaving the Desire - thanks to all

    Hi, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's helped me on this section of the Forum in the last 18 months. Today, I've upgraded to Motorola Atrix, and so my time on the forum will be largely spent in that section from now on. I'll still pop back here though in the hope that I can help...
  15. StevenSeed

    GMail update (2.3.5)

    I just wondered if anyone had updated to the latest version of Gmail yet? I noticed the update last week in the Market, but so far all the comments about the changes have been quite negative. I know the "comments" section of the Market should be taken with a pinch of salt, but I thought I'd...
  16. StevenSeed

    Accurate battery indicator to 2 decimal places

    Does anyone know of a battery indicator or widget that will show me the percentage of battery power left to 2 decimal places? (e.g. 99.99%, 99.98%, 99.97%, etc etc.) I could do with it before Wednesday if possible. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
  17. StevenSeed

    Help Network time issue

    I'm having a rather odd issue with the time on my phone. I have had it to auto network time after about a year, and all of a sudden since last night it keeps gaining 10 minutes. I've tried a reboot last night, but the issue persists this morning where I have just checked my phone as it's...
  18. StevenSeed

    Help Application for Twitter/Facebook combo (that actually works!)

    So it looks like HTC Sense for Twitter is unlikely to be fixed with a new authentication procedure anytime soon, which means that I can only really use Friendstream for Facebook updates. So I wondered, in the absence of HTC Sense are there any recommendations for good apps that combine both the...
  19. StevenSeed

    Google Maps - a mind of its own?

    I very rarely use Google Maps, but have been finding that when I review the battery usage it has been using between 2 and 5% of the battery. Further investigation using system panel shows that at 8am every morning, something happens that kicks it into life and does something. But what? I'm...
  20. StevenSeed

    GO SMS - Fixed the SMS bug?

    GO SMS have just released an update (v1.98) that claims to fix the much-discussed SMS bug where you reply to a text in a thread, and that text then goes to a completely different person (documented extensively in this thread: Issue 9392 - android - SMS are intermittently sent to wrong and...
  21. StevenSeed

    Facebook 1.4.1 - Missing notifications?

    I haven't been using the Facebook app since the version 1.3.2 battery issue, but I've noticed that recently it's been updated to 1.4.1. So I thought I'd give it another try, and they seem to have fixed the battery issue which is great, but I'm now missing notifications (i.e. when you tap the...
  22. StevenSeed

    "Suspend" constant 1-2% CPU usage

    I've had System Panel's monitoring feature enabled overnight and I've noticed something using the CPU all night at between 1 and 2%. I have managed to track it down to a process called 'Suspend'. I just wondered if this was normal for whatever this process is? I would have thought the CPU...
  23. StevenSeed

    Help Handcent draining battery?

    A while ago I got rid of Handcent because it was very laggy following updates. Having heard this had been fixed, I have downloaded it again and it's no longer laggy which is great. However, it is draining the battery. I know this because I've had the System Panel monitor on, and the history...
  24. StevenSeed

    USB Charging from computer making battery hot

    The back of my phone feels hot when I've been charging it using the USB port on my computer :eek:, but with the normal mains charger it's fine (the *#*#4636#*#* battery status thing shows the battery temperature at 30 degrees after 30 mins of charging and the back feels hot also). I checked...
  25. StevenSeed

    Bookmarks in Widget - How to reorder

    I wondered if anyone knew how to reorder the bookmarks in the stock bookmarks widget (without having to download additional Andriod apps). I can reorder them on the bookmarks screen (by name, most used, etc) but this doesn't translate to the widget. The widget just displays them in the order...