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Xperia S Problems

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:05:33 GMT

Number of problems with Xperia S:

1. Bass on the music player is too weak. I wanted my Xperia S to replace my 5 year old walkman, but unfortunately, the bass is too weak. Im sure this can be fixed by Sony.

2. Photos taken with the camera are too noisy, even in reasonable lighting

3. Continuous autofocus in video mode is pretty much unusable. Need a tap-to-focus or shutter button focus option.

4. Notification light is a little bit buggy. When on charge, and the light is amber/green, if a notification comes, the light blinks blue. Or in other words the charging status is no longer shown. Should show charging light and blink blue. I think the blinking intervals for some of the notifcations are too long as well.

Re: Xperia S Problems

KaYLakS — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:32:33 GMT

1. Xperia S was designed for viewing, rather than listening. Plug it to an amplifyer with 14" Sub-Woofer. Feel the bass!

2. I think it's common for this is a SMARTPHONE and not a CAMERAPHONE. Use Nokia N8, instead.

3. No problem in mine. Try cleaning the lense.

4. Notification light is normal. Who cares if it's charging or not, as long as it notifies you of any messages.

Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:56:42 GMT

1) this is an smartphone not a featured phone/non-smartphone like the walkman were you could include a huge speaker

2) this is a problem on all Xperias over compressed pictures and with the Xperia S add the washout colors when you transfered your pictures to a computer (w/o bravia engine)

3) this is another issue that I hope this is fix soon @Kaylaks try to take a video while walking you'll see the issue

4) this is normal, but you can change this, download an app "Blink" to customized your notifications

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Karim — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:53:18 GMT

Perfect example of a useless reply.

Are you serious about advicing someone to use N8 ? So the 12Mpixels Camera on the Nokia made it a Cameraphone but the 12.1Mpixels on the Sony did not ?

Xperia S was designed for viewing ? viewing what ? TV stations ? There is a complete thread about the weak below average bass experience on the Xperia S which might be related to software limitation/regulation as far as I can think of it. My last 4 devices ( from 2008 till now ) all have better listening experience than the Xperia S

Try cleaning the lens? typical average-joe would believe such advices. There has been a thread with more than 400 replies ( deleted yesterday by Mods or maybe hidden now for unknown reason ) which criticize the mediocre camera and focus issue widely known. Check xda-developers thread about it...

As for the flashing light: You can use TouchFlow light to control the led notification and customize the blinking frequency and color.

Think before you type.

Regards.

Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:58:10 GMT

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Karim — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:10:28 GMT

I have read and agreed on the etiquette; I'm :

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Criticizing someone's post which does not add any value to the discussion and insult our intelligence in a rude and sarcastic way should not be considered offensive. We are trying to be constructive in order to solve our pending issues and the first reply is nothing close to helpful.

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:14:20 GMT

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:16:01 GMT

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Karim — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:41:13 GMT

Well Suze I am not going to argue with you about it as it seems with both are looking at things from different perspective.

I've been member and active contributer on many high-tech forums since more than 12 years and can tell you that for each one its own Forum etiquette but I can guarantee you that above posts like KaYLakS one are never welcomed.

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Re: Xperia S Problems

KaYLakS — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:59:44 GMT

What's wrong with my post?

We ommit 1, 3, and 4 for the OP:

2 - N8 is still superior when it comes to STILL images compared to my Xperia S. Maybe about the lense of the camera and the OS with the flash. I don't need to elaborate those specs.

*For Viewing: When you capture video, mine has superb quality (even @720.. i seldom use @1080) than the N8. Watching the video from your phone is viewing. The audio from the video being captured is for listening. <---this is the real problem --audio from video capture in loud speakers.

@uliwooly: I went over my captured vids (concerts). Seem's fine with me. All there were lots of shaking because I was jumping from here and there. :smileygrin:

Hey... I love my Xperia S. No matter what they say about the problem, I still love it.

BTW: Some people are left-handed and they usually touch the camera lens. Don't you think that would cause autofocus problems?

Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:07 GMT

I'm not Suze, that's what Suze (moderator) posted on the link above (Forume Guidelines), indeed each forum is different and we must comply with it's rules

Re: Xperia S Problems

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:54:59 GMT

my xperia camera works better than Samsung i8910 8mp and the pictures are more sharp& smooth than Nokia n8 picture

Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:56:37 GMT

check this out

Xperia S picture quality, the pictures look amazing on the S's screen but washed out on a regular LCD/LED or HD TV/Screen

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/36192

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:47:38 GMT

I have notice a little difference of pictures quality, if the picture is sent to my tv not by xperia. the color are less vivid; the resolution is less sharp than the picture is showed by hdmi cable. anyway, xperia works fine generally with build. 73 (it is true this is my first advanced multimedia experience, because my last phone has only rca cable...) I will try what we have done bye

Re: Xperia S Problems

Uliwooly — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:20:45 GMT

that's because using the HDMI cable you are using the bravia engine.

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Re: Xperia S Problems

Kashi858 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:32:56 GMT

Hey Sony,

Xperia U is a fantastic set but the main problem is the notification light, its working but in very very dim mood, We can see in silent mood that sms or miss call came while it is on the table. Please make sure to be fix notification light in ICS upgrade more bright and bright....

Thanks Sony

Re: Xperia S Problems

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:00:48 GMT

i agree with you and moreover... the transparent side is very cool, but it could be used much more... to flash led for different notification so it is possible to see when the phone is reverse on the table... to use three led to do the light effect ( ex. flush effect like "kit car")... and more other thinks

Re: Xperia S Problems

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:12:10 GMT

another problem for me...

1_Each Navigator Voice Message should be considered like "notification"; in this way, it is possible to assign a different volume level than volume level of multimedia contents (like music, audio/video and calling audio via bluetooth). So, during music playing on my car i can hear the Navigator Voice Message much loud (better) than the media content is playing at moment on my car bluetooth radio!!

..It should be nice tuning on ICS!!

2_I like using SmartTag to activate "car kit apps" (like Bluetooh, TTS, gps, Navigator, ..etc), but it is very annoying to have to confirm the activation of GPS everytime!! It is better to put a flag "...do not show this warning more!"

Pleeeease... fix this on ICS!!

Re: Xperia S Problems

varun_x_anand_g — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:33:59 GMT

I have apparently solved the bass problem.

I tried this with stock handsfree provided with my Xperia SL and I used the walkman music player provided by default on the handset.

First, open the walkman app and hit the options key (rightmost) on your phone. Select sound enhancements from the menu that appears and select "bass boost".

Second, insert the earphone marked left (L) in your left ear and then bring the earphone marked right (R) all the way from behind the neck to your right ear and put it in.

Feel the bass.

Re: Xperia S Problems

varun_x_anand_g — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:47:36 GMT

Xperia SL camera problem.

Apparently the autofocus on the camera is too sensitive.

If your hand shakes or flickers a bit the autofocus recalculates a new focus and perhaps a wrong one.

Thus, your image is all blurred.

Solutions:

1] You need to have really stable hands. (The more relaxed your hands are the more stable they are. Some people tend to make their hands stiff and more shaky they become. )

2] Do not move the hand atleast after a second (preferably two) after the image is clicked.

3] Hit the options key ( rightmost on the phone ) while the camera is on and choose image stabilizer option from the second screen of options menu and check the box (it is unchecked by default).

This may help though I never tried it myself.