topic Re: Capacitive buttons in XPERIA archive

Capacitive buttons

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:12:16 GMT

There has been much talk on capacitive buttons on Xperia S and most forums agree to some point that there is an issue with these buttons. Now comes my point... if some say that a rolling circular motion works, great. If some say a slow upward motion works, double great but I have tried all of the suggested motions and others and yes they sometimes work but other times they are simply unresponsive and users saying otherwise are just kidding themselves. When competitors can have phones with capacitive buttons that work when you simply press them like you would press any button on any given product without a slow swipe or a rubbing genie motion why cant Sony do this? My question to Sony would be, when are you going to acknowledge there is a problem with these useless buttons and do something about getting them to work? The phone is a brilliant phone let down by something so small in yet so frustrating. Unlike alot of users I have stuck by Sony/Sony Ericsson and really expect more from Sonys stand alone flagship phone. Come on Sony!!! Look after your loyal customers.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:24:54 GMT

strange. i get it right since the first day i got the phone. i have no issues concerning the capacitive buttons. i just tap on the dot and it just works. no circular motion or slow upward motion.

maybe your phone is defective. it can be. am just saying.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:46:42 GMT

If you are right then there are LOTS of defective phones. In every review of Xperia S on youtube you can see "defective" phone.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:36:21 GMT

lol. am really sorry was not aware that so much people is having issues with this feature.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:23:16 GMT

Two others have the same phone in the office I work... Same complaint from them. If some phones work fine then great but Sony needs to acknowledge that some don't work so well otherwise they risk damaging their reputation.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Johan — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:32:57 GMT

I'm aware of the complaints on the touch buttons and there have been software updates released to improve these. What software are you running on?

Re: Capacitive buttons

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:38:25 GMT

Thanks Johan, I appreciate your comments. Still running 2.3.7 awaiting Vodafone release of 4.0. Will this help?

Re: Capacitive buttons

Johan — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:40:11 GMT

As I understand the improvement for this was already implemented in the .75 software under the Gingerbread platform.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:50:57 GMT

I have the same buttons issue with my Xperia S..... This is my first sony and it was an horrible experience.... in my case the contact area of the 3 buttons is between above the white dots an the end line of the screen..... this is really anoying and frustrating..... The problem can be fixed with firm updates??? or is a hardware problem?? My compilation num is: 6.0.A.3.7.5... I will never buy any SONY phone in my life.... I will come back to Samsung..... Sorry for my english.

Re: Capacitive buttons

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:02:15 GMT

And this is my point. There may be loyal suckers like myself that stick with Sony but the competition is so great that others will simply go to Samsung, HTC etc. Sony!!! You need to fix this quick before people lose faith in what is generally an awesome brand.

Re: Capacitive buttons

andro_sn — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:25:08 GMT

really i have the same problem with this capactives ..... its not work from the first press

we need help pls sony ...also my sister have xperia mini ... when play any games and the phone get little heat the capactive buttons activate without you touching it.

i think the capactive buttons with Sony need Reconsideration

Re: Capacitive buttons

hsjsb — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:23:10 GMT

Im very annoyed of this poor made of the buttons would never buy sony agaain