This is the buggiest phone I've ever had!
I've had so many problems with this phone
I picked this up around March and i've had nothing but glitches with this phone
The Notification bar
This has been a issue when I first got the phone. Sometimes when I turn the phone on it keeps flickering resulting in the screen to be unresponsive. I have to turn the screen off and try again and that works only 40% of the time. I heard this is a common issue but I haven't found a soultion
The Power/Standby button
When the screen is off and I try to turn it back on sometimes it won't work. I have to wait at least 30 seconds for the screen to turn on. This is frustrating because I can't access my phone when I want
Camera
"Unfortunatly the camera has stopped working" is a frequent message I get. This is so annoying because when I want to snap a picture quicky the camera will freeze and the phone becomes unresponsive and I have to turn off the screen and wait until it sorts itself out. Also when I try to use the quick record feature it will sometimes record for 3 seconds then freeze resulting in the video just recording audio or not recording anything at all.
I also noticed there is a conflict with the app snapchat. If I used snapchat and try to acess my camera this will cause the camera not to work so I have to close the snapchat app. This was never an issue on my previous phone (Galaxy S3)
There are a few more problems but I can't be bothered to list all of them now
This was a great phone when I first had it but after a few months it's proven to be a really glitchy phone. Really disapointed because back in the day I used to have a W800i and K750i when Sony was on top then and now they put out phones like this!
Anyone know if I can swap the phone or get a replacement? I did get a contract from EE so is it their problem or Sony's?
Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.
Sorry to hear that you're having issues with your phone.
For the two first issues i recommend that you first try updating your phone from Settings -> About phone -> Software update. If that doesn't help, also try reinstalling the firmware using a computer and Update Service.
If the issue should still remain I think that this needs to be examined and fixed at a repair center. For more information about how to submit your phone for repair and where, contact your local support team.
The issue you're seeing with the camera is a known issue. We have investigated it and the cause of the issue is in Snapchat not closing the camera properly. I'm afraid this is not something we can solve. We need to wait for an update of Snapchat.
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I had to set Force GPU Rendering and Window and Transition Animation Scale to 0.5x, and thats all this phone needed.
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for me, 5mp is good enough. If I want to take a picture for a portrait, I will get my DSLR out
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This is an app issue. Apps that have not been compiled with ICS API installed (Most of the apps), the menu button will jump around, but for Google apps that are preinstalled, the menu is in its proper place. There are a couple of exceptions, where the Google app has a menu in a different spot that the other apps. At times it can be frustrating since you do not have it in the sameplace for everything, but I am starting to like the 'no hardware button' concept with ICS.
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