Hi
I have just bought the Parrot Ziks, (gosh are they expensive :s)
However i have noticed that the bluetooth functions take a very long time to take affect.
For example, when I pause the music it what feels like a long time to actually pause the music.
Is there a way of speeding it up from the phone?
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btw. I'm using PowerAmp
Sorry I can't give you an answer yet!!. I ordered mine today. Can you give any comments on the headphones as a whole? Particularly sojnd quality, the weight and comfort. Thanks.
And they were expensive!! A birthday present so I got lucky.
the headphones themselves are awesome. the sound quality is superb and they feel very comfortable..
even after hours of listening my ears don't hurt, which is my problem with on-ears headphones.
battery life lasts me about 12h which is more than enough to get me through 3 days of listening (way to work and back)
i hope you'll find them as good as I do..
have fun
darKpoiSonend said:
Hi
I have just bought the Parrot Ziks, (gosh are they expensive :s)
However i have noticed that the bluetooth functions take a very long time to take affect.
For example, when I pause the music it what feels like a long time to actually pause the music.
Is there a way of speeding it up from the phone?
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btw. I'm using PowerAmp
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So I got my pair of Ziks yesterday. Truly amazing headphones. I can honestly say that the sensors are working great for me and the reaction time for pausing, skipping songs, volume up and down are virtually instantaneous for me.
It did take 30 seconds for them to connect to my phone. Which was a while compared to the first time which was like 2 seconds.
All in all.. I am beyond satisfied and with the purchase. Viper sound mod and all the studio irs settings just make these sound even better!! :thumbup:
Btw.. Thanks for the feedback!!
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Another question for you, have you charged these using a car phone charger or anything other than the pc usb?
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Another question for you, have you charged these using a car phone charger or anything other than the pc usb?
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no, sadly i haven't found time to try that out..
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Hi I just got my thunderbolt on the 21st. Ever since, the volume on the back speakers are really low. Everytime I play music it sounds like its halfway. But its on full. Even on YouTube.
I've been told there's a "hearing aid" option in the settings that will drastically boost the volume of anything that comes out of the speaker. This may help you out.
Though I just looked, and it's under the "Call" settings. Seems to only affect in-call volume, but it still may be worth a try.
mine has no problem... I usually have to turn it down... might be the video you are playing... but I assure you mine is 4x louder than any other phone (iphone, evo,incredible)
people usually ask to use my phone to watch videos on break so everyone can hear it
Oh well .my Eris was louder. I'll try some other media players. Thanks
My first TBolt was so quiet I could barely hear anything too. I exchanged it and my new one is much louder.
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mine has no problem... I usually have to turn it down... might be the video you are playing... but I assure you mine is 4x louder than any other phone (iphone, evo,incredible)
people usually ask to use my phone to watch videos on break so everyone can hear it
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yeah my TBolt is like twice as loud as my evo 4g was.
I remember setting the notification tone, and not listening to it, but hitting ok right away and when it went off scared the crap outta me.
Sorry if these questions have already asked.
1. when I start the camera app or flashlight app, there is a slight sound in the camera lens area, is this normal?
2. I used to have samsung wave, the earphones provided with it is not woking with galaxy s2. the same goes with nokia earphones. but both works with galaxy s., what might be the problem?
3. the stock music player is good but it lacks bass., i have tried many apps to boost the bass but I am not satisfied., do u guys have suggestions?
thetaurusbull said:
Sorry if these questions have already asked.
1. when I start the camera app or flashlight app, there is a slight sound in the camera lens area, is this normal?
2. I used to have samsung wave, the earphones provided with it is not woking with galaxy s2. the same goes with nokia earphones. but both works with galaxy s., what might be the problem?
3. the stock music player is good but it lacks bass., i have tried many apps to boost the bass but I am not satisfied., do u guys have suggestions?
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3. Power Amp
thetaurusbull said:
Sorry if these questions have already asked.
1. when I start the camera app or flashlight app, there is a slight sound in the camera lens area, is this normal?
Yes
2. I used to have samsung wave, the earphones provided with it is not woking with galaxy s2. the same goes with nokia earphones. but both works with galaxy s., what might be the problem?
Wrong earphones >>>
all my earphones work with SGS2 and 1 .
jje
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thanks for the replies,
I have used power amp., its good, but i think the stock earphone is not that good.
how does soundmagic pl 30 or pl21 compare to the stock?
i am looking for good and rich bass.
suggest me some nice ones (not so expensive)
I know this is not the section to ask questions about earphones but still couldnt resist.
I noticed a strange thing with my phone this week after charging the battery: Yesterday, I charged the battery fully and then used the phone for about 12 hours before I switched it off for the night. Today I started it and had it on for about seven hours. When I check battery usage, it showed only the current seven hours. It appears to have "forgotten" that it had been running throughout 12 hours yesterday.
I switched it off for about an hour today and started it up again to test and now the seven hours are there and it behaves normally. This I have noticed the last two times I charged the battery. The phone "forgets" the first post-charge use but goes on to work perfectly after that. I do not experience this as an issue directly because I think the battery life is very good and the phone works without problems, but I'm curious. Are there any of you Galaxy SII owners who noticed the same thing?
I find stock player +stock earphones excellent .
But i know nothing about music that requires extra treble or bass .
jje
I am using Sennheiser CX 400 II, I think they are pretty good for the price (of course there are better). Using Power Amp bass and treble.
when i plug in my stock earphones and press the menu and navigate (using launcher pro) there is a digital noise in each operation (ex scroll through menu makes a noise also returning to home page makes a noise)
is it the problem with firmware or phone? or is it completely normal?
however these are not audible when the music is playing at the background.
baseband version i9100ddke2 and build number is wxke8.
Sorry for asking so many questions, I am new to android.
Hope u guys dont mind., thanks in advance.
thetaurusbull said:
when i plug in my stock earphones and press the menu and navigate (using launcher pro) there is a digital noise in each operation (ex scroll through menu makes a noise also returning to home page makes a noise)
is it the problem with firmware or phone? or is it completely normal?
however these are not audible when the music is playing at the background.
baseband version i9100ddke2 and build number is wxke8.
Sorry for asking so many questions, I am new to android.
Hope u guys dont mind., thanks in advance.
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As long as you don't go with something like "OH GOD HELP MY PHONE WILL DIE!!!!How do I use the camera?PLEASE HELP!" no,we don't mind.You're cool till now.
Well,that is probably something with the magnetic shielding of the phone or the earphones.Are you holding the phone too close to the earphones?Electromagnetic waves affect the operation of speakers' magnets.Maybe try a different pair of earphones.
I would suggest AKG.They have some nice cheap models(Less than 10 euros) which are actually pretty good.I use a pair of those for when I'm on the go(I have some 70 euro AKGs at home ) and the sound is spot on.Rich bass too.
If so what do you think of it?
Mine shipped out today, so once I get it I'll let you know.
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I'm still waiting for mine:banghead:
Thanks guys. I'm really interested in them.
Honestly as goofy as it sounds it almost seems worth it just for a watch that can change facs
The idea of being able to check my text/email other stuff without having to constantly grab for my phone just sounds awesome.
Well, I've had mine for just over a week now, and I gotta say, it was worth every penny. This thing is fantastic! Great battery life (I've only charged it once, overnight, so far), and a simple interface. It pairs with my phone without any issues, and if I wander out of range of my phone it automatically pairs back up once I'm back in range, nearly flawlessly (there have been a couple of times it's gotten stuck in "Searching" mode but all I had to do was open the app and hit the button to stop searching then hit the button again to connect).
I was worried what having a bluetooth device constantly connected would do to my OG's battery life, but I think I acually get better life out of it since I no longer have to turn my screen on to check my notifications. So I'm getting about the same or slightly better life out of the battery, while my screen on time has gone way down. YMMV.
My favorite feature of the Pebble by far is the ability to control my phone's music player (PlayerPro) with it. Plus since it's waterproof, I actually use it in the shower to listen to music and skip tracks that are too loud/quiet, or not what I want to hear at that moment. It will also control Pandora and most other players. The downside of PlayerPro (and Pandora) is that it doesn't use the correct API so the metadata doesn't show up on the screen, but if you use the stock player or some other players that do, the metadata should show up too.
So far I'm very impressed. It's everything I thought it would be. Once they release the SDK and some devs work their magic, this thing will be even more functional, but just as is, it's great.
That's actually pretty cool. I keep forgetting it is waterpoof.
I wish I would have ordered it when I could have got it a bit cheaper though. I'm still hesitant about paying $150.
Hesitant paying 150 for a watch? What kind of watches do u wear?
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Well, I've had mine for just over a week now, and I gotta say, it was worth every penny. This thing is fantastic! Great battery life (I've only charged it once, overnight, so far), and a simple interface. It pairs with my phone without any issues, and if I wander out of range of my phone it automatically pairs back up once I'm back in range, nearly flawlessly (there have been a couple of times it's gotten stuck in "Searching" mode but all I had to do was open the app and hit the button to stop searching then hit the button again to connect).
I was worried what having a bluetooth device constantly connected would do to my OG's battery life, but I think I acually get better life out of it since I no longer have to turn my screen on to check my notifications. So I'm getting about the same or slightly better life out of the battery, while my screen on time has gone way down. YMMV.
My favorite feature of the Pebble by far is the ability to control my phone's music player (PlayerPro) with it. Plus since it's waterproof, I actually use it in the shower to listen to music and skip tracks that are too loud/quiet, or not what I want to hear at that moment. It will also control Pandora and most other players. The downside of PlayerPro (and Pandora) is that it doesn't use the correct API so the metadata doesn't show up on the screen, but if you use the stock player or some other players that do, the metadata should show up too.
So far I'm very impressed. It's everything I thought it would be. Once they release the SDK and some devs work their magic, this thing will be even more functional, but just as is, it's great.
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can the watch display metro bus times as if it was running through the app on the phone?
STravers said:
can the watch display metro bus times as if it was running through the app on the phone?
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With a Tasker app someone made called Pebble Notifier you can get any and every notification that can show up in the phone's notification bar on the watch. So if your bus app creates notifications of the bus times they'll show up.
Once the Pebble SDK is released devs can add whatever functionality they want to it for their own apps, and other devs here could probably figure out how to make it work if they want to invest the time.
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A one tap ingress hack would be pretty awesome especially while driving..
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I use the Bose bluetooth Series 2 headset.
I have had this baby for 6 months now, and it's been great. Initially, my ear got sore for a little bit, but then got used to it, and the tip got soft. The sound quality is very good for calls. It doesn't actually cancel noise, but it increases the volume when noise levels around you increase.
If you want to listen to music, this is not the best device for it since it is for 1 ear listening, but it does Ok. The base is nice for 1 ear.
It also does last number dial with a double tap of the answer button. Battery life? I have to charge it every night.
Imdking said:
I use the Bose bluetooth Series 2 headset.
I have had this baby for 6 months now, and it's been great. Initially, my ear got sore for a little bit, but then got used to it, and the tip got soft. The sound quality is very good for calls. It doesn't actually cancel noise, but it increases the volume when noise levels around you increase.
If you want to listen to music, this is not the best device for it since it is for 1 ear listening, but it does Ok. The base is nice for 1 ear.
It also does last number dial with a double tap of the answer button. Battery life? I have to charge it every night.
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Using the SBH20 I had free with the Ultra. Battery life is good... about 3 days between charges.
I use this:
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I use this:
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Same Some may say that talking directly into the ZU looks stupid, but i think it looks more stupid to "talk to yourself". I never know if the person is crazy or using handsfree
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Same Some may say that talking directly into the ZU looks stupid, but i think it looks more stupid to "talk to yourself". I never know if the person is crazy or using handsfree
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Talk straight into the phone. No one has said anything to me yet. I have looks but only when I was texting on it.
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I use this:
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Same Some may say that talking directly into the ZU looks stupid, but i think it looks more stupid to "talk to yourself". I never know if the person is crazy or using handsfree
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lol couldn't agree more. Nobody looks at me when I talk directly into my ZU but people stare when I'm using a bluetooth headset seemingly talking to myself.
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Using the SBH20 I had free with the Ultra. Battery life is good... about 3 days between charges.
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Lucky you! My box didn't come with any extras. I gotta find something for music.
Hey guys,
I basically bought the SBH-80 for about £40 and I'm experiencing some erratic behavior.
Sometimes if I leave the phone on my desk I can walk to the other side of the house before audio starts distorting i.e. the range is good. But sometimes the range is like 20cm. I kind find any pattern which would explain this discrepancy. The range is awful about 95% of the time.
The problem is I cycle to work, the phone works fine when I'm setting it up. It connects quickly and music starts playing. As soon as I put it into my pockets the music distorts, snap, crackle, pops and is basically unusable.
I've probably missed out lots of vital information but this is the jist of the issue. Can anyone recommend me trying anything?
note: It's not the headunit, I've tested it with an iPhone 5S and an iPhone 5 and it functions perfectly.
theprince1991 said:
Hey guys,
I basically bought the SBH-80 for about £40 and I'm experiencing some erratic behavior.
Sometimes if I leave the phone on my desk I can walk to the other side of the house before audio starts distorting i.e. the range is good. But sometimes the range is like 20cm. I kind find any pattern which would explain this discrepancy. The range is awful about 95% of the time.
The problem is I cycle to work, the phone works fine when I'm setting it up. It connects quickly and music starts playing. As soon as I put it into my pockets the music distorts, snap, crackle, pops and is basically unusable.
I've probably missed out lots of vital information but this is the jist of the issue. Can anyone recommend me trying anything?
note: It's not the headunit, I've tested it with an iPhone 5S and an iPhone 5 and it functions perfectly.
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bad news bro. that happened to my sbh80 too. bought it for $100 last year. either your bluetooth antenna(left earpiece cable) snapped or you have damaged bluetooth module. mine had that problem 3 months after buying it. kept it in storage for months i forgot i ever bought it. then i saw it again while i was cleaning up with 90% battery. tried it and now it works well. i don't know what happened as i sold it the next day for $65.
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bad news bro. that happened to my sbh80 too. bought it for $100 last year. either your bluetooth antenna(left earpiece cable) snapped or you have damaged bluetooth module. mine had that problem 3 months after buying it. kept it in storage for months i forgot i ever bought it. then i saw it again while i was cleaning up with 90% battery. tried it and now it works well. i don't know what happened as i sold it the next day for $65.
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Brilliant lol It lasted ONE cycle trip, before it started distorting. Thankfully the eBay seller said I can return it. It's such a shame... I really like the design. Can you recommend any other bluetooth headsets?
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Brilliant lol It lasted ONE cycle trip, before it started distorting. Thankfully the eBay seller said I can return it. It's such a shame... I really like the design. Can you recommend any other bluetooth headsets?
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I'd say jaybird bluebuds since you cycle to work. They sound really good too.
I've got a Plantronics Voyager Legend. Within the same room (~20ft) it seems ok, but if it has to go through a wall (~30ft), it starts to break up. I once tried going up one floor and on the opposite side of the house (maybe 50ft at most) and it was really bad.
I figured that bluetooth in general wasn't that great.
I've never had an issue with the phone on me though.
I have more issues with my bluetooth mouse connected to my laptop
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I'd say jaybird bluebuds since you cycle to work. They sound really good too.
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Ooft they are very expensive, not sure if I can endure such a hit on my bank account . I appreciate good audio quality. At home I use Grado SR225i's with Little Dot 1+ amp and I love it... Not tried a headphone more than I like that combination. But when it comes to earphones I don't really care about quality because I know I won't get anything close to the grado, the Sony earphones that came with my Z1 Compact are more than good enough but, of course, it's not wireless.
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I've got a Plantronics Voyager Legend. Within the same room (~20ft) it seems ok, but if it has to go through a wall (~30ft), it starts to break up. I once tried going up one floor and on the opposite side of the house (maybe 50ft at most) and it was really bad.
I figured that bluetooth in general wasn't that great.
I've never had an issue with the phone on me though.
I have more issues with my bluetooth mouse connected to my laptop
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I've read a few threads were the Z5 was having trouble connecting to bluetooth in people's cars etc but I think my issue is with the headset because it doesn't actually work with any other phone either
I have a z1 compact, and I've always had bt issues with it across devices. I have a z5 compact arriving tomorrow, reading this isn't inspiring.
I use a sbh52, and it never quite worked right with sony, but I think that was mostly due to the data channel stuff and how it interacted with the app for email alerts and other socket stuff that uses raw serial protocols to communicate. I've at times had 4-5 different serial devices attached to the phone, and none of them are happy when doing so. The radio seems to become selective about who is actually working at a time, but the upstream consumers at the bluez socket layer seem unaware stuff isn't working.
I got a non-sony phone, a sharp aquos, and using it with my sbh52 without any sony software, and only that - it rocks actually, range and all. I felt a little bit bad I used to talk so much crap about it.
My biggest telltale of bluetooth serial dysfunction with my z1c was my google glass, which works entirely as both a persistent tethered device via bt, and a headset device. Data for glass via bt also refused to work if I disabled the headset kindly, so in other words bluetooth dysfunction ruined usability when mobile. Now I tether my glass to my tablet data that does no other bt, and seems to work pretty dandy.
It seems more of a bluetooth stack issue as a whole, either between google and/or firmware vendors, and if my z5 gives me issues too, I'll just need to find a more "dumb" headset.
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I started watching catlog (log reader) when using my glass and headset troubleshooting, and would suggest doing so too.
I would always see "innocuous" looking messages about the bt, but nothing seemed to ever really "break". I'd see disconnects and reconnects, when one device or the other wouldn't/couldn't connect, seemed at the radio level though as the headset would just give up trying to connect.
Happened the same to me too. Xperia z5c+sbh80. The audio is kinda lagging whenever I put in my pocket. But, I have read somewhere in xda post that somebody claimed it might related with stamina mode configuration (solution given: put audio setting into exception list) and it might related to activity on the fingerprint scanner as well (really? solution given: try to avoid any contact on the fingerprint scanner because z5c try to initiate vibration mode while the audio is still playing). I have try both solutions, and yeah, there are little bit less lagging activity.
I'm using Sony SBH-80 as well, and it works perfect. I'm listening about 2-3h music/day, loads of calls through SBH80, and it works fine. Indeed, sometimes it disconnects automatically (usually when I'm using facebook call and I receive an email or something like that). On my S6 dual sim didn't happened that, but I can live with that. Sorry guys to hear that you have issues with that, on my side it's fine.
Late reply guys sorry.
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I have a z1 compact, and I've always had bt issues with it across devices. I have a z5 compact arriving tomorrow, reading this isn't inspiring. .
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So does the Z5 compact work with your headset then? They seem to release cool devices, update to a later version of android, it ends up not working properly and they pretty much just forget about it.
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Happened the same to me too. Xperia z5c+sbh80. The audio is kinda lagging whenever I put in my pocket. But, I have read somewhere in xda post that somebody claimed it might related with stamina mode configuration (solution given: put audio setting into exception list) and it might related to activity on the fingerprint scanner as well (really? solution given: try to avoid any contact on the fingerprint scanner because z5c try to initiate vibration mode while the audio is still playing). I have try both solutions, and yeah, there are little bit less lagging activity.
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I don't have stamina mode on (reduces performaces WAY too much... like 5 seconds to open an app...unacceptable) but yeah I too have notices weird distortion effects when I receive a facebook message.
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I'm using Sony SBH-80 as well, and it works perfect. I'm listening about 2-3h music/day, loads of calls through SBH80, and it works fine. Indeed, sometimes it disconnects automatically (usually when I'm using facebook call and I receive an email or something like that). On my S6 dual sim didn't happened that, but I can live with that. Sorry guys to hear that you have issues with that, on my side it's fine.
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Ah lucky you! I guess I'll wait for my replacement and see what's up :fingers-crossed:
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Late reply guys sorry.
So does the Z5 compact work with your headset then? They seem to release cool devices, update to a later version of android, it ends up not working properly and they pretty much just forget about it.
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Yes! My SBH52 was absolute crap with my z1c (random disconnects, sound levels, just never connecting), with a Sony original rom, Cyanogen10-11, any kernel/rom I tried. With my z5c, my SBH52 works dandy, even with the sony app installed for the data link, as well as my SBH60's that came with the z5c as a Clove special. Need to resurrect my jawbone, everyone hated it I spoke to prior, now I'm curious about it too.
Oddly, my friend just upgraded too, didn't want to spend the extra for a z5c, so got a used z3c instead, and has a lot of issues with his bluetooth as well. Mine was more disconnections, devices fighting over connections, but his seems to be just simple horrible quality, like noise entering in when used, so not sure if it's bad software or bad phy bt chip or a bunk build.prop on it. Sound always required a lot of tweaking on my z1c, it was useless without root and hacking to fix the crap sony rom build or a *good* 3rd party rom, so maybe it as well.
Range-wise, I've used the SBH52's with my phone upstairs on my desk, and walking downstairs about 30 feet away and through a hall/wall. The SBH60 has much less range I've found, 20 feet away and down the hall same level codec sound comes unglued.
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I don't have stamina mode on (reduces performaces WAY too much... like 5 seconds to open an app...unacceptable) but yeah I too have notices weird distortion effects when I receive a facebook message.
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I don't ever use stamina modes... My battery life is/was always crap on my z1c (~6-8hr), as I collect a bunch of push imap accounts with aquamail, multiple gmail accounts, lots of system level apps, so it's almost expected my battery life to be nil. I've been a bit more pleasantly surprised with the z5c with most everything from my z1c loaded (~10-15hr), the battery life is still better, but the z1c was also ~3yr old with original battery.
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Ah lucky you! I guess I'll wait for my replacement and see what's up :fingers-crossed:
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They *did* have the whole headphone connection issue on the z3c, really don't know how much of those sorts of things come down to maybe bad connectors internally. Doesn't seem to matter if you're apple or sony, us or china, sh*t happens.
My only impetus for upgrade was I noticed I had some discoloration on my z1c lcd, and my phone now had a noticeable curve in the middle (think lg flex) after apparently sitting on it the wrong way, so replacing it before it just died was key. So far I'm happier with the z5c. as thus far "everything works", including sound levels that were always an issue with the z1c too (bad Sony), and especially bluetooth function. The fingerprint reader unlock convenience is awesome, and I'm looking forward to trying payments with it. I came across the z5 drm restore now, so it's rooting time, and it's going to get even better once I can remove nauseating ads with an adblock means, and using xprivacy again since since disables app privacy (gee, thanks big brother).