Sony removes Small Apps from its Xperia X series phones

09 June, 2016
If you're a fan of Sony's Small Apps feature and are planning to purchase one of the Japanese company's Xperia X series smartphones, there's some bad news: the feature has been removed from the new line-up.

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Anonymous, 11 Apr 2018Blank memory will never be predictable dude. LOLRemove small app is fine I don't think it is a backwards. I am worry if Sony didn't remove the small app someone will tell us the UI is same nothing changed blah... Actually the trolls just living in Mars.

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    • Anonymous
    • y}%
    • 11 Apr 2018

    Dual heatpipes, 11 Jun 2016Troll from the competitors detected. (They always like to t... moreBlank memory will never be predictable dude.
    LOL

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      • Anonymous
      • 9xx
      • 13 Jun 2016

      Dual heatpipes, 11 Jun 2016Troll from the competitors detected. (They always like to t... morebecause most(or all?) sony fans in here are short-fused. that's why people love to troll you.

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        • Alien
        • ndn
        • 12 Jun 2016

        AnonD-442158, 12 Jun 2016thank you for the good news. I use small apps like everyday... moreYou are welcome!
        I may have my phone rooted but I haven't unlocked my bootloader, so I'm still running stock LP 5.1.1. I just extreme debloated it and added some other apps.
        The red theme is made by myself. It works both on rooted and non-rooted Sony phones. If you want I can post a link where you can download it. :)

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          • AnonD-442158
          • tht
          • 12 Jun 2016

          Alien, 10 Jun 2016Personally I never used them so I deleted all of them inclu... morethank you for the good news. I use small apps like everyday.

          By the way, beautiful screenshots. I liked the red accents on Nav Bar and Notification. Root users are always envied...

            Dual heatpipes, 11 Jun 2016Troll from the competitors detected. (They always like to t... moreSamsung Galaxy S7 edge kills Sony and iphone too 😎

              Crapshoot, 10 Jun 2016Sony is already going down from the smartphone market.Troll from the competitors detected. (They always like to trolling by this.)

              iphone is a pity device because it is NOT waterproof, the 70% of the world is water-based and then 5 of the 8 of their videos advertising on youtube are related to water, how could iphone still NOT waterproof at all?!!

              http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_releases_8_new_shot_on_iphone_videos_on_its_youtube_channel-blog-18656.php

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                • Alien
                • ndn
                • 10 Jun 2016

                Anonymous, 10 Jun 2016Its a shame as Small Apps is usefulPersonally I never used them so I deleted all of them including the small apps framework. Only Because Sony decided not to install them on the X series doesn't necessarily mean you cannot install them back. But I think you will need root. They are located in /system/priv-app/
                Now, when I check for updates with software update, they appear as an option to install them.
                I'm 100% sure that the devs in XDA will make a thred for those who want them back. Check the screenshots below:
                http://pre12.deviantart.net/9f68/th/pre/i/2016/162/9/c/screenshot_2016_06_10_18_52_04_by_brabuss-da5tu9r.png
                http://pre11.deviantart.net/a4eb/th/pre/i/2016/162/7/0/screenshot_2016_06_10_18_55_43_by_brabuss-da5tugy.png
                http://pre09.deviantart.net/20fa/th/pre/i/2016/162/8/9/screenshot_2016_06_10_18_55_20_by_brabuss-da5tukg.png
                http://pre05.deviantart.net/06d5/th/pre/i/2016/162/a/6/screenshot_2016_06_10_18_55_34_by_brabuss-da5tuoq.png

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Dvk
                  • 10 Jun 2016

                  Its a shame as Small Apps is useful

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                    • AnonD-8311
                    • NuU
                    • 10 Jun 2016

                    Dominator, 10 Jun 2016Don't buy X siries,i own z ultra and i m happy with that..m... moreso you dont want us to buy th just becoz u prefer another type

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                      • Dominator
                      • TSN
                      • 10 Jun 2016

                      Don't buy X siries,i own z ultra and i m happy with that..my next phone is z5 or z5 premium

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                        • Dominator
                        • TSN
                        • 10 Jun 2016

                        Don't buy X siries,i own z ultra and i m happy with that..my next phone is z5 or z5 premium

                          Sony is already going down from the smartphone market.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • p6y
                            • 09 Jun 2016

                            it was a nice idea, i guess, but personally i never actually used these apps. and then i switched to cyanogenmod so they were gone anyway.
                            however, i have a Z1C, so i suppose the screen is kinda too small for effective multi-tasking in the first place

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vV5
                              • 09 Jun 2016

                              I think Sony is clever to do this in periodly, but they don't know how come the trolls become posting here. I think Sony is redo for the next step>>>android N. I hope the competitors here could say something with meaningful not just giving a bashing comments or trolling like they own the phone. Actually why other OEM lack of software updates, some of the reason they are really busy to posting here, I hope they could concentrate on their business of development but not concentrate trolling at here. Best regards.

                                AnonD-226698, 09 Jun 2016...hey Samsung called...they have your payment ready :PLol no where in there Samsung is mentioned. You could literally mention many other OEMS on the market.

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                                  • AnonD-226698
                                  • 8Fs
                                  • 09 Jun 2016

                                  Xz8441, 09 Jun 2016Unfortunately, these "feature, half-assed" phones cost more... more...hey Samsung called...they have your payment ready :P

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                                    • AnonD-93439
                                    • a3B
                                    • 09 Jun 2016

                                    meh, i switched to LG

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                                      • Blanc
                                      • nIb
                                      • 09 Jun 2016

                                      I'm quite happy to see they go tbh. bloatware. xperia z5 user

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                                        • AnonD-93439
                                        • a3B
                                        • 09 Jun 2016

                                        Anonymous, 09 Jun 2016Lol this is called bloatware not features They shouldn't p... morethey were downloadable by desire