Sony Xperia U
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- AnonD-217197
- 0KZ
- 21 Dec 2013
That was my first smartphone,an despite some initial happiness, a buy that i regretted much. My advice is to stay away from it! I have used it for a while on android2.3 and i think it was the time i was getting used to the smartphone idea, i believe that worked reasonably. But then i was happy to see the official ics 4.0,update (one of the reasons i bought this phone was the promise of the upgrade), and i readily joined the new android version. It was a hell:immediately a bug in the wifi would make it stuck to on so that very often the only way to connect to wifi was doing a reboot;maybe i had never used much gps before, but when comparing to my friend's i was often laugh because mine took hours longer to make the fix; Then over time phone became unusable even for basics tasks like calling or sending sms. I found then it was lack of ram causing the issue, and the facebook application growing demand; battery duration which has never been great, fell under the 8hours threshold: i had to start recharging it at work. Fed up with those limitations, i started to play with custom roms, and i finally found experience2.0 which at least fixed the wifi bug and improved response of the launcher. Disabling widgets, facebook, whatsapp, google+ and all other thing could pop notifications, the system became reasonably useful... Still my friends were si fed up with my complaints that they gave me a nexus4... Then the xperia u was relegated to backup device. I have finally stopped using it for anything "smart", and that's
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- Anonymous
- PAZ
- 21 Dec 2013
it is just crap phone , extremely slow- never recon
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- ajay
- vIf
- 21 Dec 2013
im from india. i purchased this mobile and upgraded the phone to ICS right away so i had no experience on how the phone works with Gingerbread. however recently when i had a few issues with the touch screen and performance i contacted the service center regarding this. they then downgraded the phone back to gingerbread after service. now with GB running the performance is brilliant. but however the ease of use which i enjoyed in ICS missing as GB is not very user friendly. but the performance of GB is unmatched. so i suggest people not to upgrade to ics and use gingerbread to avoid poor performance and battery backup.
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- milind
- uvU
- 20 Dec 2013
Except the back up thing, is there anything else I need to take care of before upgrading my xpu to ics??im from India
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- AnonD-216501
- uwu
- 19 Dec 2013
I had exact problem; now post warranty, i rooted and went back to gingerbread. it is nimble again; worth trying.
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- bojanovic
- mVK
- 19 Dec 2013
I have this mobile for year and a half, and i must this is piece of shit, telepfone is horrilbe, slow, unresponsive, sometimes so slow i cant answer the call, sms i cannot type...Went from samsung to sony, never ever again! Sony is crap
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- Anonymous
- vQ{
- 19 Dec 2013
xperia u is rubbish, 04 Dec 2013Dont buy this phone - no matter what. I have just bought it... moreVery bad .tuch screene problem dont by this pls
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- AnonD-216187
- PIN
- 18 Dec 2013
can someone help me? i asked someone to upgrade to ics on my xu .. he says images wont gone and i'll be in sd card.. but ALL my images gone :( how to bring it back possibly??
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- fin
- PIN
- 18 Dec 2013
can someone help me? i asked someone to upgrade to ics on my xu .. he says images wont gone and i'll be in sd card.. but ALL my images gone :( how to bring it back possibly??
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- nyteblade77
- s%{
- 18 Dec 2013
Guys plz help me..... Which is better xperia u or galaxy s?????
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- Mahmoud_Sayed
- Nkh
- 17 Dec 2013
i used that phone for over a year and a half now .
seriously SONY is the best !
very very high processor and my phone falls on the floor once a day at least :D and it feels like nothing ever happened (thanks god) just buy it in confidence
THIS MOBILE MADE ME LOVE SONY!
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- arshad ali
- nTS
- 15 Dec 2013
SRM, 18 Jan 2012Unbelievable price-just 262 Euros!!!!Hope this will be true... moreThis is wonderfull and my favorite phone...
I like this
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- Sadness
- tue
- 15 Dec 2013
seriously dont ever buy this phone. i used this phone about 1 year and 2 month. this is the second time the screen doesnt work and i'm not gonna repair it. i'm changing to other brand~
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- mnzava
- NsI
- 14 Dec 2013
getcy, 13 Dec 2013guys, don't even think about it, i think it is faliar versi... morei prefer thz pin oz i opt 2 say ma brow z gona gv t 2 me
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- getcy
- iwp
- 13 Dec 2013
guys, don't even think about it, i think it is faliar version of sony. i had this 4n. after 5 month touch screen hasn't work. when i go to 4n shops to rapair it, they told me y did u buy this 1?. it is very bad version of sony.
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- Tobo
- XuF
- 11 Dec 2013
xperia u works best on gingerbread,i updated to ics n phone faced too much lags n hanging,even making call n picking up call is also too difficult...then i went to sony service centre to downgrade the phone back to gingerbread,they charge 300 bucks if ur phone is not under warranty..now my phone is speed n lag free....
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- tristar
- StY
- 10 Dec 2013
akoba , 06 Dec 2013Just degrade your phone's Android OS to GB 2.3.7 if it's i... moreHallo akoba,
could you please please tell me how can I degrade it to GB??? Thank you very much for your kind help
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- Anonymous
- sXk
- 06 Dec 2013
Anonymous, 06 Dec 2013how does it work thinking of getting one Dont. Have had this for about a year, its one of the first versions of sony experias, its kinda heavy for such a small phone (but Ive dropped it a number of times already so I guess its durable), it slow, and freezes from time to time, and it rearanges icons on you home screen when it sees fit. Ive been used to it for a while now, so ill be sad to see it go after i upgrade, but it all in all not woth the money IMO.
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- Anonymous
- fnB
- 06 Dec 2013
how does it work thinking of getting one
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- AnonD-55262
- nU2
- 06 Dec 2013
akoba , 06 Dec 2013Just degrade your phone's Android OS to GB 2.3.7 if it's i... moreI have to agree. I know some people are managing to get on well with ICS, but I tried countless resets to default etc and it was still slow and buggy. I'm sure the way ahead is rooting and custom roms, but for those not so inclined, GB is solid and quick. In the end my phone had its touchscreen repaired and as part of the service process it was reverted to GB, and it's great now. Quicker camera, faster GPS lock, actually responds when a call comes in, etc etc. It is also possible to do your own downgrade without unlocking bootloader/rooting, you just need flashtool and the GB rom image to use - but do at own risk, and you may find a few quirks (e.g. system apps going into crash loops) until you do a defaults.