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you'll need to use a 3rd party app, as well as open up the developer options to start telemetry, and also with Android Debug Bridge for Development   Sony Developer World https://developer.sonymobile.com/   Android https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html   something like this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sp&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&hl=en ... View more

you have to check the mail server settings for your account at work if it's POP or IMAP. If POP, you need to specify to allow connections to delete, otherwise, its a one way retrieval if your inbox.   if you're using an exchange mail system, there's something not set to delete properly ... View more

What colour does the LED display when you plug the phone in to a PC while holding volume Up?   What colour does the LED display when you plug the phone in to a PC while holding volume down? ... View more

Google's got beef...       I had a Yahoo guide as a draft somewhere... I should finish it before skynet  achieves singularity ... View more

@tomlaboulewrote: Well it didn't totally work, I still got an ant shutdown after 30min instead of the usual 20min it. enable developer options, then activate your ANT+ apps, then go to the "Running Services" menu... it's the 5th-ish option in Developers Option page   in here, look for the ANT services, and any other related apps and add those to the whitelist.   (this pic is just an example of looking at which services run for the app) Google Play Services should be whitelisted too... there's tons of intermingled permissions that google like to mess with just to **bleep** on your parade.   I don't use any fit devices, so I can't tell you what those services run   whitelist anything qualcomm while you're at it   don't forget about NFC   mine sort of looks like this      The other possibility is that a botched update wiped the ANT drivers ... View more

@Jheyson9619wrote: The pre-determined email app does not work   GT try kickstarting the exchange services by using the gmail app, then going to the standard email app  https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/E-mail-Calendar/E-mail-bug-related-to-password-change/td-p/1298875/jump-to/first-unread-message ... View more

I heard on a grape vine that some Sony apps are starting to use Google framework for things...   get ready for messy   by the way, is there only one "exchange services" app? ... View more

@GCS88wrote: I'm having the same problem after the recent update, woke up this morning with my XZ1 saying "could not log in" so I deleted the account, went to the app cleared data, force stop and tried to reconfigure the email now it wont even take my password for some reason definitely an update bug. have you both tried adding the account to the gmail app?   try that - if that works - disable the gmail app, then go to settings » apps, show system apps,  look for "exchange services" - is there 1 or 2 exchange apps?  what version is it? ... View more

there's possibly some bugs for the calendar app at the moment, and the developers have been notified.   I'll check back here when there is progress on a new calendar build and release ... View more

delete the account and set it up using an app password ... View more

ok, is definitely an internal issue...   did I already all what carrier you use, device model and firmware version?     have you tried going in to safe mode?   press and hold the power off, when you press and hold the power button like turning off the phone normally, and the menu will pop up asking to restart in safe mode     what firmware version for Romania are you using? if you're using the orange firmware, maybe you could backup your device and then try the generic Romania firmware for z5 ... View more

@DavidWallandwrote: I am hearing impaired.  I can't find out how to make the phone refuse to try to record a voicemail message, despite voicemail being unset.  What I need is to ensute that no-one actually tries to record a voicemail message and instead texts me.   I had this set up on a previous phone (not a Sony) and can't understand why this is not an ordinary feature on my Xperia phone.  People tend to drop their voices while recording meaning that I can very seldom work out what the voicemail message is.   If I miss a call and the caller thinks I have a voicemail message, then I may have missed something vital, especially as my wife died suddenly 3 weeks ago and I am trying to deal with this under conditions of great stress. Should download your Carriers Mobile App and see if you can disable the Voice Mail Service from there.. or just bug your carrier and tell them to disable it.   usually you can even do it by USSD code if you search for what your carrier has allowed   most carriers now have something like this   ... View more

@Hashifwrote: Hi,     Am unable to deactivate the call waiting feature..  Kindly support how can I deactivate call waiting        @DavidWallandwrote: I am hearing impaired.  I can't find out how to make the phone refuse to try to record a voicemail message, despite voicemail being unset.  What I need is to ensute that no-one actually tries to record a voicemail message and instead texts me.   I had this set up on a previous phone (not a Sony) and can't understand why this is not an ordinary feature on my Xperia phone.  People tend to drop their voices while recording meaning that I can very seldom work out what the voicemail message is.   If I miss a call and the caller thinks I have a voicemail message, then I may have missed something vital, especially as my wife died suddenly 3 weeks ago and I am trying to deal with this under conditions of great stress.     you both Should download your Carriers Mobile App and see if you can disable the Voice Mail Service from there or call waiting... or international roaming.. etc.. or just bug your carrier and tell them to disable it.   usually you can even do it by USSD code if you search for what your carrier has allowed   most carriers now have something like this   ... View more

hi   do you use Facebook lots? and also have many continuous sync services active? in particular... google stuff... like super annoying maps notifications and photo uploading and wifi messaging services? ... View more

@Tamaskawrote: Even I have a support ticket from a month ago still no answer or solution from the carrier. I found a solution by mistake. I installed by curiosity and downloaded Messages and made it as my default messaging app. With 4G turned on it can send messages without any problem, don`t ask me how. see if you can find a difference in the APN settings when you toggle it as default or let the stock app control sms.   if there is a difference, let us know where the change was.  it's likely not going to be something quite as simple as that, but probably something broken further in the sms / lte programming for the device itself  ... View more

use an app password for the email provider   almost all the email providers are making 2FA/multifactor mandatory now ... View more

@Elliander wrote: My Xperia Z5 Premium has a cracked screen. I can see what is on the screen, but I can only tap on the lower half. As such, I was unable to even unlock my phone prior to buying an OTG adapter and a USB-C mouse. After I got it, I found I could navigate the contents of the phone and everything was fine so I wanted to move everything onto my computer so that I could take the phone to be repaired. The problem is that, in order to transfer files, I have to give it permission each and every time it is plugged in, but I can't actually click to give it permission without having the mouse plugged in, which I can't do while it is plugged into the computer.  What I'd like to know is if there is any way to tell it to allow file transfers when plugged in prior to being plugged in. Like a permanent trigger. I know it's a security feature, but I can't access my data any other way. While I could transfer some files to an SD card, other android security features prevent me from backing everything up that way and I want to use the Sony Xperia software. this is by far one of the most trivial and stupid processes when using Google's "Download" file manager system   when you  get the pop up to grant permission, you're taken to the "Download" app, here select your OTG, then make sure your currently viewing the root directory of the OTG, use the drop down menu to go to the OTG root , and you should see a "select" button in text ... Tap this, and that will grant access to the root folder of the OTG, there by granting R/W access to children directories located within the "root folder"     ... View more

When the massages are transferred, the time stamp remains original receipt date, but the messages are added to the device with the timestamp of the transfer ... View more

@Olivermolnar23 wrote: Xperia calendar is not showing 2018 public holidays. 2017 holidays show up without any issues.    https://youtu.be/OloLXYJyjm8     I can confirm there's a display bug   I'm going to escalate this to see if it's been logged     ... View more

@silves wrote: Hi, since last update of Xperia Calendar (couple of months ago), I can not add an event without a reminder. I have set the default setting to 'No Reminder'. When I make an event it says: add an reminder (or something similar, I have got the Dutch version). That's good, it means no reminder. But as soon as I save the event, a reminder is set to 0 min. Then I need to open the event again and need to change the reminder by unchecking the 0 min and save it again (nothing checked, strangely enough the option 'No Reminder' doesn't appear in this menu). After that it will say: 'add a reminder' (as before) but this time it will stay.   If I put the default on say 5 min, it will put the reminder on 5 min, as it should but it doesn't work with 'No Reminder'. In the previous version this worked well. It is just annoying after making an event to re-open it again after saving to reset the reminder.... Hope this bug can be solved.   Arjan     Need to add an entry and then uncheck the default reminder   https://youtu.be/5ABd8sN8Euc             or just disable them completely   ... View more

make an app password https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/E-mail-Calendar/Read-Before-Posting-Walkthrough-amp-Troubleshooting-for/td-p/1240096/jump-to/first-unread-message ... View more

@funkymonkies wrote: I've been getting this same error on my Hotmail.co.uk account (Z5 on O2) for a month or so now.  The only solution I have found is to delete and add the account again, which is a huge pain as it means getting a new app password each time and then it only lasts about 2 days before manifesting again.     All my other email accounts are functioning fine in the Sony mail app (1 Exchange, 2 O365 and an independent IMAP account) and and in Gmail. It's only the Hotmail.co.uk account that's impacted it seems.    Frankly, looking forward to dumping this phone after all the grief I've had from it, but keen to understand the root cause anyway.   2fa functioning correctly shouldn't trigger a password request when it falls   Complain to Microsoft and see if there's something weird happening with the uk domain    I've been using my app password from lollipop and getting it to persist through root recoveries and app restores   I know there's a time limit you can restrict devices with using 2fa/app password,  check if something like that has been activated by mistake  ... View more

@Elizakate wrote: I have accumulated so many emails in the trash bin on my phone! Is it possible to set it up so that emails are automatically deleted after a set time? I have asked to empty the bin but it just gives up after a minute or so. Do this sort of administration from a browser, if the account's folders have been neglected... kind of like forgetting an email account, and then signing on to new 7253 emails...   The worst out of the lot for 'mobile view'/app is outlook... google's gmail is almost just as bad... You'll need to enable desktop view if you're planning to still do this on the mobile browser... then you'll be able to see the 'select all' checkboxes ... View more

@Aidan3 wrote: Hello,   My  phone is now working, after a while I decided to restart the device using the power button and volume up.    None of the files were encrypted (I think)  and still have the option to encrypt the phone.  Is there a way to make sure this doesn't happen again, cause still want to encrypt my phone.   And in response to your question, I have never rooted or flashed a custom ROM onto my Xperia, still has stock Android 7.1.1  Pull all the files you want off the device and onto the PC temporarily, then factory reset the device, then encrypt the device, this way all new files will be stored encrypted, then put all the stuff back on ... View more

has the device ever had custom firmware? ... View more

it should vibrate on the device and play audio through headset... but some alarm apps will let you output on all channels ... View more

if I were in Romania, Orange would be on my hit list...     try and research the DNS for the SMS server, you might be able to find a work-around.   is the LTE signal good quality and coverage in most areas? there's a few issues with crap signal, like battery drain too ... View more