topic Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact! in XZ Series

Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Emir1 — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:08:07 GMT

Hello everyone!

We tried out a new concept where we mainly let our community assist each other with product/feature questions in the Xperia XZ Premium board and it was a success! So, let's keep it rolling.

The purpose of this thread is to ask anything that you wish to know about the Xperia XZ1 Compact; other users owning an Xperia XZ1 Compact and forum staff will do our best to reply!

As an example, prior to purchasing an Xperia XZ1 Compact, you may be wondering if someone has tried out a specific third party app or feature on their XZ1 Compact, and could tell you a bit more about the compatibility and functionality as the app may important in your daily life. Staff and other users can come in and reply and let you know how it works!

The goal of this thread is to help each other out as a community. We will try to moderate this thread so that any new threads with a fitting question will instead be moved here, while we of course keep support threads the way they are now.

NOTE:
Support related questions, such as raising concerns and troubleshooting are best suited in a different thread/their own thread. Please try to see if there is a thread regarding your concern, and if not, feel free to create one!

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Wadia13 — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:36:18 GMT

Hi, I'm super keen to buy the XZ1 Compact as it is the only Android phone of its type. What I don't understand is - how come we can't uninstall 3rd party apps like Kindle, Amazon, FB or AVG? The 32 GB of memory isn't much these days and every little extra bit helps. Does Sony get money from these companies for preventing uninstall? Sure seems like it.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

scrouch — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:36:32 GMT

I agree, this is an annoyance. I just disable them though.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Clubhead — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 06:53:14 GMT

I've 2 questions :

1) Is there a Task Manager for one to manage to-do items? In the past (Z3 Compact and Z5 Compact), it is under the Calendar and you just need to select "Tasks" to input in all the things you want to do. I don't see this in the XZ1 Compact's calendar application anymore.

2) PC Companion has been replaced with the Xperia Companion. The latter does not seem to offer synchronisation of contacts/calendar information from Outlook anymore. This is quite a critical piece of application for me. I tried using the PC Companion but it cannot detect the XZ1 Compact.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Siljesmoen10 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:09:19 GMT

Hello 😊

I was wondering if it's possible to transfer apps from internal memory to the sd-card?

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

TheRealEasy — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:08:51 GMT

to 2)

The "old" PC Companion detects the XZ1 Compact.

I use the updated version, which was included with the XCompact.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

pseudonym — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:02:25 GMT

As others have mentioned, you can disable most of the apps which do not interest you, by tapping and holding on the app's icon and dragging it to App Info. An improvement over previous setups is that in most cases when you disable an app you are given the option of reverting to the original pre-update installation for that app. In many cases, the original is just a stub or placeholder for the lastest version and is likely less than 100 kb in size (almost meaningless in terms of space). So you can clear out most of the unneeded apps taking up space.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Sonybob1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 03:38:44 GMT

Can I disable camera button on right side of Xpedia xz1 compact? It has an odd placement and I'm worried I'll accidentally launch camera while holding phone

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

najodleglejszy — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:07:55 GMT

@Sonybob open Camera, tap the coghweel icon, then More, scroll to the bottom of the list and change Quick launch to Off.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Sonybob1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:12:09 GMT

I know that with the older Xperia phones you are able to disable the camera but but I contacted Sony today and they said that it cannot be disabled on the Xperia xz-1 Compact so are you sure?

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

najodleglejszy — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 06:59:49 GMT

@Sonybob have you checked in Camera options? the toggle should be there.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Emir1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:17:53 GMT

Hi @Sonybob,

I just had a look in an Xperia XZ1 Compact and the option was indeed present!

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Sonybob1 — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:42:36 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Clubhead — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:09:22 GMT

I've the PC Companion 2.1 which came with the Z5 Compact. It refuses to update my XZ1 Compact and says I need to use the Xperia Companion.

@TheRealEasy wrote:
to 2)
The "old" PC Companion detects the XZ1 Compact.
I use the updated version, which was included with the XCompact.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

richsmith46 — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 09:59:12 GMT

hey, a UK bought unlocked xz1 compact, will work with a Canadian SimCard right?

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Balloonvine — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:48:21 GMT

Hi,

May I know the complete list of the 3G/4G Band supported by XZ1 compact which sold in Taiwan?

I need to use it during my global travel so the information is very important to me. I search in the Sony's official website and also search any option in the phone, but can not get the answer.

Would you please help it? Thanks a lot.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

Tomas5 — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 20:33:12 GMT

I would like to ask about auto-naming of photos and videos. I saw some threads about this topic years ago. Back in the day it wasnt possible and i believe, there was suggestion sent to Sony about that for future "update".

So, is this option in the phone? because I cant find it 😕

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

JE3 — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:22:33 GMT

Hi!

I am very happy with the new phone. I jumped the previous one and stuck with the Z5 until now.

But! Does the XZ1 support SIM access profile? I know it is somewhat spotty on other Sony models. I would like to use my phone in my car with the inbuilt functionality of the car.

Thanks!

Jan

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

ericgo — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 04:03:11 GMT

hi, i am a xz 1 compact user, after one week of use, i found two issue and wondering sony could do sth on them

first , the album , all photoes in my xz1c are sorted without logic, it just simply put whatever i saved into the mainpage of the album , which is unreasonable. Even the third party app knows to save the pic or video in an isolated folder,but i enter the folder only to found a mess.

Secondly, could u pls make the bottom bar hideable or at least transparent like samsumg can do to make full use of the screen? as u know the xz1c screen is not big enough to contain a black bar which extremely reduce the usable area.

Re: Quick questions, quick replies; ask anything about the Xperia XZ1 Compact!

najodleglejszy — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:11:11 GMT

@ericgo Album's default view indeed shows all pictures from all folders in one place. however, you can slide from the left edge of the screen and choose Folders to see the folder view.