What (doesn't) work on Xperia X compact

[prog-amateur]

Hello dear Xperia X Compact users, I would like to know what works on this device ?

My main features are : Data, wifi, camera, GPS and battery life.

Could you please feedback ?

Many thanX (compact)

[arubislander]

@prog-amateur I fixed the title of the Thread for you.

[prog-amateur]

@arubislander thank you !

This phone is a mystery : the is not so much information about it on the website, and I couldn't find any review (with UT) on Youtube.

[Keneda]

@prog-amateur yes, device UT page lacks (non)working features and even who is the porter...

[drikk]

@prog-amateur For me it's like this:

Actors:
Manual brightness (works)
Notification LED (works)
Torchlight (works)
Vibration (works)

Camera:
Flashlight (works, but*)
Photo (works, but*)
Video (works, but*)
Switching between cameras (works, but*)

*sometimes it does not work at all ("Cannot access camera") → reboot fixes this for me

Cellular:
Carrier info, signal strength (carrier info is sometimes incorrect, at least as far as I can tell, works otherwise)
Data connection (works)
Incoming, outgoing calls (works)
MMS in, out (untested)
PIN unlock (works)
SMS in, out (works)
Change audio routings (untested)
Voice in calls (not so sure, I've had issues with bad audio on the receiving end, not tested well enough though …)

Endurance:
24+ hours battery lifetime (nope, I charge it at least once a day)
7+ days stability (nope, sometimes crashes but not too often, see also the camera issue)

GPU:
Boot into UI (works)
Hardware video playback (not sure/untested)

Misc:
Anbox patches (deprecated) (untested)
AppArmor patches (untested)
Battery percentage (works, but no charge level graph/history)
Offline charging (does not work, when there is also a data connection (e.g. connected to PC))
Online charging (works)
Recovery image (untested)
Reset to factory defaults (untested)
RTC time (not sure)
Shutdown / Reboot (works, although I've had issues in the past, where the phone would not shut down properly (screen still on))
Wireless External monitor (not sure/untested)

Network:
Bluetooth (works, but maybe not the best connection, not well tested)
Flight mode (works)
Hotspot (untested)
NFC (untested, does not work afaik)
WiFi (works, but sometimes I need to turn WiFi off and on again; in the past sometimes I've also had to reboot, to make it work again)

Sensors:
Automatic brightness (works)
Fingerprint reader (untested)
GPS (works, but takes very long for the first connection, not well tested)
Proximity (works, not well tested)
Rotation (works)
Touchscreen (works)

Sound:
Earphones (works, but once didn't when I wanted to use earphones during a call, not well tested)
Loudspeaker (works, but sounds horrible on high volume (I believe that's specific to my device))
Microphone (works, as in calls, but I couldn't hear anything using a recording app, not well tested)
Volume control (works)

USB:
MTP access (works)
ADB access (not sure/untested)

[prog-amateur]

@drikk Thank you so much, I was not hoping a so good / complete feedback !