yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z General] guybrush2099:
camera now is great :) I'm agree denoise can help night shots but noise can be reduced with other methods like using capture pro with denoise function activeted; previous denoise in good light condition was horrible.. Now we can shot sharp and detailed pictures. For night shots it is also good night portrait of the stock camera. ;) don't use superior auto
[Xperia Z General] Wahad:
Ok can anyone else confirms that Sound through headphones is louder and better than before?

That's the only thing what keeps me from updating before root solution.
[Xperia Z General] slo2lah:
For night shot try using night portrait under scene selection mode. You'll be amazed. :p
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
I started long ago using night portrait for low light and indoor shots. Trouble is, it never gets the white balance quite right. Creamy walls looking too whitish for example.

I find that the best way to go is normal mode and adjusting the white balance accordingly.

For low light, incandescent with hdr usually does the best job in my opinion.

Night portrait takes a clear picture but the white balance and occasional poor focusing let it down.
[Xperia Z General] Hellscythe:
stock launcher is kinda still laggy for me
[Xperia Z General] Bioschnitzel:
Yep Stock-Launcher is really crap. I use Nova and its 100 times better :good:
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
It was always like that and it makes sense.
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
I think all android users use Nova/Apex etc only instead of stock android launchers :)

sent from seXperia Z - Black
[Xperia Z General] diego9016:
I had a SGS3 before the Z and used nova, but with this phone I've used only the Sony stock launcher. I find it prettier
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
Changes to the display

Has anyone figured out what Sony did to the display with this update. I've been looking at it now for 48 hrs and I don't think it was re-calibrated. Some content like videos, pictures, and games look different while web pages, icons, apps, and widgets still look the same.

Also it's only the cosmic flow and lockscreen wallpapers that look more vibrant. The other standard wallpapers look exactly as they did before.

Are the blacks really deeper or is it just the fact that we've got a lot more of it that feels different. If I had to make a guess, I'd say they've added some software to beef up the colours in certain instances but then I ask myself, if that's the case, why not just extend bravia to those areas e.g games. Maybe Bravias saturation is too much for these apps so a more subtle tool was needed. A tool which we haven't been given control of.

As I said, I don't think the display has been re-calibrated. If that were the case, the effects would be felt globally throughout the phone.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
I am on UK 434 firmware i just flashed the kernel and baseband from 253 and the display has changed.

The grey bars now looks somehow black,so indeed they did recalibrate the display.
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
I don't think they've recalibrated the display at all.

The grey has simply been changed to black, while there might have been some changes to the BE2 settings, hence some changes in the apps that support BE2. Those that don't will look the same as before.
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
But the bars were grey before not black. Isn't that to do with skinning and not re-calibration. That's why I asked the question whether the blacks were really deeper. If the display has indeed been re-calibrated, why isn't it noticeable everywhere. Web pages still look exactly the same.

Yes there is a change to the album app, video app, and in games but I can't say I'm noticing any difference anywhere else.

Shouldn't re-calibration affect the whole of the display and in all circumstances? I'm asking because it's a bit confusing. Is it possible to increase the black levels without affecting other colours. If that's possible, then maybe that's what they did but that doesn't explain why there's such a noticeable difference while viewing photos, videos and playing games.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
434 has gey bars and i just flashed the kernel that means no system ui files and that also means the calibration has been done in the kernel not the framework.

Yes i think they only calibrate the black level not the gamma,that's why only dark or black ui has been improved not the whites like the web or playstore.....

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Not correct read above.
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
So you're saying not all games will show the difference. So far, all my games show more vibrant colours. Even the little simple chess game I have.

So basically, anything with black or darker colours will look more vibrant? Would blacks on a web page look deeper?
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
I ment black(calibrated with black level) and not grey( gamma).
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
I understand why you may think that but I still notice the colour differences with bravia off. I don't use it except when watching vids.

I just thought that if they recalibrated the display in any way, you'd see the differences throughout the phone and not just in certain areas. It's all so very confusing.
[Xperia Z General] cedou97yon:
I think it would be very interesting to understand what they did to the display.

I don't have my phone to check the result with the update but all the comments i've read make me think they change the display output range.

Like before it was 0-255 and now it's 16-235 but i'm not shure of that.

Or sometimes on my computer i can see the same effect when I change my player settings from RVB to YCBCr444.

to illustrate you can see the picture

they are from another forum, they are picture of the display took from a caméra, with the two different firmware.

check the on the right side of the picture how the black look different, not shure it is better as the black is far less nuanced in .253 firmware :s.

My only hope is that it could be managed with the calibration software otherwise i think this update is not a good thing for the display quality.
[Xperia Z General] press_enter:
Don't know if this has already been asked, but is it true that the battery life is improved on this one?

S.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Try it and let us know what do you think.
[Xperia Z General] Hellscythe:
i actually quite liked the Sense 4.1 launcher on my htc incredible s haha
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
I just noticed that transferring music from PC to phone with Sony Media Go (via USB MTP mode) is a lot faster with this new firmware!

The direct Wi-Fi connection is still buggy, my phone often fails to connect to my PC via Wi-Fi.
[Xperia Z General] lyndonguti:
Could someone kindly upload the stock movies.apk ? :)

sent from my lovely XperiA Z
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
I am on stock 434 do you want it?

Semcvideo.apk?

http://www.4shared.com/zip/aWgrKr0I/SemcVideoapk.html
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
I've only had Miracast work once, and that was actually before the update. Doesn't this use Wi-Fi Direct too? Seems very buggy, although it could potentially be my LG TV (2013 model) I suppose.
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Miracast? No, I mean the "wireless USB" connection, which you can get by going to 'Settings' > 'Xperia' > 'USB Connectivity' > (your computer name under 'trusted devices') > 'Connect'. You first need to set up your computer as a 'trusted device' by following the connection wizard in Sony PC Companion.
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
Here you go from .253 ROM.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru68laqfvdrc15c/SemcVideo.apk
[Xperia Z General] lyndonguti:
Tnx for this mate :)

Now i also have the portrait mode in .350 ..i have so many mod dont want to update the full system right now hehe

sent from my lovely XperiA Z
[Xperia Z General] TheAlteredState:
Guys who still can't set a lock screen wallpaper like me... Is your device also encrypted our anything similar, like security policies from an admin?
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
I read somewhere that this new firmware allows us to change wallpaper when in pattern/pin mode. Is that so? Coz, am in this firmware and am still unable to change those when in the above mode. The WP can only be changed when set to swipe! Could anybody confirm on this?
[Xperia Z General] Shreqg2:
Wi-Fi works better now. I had some issues on previous firmware version and they are gone now. :)
[Xperia Z General] TheAlteredState:
No, the lock screen wallpaper still only works with slide... Unfortunately pin, pattern and password don't seem to work...
[Xperia Z General] Minotavrs:
Hi folks

Is there a posibility to someone kindly upload the stock of semc Camera Application and build.prob of this rom?.......

thanks in advance
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/_zfVfEhR/hh_online.html
[Xperia Z General] Minotavrs:
Thanks m8 !!!!!!:good::good:
[Xperia Z General] flytomars:
md5: 58fe3a4ce21627f742050412f224eb13

sha1: C46269638bdcb0e295410d2afe5b9eb225b22abd

crc32: 951fb5c2
[Xperia Z General] serpicoUK:
I want to update to 253 and I am in the UK

What file should I use and how do I do it?

Thanks you
[Xperia Z General] warface:
Serpico, use this guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240614

Used it myself about two hours ago to go to 253.

Whatever Sony did to the screen - :eek: wow, it's outstanding now....
[Xperia Z General] serpicoUK:
Thank you
[Xperia Z General] asdfty2:
does anybody else have the issue, when returning to the homescreen after using any memory intensive app like facebook or chrome, it seems like the stock launcher is restaring. as if it was recycled to free some memory. i can watch it loading slowly, loading the widgets and folders one after another. i didn't have that before the update
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Singapore unbranded c6603
[Xperia Z General] must.sayim:
well i hoped it was the German or the French
[Xperia Z General] fareeed:
Those of you with unlocked bootloaders, would this work for root? Flash the update with Flashtool, flash Doom's advanced stock kernel, flash the rooting package in recovery then flash the stock kernel from the new update again. What do you think :)?
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
so i flashed this update and first thing i noticed is the speed of UI and the screen is better in term of black level and has more saturation.

can someone confirm?
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
Lock screen wallpaper can be changed in 434.
[Xperia Z General] juanmaasecas:
Better shots in good light conditions. Less Noise reduction and sharpness improved.

Better shots in low light. Better noise reduction algorithms. Smaller chroma and luma noise, less annoying than before.

Improved saturation and contrast (even blacks) on the entire system, even with Bravia Engine 2 off.

We all were waiting for this:

Burst Quality in automatic modes! Provided by the last official Sony Update :D

Normal mode:

Burst mode:
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Another things,wifi still weak :(

but i see an improvement in bravia engine itself,no more very dark pics,the colors and black are much calibrated.
[Xperia Z General] hush66:
Ignore.
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Only I have found it very dark screen brightness in this latest update?
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
Could anyone have the file upload to others places as the file no longer can download due to too many users.

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Mine is Singapore set, I do use custom ROM now, afftected? I can't find the new update. By the way I locate at Malaysia now.
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
Here is the download link for the blob files:

http://www.4shared.com/file/0I26Ec4X/FILE_279824147.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/LxPA4-F4/FILE_279823976.html

Note: I am going to office - I think you guys can create .ftf now. :)
[Xperia Z General] karahasan:
Has anyone from Europe downloaded this update? I have a UK XZ, and there's still no update.
[Xperia Z General] cheetah2k:
Any links for the FTF pretty please?
[Xperia Z General] zaynal:
So, anyone knows whether it's rootable?
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
As of now - NO !!

sent from seXperia Z - Black
[Xperia Z General] zelduy:
I connected my Z with Sony PC Companion and a pop up informed me that an update is available...

my Z is not rooted C6602 and I'm in indonesia..

so this update is an update that I've been waiting for.. :)
[Xperia Z General] Miustone:
Still working on Xperia Z C6603 (Germany):good: i think its working on your UK Z :o
[Xperia Z General] karahasan:
You mean the update's already out in the UK, or do you mean that I can flash my XZ with an updated Singaporean ROM? I'm a bit worried that by flashing my phone to an unbranded stock ROM (from a Vodafone ROM), I may have deprived myself of OTA / PC Companion updates.
[Xperia Z General] wyterabitt:
You can flash any stock rom you want (certain US ones might not work properly I think). You can flash other UK networks if you wanted to for some reason, or any generic stock ROM. I normally wait for UK generic but for no good reason just habit, as long as it has English language it should be fine.

Once you change, your updates will follow the new schedule for that ROM. So if you get this one it will be updated as and when Singapore gets it. If you wait for the UK one the same.
[Xperia Z General] karahasan:
OK, thanks for the information. Like you, I'll probably just wait for the UK Updates to come out, for no other reason than just because my phone's a UK phone.
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
Uploading now C6603_GLOBAL-LTE_10.1.1.A.1.253_10.1.1.A.1.253 - will share the link in 1 hour or so..
[Xperia Z General] auchengyu:
no locked BL ROOT anymore?

hi guys, just curious, with this new firmware (.53), are we not able to do to LOCKED BL ROOT anymore find in "Root many android thread"? ~~
[Xperia Z General] link_one:
Xperia Z_10.1.1.A.1.253_C6303.ftf
[Xperia Z General] Miustone:
xxxxC6303? Flashable on C6603?:rolleyes:

Edit: Download Limit is reached :D
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
This is previous link, already cannot use.
[Xperia Z General] pjgowtham:
So can unrooted locked, purely stock roms flash the ftf and get the update so that they can avail warranty and root it in the future?

May be a fixed ftf or something like that .
[Xperia Z General] greatremix:
The Movie App has the portrait mode instead of changing into landscape every time you watch a video. And there is a new section in Album app called "Face" that brings back the long miss function from X10 - the face recognition.

I also found a bug on the newly added world time widget. The date on the widget will remain the same with current time zone instead of the chosen one. e.g. I am here in Houston and today is May 14, and in Tokyo now is supposed to be May 15th; however, the widget will still display the 14th.
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Thanks for sharing, however not available for now
[Xperia Z General] Mattycee:
Have noticed that it lists the 2 versions in the initial post with coming soon for the Global version.

Any update on how the upload is going?
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
M in office bro - not sure how much time is pending (I kept it on upload), once it will be completed i will share the link !!

sent from seXperia Z - Black
[Xperia Z General] Mattycee:
Thanks I appreciate taking the time to answer me. I love trying the new firmwares and this one seems to be a good one too.

Will keep an eye on the OP of the thread as I assume that is where you will let people know it is ready to download? Also which host are you using as I hope it isn't like the initial post and used up really quickly.
[Xperia Z General] julianalexander:
hahaha.. im also in office, cant install flashtool here.. very strict!..
[Xperia Z General] wmayeo:
I have use the white balance & other mods. Will this new firmware update overwrite my existing mod?
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Your internet is slow because everyone in Singapore is trying to download the update ;)
[Xperia Z General] cheetah2k:
Can someone PM me a google docs link that works for this FTF? Every one in this thread says too many users downloaded already :(
[Xperia Z General] Aresmar:
Does the new update fix "Devices" battery drain after using "throw" dlna function?

Because it sucks atm.
[Xperia Z General] cheetah2k:
All the links are dead... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
Blob data - links are working fine.

Download and create .ftf, its a 2 min task !!

sent from seXperia Z - Black
[Xperia Z General] cheetah2k:
How to create a blob file??? not everyone is as smart as you bro
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
PMed you.

sent from seXperia Z - Black
[Xperia Z General] cheetah2k:
Cheers.
[Xperia Z General] Mattycee:
Can I get a copy of the PM too and maybe an ETA on the Global Version?? :)
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
Here is a FTF file.

Hope it works first time I created of the blobs files.

https://mega.co.nz/#!eUBjVDZA!ZKh6pmA-KLvSWtyxvTuVBWHaazooffjdiSejh7pLDfI
[Xperia Z General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
ok can someone help here? i am lil noob when it comes to this.

how can i update ? i cant find the download link.

also, what does blobs do ? or tft ? i mean why do i need to create them ? i can follow instructions.
[Xperia Z General] andreipga85:
Guys Point 4 . Pulse Light Notification - LED Notification Issue Resolved

In refers to STAMINA Mode?

Can someone confirm that led work in stamina with this new update?

Thanks
[Xperia Z General] Yellow_Racing:
Did you try it out at all...?
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
EDIT: It works.
[Xperia Z General] Yellow_Racing:
Kool, downloading now cheers
[Xperia Z General] StarFcker:
Confirmed 100% led light is working now on stamina mode. Updated mine a few hours ago.

Don't hesitate, this is a decent update ,rest assured :o
[Xperia Z General] anirudhks:
I am using 0.9 B6 falsher doesnt do anything
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
I am in the process of uploading the original TFT posted by link_one, to uploaded and netload

Sorry started it on wifi so is taking a little longer, both at 20% uploaded

I am such an idiot, I was looking for the TFT all day, and forgot that I have already downloaded it first thing this morning.
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
Have the same version and worked by my.

Maybe start as admin rights?
[Xperia Z General] SirRobin78:
Dito!

Device connected but flash doesn´t start...
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
Try untick TA
[Xperia Z General] buciupetru:
same here
[Xperia Z General] anirudhks:
THanks buddy that workd :)
[Xperia Z General] LilBlinx:
Can anyone extract the system.sin file and upload it here ?
[Xperia Z General] buciupetru:
is working now, THX :)
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
Here it is

https://mega.co.nz/#!BJgmHCaA!U7u1QDm_u63DAVuC1h63eUEKCv5n0WIo-IMh9_wUDa0
[Xperia Z General] Cenobite_:
How does the version numbering work? I received the 253 update. Which is great! But the number is lower than the previous version. That does not make sense, does it?
[Xperia Z General] Ame123:
Just now updated...and I must say its a good update to have...intrestingly it seems like the viewing angles have been improved..dont no how is it possible but uts seems to be improved..
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Are you serious It is too big 2Gb, why don't you download the shared files and extract it?

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Extra one in the version number before the A
[Xperia Z General] Yellow_Racing:
Mine is already UN-ticked. did you mean to Tick it?
[Xperia Z General] LilBlinx:
I need the extracted one. I have some problems with flash tool on this PC, the file isn't recognized and it extracts .unknown file. Same with sin2raw.
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
I had mine unticked manually. Standard it was ticked.
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
It is 2Gb the ext4 partition extraction of the system.sin file

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I followed this tutorial, because I was not so familiar with flashtool, and didn't want to loose all my settings.

If you follow this guide then you end up with a zip file that you can flash from bootloader CWM or TWRP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2183077
[Xperia Z General] prakka:
I have not followed that guide.

I only have unticked the whole wipe section DATA,CACHE,APPLOG

And sorry TICK the TA one, not UNTICK
[Xperia Z General] superhorny:
Update is available for Australia unbranded. Downloading now
[Xperia Z General] Cenobite_:
Doh! Missed it. Sneaky one.

Thnx :)
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Already got it ;), the unbranded generic Australia version, will be uploading soon.
[Xperia Z General] ice age druid:
Same in the Netherlands, Download already finished, updating now. Should work in a couple of minutes...
[Xperia Z General] andreipga85:
Thanks for your answer mate.

But i think i'll wait until ROOT is confirmed.

Regards
[Xperia Z General] TLLmeister:
Still nothing in Germany (unbranded).
[Xperia Z General] nielneal:
this update is worth...osm...i updated it....super smooth and display is srsly outstanding...osm
[Xperia Z General] techpal:
Can you be more specific like what difference you see in display quality after updating it other than black navbar. I am yet to update it.
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Some more links to the original FTF posted by link_one

Edit

Removed URL's since nobody wanted them
[Xperia Z General] El.Guaje:
One dump question. Can I use both WB and BRAVIA engine?
[Xperia Z General] danw_oz:
Yes if you have not unlocked your bootloader

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One nice surprise is that the baseband has been updated, I certainly hope it fixes the signal and dropout issues.
[Xperia Z General] xarive:
How can I update my phone except for flashtool if I rooted and modified my phone? I keep getting update error when updating with PC Companions during installation..
[Xperia Z General] bharat4ever:
There isn't another way.
[Xperia Z General] slo2lah:
well, just reverse what you did. un-modify your phone and update.
[Xperia Z General] El.Guaje:
No, I mean that use WB and BRAVIA at the same time :D

Can I do that?
[Xperia Z General] xarive:
i did modify on the camera mod, build prop, sound mod, some layout mod.. sound mod is impossible to undo.
[Xperia Z General] cyleo:
+1 for face, didn't notice this at first. Very nice feature.
[Xperia Z General] G1_enthusiast:
stop saying this...Unlock bootloader still have Bravia engine, atleast for movies and youtube, dont think album works but I dont use album much and preffer real color in pictures.

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yes you can...when you set the white balance it affect the whole phone. Bravia only works for movies and album but it does go together if you watch a movie or something.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
I've created a flashable zip if someone wants to try it out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2279661

Haven't tried myself yet so watch out. :)
[Xperia Z General] pandaball:
No need. Just flash via SEUS. It doesn't give a rat's ass as to what you did to system (I modified quite a lot of things and it flashed fine via Sony Bridge, I suppose it should work the same in SEUS). At worst, just do a repair in SEUS.

[MENTION=3209425]xperiax10.awesome[/MENTION]: the camera starts up way faster from lock screen (near instant), but still takes a while via the apps list.
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
Here is the download link for .ftf file:

C6603_GLOBAL-LTE_10.1.1.A.1.253_10.1.1.A.1.253 - Click Here to Download

OP updated !!
[Xperia Z General] --anx--:
:D:good::highfive:

I can use this instead of the one of Singapore (I'm in Italy)??

EDIT: I can't download this! It says that I have to register... :(
[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
md5 please!
[Xperia Z General] slo2lah:
well, then the only thing you need to do is to register :D
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Here is the download link for .ftf file:

C6603_GLOBAL-LTE_10.1.1.A.1.253_10.1.1.A.1.253 - Click Here to Download

check the Xperia Z_10.1.1.A.1.253_C6303.ftf shared by link_one

What is the difference between them?

The first link is GLOBAL and second is REGIONAL?