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[Xperia Z General] stryker.jp:
use titanium backup
[Xperia Z General] arttree:
Anyone know how to hide some media files from showing in the 'Album', i.e. audios/videos/images files? Adding ".nomedia" file to the folder don't work in 4.2.2 any more? Any tip to share?
[Xperia Z General] nxkr:
Press the power button ane volume down to screen capture finally..
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Guys, actually after I deleted the DATA folder, inside the folder ANDROID and cleared all caches, including the ALBUM cache, there is no longer lags or crashes!
[Xperia Z General] bigbamboo5:
What do you lose, if you do that?
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
Most probably caches and data's of some apps. For eg. if you use swiftkey and you delete that folder then language packs and saved dictionary will be gone. It differs from app to app though.
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I did not have many apps installed (Only Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, TV SideView Sony, TrackID, Xbox SmartGlass, Skype), without games, basically had basic file folders system from Sony. Eg sonyericsson.album; sonyericsson.photoanalyze; sonyericsson.movies; etc.. So do not lose anything, only caches!

Surely I say to you that there was an improvement! Is not crashing or lags!

Is perfect!

Noting that, since I bought, never did flash with wipe! And My Xperia is Active!
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
Guys i fixed the album lag. you will need root explorer

1. Go to settings/ apps/ all, look for album and hit "force close" also delete data

2. Now delete semc album. apk and odex using root explo..

3. Put a new one wich i atached here

4. Set correct permissions rw-r-r

5. Reboot and lags are gone

http://d-h.st/OGD

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[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
Is this a new version or old version of album ? And what do you think that cause this lag ?
[Xperia Z General] jamz2005:
I Updated to 4.2.2 without a full wipe. The result was very bad. A lot of lags in Album, Menu Land soje Apps needed 15 seconds to start. So i made a full wipe. Still some lags in menu and keyboard but much better than before.

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[Xperia Z General] viswavj:
Album

that's not a big issue for me as I'm always using 'QuicPic'....
[Xperia Z General] UnLucky12:
The most annoying part is the slow/laggy keyboard. Hope for a fix. The overall small lagg does not really bother me that much. Battery is better. Hope for a quick update from Sony.
[Xperia Z General] shekharsuman:
Battery Life!!

It has increased considerably.
[Xperia Z General] iDroid8:
Has anyone else found that on the generic .423 ES .ftf that playing videos on the youtube app causes frequent and highly distracting flickering of the screen? It will become black for fractions of a second many times, in fullscreen and portrait. I updated to the latest version of the app and it still happened, and this didn't happen on .434 leading me to believe it's an issue with the phone?
[Xperia Z General] paulnorinn:
Is there anyway I can flash only baseband from this stock4.2.2 to my cm10.1 ROM? wanna try if the WiFi actually get improve.
[Xperia Z General] StarFcker:
stamina mode

is it just me or my wifi is on all the time on sleep mode with stamina mode on? before the update, it will turn off the wifi during sleep mode and reactivate back once i on the screen but now it seems to be active all time. 423 unbranded es - :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] mcchin:
go to setting > wifi > menu - advanced > Keep wifi on during sleep > select from the three listed
[Xperia Z General] StarFcker:
oh, i have never see that option before. Thanks! :)
[Xperia Z General] 2dorr:
Except the lag with 4.2.2, the battery is still draining. Not like with 4.1.2, but the drain is still there. So today i stopped GPS and all location services, and suddenly the battery stopped draining. So from now on I'll stay this way. I knew from Battery stats that Google location services was draining battery on 4.1.2, and the same problem manifest with 4.2.2. Sony, please do something...
[Xperia Z General] Destroyedbeauty:
4.2.2 improved the Xperia Z in a lot of ways but.. the camera is really sucking in normal mode. A lot of noise no matter adjusted settings so it becomes silly.

I'm rather going back to latest 4.1.2 - top notch quality camera and battery wise..
[Xperia Z General] naphets8:
Hello.

This tread is, confusing... I didn't update as I became the notification on pc companion. Have exams and don't wanted to mess around with the phone at the moment.

Also was looking for root issues. Updating with root could be tricky in my opinion.

While reading this, I became a notification for OTA! ( I live in the little country in center Europe)

So anyone did it over OTA? Got any issue/lag? As some have and other not,some solved it and other can't fix it, so I ask.

If I were at home, I would do it but I have no pc to repair if something goes wrong...

Sorry if I'm not directly in the thread main subject.

"I know that my English isn't perfect, but I still hope it's comprehensible." Send over the cool Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
Watch "Lock Screen Problem on Xperia Z 4.2.2" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yDxjN7OIGY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

sent from seXperia Z - Black
[Xperia Z General] oranglewat:
423 update was launched on several market today. Got mine today (Indonesia) and rooted successfully using doomlord's root tool.
[Xperia Z General] kzmn6979:
I have only one problem since I have updated to 4.2.2 . When I wake up the screen by pressing the lock button , sometimes it's fast as usual but sometimes and I have experienced it more often , it takes about 10-20 seconds to light up the screen.Anybody experiencing something similar?
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
+1
[Xperia Z General] Crazy CS:
Having the same issues with the battery. Will give turning off location services a shot.
[Xperia Z General] xperiax10.awesome:
M the guy :)

Actually it was confusing, to open camera app, need to swipe from Right to Left !!

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[Xperia Z General] primularosea:
lol, the shortcut isn't even there on my Z

is it a bug or not, I dunno..
[Xperia Z General] wintermute000:
me too - Australian Optus stock, via PC Companion
[Xperia Z General] gear912:
ok strange thing happen to my phone , the battery was 30% left im on 4.2.2 btw , then i decide to do factory reset (erase internal storage) - erase everything ... after the phone went on ... the battery gauge jump to 45% ... how is this possible

edited:sorry i think it must charge up during backup periode :D
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
New feature in 4.2.2 lol
[Xperia Z General] kkd28:
this is a bug for stock 4.2.2:mad:
[Xperia Z General] K4tz:
Same here. It's quite frustrating, seeing since my impression of the phone the first days after purchase was that it was lightning fast and super responsive. After 4.2.2, problems like these just seem pointless and frustrating.
[Xperia Z General] 2dorr:
I stopped Google Now also, and I get now superb battery.
[Xperia Z General] mksreenath:
Walkman search option working??

hey all, after installing 4.2.2 my walkman doesn't search !! i have tried reset and flash again, it did not help. Still walkman search option not working. anybody had the same issue?:confused:
[Xperia Z General] wyterabitt:
Phone runs smooth for me, and it is not as hot anymore during general usage.

Even though the battery for me is pretty good, it is a little worse than before. I am also having a problem with wifi and cell standby using a lot of battery. Both are on permanantly, even with stamina mode, as far as I can tell and I can't find any reason for it at the moment. I have already repaired and reset the phone.
[Xperia Z General] primularosea:
strangely enough, it was there when I was on 253, and vanished when I update to 423

it's true for my friend's Z though, it wasn't there before update..
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
i can't find this setting ?
[Xperia Z General] reignzy:
I've noticed my phone gets hot real quick, battery drain is faster than previous versions, other then that phone is fine.

Anyone else have hot/battery issues?
[Xperia Z General] drhodesmumby:
On the whole I'm slightly disappointed by the update. The quick settings implementation is depressingly far from the (IMO superior) vanilla Android experience of being on a separate pane, instead continuing to take up a ludicrous amount of space at the top of the notifications window.

It brings Daydream and lockscreen widget support, but there's no implementation of Photosphere and unfortunately Sony haven't decided to enable multi-user support either (although I know Google only enabled it by default for tablets, it wouldn't be an objectionable OEM customisation to enable it for a phone really).

On the other hand, I can see the new small apps implementation being a lot more pleasant to use and both battery life and performance remain acceptable. On the whole the update is a small improvement with no steps backwards, but small is definitely the word to be emphasised.
[Xperia Z General] primularosea:
agree with you on quick setting implementation but AFAIK photosphere is exclusive to nexus?

and as I am a forever alone the multiuser support isn't that special to me XD
[Xperia Z General] mbrudnoch:
If You have lags in Album, just add album to exceptions in stamina settings. Of course after clearing album cache, clearing controller eco and reboot phone. I've added also camera application because I've had feeling that after this it starts faster.

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[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
I think that album has nothing to do with the stamina coz i am not using stamina and the album still lags

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[Xperia Z General] Astagar:
I have problems with the deleted_wake_locks, it's really draining my battery. I did a full wipe for the second time now, with nearly no installed Apps. Cache/Dalvik already deleted for many times.

I'll probably go back to. 307
[Xperia Z General] wing_zero8556:
I find that the overall update is good. But for some reason it lags a lot in some apps like xda. I've reinstalled the app but still the same.
[Xperia Z General] Sichroteph:
Don't worry with the xda/tapatalk app, it always lagged since their very first version :)
[Xperia Z General] tamir_89:
Hey, hey

I had same problem before, dont worry

Start your walkman app - click settings - click download music info - wait for it to download and **** like that ( took me 20 minutes, I know it's long, but nothing is fair in this world) - and TADA! search is working again

If it doesn't, well... it worked for me
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
I need to said something.

If your updates of 4.2.2 lagging here and there, do a

FULL FACTORY RESET

, the smoothness will return back!

BUT

............. the Album still lagging, the album is lagging nor-matter what you do, this need Sony fixed it as I believe Sony mess up the Album, even the leak Honami port Album is much smoother than this stock 4.2.2 Album.
[Xperia Z General] Destroyedbeauty:
I am not impressed at all with the 4.2.2 update. Battery is draining like crazy no matter what I do and camera performance is sharp but a lot of noise when photoing in low light situations. Anything of mentioned problems didn't exist on 4.1.2 so I am going back until Sony improves battery and camera..

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[Xperia Z General] ICEPLAY:
Can i do a repair with PCC If i am rooted?
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
Yes you can fella!
[Xperia Z General] primularosea:
the new update (still 423 though) fix album lag problem, based on what other people who get new update after 423

i can't say for sure because I have no lag in album, even without full factory reset, and I haven't got the new updates, even after I change ftf from Taiwan version to Indonesian version.. so yeah, you gotta wait
[Xperia Z General] RafaGam3r:
Hi Guys, I just want ask about 4.2.2 Update, i'm In A Middle East, So I Just Want To Know when The Update release In A Middle East ?​
[Xperia Z General] decentgi:
I flashed the Spanish 4.2.2 ftf file and its improved my battery by a good extra half hour screen time with my typical usage, and that is great but problem is stamina mode I'm losing 1% every hour when I was losing 1% every 4 to 5 hours before I updated.

Even though its giving me better battery while using it its terrible when not in use. Any reasons as to why it's doing this thanks
[Xperia Z General] DarkKrypt:
Australia, Melbourne

Updated to 4.2.2.

Unbranded, non root.

Its nice.

I don't know if this has been mentioned but mhl (I'm using galaxy s2 mhl adapter)

Runs smooth now -> video (4k mp4) , games (shadowgun deadzone),

Home screen and menus etc etc.

Ps3 controller Works nicely too no clashes with WiFi + Bluetooth ( didn't have WiFi bt issue before but I thought I'd mention it)

Lots of nice features too
[Xperia Z General] a_dobryn:
My Z have lost its smoothness after 4.2.2 update too :( a have a lot of lags in launcher and games. Won't make a campamion-repair because of game saves and apps data :( hope, that sony makes a new update soon and it will improve the performance, how it was with xperia pro 4.0 update
[Xperia Z General] press_enter:
Hello guys!

This is surely not a nice update. All in all it looks good, but my phone is heating up like crazy and my battery is draining a lot quicker then in 4.1.2. If there was an easy way I'd go back. :-/

Sz.

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[Xperia Z General] LenAsh:
No idea what you are on about. Do it properly and no issues. And if you really want to regress, it is very simple.
[Xperia Z General] press_enter:
Hm, I'm on about the same thing that a couple of other people wrote before me. I first updated with PCC, but had this issues so I did a fresh install with SUS, but the problem remains. In general I do think I did it properly. ;)

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[Xperia Z General] RafaGam3r:
Hi Guys, I just want ask about 4.2.2 Update, i'm In A Middle East, So I Just Want To Know when The Update release In A Middle East ?
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
it will never comes to middle east , flash any ftf manually :D
[Xperia Z General] press_enter:
Hello guys!

Turns out that this version had NFC turned on by default and that was why the phone was heating up so much and draining the battery. But knowing that still doesn't solve the problem of the horrible lags I get in the app switcher and many of the apps themselves. :-/ If anyone knows what can be done with this please do share.

Take care

Sz.

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[Xperia Z General] RafaGam3r:
Why Never Came to Middle East ?
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
I'm joking man , but nobody can answer your question , so stop spamming
[Xperia Z General] Uruhara:
well Austria got the 4.2.2 few days ago.. and hmm it is better. battery life improved .. the phone is not heating up so much.. but overall i felt better with 4.1.2 .
[Xperia Z General] tripletschiee:
I update my o2 phone yesterday. But unfortunately I have a smal issue now.

Th calender widget has changed a little. The description of the dates of the upcoming appoinments is written with white letters on a white background and thus hardly visible. See screenshot below.

In the old version (4.1.2) it was a dark font color on a white background.

Does anybody know, if I can cahnge that? Sony support said: no!

Thanks!
[Xperia Z General] daniel.nguyen:
Battery life

I feel its battery life really improving. It's faster than 4.1.2!
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
The calendar widget is annoying, so it seems the only option is to install the native Android/Google one.
[Xperia Z General] djguml:
I have the same problem with the calender lockscreen widget,

White day names and white background

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[Xperia Z General] control freak:
Does wifi direct work without requiring any app to be downloaded from play Store??
[Xperia Z General] a_dobryn:
I have updated my Z (french ver),and i have lot of lags. I will try to "repair" with companion, so i have question: i have to save some apps data. If i just copy apps folder from Android folder and then cope them back after repair, will the apps data come back?
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
I did the update OTA. After some initial lags I removed the cache from the album and rebooted.

No lags anymore.
[Xperia Z General] garfield69:
About batterylife, it's maybe a bit better than with 4.1.2. Just had about 50 hours of use (very minimal, about 50min of calls, few txt-messages and emails, little Facebook, Walkman, Skype etc on normal mode with 3G & WLAN on, no stamina) and 30% left on battery. Just didn't fiddle with it all the time :laugh:
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Well I also feel batt life beeing a bit better. Generally the phone is a bit smoother.

They added some small apps. Transparent bars look nice.

They still didn't bring back SECONDS to the timer so the app is still UNUSABLE. Idiots.

The system takes about 100MB more now what is still not a problem on Z..
[Xperia Z General] ethan3686:
Before we used to get a separate TV section and movie infor before starting a movie in the movies app.. Now there is no TV section and info is not displayed before movie :(

I think that was better.

Also system still lagging a bit in homescreen scrollong itself.. which is a bugger! anyway to remove this lag?
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
Factory reset the phone via Setting.
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
After using this update for couple of weeks now I think I can give an accurate review.

First I must reiterate, do a clean flash and then do a internal hardware reset to factory settings.

Both must be done to ensure smooth operation of your phone. The only lag I am now getting is a bit in album which everyone seems to be getting.

Battery life is definitely better both on 3g and Wi-Fi, for example I had 3 hours 22 minutes screen time with high auto brightness and 3g. Google now, location history and syncing all enabled. 10% battery life was still remaining, mostly web browsing.

Camera is better on superior auto, ui is smooth, love the quick settings and internal speaker for voice calls is louder.

We just need louder external speaker and less lag between pressing the shutter button and time picture is taken.

Transparent or invisible nav buttons in apps would be brilliant.
[Xperia Z General] a_dobryn:
I've wiped dalvick cache, but I still have lags especially during scrolling in apps
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
Wipe dalvik cache do nothing.

Must factory reset via phone setting.
[Xperia Z General] dante501:
Yes use a different launcher there are plenty around.
[Xperia Z General] ethan3686:
Can we get the old Movies app back? which used to show TV section and preview too..
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Only on my device is normal or clear the cache of the applications and always remain 12kb?
[Xperia Z General] Ivan_Diego:
So, decision is here.. I will not update my XZ... :D well,

not until Sony fixes all bugs and make this 4.2.2. worthy update :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z General] ICEPLAY:
First Impressions 4.2.2

ive been on it for a few days, So far my impressions:

Phone is Smoother but definitely slower!

Boots up faster, and overall nicer.

Battery Life has gone up considerably! (i'd Say lasts 4 hours more which is a LOT!)

Only Con: Apps are a little Slower (specially the phone app, old problem wt Sony Phones, WORK ON THE LAGG!)

But overall, worth the upgrade, My inner geek couldn't resist the latest version anyway!!
[Xperia Z General] alexpraga:
Did anyone kept root after an OTA upgrade?

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
Noway..it's not a problem even Doom's root script is here ;)
[Xperia Z General] naphets8:
Yes did :rolleyes:

I just used the OTA rootkeeper app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper

Worked like a charm. I just recommend the following:

- Disable and re-enable stamina

- let the phone settle a bit and reboot it. Make it like 2-3 times.

I updated like one and a half week ago and it smoothed itself out. Just album and widget drawer lags a bit. But the rest it's ok for me.

If battery going crazy down. Simple reboot it!

"I know that my English isn't perfect, but I still hope it's comprehensible." Send over the cool Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
On mine as well.
[Xperia Z General] mirawong:
i just already upgrade to 4.2.2

the things that i like is how smooth the ROM but laggy when run HD game or heavy game.. :(

battery life just improve a little, about 1 - 2 hours improvement.

sorry for my bad english..
[Xperia Z General] TamSE3P:
I've really been enjoying the lock screen interface, ps3 controller hook-up, the my xperia phone feature, and the change to the small apps/app switch panel. Overall, still haven't seen much in the way of negatives. :)
[Xperia Z General] zaku2s:
I can't find the developer options after updating to 4.2.2
[Xperia Z General] Bairei:
You're an idiot, right?

There are milions of sites on google where you can find solution for dev. options...

Press the build number ([...].423) a few times, until you'll get "You're now a developer" message or something like that and you'll get "Developer Options" in settings
[Xperia Z General] m2b999:
Well, I got an OTA notification to 4.2.2 from 4.1.2 today, took around 27 minutes to update.

All the major upgrades mentioned, but can't decide for the battery life and lags until I use it more.

Other than that, looks awesome!

One major complaint, since I got mine from the US Sony Store in D.C. and officially unlocked, I'm upset that both 4.1.2 & 4.2.2 don't have Arabic language by default!!! :mad:

It still reads/writes Arabic just fine and got the Arabic language enabled with morelocale2, but still not having it with the other Zillion languages included is a shame!
[Xperia Z General] Cătă:
Hello.

I updated my friends Xperia Z from 4.1 to 4.2.2. First week everything was ok.

Now the phone reboots by itself even if it`s not using it (fastboot I think) and the battery is draining really fast (not even a day lasts).

Can anyone tell me how to make it work flawless again? Or can anyone tell me how I can flash back 4.1?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z General] dante501:
Looks like u are one of the unlucky ones that need to fully factory reset the phone. It should work without issues afterwards. Otherwise use sony update companion.
[Xperia Z General] alexpraga:
That's what I'm afraid, is that overall the only thing that improves is the satisfaction of being on the latest number...

I think I will catch the next bus.

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] a_dobryn:
Finally I decided to make full recovery through pc companion. And - it's more better now! Interface is finally smooth. But I have'nt tested games yet, hope all is smooth too.
[Xperia Z General] Cătă:
Dante could you tell me what do you mean by full factory reset? The one from settings - Backup and Restore or the repair version using Sony PC Companion?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z General] dante501:
Try the one in the settings first. If that doesn't work then use the sony companion then flash or updates to 4.2.2 again. Afterwards make a full reset again.
[Xperia Z General] zaku2s:
I still don't get it. How do I get the developer options back.

and I am not and idiot. If you can't give a proper advice maybe you shouldn't have replied to my question
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
If you search this thread for 'developer options', you get over 20 results. Many of them tell you how to get the options to show up, including this post - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42973929

While the previous person to reply to you should not have called you names, there is an expectation on everyone here to search before asking questions that have been answered many times previously (it's actually in the forum rules) ;)
[Xperia Z General] georgesadam:
I just got the Xperia Z today and i got 50mb update , i thought its android 4.2.2 update but its not ..

how does everyone got the update ?

PS : I dont want to flash it i just need the normal update mode wireless or via pc companion (that didnt detect an update too) .

I bought the phone from qatar.
[Xperia Z General] LenAsh:
Wait