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[Xperia Z General] sidneylopsides:
I thought the power menu screenshot was gone ages ago, I've only ever used the power+volume down way. I find that much easier anyway, taking screenshots in a game etc. Those screenshots show in my gallery as usual on 4.2.2
[Xperia Z General] Jeo_m900:
It looks good but I really don't like the lockscreen. And missing screen shot option.

Loved the old one but new one is little bit messy, used Lockscreen policy to make it more tolerable (just widgets).

Visual effects are cool and lockscreen app works.

With small updates it would be perfect.

Haven't found any real bugs yet.
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Had the same issue!!!!!!

But I deleted the parre and rebooted phone and parred it again

For me it worked
[Xperia Z General] doghous:
Alrigh, so yesterday I did a clean install with the PCC to 4.2.2 and restored some apps but as I noticed it was still not charging while on the dock either connected on my laptop or even when connected on a plug.

Left it as is and decided to sleep before I would go with the ES (ftf) today but as I noticed this morning the mobile was charged to 100%.

I've been using it while on the dock today and what I notice is that as long as I use it, it doesn't charge (on the contrary I see that battery level is drops) but once I stop using it and I just leave it "in peace" in charges but I don't know how fast.

Anyone noticed something similar after a clean install?

Any suggestions are much appreciated.
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
yeah it's a normal behavior if you are charging it from PC or Laptop. The discharge rate is almost equal or higher than the charging rate. Im charging my phone from 1% using my iMac and it's now 57% after 3 hours and 41 minutes.
[Xperia Z General] doghous:
I agree with that, what bothers me is that it does the same thing when the dock it's on a wall charger... :confused: :banghead:
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
The charger supplied is 1500 mah but ironically it charges slower than my HD2 1000mah that's why I am using my HD2 charger .

I have no idea what's wrong with the supplied one but I go full charge from 8% to 100% in 1 hour 10 minutes with the 1000mah . Fair enough.
[Xperia Z General] aleckon:
I'm glad you bought that up. The included charger sure doesn't charge like a 1500. I have a tiny 700ma that charges a lot faster.

I might start using my old iPhone (2000) charger. Seems the Sony one is not really 1500......
[Xperia Z General] meyourchum:
The battery life is excellent ...

Hi All ...

I am using Xperia Z (C6602) since March ...

Now i am on STOCK Xperia Z (C6603) 10.3.A.0.423 (4.2.2) Generic BE since a week ...

There are a lot of improvements in 4.2.2 and the first and formost thing to praise is the battery life ...

I am easily able to get 2 complete days before the battery worns out ...

Great work Sony Dev Team ...
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
I use the adapter of my 3rd Generation iPad, and it charges a hell faster than before (2 hours approx). The specs say that it can output 0.5A - 2.1A

But the fact is that they shouldn't be charged that way. It hinders the lifespan of the battery.
[Xperia Z General] Julianocas:
Lol, I'm using a BB charger here, from PlayBook.

It charges also in 1-1/2~2h...

The output says: 5V 1.8A
[Xperia Z General] sidneylopsides:
Actually, that depends on the cell. They have a charge and discharge rating, usually given as a C number.

A 1000mAh cell with a 1C rating can work at 1A, a 2000mAh cell with 1C rating would be 2A.

Usually the charge C rating is around 1, but discharge can go much, much higher.

Assuming Sony use High C cells, they won't be damaged by high current charging.
[Xperia Z General] UnLucky12:
Experiencing some small lags here and there. The keyboard.. Omg.. It is not smooth as before the update. Somebody having this too? It is just slow..
[Xperia Z General] MafiaManV:
When do you sleep if i may ask :D

Sent from my C6602
[Xperia Z General] Apollo89:
Haha! I think he means two days with sleeping included :p
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
Yes the keyboard is slower. Everything is just like laggier but I won't revert because wifi signal is much better.

What ROM do you have ? ( country )
[Xperia Z General] exekias:
Can people stop filling this thread with "Lag" "worst battery then before posts" or other generic negatives

UNLESS

you have performed a full wipe because I am seeing plenty of people getting good battery life, and having no lag this includes my self and it seems the common factor is that some people did a full wipe and others did not.

TL : DR: Do a full wipe before complaining about lag and battery life please, You are no longer contributing to this thread.
[Xperia Z General] MafiaManV:
:)

yeah, but take a look at his "screen on" graph. That's not what i call a good night sleep:)
[Xperia Z General] UnLucky12:
I am currently on Existenz v4.

Just to let u know I did a full wipe. Battery life is much better etc. Only thing is minor lags here and there. And the keyboard are slow.
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
I think you are not following this thread carefully.

We did full wipe... repair with SUS whatsoever and I personally mentioned that.... it's not uncommon to have different behaviour with different ROMs.
[Xperia Z General] ama212:
Everything working great on the generic es flashed with full wipe, lags a little on photos and albums but nothing annoying, huge improvement of battery life.

I think they lowered a little processor clock speed to save battery life that's why we have little lags.
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
I am getting small lag in album when zoomed in on photo and a bit in chrome. Everything else seems fine.

This is on spanish 422 after full wipe then factory reset once installed. Its not that bad, but needs to be improved in next update.
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
No.. Antutu benchmark is still reporting almost the same values for CPU.
[Xperia Z General] ama212:
On antutu but when not needed processor power is saved (I think).
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
That has been the case since the very fist mobile chipset.

CPU clock is dynamic (234-1512 MHz ) depending on need.

Anyway let's not hijack this thread...
[Xperia Z General] ama212:
Yes I know lol but how this range is being managed this is the question, anyway if they can remove lags and keep the same battery life it will be perfect.
[Xperia Z General] kamalmawa:
Guys those who having laggy photo slide on Album try this.

Go to your internal storage and delete the Android folder. Then go to settings>Apps>All>Album and clear data. Restart your phone. Seems to fixed for me

Update: never mind spoke too soon lag is back
[Xperia Z General] riaz.ahamad:
Updated to 4.2.2 FTF Spain, and so far my findigs are cool, its really great, battery performence improved. nice ui. Movie player modified. Less service runn. WiFi connectivity stables. Contrast increased.
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
Will the Seeder app do any justice?
[Xperia Z General] styxter:
This is just me, based on my opinion for xperia z 4.2.2 update

1 its fast as for typing message, email, even chrome

2 data enabled using gprs, 3g hspda much faster in browsing. While wifi i thnk is the same at signal but using youtube or streaming uhmm.. Ill check i find it better than before since it is buffering

3 battery much longer at using in gaming, browsing and etc.

4 with my based analyzation on 3 it is cooler performance

5 camera takes longer to start than last version but.. I think quality picture during well lighted is good!!! sharper and details.

Well this is the things i normally do at this phone
[Xperia Z General] boyq:
I prefer the prev. version of lockscreen though coz the default is the Digital clock w/ walkman and cam easily accessible beside it w/ a simple swipe.

I don't like the new lockscreen aesthetically and accessibility-wise since each widget needs a separate window when there's no need for that.
[Xperia Z General] StarFcker:
Game Lag

hm, i noticed after updated to unbranded 4.2.2 spain version, + phone reset and repair via pc companion, everything was good until when playing game, i noticed lags in game.Even game like Minion rush was running smoothly before update but now i seem to encounter lags alot when running, it even crashes at times and fast overheat. Has anyone else been experiencing lag in game ? not just heavy games..

(from Malaysia)
[Xperia Z General] *boy*racer*:
Wow this is annoying
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Swipe them to the right and they will stack again.

Seemed obvious to me :D
[Xperia Z General] *boy*racer*:
:o how stupid do I feel lol. Thanks mate.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Haha. No problem. Sometimes the simplest solution is the one that's overlooked. Happens to me all the time ;)
[Xperia Z General] doghous:
Xeon and others,

thanks a lot for the advice! I will try using either my gf's HTC One or her iPad adapter. Besides that, I haven't noticed anything weird, except for that lag in the album that everyone has noticed. I have to agree with everyone reporting an improvement in battery. I'm at 18% with 1 day 5 hours of usage.
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
The same here :)
[Xperia Z General] ryo81:
Hi all, I wonder if anyone here is experiencing problem with Bluetooth?

After my update to 4.2.2, the walkman app has become unstable when used with throw to listen to music on my Bluetooth device.

It happened several times already in these few days. I've performed a wipe but the situation doesn't change. Sometimes it even drags down the speed of the whole android system, and I'll have to force power off the phone.

P.s. I've also checked if it's a problem of my sd card but it reads fine on my pc.

Other than this the update is totally fine, with only a few lags when zooming in and out of photos in the album app as mentioned by many others.

Sent from my C6603
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
Bluetooth problem was also mentioned by many. Have a look before mate :)
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
Possible fix for lags on 4.2.2. firmware!! - deactivate "My Xperia" completely. Read on for more details!

So I was investigating the reason for the lags in 4.2.2. update. The reason is, on the first day after upgrading from .253 firmware to 4.2.2. (via PC Companion, no wipe) everything was really smooth, smoother than before. Then, about 2 days ago it began to lag. I was thinking all the time "what did I change"?

Then I remembered, that I activated "my Xperia" function! I didn't have it running when it was smooth, but had it running when it became laggy. So I went into "my xperia" settings and switched it off, I also went under "security" - "device administrator" and turned it off there too and rebooted.

After the reboot, I let the phone settle a bit and then tested opening and closing app drawer, swiping through app drawer and home screens, through settings, running apps, I've also tested zooming in and out on websites, swiping up and down in the browser and scrolling really fast in instagram up and down!

The results after intensive testings: It's smooth again!!! I'm not sure if it is as smooth as before I activated "my xperia" for the first time, but definitely a lot smoother than before!

This would make sense, because if this service is running in the background all the time (which it must in order to function correctly), then it may hinder performance and thus make the phone laggy. This would affect the whole system, no matter what apps I'm using.

I've also looked at the cpu frequencies and load when "my xperia" was running and sometimes the phone went to 1512 Mhz for no apparent reason, with this service off, it stayed at 384 Mhz instead!

Please, it would be great if others could test this and prove if this in fact fixes the lags or if it's just my phone.
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
I am currently testing the very same theory myself. My phone was running fine. I got the notification for My Xperia last night but I don't need it as I already use an alternative, so cleared the notification. When I went back to the homescreen, everything was lagging badly.

I froze it with Titanium Backup then restarted. It's now nearly 24 hours later and everything seems to be running smoothly still apart from some micro lags in the gallery app.

I was going to give it a couple of days to see if the lag stayed away then post about it here, but you have beaten me to it lol. :D
[Xperia Z General] UnLucky12:
That is wierd, because just checked and "My Xperia" is not activated here. So just in case I froze it with Titanium backup and rebooted. Still having some mini lags with the keyboard. Also mini lags here and there. So basically nothing did change here :(
[Xperia Z General] meyourchum:
Good Question friend ...

I am a doctor and its a part of my job to be awake occasionally for more than 48 hours in a row...

Hope your doubt is cleared ...
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
Am I the only one not receiving facebook and facebook messenger push notifications anymore ? I tried everything from clear data and cache, reinstalling , logged out of every single session... Still no facebook notifications.

As for lags... noticed that on S4 with 4.2.2 , they also lag somehow. I did a fallback to 4.1.2 and it's noticeably smoother. Why ? No idea, gotta find out.

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Same here, my xperia is not active.
[Xperia Z General] cordonbleu:
Too bad My Xperia can't be turned off in the app settings.
[Xperia Z General] Mr.Krypton:
I don't either :crying:
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
I did not activate My Xperia. It was still running in the background though.

It may be nothing but a coincidence, but my lags are virtually gone after freezing it.
[Xperia Z General] scorpi786:
I had this theory when I first flashed 422 but for me a full wipe with internal rest cured the main lag. Now I only have it in album and chrome. And it's only minor.

A little bit in album when you zoom and a bit in chrome sometimes when you scroll.

disable my Xperia and I'll let you know.
[Xperia Z General] mbrudnoch:
My solution for lags in Album folder. Go to Settings, Applications, choose All then Album - clear everything, stop application then reset phone. It's huge difference. (I have 705 photos and 56 movies on SD card). Rom 4.2.2 from Belgium, flashed with wipe (flashtool 11) and after that factory reset.

P. S. My Xperia never activated.

Wysyłane z mojego C6603 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z General] JasonX199:
Phone works like it should be finally, since 4.2.2 I never experienced my phone getting hot anymore. No lags no nothing. Great, this should be enough for the upcoming 2 years.

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] Composites83:
It's also running perfect for me. My only objection is the lock screen. I don't like the configurable widgets.. every time I am unlocking the screen I am also schanging dimention in the clock widget..
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
For missing FB - FB messenger notifications I had to wipe everything and reinstall it manually.

It looks like the Restore in PC companion screws up many things.
[Xperia Z General] MafiaManV:
Was only making an observation ;) NHF
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Same problem here !!!! Very laggy in swapping photos, launch apps, etc!
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
Need a lag clearance? Call him maybe :D
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
Unfortunately lags are back :)

Now I noticed something..lags start just after u turn on bluetooth while wifi is already on ;)
[Xperia Z General] LitoNi:
yup it is! doomlords rootkit

Had alot of fun customizing again! yay!
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
Read the OP properly: (Bold letters)
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
Could you post a mirror of the dual recovery 2.5 beta if you have? The official link isn't working.
[Xperia Z General] yuunanase:
I have found the the homescreen is ultra smooth even without seeder. However, there is a bug with the album. If you pinch zoom in and out quickly, it will get stuck. Pinch zooming is laggy as well. Much worse than the previous versions.
[Xperia Z General] LitoNi:
I did not use dual recovery.

I used [Locked Bootloader]CWM recovery 6.0.2.8 for locked bootloaders v4[25-03]
[Xperia Z General] demon2112:
Clear data and cache and reboot
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
I used the same, but it gets removed every time I reboot and i have to re-install it again. It's frustrating.
[Xperia Z General] bigbamboo5:
Yes, this is an annoyance. Previously, the lockscreen looked very clean after three swipes when the instructions disappeared and now it always has 'swipe up or down to open'. Not the end of the world, but ugly as sin.

Any thoughts on battery life with 4.2.2 yet?
[Xperia Z General] anirudhks:
Battery has been much better although not fully tested I am on 3 hours on battery and still 100% after 10 mins of viber call and 9 mins of screen time. and no stamina mode with auto sync enabled..
[Xperia Z General] LitoNi:
you must have done something wrong,

reflash the ftf file and wipe everything, start clean

root with doomlord's root kit v15

install CWM v4 with the link provided up there.

i did all this in one go without any issues, not even the issues youve mentioned.
[Xperia Z General] decentgi:
what is daydream in display and where is photosphere
[Xperia Z General] Andrewtst:
Daydream is the most useless thing did by Android, I off it by default, it is just a screensaver than running when you put your phone at charging dock or set it appear when charging.

Photosphere is closed source, it only for Nexus series, won't appear in any phone/tablet others than Nexus.
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
What the heck? Dock was transparent, changed wallpaper, it became opaque. Changed wallpaper again but it was still opaque, changed theme then it became transparent. When changing wallpapers, it becomes opaque. What could be the reason. I did a complete format of the device when flashing.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Try to repair it with Sony Update Service, it's possible an error snuck in your FTF. Flashtool doesn't do all the verification Update Service does.
[Xperia Z General] scrioss:
First Impressions are good.

Only two things atm.

Anyone know how to disalbe the "swipe up ... to unlock" text its stuck there Oo

Second, where is the walkman widget. Why didn't they implement one, there were media controls before -.-
[Xperia Z General] long2905:
the widget will only show up when music is playing.
[Xperia Z General] scrioss:
Thank you :)
[Xperia Z General] LitoNi:
i hope this will come to Z soon on our next update!!!

Small apps (up to 3 or more) all opened at once, or maybe its only exclusive to Z Ultra.
[Xperia Z General] *boy*racer*:
Do you have a wallpaper app installed? As that done the same thing to me until I uninstalled it and rebooted. Are you using HD wallpapers app?
[Xperia Z General] DeathlessOne:
You are a life saver! Though I had a different wallpapers app. Un-installed and rebooted. It did the trick. I am out of thanks for today. Will thank you tomorrow for sure. :)
[Xperia Z General] juliospinoza:
I have my update since day one, use the Taiwan version, you won't loose your data or apps
[Xperia Z General] ryo81:
Any good replacement for the walkman app? I only know of winamp... Now I can't add any music to the music list that is already playing with BTV5

Sent from my C6603
[Xperia Z General] bharat4ever:
Poweramp?
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
I repaired my phone using pc companion today without the sd card (I formated my SD card before insert it again), and until now there is no lag , I will keep you update if that fix the problem
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
Oh thanks man :D
[Xperia Z General] Hellscythe:
hmm, the other day i got about 3.5hours screen on time with about 4 hours of total phone on time

this was connected to mobile network.

anyone else get better/worse battery life?
[Xperia Z General] exekias:
Ive got better I dont see 30% any more like I used to, a full days usage for me gets me down to 50-60% by the time i get home
[Xperia Z General] teddymild:
I'm not sure if this a bug(just got xz for 1 week) restricting background data doesn't stop opening and download play store. Cheers.
[Xperia Z General] hemo1001:
Wifi range and battery life are much more improved, i like the update.
[Xperia Z General] Hellscythe:
if you can, could you please post two screenshots for me? :D

one with screen on time and one with total time?

thank you!
[Xperia Z General] thalada:
I find this is the best update in terms of battery performance, got 6hours on screen time on stock with out stamina mode. Testing it now on custom rom!
[Xperia Z General] StarFcker:
Suprisingly after reading your quotation of someones idea of fixing lag by deactivate my Xperia, i went ahead and deactivated my Xperia ,also stopped it from running in the background and the lags i mentioned before during game now are disappeared. Dont know how but will keep observing it. Thanks for the heads up :p
[Xperia Z General] Julianocas:
Lol que?

Disabling My Xperia solved lag issues on almost everything...

Damm
[Xperia Z General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Serious or are you joking?

I deleted the DATA folder inside the folder ANDROID, wiped all caches and many lags have been resolved, at least for now.
[Xperia Z General] dartagnan04:
I'd really like to see the camera improuvement... But since the update, the app doesn't launch anymore.

Am I the only one??? :confused:
[Xperia Z General] android_nwbee:
I can see an update to 4.2.2 for my Xperia Z through PC companion. Seeing some posts on the forum, I am resisting going for it given the reported LAGGINESS after the update. Can anyone please suggest if I should wait or go for the update. And Is there any way to move back to .253 after the 4.2.2 update?

I am on a stock ROM with locked bootloader and am planning to keep it that way :angel:.
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
go for it man..join us :p

yeah u always can flash or revert back to any firmware version with flashtool ;)
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
Lag back again , i'm really tired and want a fix now
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
I want lags to be fixed now + all new honami stuff to be offcially added to our phone called: THE SONY FLAGSHIP OF THE YEAR! Plus..it's really bad that sony is working on a second flagship with all of new design and lots of brand new stuff now..moreover they will forget about the first which is our Z..just like they did last year with T and then the S was updated the next year :)
[Xperia Z General] alexpraga:
After all I read in this thread, a question still remains : is there anything in 4.2.2 so much better than in 4.1.1?

I am rooted at .253 and it works great.

Sent from my Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] Xeon:
Good question, short answer : Nothing except wifi range.
[Xperia Z General] msc3169:
Just noticed a peculiar bug. The colors on the screen seem to go a bit oversaturated on the warmer side. White balance values were at default settings for me. This was the second or third time in the past few days it happened. Rebooting restored the saturation back to normal however.
[Xperia Z General] Sichroteph:
I don't understand, mine is extremely smooth.

Well I freezed everything I don't use :)
[Xperia Z General] long2905:
the lockscreen widgets are nice. Also it could be me but the album app now support gif?
[Xperia Z General] exekias:
Exactly I don't see any of this crippling lag, or the horrendous battery drain or the terrible wifi. I seriously don't have any of it. Obviously my use differs to other people but i'm beginning to wonder if I have a different phone to the rest of this forum......
[Xperia Z General] warface:
I think those moaning about "omg laggg $ony suxxxxx" are either autistic, or suffering from ocd.

Or both.

Every other thread now has the same 2 or 3 usual suspects *****ing about it.

Sent from my Nexus 7™

---------- Post added at 11:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:12 PM ----------

Battery life is better. WiFi range.

Camera is a bit faster and a bit sharper.

I like the lock screen.

Sent from my Nexus 7™
[Xperia Z General] fangium:
I noticed a lot of improvement this way! The bigger lags were fixed, now the system is as smooth as before the update!
[Xperia Z General] hamud.q:
Can you tell us what is safe to freeze ? And how to freeze program like 'my xperia' when there is no option to disable it .