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[Xperia Z General] Dsteppa:
Was on rooted/unlocked BL Spanish FTF v. 423 and got the update through PC Companion (Netherlands)
[Xperia Z General] smardu:
In my case H+ connectivity is worst in low signal areas, between 5-10% worst.

I will upload C6603_1270-7296 R1A in a few hours.
[Xperia Z General] BensJammin:
Wow. Unbranded uk STILL stuck on .434. Yet another update behind. This is getting ridiculous now!
[Xperia Z General] ImAnurag:
AnTuTu score for my XZ C6602 after this update - 20483. (Score dropped from 21K)

Screenshot attached.
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
Same. SO is it confirmed stamina mode doesnt work in latest update?
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Complete opposite here: for me since two latest updates Stamina works much better than before. It is not perfect due to forecasts too long working time when is ON but when is OFF shows proper time.
[Xperia Z General] dante2086:
It's looks like stamina mode has stopped working on my phone too.
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
Indeed. After seeing this thread i started to test it more and using stamina mode and not using it it's basicaly the same. Doesnt cut my wifi nor data when the phone is sleeping anymore, nor does it block apps from doing their "stuff" in the background while sleeping.

I've tried to reset the eco mode thingy, reboot, etc to no avail.

Anyone talked about this in official forums ?
[Xperia Z General] mnzel:
Battery Life has increased a lot. Thanks to Sony...

The phone now seems smooth at the Home UI. I too feel that the device gets hot than the previous firmware. I hope sony addresses this problem soon ! :) :cyclops:
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
Exactly my point! It's the same as stamina mode turned off. I don't know of the official forum. Does anyone want to start a thread or should I?
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Did you try to stop thread and also clear memory of thread before restart?
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
Ummm...please elaborate?
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Maybe he ment you to force stop the eco controller app and clear data, restart your phone
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Go in settings->applications>-tab: running->ECO mode controler: tap upper button "Stop", and lower button: "clear data" (or cache). Restart phone.
[Xperia Z General] Saikyo_San:
Does anyone have this bug on .244?

The problem is I can clearly see BE2 processing being applied to pictures in Album, section by section, and after that it lags when swiping from left to right on the pics.

Also the processing fails on some particular images and show the image corrupt. :/
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
uninstall Album update ..Done
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
Done that. problem still persists.
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Maybe you have to repair your phone by seus
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
The eco controler ? Yep. Everything stayed the same...
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
According to working data transfer when Stamina ON - do you have set "Always" in WiFi advanced settings->Wifi in sleep? And optimize WiFi?
[Xperia Z General] dante2086:
Just to confirm then. Is the stamina mode issue a general problem on this firmware, or it affects just some phones, so I'll know if I have to do a repair, or something else. The clearing data thing didn't work.
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
It's an issue which plagues some of the devices apparently.
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
Okay this finally worked for me. Now Stamina mode is working properly.

Thanks!
[Xperia Z General] kiky2h:
This firm solved the data navigation problem, with .423 i had coverage but i didn't surf.
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
Sadly for me, I dont see the ECO Mode controller on my running apps...though I have stamina mode running in my phone.
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
It's not in running apps but in all apps
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
What tha hell... stamina mode started to work today after the night's charge... Didn't do anything after the last time i checked it and didn't work...

Now it says estimated 3 days, 1 hours witout stamina and 8 days, 16 hours with stamina. Data and wifi are disabled when in hibernation like its suposed to be.

I swear i didnt do anything diferent nor did i update anything, nor flash anything after my last post saying it didnt work (couple days back)....

Even tough i'm confused, i'm happy it now works.
[Xperia Z General] efcndi:
WiFi reception getting poor, anyone able to fix it?
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
My girlfriend has cheap Huawei g300 and she has a better wifi reception than my, Xz wifi sucks out of the box, after update gets better but not best. It will sucks untill Sony do something

Odoslané z C6603 cez Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Z General] AcoAlex:
+1 for me to r the same problems like these :-S

texted from my baby-bad-boy XperiaZ
[Xperia Z General] Raedek:
Just recieved The update. Initial impressions Are:

- Launcher is faster, smoother and overall more snappy. Actually using stock launcher Again instead of nova prime.

- Screen Lock/wake animation no longer fading, thus faster. Also The blinds-effect is smoother and more consistent.

- Used to have slow/laggy screen-on response when removing phone from dock after charging. This is now fixed.

- Wifi reception seems to be somewhat improved. At least The number of signalbars showing.

- Cannot yet comment on battery life, but as I had maximum 3 hours of screen time on previous version, I can't imagine it could be much worse.

Sent from my Xperia Tablet Z
[Xperia Z General] irmani:
my friend's cheap 100$ phone has much better wifi reception as compare to my XZ :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
I will confirm everything I quoted from You and add some more, since I have this .244 from day 1:

- sound from reproduction speaker is cleaner and it has more bass (maybe some EQ fix, I don't know)

- better memory management, always around 900-1000 MB free

- camera improvements, less noisy pictures at low light shooting

- battery improvements, screen time 5 hours (give or take 15 minutes) at 40-45% brightness

Every time since 10.1.1.A.1.3253 (I got mine with that) I was always manage to find what to improve. Now I don't have idea :) everything works flawlessly.
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
Standby time is crazy aswell now. Yesterday i left my phone at home by acident and at the end of the day after work i had 97% battery... Stamina mode doing its thing i guess.

On the topic of things to improve, i would realy like that next update we have more quick options for the brightness on the UI instead of just backlight On/OFF quick toggle, something like "preset 1" "preset 2" (i don't get along well with automatic setting...) :cyclops:

Also, i would like the heat to be reduced a little when i use wifi+browser on internet usease. It was less noticeable on older builds, now on this one i sense more heat on the back. It seems that wifi and 4G connections heat up the device much more than before, i would like something to reduce this somehow.

Also, i would like an improvement on the white balance mini-app from Sony. I would like something to adjust contrast ratios and color vibrance.

Other than this, perfect imho.
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
Yep, forgot that. Stamina mode is better and better with every update ;)
[Xperia Z General] teddymild:
I can't find economic mode controller in running app and application list. :confused:
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Some have extended standby controller it's the same.
[Xperia Z General] teddymild:
Thanks for quick reply, I almost connect pc companion :D
[Xperia Z General] hdrsid:
Confirm this please

OK in short.. Please tell me if battery problem is solved ?? Wifi connectivity issue improved ?? Camera quality improved ?? please confirm it asap so i could go for an update.

And please let me know if there is any way to keep root after update ?? If there is .. please guide me to that thread. Thanks in advance
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
Did you even read last one or two pages. You don't need to keep root, since you have easy doomlords guide for rooting .244.
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Black spot from the camera is gone....
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
What blackspot?
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Black dot(s) I suppose.... :)
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
I've had a tiny black spot on each photo looking like a hardware fault.

Now I think it was a dirt....
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
That's why you're often told to do a CLEAN install! ;)
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
:D you remind me of my college prof, who said to me that l have many strange dots on my lcd screen (autocad drawing). Than he wiped his glasses and strange dots dissapeared :D
[Xperia Z General] msc3169:
Everything is better than 423, just that the phone lost its cool a bit on the latest firmware ;)
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
No no. Nothing about the outside dirt..

My camera shield is clean. It was a little black dot, looking like the other ones reported on this forum.

And it was definitely on the sensor.
[Xperia Z General] Mobe1969:
I don't use NFC (disabled) but suddenly I've started getting this annoying "Read Error Try Again" message popping up on the screen. Giving me the squirts...
[Xperia Z General] ~iPod~nano~:
Noticed backlight flicker in bright environtment, and using auto-brightness

Flickering graphics in lockscreen, no longer appear

- battery a bit better

For Wifi problem, disable Wifi power save features, in Wifi > Advanced. Still not better from my xperia arc, but increased sensitivity maybe.
[Xperia Z General] Raedek:
I've gotten some random reboots after

.244. Usually when the phone runs hot, which it does now. More than on previous FW. Battery is still pure awful.. 40 minutes of Screen-on time, down to 70 %.. May try a repair/clean install.
[Xperia Z General] Destroyedbeauty:
Down to 70% after 40 minutes screen-on? Sounds like something is draining your battery by forcing CPU go to highest frequency.

Are you rooted?
[Xperia Z General] Raedek:
No. Not rooted. Everything stock. Powermanagement list doesn't show anything suspicious. Mostly screen and mediaserver hogging battery..
[Xperia Z General] -totonio-:
With this update I notice screen flickering... The other things are ok... I have 3.30 hours of screen on time.
[Xperia Z General] pratiknaik:
Video Play after

Hi all,

I just did '10.3.1.A.0.244'UK. My observations were as follows:

1) The Sony Movie (the one we use to play videos) had settings as - it does not rotate when you are using the handset in normal use but it does when you are viewing a video on your Sony Xperia Z. But the same has changed after the update.

2) Secondly let me put it this way. I had few videos in my phone. They were all categorised based on the episodes for that soap. Just after the update everything is now mixed up.

Plz help me if you guys know any details on this.
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
I alreday have .244 and update says l have update and it nagging me about update to .244.

Any fix for this?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Let it update? Some regions have had a minor update to 244 since it released.
[Xperia Z General] MrGezz:
i flash back stock firmware after coming from custom rom , strange thing is eco mode controller nowhere to be found , there is only extended standby mode controller , is it normal ?? btw , I flash the newest update ... hope someone could answer my question ..
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
What firmware? Number!
[Xperia Z General] MrGezz:
10.3.1.A.0.244
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Think you have to make a factory reset and make a repair in pcc or Sony update service
[Xperia Z General] MrGezz:
just finish doing that , still showing the same result , would you mind pointing me the where the old fw download link was, the one before 10.3.1.A.0.244 ..
[Xperia Z General] -totonio-:
:)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2346706
[Xperia Z General] MrGezz:
could someone that have eco mod controller share their superstamina.apk n superstamina.odex with me ?? :confused:
[Xperia Z General] dvd777:
It is not ota. Wants pcc.
[Xperia Z General] mety333:
There is a 2.9 MB update for .244 and im obviously already on .244

Any changes? Will it break any mods or kill root? Maybe fix screen flickering.

Sent from my beautiful purple best friend, the Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Here you go http://db.tt/z2jsMdGG

http://db.tt/qIw6YBf9
[Xperia Z General] LosserKlosser:
I'm very pleased.

This screen shot is from yesterday. I'm on stock ROM, rootet with Doomloards method. Screen brightness is default setting. In fact, everything is on default - stamina mode is not enabled. WIFI and data always on.

Nearly 4 hours of screen time.

I don't care much about picture quality or many other details. Screen time and speed of CPU and connection are the absolute most important things to me.

This ROM have a very low amount of wakelocks. I have never seen better on a stock ROM. It beats every Samsung ROM I have tried by miles.
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Yep, this screen flickering is visible on this update but - in my opinion - not all the time... WTF?
[Xperia Z General] :
little too silly bug ;)

;; when i press Stamina Mode >> Force Stop !!

i can turn it off/on but cannot get into it to manage on .244

(i got .244 officially from PCC)
[Xperia Z General] Kirkymole:
Battery bug is back...

Battery bug is back............mines just jumped 41% in less than a second. Screw you Sony.
[Xperia Z General] Kirkymole:
Just updated.

To be quite honest. For the hassle of flashing this and that to gain root. It's really not worth it.

I'd solved the battery bug issue on the last update to my satisfaction and then other little changes don't impress me that much.
[Xperia Z General] VSTmoTP2:
Going from the stock T-Mobile ROM (.166) to .244 I have noticed that the gallery and internet browser(any browser, Opera, Chrome, Firefox, etc) are not as smooth as before, they are generally glitchy and quite annoying actually. The camera has improved which is great because it was unacceptable to the point of nearly returning the device. I have also noticed that my ability to share my connection via WiFi or USB is missing in this ROM as there is no option under the Wireless & Networks menu like there used to be. (I'm sure third party would work, but I shouldn't have to go that route)

Overall I would keep this ROM because of the camera improvements but I cannot continue without USB tethering ability so I will probably try one of the Honami ROMs in hopes of having a smoother browser, functioning tether, and similar or even better camera output.
[Xperia Z General] :
i hate the screen flicker
[Xperia Z General] VSTmoTP2:
Interesting, screen flicker is something that I have not had trouble with... As an update to my previous post, it seems that the framework for tethering is actually missing and even third party support is not possible. Something may have gone wrong during the flashing process, I will try reflashing this ROM when time allows.
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
I had the screen flicker problem for the first time ever at the start of last week - but not since.

It's more of a shimmer, and very odd. It must be the Mobile BRAVIA Engine I presume?
[Xperia Z General] VSTmoTP2:
I never experienced a shimmer or flickering with or without mobile bravia enabled. I currently run with it disabled since my phone seems to be less glitchy with it off.
[Xperia Z General] mety333:
I have flickering too.. Strains my eyes.. PLEASEEEE WE NEED A FIX!

After how long can i sue Sony for eye vision damage? Im afraid to use lovely Xperia Z too much.....

Sent from my beautiful purple best friend, the Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] Rumman Shaikh:
How much does your battery last after this update???? Mainly the on-screen time??

If you feel that I've helped you in any way,,please hit the thanks button ;)
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
My normal day is 18 hours total with 4h30 screen time with heavier usease (30/60 minutes or so youtube, wifi allways-on, 3G on the move (but rarely and not much time), 1hour music with headphones at night, 1 hour bluetooth sound on car speakers while driving, 2h phone calls, 20-25 SMS, 1h internet to kill time while waiting for something, gmail updating all day, some pictures turned into PDF of important documents, etc.

To be quite honest with my usease i normaly reach my bedtime with 15-20% battery left and i normaly don't mind the battery at all because it's already a ritual of charging the phone every night. i could charge it during the day while driving but i don't want to push the batter all that much.

It's quite similar battery time that i had with my Samsung galaxy S3 on a normal day, but on slow days the standby on XZ is much better tough.

All in all i'm happy. I've noticed that heavier users that demand 5-6 hours of screen time doing internet and gamming might be disapointed tough, the screen and internet are realy hungry...
[Xperia Z General] jankhner:
i think the battery life is very very good, better than before. I am very happy with this firmware and haven't had any problems! [OT] Actually, i think Xperia Z is very BORING phone because this firmware is so good that i don't have to flash new rom's all the time. With my previous phone Samsung S2 i flashed roms daily because wthere were always some bugs or I wasn't happy with the performance or battery life. Now i visit XDA only once a week to look for newer firmware (which i don't need). [/OT]
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
[MENTION=5396871]knightpt[/MENTION]: Nice result. I also can't complain about battery. You mean you do not use stamina mode?
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
Naw don't use it at all... i realy like to manually toggle everything i need rangind from BT to Wifi, 3G etc. Power Toggles and slider widget are my best friend on the home screen, love it and i realy like the manual control. In fact it's just an excuse to play around a few more seconds e with my XZ :angel:
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
Any news about a firmware update, probably bringing in features from the Z1?
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
As always Sony says only one thing.. Hardware is not enough to handle it. So my guys would be nothing from z1. But we have mods for that ;) x reality for video won't work because of processor. And camera is not advanced as z1, we may just get ui changes though it never happened in history of sony
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
Sony already anounced 4.3 will come for XZ (and ZL and SP).

4.3 won't bring a huge lot of new things from google side but it's still an upgrade. I'm sure it'll bring the "Honami UI" as you said aswell.

What i would REALY like for 4.3 would be better battery life because a lot of people complain about that (even tough it's enough for my use) and less heat when browsing internet on 3G, Perhaps an update on the white color balance app so that it had more options for tweaking but that won't make or break the deal.
[Xperia Z General] GodShapedHole:
I can't think of a scenario where better battery life would not be welcome. But 10.3.1.A.0.244 is already much better in terms of battery (at least for me) than the last two updates were. Especially the second to last one was pretty bad on that front, damned if I know why. If the 4.3 update keeps whatever code is responsible for the improvement in .244, I'll be happy enough.
[Xperia Z General] reqirangga:
C6603 .244 Indonesia

hi, i'm reqi from indonesia, i can see that sony haven't officially released the newest firmware .244 for C6603 in Indonesia...

things i wanna know is can i flash my Xperia Z with FTF from other countries like UK, India, Germany and etc?

and is there any issues i'll probably get if i don't use the official updates made for Indonesia?

cause i really want to get this upgraded, sony won't be able to tell us when they will released it for Indonesia... :crying:
[Xperia Z General] Kylez:
yes you can use ftf from other countries(same 6603)...flash with flashtool ... no problem for that
[Xperia Z General] secondkai:
I'm from Malaysia and flash the germany firmware..no problem whatsoever...
[Xperia Z General] whitefang3456:
hi, yes. Any of Unbranded Stock .244 ROMs will do. I'm from Malaysia, and i'm using R6B UK Version instead of using native Singapore FTF.

Just software apps content varies abit with every region FTF. Hope helps

Whitefang
[Xperia Z General] reqirangga:
hi guys, there something i wanna ask, i just done flashing my C6603 with this Firmware :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2404211

and it's succeed... after i turn on the phone for a while, it said that there's an update for new Firmware and it's the same FW as i flashed just now.

it's 10.3.1.A.0.244. it looks like it can be download OTA. what do i have to do? can i just update again with OTA or i just ignored it?
[Xperia Z General] Julianocas:
Kill it with fire!

Update everything, from Sony OTA, PC Companion, SUS, Play Store...
[Xperia Z General] silviuilie:
13.09.2013-update.diagnostics app added

New update today,same number of sw,downloaded about 800mb,no visible changes on UI,restored deleted preinstaled apps,added an app called DIAGNOSTICS.A test for hardware,cam,flash,screen,cams.Waiting for oters to se if improved.
[Xperia Z General] ogdobber:
got wallet working on 244. needs an extra build.prop edit
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
When can we expect a kernel from you?
[Xperia Z General] OverTheEdge:
I was on .434 and updated to a generic .244 after a week or so but 2 days ago I got another update to .244 again but only 2.5mb. I was able to update it using PCC as OTA was giving me an error.

Is this a patch only to add McAfee and Xperia Diagnostics although Android updated 3 files and to change LTE to 4G and WCDMA to 3G? Those are the only things I noticed.
[Xperia Z General] ogdobber:
yes, lol. this thing needs some battery help bigtime
[Xperia Z General] noellwhelan:
I still had this battery bug, while charging my battery suddenly jumps from 94% to 100% after i unplugging the cable..

Mine was c6603 using NL gengric FW
[Xperia Z General] ST4YSTR0NG:
Seems like turning on and off the screen is sudden in .244, it faded in and out in .434 whichever it was

Im not sure if thats what you mean lock/unlock responsiveness, but yea...
[Xperia Z General] ce_rob:
i got the "new system update available" notification also. there was an error downloading/installing OTA and i'm actually perfectly happy with the build i'm running now, is it possible to remove or disable that stupid annoying icon? i can't seem to figure it out...
[Xperia Z General] carlsbad28:
if youre rooted, use titanium backup and "freeze" the Sony update service
[Xperia Z General] Glover1969:
Now I have Hangouts and I can't uninstall this silly application...
[Xperia Z General] adamsweeting:
Does anyone know if the radio gets updated with this release?
[Xperia Z General] agustinjuliusa:
Already have. Philippines unbranded
[Xperia Z General] ckyy:
Flash the .244 .FTF

I don't understand it why you people cry about having to wait for an update. It's already there, why wait? There is no difference in regions.
[Xperia Z General] netharshal13:
Thanks!!!

Will update it today...:good: Thanks for the reply :angel:
[Xperia Z General] kenw138:
I think the update just for c6602 3G version. Mine is c6603 and i haven't found any update yet.
[Xperia Z General] kkd28:
is the silly lock screen text gone?
[Xperia Z General] hush66:
Nope, it's still there despite numerous swipes.
[Xperia Z General] koziakauzu:
errr... I use a monxdified .423 rom, what is the procedure to update to a stock rom?:confused:
[Xperia Z General] sweatingmytittsoff:
flash back to whichever stock you want with this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240614&highlight=flashtool
[Xperia Z General] Denhot:
Just updated!!

- phone is heating up again like earlier builds (before 423)

- Closing flap warning with changed color to white

- Lockscreem camera widget is functioning normally. :D

- Camera quality looks the same, though I feel the viewfinder takes more time to focus (but that could be just me :p ) but not during clicking photos.

Rest is already mentioned here I suppose :))