yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
Are you guys sure the lag is lessened in this update? If the incredible Mrs. Lee480 reads this, maybe he'll say that its all psychological...and that all of you guys are just thinking that it doesn't lag anymore. LOL!

Sorry OT, carry on...
[Xperia Z General] teddymild:
After 3 days of updated, today I found problem with camera. Taking picture indoor with auto mode resulting much pixilated pictures. I compared pictures taken in the same room since I updated, both in auto mod no changing in setting. Anyone encounter with the same problem?
[Xperia Z General] weijai:
Update link (ftf) : http://fs2.filegir.com/xperian/C6603_10.3.1.A.0.244_Generic_CE.ftf
[Xperia Z General] MallegBee:
Anyway, the sound quality were improved quite alot:)
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Is it a bug?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Yes, I think so. The time without signal seems to be reported incorrectly. I went into town on Sunday and according to that screen when I checked, it said that I had no signal nearly the whole time (it was reporting 98% time without signal). The thing is, I made and received quite a few long calls during the few hours I was out of the house.

According to my observations since then, that percentage seems to be tied to the amount of time that I'm not connected to my wifi. I could be wrong, but it does seem that it happens only when I'm out of range of wifi.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
Wtf with xda app?

When i post something,the same post repeat itself after 10 minutes lol
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
Is that with clairty or ion loudness??
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Hello, I saw the same issue even on previous firmware. For sure I was in 3G range (not full but 2-3 bars) and phone in battery stats reported out of signal. Now I am out of home so I can't check how is after update but I will back here and inform. Somewhere I read that .244 update fix this but now I am worrying about it.:confused:

No signal time is reported by red and yellow colour.
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
I think it's both! I immediately noticed it after the upgrade and the first thing I did was disabling "xloud" which I had turned on before, when it was not loud enough. Now it seems as loud without clear audio and xloud than before with both of them enabled.

I also did the upgrade following doomlords tutorial for root and everything works fine! I'm now rooted with dual recovery and all apps and data was retained.

The phone feels smoother and the lock/unlock response time is a lot better. Album is also smooth now. Great update so far!

I've read somewhere, that the new update is supposed to bring higher resolution photo capture during video recording...however, mine is still limited to 1 MP? Am I the only one?
[Xperia Z General] warface:
Just checked mine. It says 1M too, and can't see any way to change it. Can't have been implemented.
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
I am on. 244 and it seems not fixed.

Nothing to worry about but maybe a fix could improve the battery little.
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Yes, but I suspect little faster drain battery when reported no signal time.
[Xperia Z General] Richy99:
I put that down to a facebook update as I have it on 4,23 and it never used to to it until a few days ago
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
Three days in with this update and the story has changed somewhat.

The device seems to lag noticeably while connected to Wi-Fi. Switch it off and things improve again.

They said quad core processing would sort out all these lag and performance issues with android but no, they're still there.

I was playing around with a Windows mobile device at work and to be honest, it just felt more responsive than my quad core Z does. The worst thing was, it was only a single core device.

It's either Sony take the piss or Google needs to take some time out and really sort out their OS. Too many false dawns I'm afraid
[Xperia Z General] vibecatalin:
Is Google who has a problem. I also have friends with Windows Phone OS and it is blazing fast and not a single ``scratch lag`` like I enjoy to call it :)
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
I just downloaded UK unbranded .423 :D cause i want to try it,so i got notification about apps update.
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
It is little strange: before update to .244 I had notification of Album update, but at the same time I went to .244 update first and...I have not Album update anymore...
[Xperia Z General] hebbe:
maybe because the album-update is also included in the .244-update? :confused:
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
No it's the old version in .244
[Xperia Z General] hebbe:
good to know.
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
In .244 there is old version 4.0.A.0.12.
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
I just woke up and saw my medias gone..then 2mins later i recognized there is a .nomedia file placed in every folder of my SD card..how come is that? :eek:
[Xperia Z General] herasymcuk:
After the update to the latest fw version (.244) the connection with the MMI bluethoot system in my car doesn't work. The phone is connected with the car.... but i haven't the list of the outcomig and incoming calls. The bookadress is unreachable also. At the first connection, with the previous fw release, the phone told me that the mmi wanted to access the address book contacts.... Now No! Nothing! What can be happened?
[Xperia Z General] vibecatalin:
Try deleting all the pairs, rename the Xperia Z then try again. On my car worked, but somedays the calls doesn't sync, only the phonebook.
[Xperia Z General] daddilo89:
I have this strange bug... Sometimes the digital clock in the upper bar on the right gets stuck, while other clocks in the phone show the right time.

Anyone has the same issue?
[Xperia Z General] SalamiQueen:
I have had same problem several times, even on 434 so don't think it's to do with the update!

I had to just keep updating the time or restart the phone and it worked..
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
I had this issue for the first time today on .244, on previous versions - as I remember - I handn't at all...
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
I can safely say that the launcher stuttering and lagging has totally gone since I updated today (using Flashtools; I'd die of old age waiting for the Generic UK update!).

That alone makes me a happy bunny, and I'd already updated the Album/Walkman/Movies apps before - so the phone is now back to flying along like it did when I got it and before I updated to 4.2.2.

I really hope Sony properly tests 4.3 before rolling it out.
[Xperia Z General] jongcruz:
This link is death
[Xperia Z General] dj.kure:
After update to .244 system responds better (much better), but on AnTuTu is my score only 18150, previously it was 19150.
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Now I have 20585, in the past - 20577...
[Xperia Z General] CiscoX:
Hi I got this:
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
Start benchmark. And put your phone in freezer it gives you over 20 000

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[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
I'd like to have your problems :) my best score ever was 19500. Now it's only 16700. Could be the reason, that I have always running 7 apps in the background. But I don't want to uninstall all of them in the hope to reach a higher score.
[Xperia Z General] jonmorris:
Running multiple tests shows huge variations, so background apps, RAM and possibly CPU temperature must all play a part.

I've had over 20,000 on the 'bad' 4.2.2 build, as well as around 16,000, simply by running tests at different times.

Haven't tested 244 yet.
[Xperia Z General] Jonathan2677:
I got this while my phone was in a glass of ice water lol
[Xperia Z General] LedFanatic:
Hi there,

Sorry if it's a dumb question but I am wondering if an OTA update will remove the root on my Xperia Z ? Is there some experiencing people here which updated a rooted and locked Xperia Z to 10.3.1.A.0.244 with OTA ?

Thank you
[Xperia Z General] Groovecain:
Here my antutu on stock .244 in normal room with aircon

i think this rom is very fast and stable
[Xperia Z General] cyrom:
Just received ota update. Gonna try and see if root will be gone.
[Xperia Z General] BobKatz:
I notice there you've got less than 50% battery. Should be fine but might be a bit tight! :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z General] DoubleYouPee:
Not on ZL
[Xperia Z General] Sexyperias:
After updating to the .244 firmware, my phone has been heating more than the previous firmware i was in, 423 firmware. Is it just me or? Other than this issue, i think the firmware is pretty well done! :D

Any advise on how to reduce the heat? Should i do a repair? If so, should i use SUS or PPC to repair?

Thanks:) peace :good:
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
I think something is wrong with your phone, or it could just be that the phone needs some time after the upgrade to organize itself and run the mediascanner and such. Give it some time, maybe half an hour or one hour without reboot and let it do it's thing.

I can only say, that the .244 firmware runs cooler for me than the previous .423 firmware which also ran cooler than the 4.1.2 firmware before it!
[Xperia Z General] Richy99:
more than likely will remove root
[Xperia Z General] Sexyperias:
forgot to add on, it has alr been 2 day since i updated the phone :( . i did a factory reset while updating using SUS. The Battery Stamina Mode also display wrong Estimated standby time. With the battery stamina mode off or on, it display the same time. ( EG, switched off = 23 hrs, switched on = 23 hrs still.)

Anything i can do? Will a repair using PPC do the trick? thanks! ^^ peace
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
if it is already two days, I'd suggest that you do a repair and see how it goes!
[Xperia Z General] sfkaudi:
Settings>apps then swipe to all apps scroll down to eco controller app then force stop and clear date

And restart the phone
[Xperia Z General] mengsuan:
It will be calculated based on how much SOT you have on your usage. If most of the time the device spends with screen on, stamina mode will realistically make no difference in the total time.
[Xperia Z General] Sexyperias:
The eco controller mode

o_o after force stopping the eco controller mode and clear data, the heat actually reduced significantly but still heating more than 423. Should i perform a repair tmr or is there anything else i could do? any other app i can force stop or smth? :D Thanks guy for helping and answering my qns!! peace:)
[Xperia Z General] press_enter:
Dang! Love the new firmware battery life! Before I usually had like 16-22 hours and now this! Love it!

S.
[Xperia Z General] sebastianlow:
Is it me or does 244 bring more contrast and saturation to the screen?
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
Yes it does.. Black is more darker now.
[Xperia Z General] Destroyedbeauty:
Pretty good that stock kernel based on .423 sources is bootable on newest .244 firmware and msm_hsic_host problem is hopefully solved (kernel wakelock issue..) :)
[Xperia Z General] finoqq84:
Yep, but color seemed too over saultrated
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
You can always change settings in white balance
[Xperia Z General] LedFanatic:
Thank you...could you share the result ? :)
[Xperia Z General] cyrom:
the update won't install. so i skipped updating. :D
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
Did you unlock your boot loader
[Xperia Z General] cyrom:
i have unlocked my bl once when 4.2.2 leaked for z and then restored my TA when the official 4.2.2 rolled out. i'm not sure why the .244 ota won't install. may be because of some mods i made on my stock 423? i can just update via pcc anytime though..
[Xperia Z General] Nexu$:
Have been using it for a week or so, all good except the compass/accelerometer is still a mess. NEVER showing the right direction :eek:
[Xperia Z General] LedFanatic:
So guy I need to share with you the result of my upgrade to 10.3.1.A.0.244 by OTA .

1) My firmware was 10.3.A.0.423

2) Rooted

3) dual recovery boot installed

4) locked bootloader

After OTA upgrade

1) My firmware is 10.3.1.A.0.244

2) Still rooted :)

3) dual recovery still installed :)

4) locked bootloader

So the reply to my initial question is, OTA upgrade didn't remove root nor dual boot recovery.. Thank you for your help ;)
[Xperia Z General] ericman77:
I updated from tmo US stock Rom to the German , kept t-m. Baseband and my battery lasts twice as long now. I'm happy with it.
[Xperia Z General] nCuXaPaA:
Today,when i used my phone it rebooted itself and after that the battery was 58% before 26 % sony didn't solved the problem.Too bad :(
[Xperia Z General] TheAlteredState:
My AnTuTu benchmarks get worse and worse as the firmware's are released...

All Android 4.2.2:

24/07 - 19019

31/07 - 18198

11/08 - 17907 (this firmware).

Anyone else setting similar results?
[Xperia Z General] drsoran2:
yeah, my benchmark results are also getting worse. The highest I had was with 4.1.2. and 19500. I've never had 20500 as some people here. Then it went down to 18500 with the first 4.2.2. firmware. Now I have 16800 points with the latest 4.2.2. .244 firmware! Strangely enough, my phone became more and more smooth, faster and more responsive!

I have to say, that I have always 8 different apps running in the background: weather, fb messenger, whats app, kik messenger, hangouts, 3g watchdog, smart statusbar, better battery stats and maybe some more which I don't see under "active apps". This may lead to the decreased benchmark scores.

However, as I said, the phone became more fluid with every about. It's now as fast as it was never before since I bought it.
[Xperia Z General] msc3169:
This just proves the point that benchmarks are not a real indication of how good or bad the phone is. Benchmark scores are just good for marketing tbh.
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
And recently Samsung phones have been caught for tricking gpu benchmarks to get higher results. This shows that it's just software gimmick
[Xperia Z General] Julianocas:
And how is possible for us to get a higher results than Nexus 4?
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
I dono about nexus result. But I get around 21000 in this firmware.
[Xperia Z General] SalamiQueen:
Finally the UK got 244 on unbranded so I updated last night, had 423 for prob less than a week before that and thought it was amazing - I was playing games and doing all sorts and the phone was so cool and had hardly any heat. But since I updated to 244, I noticed the phone will heat up even when I am not playing games or just simply have wifi on?

I see some people have suggested trying to repair etc, but that's my last resort as I hate backing up and reinstalling everything - such a chore! So, is there anything I can try before my very last option? It is my 2nd day with it though so I will see how it goes to see if anything changes... But I do worry about the heat damaging the phone :rolleyes:

Thanks!
[Xperia Z General] :
screen flickering still exist i hope its not an hardware issue
[Xperia Z General] CooperXIII:
After upgrade from 423 to 244 my perfomance little increase... from 20198 to 20663. This all about C6603.
[Xperia Z General] chaotix555:
Root remains

Installed OTA update today on ES unbranded C6603, quick and straightforward install, checked Titanium Backup and got usual popup asking for root access, granted it and continued as normal.

Root is not removed in this case :cool:
[Xperia Z General] bigbear333:
overheat

Same.With 4.2.2 .....244 my phone is heating even after 3 -5 minutes of normal call.Wifi also heating.And battery drains faster(3-4 days instead of 4-5 days in previous version).Before I had 4.1.2 10.1.1.A.1.253 with NO heating problems.Now if i use camera,album,wifi OR data network for a few minutes it really burn.I made repair by SUS but is no use.So don't use timeuse repair.I think only downgrade to 4.1.2 ....253 could solve the problem.But i don't have my ftf file for my operator so or i'll use another ftf -flas or waiting for another sony update.
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Definitively it is not fixed... Little stupid 'no signal' but in range...:eek:
[Xperia Z General] m2b999:
Had same issue of not being detected by usb on pc, did a factory reset and worked!
[Xperia Z General] Flashben:
Everytime I try to click into stamina, my setting force closed....
[Xperia Z General] killgrozrism:
Hmm, the cpu's heat is unbearable when playing games... Too hot...
[Xperia Z General] fareeed:
Can anyone running stock .244 please send me the stock wifi modules via PM please? Much appreciated :)
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
Heat was always the same from the first fw.. this cannot be solved by firmware.. Its because sony put a quadcore cpu inside temperred glass.. Phone is beautifull anyway..

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[Xperia Z General] mrfarhatadib89:
After updte to .244 my xz noticeably faster

But........

My phne get hot frequently

In battery usage android usage

Is more than SOT
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
You need this one? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44341062&postcount=1223
[Xperia Z General] fareeed:
that's the one, thanks!
[Xperia Z General] killgrozrism:
Actually the first stock 4.2.2's firmware (forgot the firmware no.) does not cause to much heat when playing games... Seriously... ;P but i like the battery life on this firmware... Longer usage than before... ;D
[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
That's real
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
Yes but games was almost unplayable

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[Xperia Z General] mnzel:
Finally Updated and Rooted !!

Works like a charm !! Thanks to doomlord !! :good:
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
What games are you speaking about. !!!
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
Modern combat 4, NFS Most Wanted, Vice City...

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[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
I play these games. They work well here.. Did you update without factory reset
[Xperia Z General] michalst:
.hhth

hned

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[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
Nope i always perform clean install.. anyways after .244 update they works well

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[Xperia Z General] amfirbek92:
NFS MW,MC4 and real racing 3 used to lag before when heating but now i tested them even with heat games are very smooth
[Xperia Z General] BensJammin:
Flashed my phone yesterday to latest firmware yesterday via PC companion, had a bit of trouble as phone went off and wouldn't reconnect to do the update, but after pressing buttons for a bit it started the update and finished without flaw.

My phone now charges whilst off and dead which I tested this morning. As I suspected IT WAS A SOFTWARE FAULT NOT A HARDWARE ONE!! So thanks for the advice to the people who undermined me calling my post comical. Very helpful indeed. You were wrong!!!
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Today I found OTA update of Album (5.1.A.0.4), Movies (5.1.A.0.6) and Walkman (7.9.A.0.1) :)
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
Don't forget to mention that you got that in 244. Which is important
[Xperia Z General] cedropol:
Of course, which is corresponding with title of this thread.
[Xperia Z General] PNuT.:
I am sure you said your usb port wasn't working?
[Xperia Z General] knightpt:
mixed bag

Update for me has been a mixed bag.

+++ plus

#1 UI seems more fluid now. I rarely (realy realy rarely) have a slight hiccup on the phone now. On previous update i had a little more.

#2 Screen is slightly more "vivid". Still no way perfect but i find it a little more alive (with white balance on default before going my own settings) It seems that Sony changed the default config for people who don't know how to use the whie balance tool, good stuff.

#3 Transparent Softkeys are sexy as hell and add even more sofistication to the phone.

---- down

#1 Battery life seems slightly worse. I know some people are going on saying its better but for me it's not like that at all.

#2 Heat is much more problematic now. Even with only wifi and screen turned on the back heats a lot more. If i start internet browsing than its much more substancial. I realy realy hate this as i start to imagine that i'll have the famous back lifting .... i hate being paranoid!

If i had to bet ...

More Heat+less battery+less UI hiccups means that the CPUs are probably now more "alert" when the phone is iddle to avoid the ocasional hiccups, thus making the phone have less breathing time to cool more often.

Ofc i'm not an engineer, so take it as a gut feeling only... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z General] javagreen:
I've seen people post that their phone's UI has gotten smoother with .244, for me it's become more laggy. Yes, laggy... the notification dropdown is sluggisshhhhh and I experience lag in scrolling, too :(

I'm running ADWLauncher EX but it's the same with the stock Sony launcher as well. I've got very few apps installed, rooted with DoomLord's method and greenify running with many apps (like Facebook/G+ etc) hibernated.

Any ideas? I can't stand the lag in such a high end phone. Surely, it doesn't take all the might of the Adreno 320 to render a smooth UI? :(
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
Install a clean rom.. Again
[Xperia Z General] Trafford Devil:
That's the price you pay for customizations, I had similar laggy performance when I had it rooted + twrp, as well as installing other apps requiring root. Now I'm on completely stock and my phone's fluid.
[Xperia Z General] geekygrl:
Complete opposite here - running Nova 2.2 (with transparency) rooted and twrp recovery and its very fast, very smooth, and no lag.

I did flash .244 coming back from Official CM10.2 (bit too buggy at the moment) and ended up flashing twice and I don't restore any apps, just reinstall (create app back ups - just the .apks with Rom Toolbox Pro.

Works a treat :)

I even played with Antutu (benchmarks mean nothing to me but might to someone here) and apparently have a reasonable score.
[Xperia Z General] b02:
Anyone has problems with stamina mode not working after update ?
[Xperia Z General] coolrevi:
Sometimes stamina mode works after a reboot after enabling it. Why Don you give it a try
[Xperia Z General] karun11:
Stamina mode is not working for me after the update. It shows it's activated but the data remains on when the screen is Off.

I tried the eco controller thing, rebooting etc but to no avail. any solution?
[Xperia Z General] b02:
i have also tried what the official sony formu said, but it also didnt work, and i still got my data and stuff wiped, which sucks.
[Xperia Z General] chefnoob:
Im having heat issues too...as well as bad battery life.

Ill try repair on PCC if that works.
[Xperia Z General] magikmichael:
Waiting for a pre rooted one
[Xperia Z General] 008bond:
The lockscreen camera widget wont work for me and the camera takes the same amount of time to start up. However there are performance improvements elsewhere.

Update: Camera shutter speed has improved drastically.
[Xperia Z General] kanojo22:
Screenshot please!
[Xperia Z General] ImAnurag:
see screenshots here in this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2385474
[Xperia Z General] kanojo22:
About UI, Update center icon??
[Xperia Z General] sea2605:
Where can I find the ftfs of this update? I bootloader unlocked and rooted...OTA and PC Companion won't update my Z therefore.
[Xperia Z General] lupogrigio59:
Brand Vodafone Italia.Ricevuto update this morning via PC Company.

Removed bug battery and seems to be much more fluid.
[Xperia Z General] Denhot:
Hey, im downloading the update right now.

I just read that the lockscreen camera widget isn't working are you experiencing the same?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z General] genoboy:
No update yet here in Philippines.

Can't wait.
[Xperia Z General] ImAnurag:
Update center UI has been changed, Check the screenshot in attachment.
[Xperia Z General] ImAnurag:
Check here - http://www.xperiaguide.com/2013/07/30/download-xperia-z-c6602-10-3-1-a-0-244-firmware-update-ftf-file/

Ftf files for both XZ and ZL posted. Flash them. Do read the DooMLoRD warning over root before flashing.
[Xperia Z General] lupogrigio59:
It is true lookscreen the camera does not work.
[Xperia Z General] ImAnurag:
working for me :)
[Xperia Z General] lupogrigio59:
I did a simple reboot, and now it works.
[Xperia Z General] NetSkill:
I've made FTF

I've made FTF for flashtool, i will add Link in the OP in 10/15 mins.
[Xperia Z General] beni8978:
Any antutu or quadrant score from this new FW ?

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