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[Xperia SP General] Looser99:
Mine is customized US with customization number 1272-2864. Model : C5302. And i don't have any performance issue except ram management issue sometimes. But it goes away after a restart(after every 2-3 days i require 1 restart). And i have other general bugs like bravia engine not working in album, install/uninstall progress bar bug and white balance bug. And i also have one other bug which i haven't seen reported yet anywhere. I use otg cable for watching movies from my pendrive. When i safely remove the pendrive from status bar and disconnects the otg cable, the otg cable connected notification doesn't go away. But after a restart it goes away. Can anybody confirm this issue ? Anyways, i repeat again, No performance issues and no force close, no random auto restarting, no lagging. In fact, my 4.3 is a lot faster and fluid then my 4.1 ever was. :good:
[Xperia SP General] kaushal9119:
Yeah exactly. Sus is not needed. A clean install will do it all.:)
[Xperia SP General] chewlohseng:
Generic Singapore (C5303 LTE) variant works fine. Updating apps surely slows down the phone but after all that performance returns. If everyday performance is slow, restart helps. :)

(Still using Xperia SP, alongside the Mi3.)

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Clean install needs SUS/FT/PCC since you need to wipe and OTA can't do so I suppose?
[Xperia SP General] ben_linux:
Ok thanks to Gara91 who kindly give me his ftf file, I was able to give an another try ton my SP :)

Unfortunately results are the same. No major bugs, but still lags and freezes, crash randomly. Sometimes it works perfect during minutes and it freeze suddenly with no reasons at all :eek:

I think I can safely say that I tried all the official 4.3 firmwares in this planet lol, and no one is working perfect like some people do. I'm more and more convince that there is differences in the hardware (maybe screen, or RAM manufacturer, I don't know) , and Xperias SP are reacting more or less correctly depending of that.:rolleyes:
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
Guys, all the firmwares are the same but some minor differences..the performance will be the same even if you flash greek generic or ce or belgium or anything..custom stock based roms are working different for every phone which means that it's not the firmware but the way it's user use it's phone..I can get the best performance (but still bad) by wiping data and factory reset after each rom flashing..
[Xperia SP General] ben_linux:
So the real question is, why it works "great" with some users, and so bad with others ?
[Xperia SP General] Lajbymester:
The screen flickering doesn't happen for everyone, so the other bugs may also not happen to everyone. I don't know why is that, though, but it's not the way the user uses the phone. I was having the SystemUI crash bug right after the first boot, and some people say it hasn't happened once for them... It's different for everyone, maybe because the phones aren't assembled by the same parts. That would explain the screen flickering bug...
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
It's the use each user do..I am using im a lot..facebook,messenger,kakotalk,whatsapp,viber,line and my phone lags like hell because of bad ram management

I think the newer phones have the flickering bug..I bought my phone on January and I have it but [MENTION=5629888]UltraWelfare[/MENTION] who bought his phone last year doesn't have it..and it's not only SP..I have a friend who bought Xperia T on January too and he have the flickering bug
[Xperia SP General] pakatsui:
I bought mine in August 2013 and have no bugs whatsoever. I only had awful RAM management in 4.1.2, but it was solved as soon as 4.3 was released.
[Xperia SP General] Lajbymester:
I bought my phone last month and I don't have the screen flickering bug. It's different for everyone... I hope the new 4.3 will work on ALL phones, not just selectively...
[Xperia SP General] Tatsuya94:
Thats what I hope too

Oh well, in case im getting a sp, it will be yet in a month so hopefully Sony will release a new patch until then
[Xperia SP General] UltraWelfare:
My phone was bought on July and I had no problems with flickering since then..I don't even know how it looks like :p
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Guys please stay on topic..this thread is made to discuss about the news and not the bugs..if you have some news to post its better i would say.....
[Xperia SP General] Tatsuya94:
Was it 4.3 by default or you had to update it ?
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
4.3 was released 2/2014...it was 4.1 on July :)
[Xperia SP General] UltraWelfare:
When I bought it it was at 4.1.2..And I updated to 4.3 when it was released
[Xperia SP General] Tatsuya94:
I dont know for you but it seems less and likely that we will have the update :/ I mean it was under investigation since like april and yet absolutly nothing, they seem to be more busy with x peria z instead ><
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
Wait for news on July
[Xperia SP General] chewlohseng:
Xperia Z line must be updated first since it's the flagship line, not the SP. This is why update is delayed.
[Xperia SP General] ohmygel:
+1
[Xperia SP General] greek_assassin:
+1

if i helped you press the thanks bytton
[Xperia SP General] tomxii:
Ok any news on the 12.1.a.1.205 update? In the previous pages of this thread it was written last of may or beginning/mid of june. Do you guys know exactly when it will be released.

It is suppose to be a Bug fixing update which finally fixes flickering issue and bravia engine. What about Performance, RAM management and Auto brightness? :confused:

BTW how are everyone's RAM management? i mean how much do you people have free? Do you guys experience ram when opening and closing applications?
[Xperia SP General] greek_assassin:
With 4-5 apps no root and 201.fw i have 287 mb free ram

IF I HELPED YOU PRESS THE THANKS BYTTON
[Xperia SP General] mick232:
Sometimes it takes ages to open an application, e.g. the contacts or phone app. I compared to my wife's phone - no such problem, even if her phone has less RAM and is from 2012. There is enough RAM available - but for some reason it lags. I believe that this is a problem in the firmware. The phone can be very smooth - but something is preventing it most of the time.
[Xperia SP General] MH-Droid:
My Xperia sp is recently very lagy and sluggish.. It wasent like this before.. I dont know what to do!!
[Xperia SP General] spicx212:
Install cm11 or slimkat :D
[Xperia SP General] |>/\nte:
If you have 4.3 stock jelly bean, try either downgrading to stock 4.1.2, or installing a custom rom.
[Xperia SP General] JetArmstrong:
496MB Free Ram - Disable Google Play Services / Google Play Store/ Google +/ Google Hangouts Google Search/ Google Books/News and Weather/Google Play Games/Google Magazines/Google Maps/Facebook/Gmail/Sociallife/Sony Select+logger/ TalkBack/Wifi based on location

Smoother Scroll - Faster and no lags for me.
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Get iPhone
[Xperia SP General] casouzaj:
Lol. If he dislikes multitasking and wants everything related to Google disabled , then why he chose an Android phone?
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
^ buy this

now... I have all that **** enabled and have no RAM problem, I'm in Stock .201... why? dunno, I just have ONE bug, and that is Wifi range, was better in 4.1 for me at least

For the ones asking about .205, if sony says (dunno when say it btw) early jun, wait until jun 15th, not before

For the ones saying SP will get KK on jul, forget it, that's thanks to the 'leaked' fake image with Xperia T 4.3 on Jul too.... Wait... wait.... and wait...
[Xperia SP General] salamkonaziz:
i did all this things but i have only 200mb Free Ram

its B..Shi..T
[Xperia SP General] neXus PRIME:
Correct your QUOTE

posted by JetArmstrong

Not me
[Xperia SP General] Emma22288:
I had this problem too when i started use my phone. Donno why but after i opened every synced and connected contacts the problem gone. Now it opens both concatcts and phone app simply and fast.

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I think 200 mb free ram is more than enough for an android phone. This is how android managing ram. I dont disabled anything at all. And i still have 100-200 mb free ram most of the time.
[Xperia SP General] JetArmstrong:
Actually I disabled more apps , but these I are the most heavy for my SP.

I dont want Iphone nor Nokia 3310.

I use it for Calls (its a phone you know) , Chrome Browser, Music, reading Mangas ( I use an app for that) , PDFs and also a file manager is a must.

I dont want ****ty games I got PC for that , GPS better than Google's, Themes ... please, widgets?? nope, Live wallpapers -_-, most apps in store are useless/time+battery consuming and ALL THE FUNCTIONS GOOGLE APPS DO YOU CAN USE THE BROWSER.
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
You cant use google in browser when you disable google search in apps.
[Xperia SP General] SeñorWu:
I use SlimKat, and my ram is always around 200~300, with about 140+ third party apps installed, plus 4 widgets onscreen... But with many apps Greenefied, such as IM clients like Line, which I only use occasionally.

Personally, I felt that Chrome was my ram killer using stock ROMs. Not only using Walkman, all music apps had FCs for me while using Chrome on 4.1 and 4.3..and I still have some on SlimKat 4.4 sometimes if I dare to use Chrome while listening to music. So I've switched to Javelin browser.
[Xperia SP General] TheHunk_2:
iv'e tried everything with .201, root, deodex, bugfix flashing nothing really works the os is just a crap, every time iv'e tried i ended up downgrading it to 4.1.2. why can't just sony make it good from the first time i mean look at xperia m dual. its even faster than sp when they are on 4.3.hope that sony does fixes all the bugs of our sp,knowing that this device can beat galaxy s3 in performance. btw my device c5303 running 4.1.2 .254 fastest os for c5303 so far :D
[Xperia SP General] chewlohseng:
Ours came with the weirdest SoC that is not widely used. That's why Sony can't get it right like others. That's also why Sony Mobile 2014 mid-range all runs on identical SoC, all have the same update.
[Xperia SP General] TheHunk_2:
you mean it would have been better if sony used Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait instead of Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragonn Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait??or somthing else like that??:confused:
[Xperia SP General] blackloaders:
but i love this weird phone and its community lol
[Xperia SP General] tauqeerzahir:
bro please link to thread to CM11 for XPERIA MP (Mini pro)
[Xperia SP General] greek_assassin:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2545367

IF I HELPED YOU PRESS THE THANKS BYTTON
[Xperia SP General] TheHunk_2:
nead support guyss look here http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-SP/4-3-4-4-update-for-xperia-sp/td-p/708789
[Xperia SP General] chewlohseng:
The reason why they don't use is because it cannot differentiate the Xperia SP from other devices. Also Adreno 320 won't be inside too.

Same here! XD
[Xperia SP General] jancsessz:
Guys Xperia Sp get Kit Kat or not?

What this news from 4.4.2?

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én C5303-el
[Xperia SP General] mick232:
According to what we know at the moment, the SP will not get KitKat.
[Xperia SP General] UltraWelfare:
No you don't know anything..You just see what other users of the forum post on threads like that

and you keep reposting "no 4.4" BUT sony said they are still experimenting...
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
As DooMLoRD said, sony has no plans to do it for xperia sp [CONFIRMED], I've already contact sony developers(SW Manager[SP]) and he said they no any plans to make it for xperia sp for now.But i believe sony will not give it to our devices with any reason.
[Xperia SP General] mick232:
Dude - nobody knows for sure. Not even Sony, because they can always change their plans, as we have seen already. But the next best thing to knowing is collecting all the pieces of info that are available, and that points to "no 4.4 for the SP".
[Xperia SP General] TheHunk_2:
wow.so you guys saying that the signs are saying no 4.4 for us?

what about those news

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/xperia-sp-...l-get-android-4-3-says-leaked-roadmap-1448800

And can anyone confirm to me that the pic that the sites are saying it is a leaked news from sony india is true of fake?
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Picture is fake. Xperia T already got 4.3 and some other flawss.
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
fake
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
wow...we have heard those things so many time..to clear the things

1. the update schedule is fake

2.Doomlord said on April-May that sony isn't working on any 4.4 firmware but that doesn't mean that they don't test it now

3. Sony posted here http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/05...ia-z-xperia-zl-xperia-zr-and-xperia-tablet-z/ that they will be back on July with news.

4. we don't know and we will never learn about the update until sony post news for it

And for 4.3, expect the new firmware(.205) on mid-june
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
1.none

2.correct

3. And this july we will get final result from sony, they will release for our devices or not.

4. i hear maybe next week
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
If so they should be editting the support page too with Latest and Final ;)

If this happen I'll be getting a Samsung Galaxy S4 by selling my SP :) I am done with "fake promises"
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
next week is mid-june :P
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
yeah...hahaha:laugh::laugh:

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I Deal with you, but i will buy Xiaomi Mi3 or any devices..
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
[Offtopic] I was considering the LG G2 but I want expandeble Storage because I have like 15 GB music files on my 32GB SD card... [/offtopic]
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
hummmmm....yup same with me:)
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
So... I can get a second hand S4 for aprox 230 euros and I can easy get 120/130 euros for my SP and all its cases :)

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Hi guys I have read a few pages of this thread back to see our beloved history with Sony and its promises.

We have aprox 335 pages of us complaining about a delayed update... (xD)

Should we add an extra 300 with complaining about not getting KitKat? And all end with :"I am selling my device" XD
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
for me, page #243 is the best :p
[Xperia SP General] TheHunk_2:
is it legal to start selling a phone saying it will have 4.4 update and then changing your mind.WTF SONY?:mad:
[Xperia SP General] feromgar:
No, it's not illegal, but it's wrong. They can say that they run into a lot of issues making impossible to implement the update.

Updates aren't guaranteed. It's just the way it is.
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
If you want get latest update..why you don't buy moto g or nexus?:p
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
Or install cm :p
[Xperia SP General] le grande magnetto:
I have an idea for sequential thread "what device should I buy after selling my SP" :laugh:
[Xperia SP General] sanzNya:
I did it. And 4.4.3 running awsome on my xsp.
[Xperia SP General] syamman93:
how to swap memory card in cm11?

I was used cm11 nightlies version from the first official out. everything work good for me. but one question. please teach me how to swap sdcard1 to sdcard0 cause i was seach in so many thread but there was not function at all. ;)
[Xperia SP General] sanzNya:
Afaik swapping isnt supported yet. Just wait for that.
[Xperia SP General] tomxii:
Ya really we all should have bought something else (¬_¬)

This is my last Sony phone thats for sure. Even if i had bought a Z or sth else (if i had the money) I would have been stuck with a Buggy Kitkat version... So whats the point (¬________¬)

So next week? ya if this update doesnt cut it um definitely gonna go sell this phone. What luck (；一_一)
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Yes obviously pc companion is the first place where the update come.i think it takes time for the update to reach the update centre app
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
but if you still do not get the upgrade, I explode with rage ..:(
[Xperia SP General] saif1012:
Me too! Waited too much! :( can't take this anymore! Sony is trying to play games with us I guess'!
[Xperia SP General] sabertooth777:
Guys...hope you know sony engineers follow this thread and forum and they try to water our mouths by keeping us waiting...

We know we will get update today so lets keep it down..lets not give em chance to play us.
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
will be updated today?

I see you're inside or:rolleyes:
[Xperia SP General] saif1012:
[MENTION=4940840]qamu74[/MENTION] seems like you're gonna be online until the update rolls out! :D

Don't say thanks, hit thanks! :)
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
:laugh:
[Xperia SP General] Robbie5:
Sony, where dafuq are my updates ?
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
We all are online here waiting desperately for the update..as if a competetion goin on who gets the update first:P
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
so true:good:
[Xperia SP General] sabertooth777:
Guys....

I have a friend working on software development team in Sony...got an update that update will be released after 11 or most probably after 3PM IST.

This is the update he got from Sony Onsite to him....he is very difficult to catch but someone how got this info...

And believe me guys....sony team is just laughing at us checking these comments :P
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Wish this should come true..and for the fact even we are going to laugh at our comments after the update releases...:P
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
They laugh with Sony

Let them laugh, we look forward to the update!:D
[Xperia SP General] sabertooth777:
In preparing cluster servers for pushing the update.....

but tell me guys...everyone here think there will be major change\improvements that we are waiting for the update so desperately.

Just for noobies here...lets just put the pro's and cons of the update that we are expecting comparing with the one we are using now...

Anyone please share quick views!
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Should we make a group on whatsapp to discuss?:P
[Xperia SP General] saif1012:
I guess we should! :P

Don't say thanks, hit thanks! :)
[Xperia SP General] Prm593:
then lets get this discussion on hangouts !
[Xperia SP General] dipesh1502:
Pm me your numbers i will make
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
How excellent Indian guy is here:o
[Xperia SP General] chewlohseng:
Sell and get cheap Sam**** with laggy software and never get software updates forever then. And I'm going to see how you react.

Goodbye, don't want to see you again!
[Xperia SP General] tomxii:
Ok so a Samsung s4 is laggy. I honestly didn't knw. Well than I'll switch to a LG Nexus 5. But gonna have to buy second hand though. And really what's the point sticking with the Sp? I mean it's laggy even with the updates. Face it Sony didn't make a proper update till now due to its weird hardware. If you think I'm the only 1 complaining you are dead wrong. But if Sony really pulls out with a good update next week or later I'll definitely change my opinion XD

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Edit: xperia sp's hardware is pretty good though. Otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. It gets pretty good benchmark scores. I really hope Sony makes a proper update for its unique hardware.
[Xperia SP General] cabicak:
any new news obout kit kat, are we getting that update?
[Xperia SP General] pranavthombare:
just give us a kitkat update, buggy or not , atleast we can have the kernel and use it for making roms for LBL:p

I think sony is waiting for google i/o .maybe, but if it comes, we should not complain for the bugs :p they gave us what we wanted and then later devs here can fix them
[Xperia SP General] tomxii:
Ya if they do it will show that they are at least faithful. People are signing petitions, requesting. Etc. The thing is I would really prefer a good working and fluid version of the 4.3 first than move on to the kitkat. But you knw what's the sad thing. The senior members and also recognized developer of this site have contacted Sony devs and they said they don't have any plans for updating XSP to kitkat AT THE MOMENT. Maybe later in July hopefully.
[Xperia SP General] alexmolhi:
Kit Kat oficiall confirmation

Hi, this man post this screenshot in the facebook's comunnity of Xperia SP

Amazing news!!! kit kat is confirmed for July officialy!!!!

Sorry, i can't post the screenshot, i am a new user

Sorry for bad english

MAIL:

upport Sign up Software Update

Dear Mohamed,

Thank you for contacting the Sony Xperia support centre.

In regards to your query about when KitKat 4.4 will be released for the Xperia SP, please find the below:

Kindly note that KitKat 4.4 update will be available for Xperia SP within July-2014.

For the latest news, information and product support please visit

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Please be aware that should you not respond within 5 days of this email your query will be automatically closed. Any further communications will not reach our support and a new query will need to be raised.

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[Xperia SP General] Amotefaena:
RLY??

Is this true??? too many fakes have been before, i don't know if believe you man. I hope Sony will bring us a KK without bugs (Too much for Sony hahaha)
[Xperia SP General] Styxyn:
Do you have the link of the message ? Why does the copyright mention 2012 in the message ?
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
You can upload image using the forum tool, in the Atach Files below Additional Options below the message box in the reply page xD
[Xperia SP General] Hadrien2014:
Hello,

Sorry for my english, i'm french.

Here the capture of mail from Xperia Care.

Do you think it's a fake ?

Hadrien.
[Xperia SP General] TheHunk_2:
can anyone confirm about this massage true or fake!!!!:confused:
[Xperia SP General] noahvt:
It looks legit but you never know man...
[Xperia SP General] feromgar:
It does look legit but we should know by now how people in costumer service don't have any idea about updates. This is true for any company not just Sony.
[Xperia SP General] tomxii:
Exactly right? Something feels a bit Off LOL.
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
That email is true, but we need from sony official. I think maybe them make mistakes for this email.
[Xperia SP General] JetArmstrong:
Copyright © 2012 Sony Mobile Communications AB. All rights reserved

I think its fake cause in the support page it says"Copyright © 2011-2014 Sony Mobile Communications AB. All rights reserved."
[Xperia SP General] lee480:
Information from Sony forum reps, support chat, email staff and Facebook pages are one of the most unreliable sources for information regarding Android updates. Just ask the old guards (Xperia S era) and you'll know.

I think it's time to resign to the fact that Android 4.3 will be the last update for Xperia SP.
[Xperia SP General] samarth05:
99℅ this news is a fake.. Don't actually believe on this support members or the customer care of Sony , they always give false news.
[Xperia SP General] tomxii:
Ya i was thinking that aswell plus isnt it a bit weird only junior members with 1 or 2 posts are posting this? i foundd that really weird :confused:

Ya i have no problem if they provide a good fluid/fast version of the 4.3 where bravia engine works properly aswell XD
[Xperia SP General] greek_assassin:
?????

If i helped you press the thanks button;)
[Xperia SP General] antkalaitzakis96:
YAY, roll out begins :D
[Xperia SP General] JetArmstrong:
.205 Starts to rolling out

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