yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] LinearEquation:
I'm not doubting wug's toolkit. He obviously does a great job with it. I was new once too and I know once I discovered how easy it was to use commands it was like a new world. No more waiting on scripts and hoping tool kits would be updated, etc. Everyone has to learn and so I always offer fastboot options. There is also something to be said about working and earning your way to a mod versus a quick one click. My opinion, and you know what they say about opinions :good:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Richieboy67:
Yes, I agree in some ways but not everyone wants to mess around all the time. Some people just want to take care of it and forget about it.

Personally I work with php,html,mysql and I also have to use ssh commands every day. When doing something simple such as a rom change I just prefer to open the toolkit and not worry about commands.

I agree if you plan on getting deeply into it then it would be best to learn everything and not reply on the toolkits.

Just my opinion though and I was talking about someone who may be doing this for the first time. Commands and the instructions can be very confusing when doing any of this for the first time.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] LinearEquation:
Relying on a toolkit can be disastrous because not all toolkits are alike and I have seen some brick devices. You don't have to want to get "deep" into Android to learn a little something. Some want a quick fix with no understanding of what they're doing do and others want to learn what's going on. There are many tablets that can only be restored with fastboot commands because no toolkit exists.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
While not disastrous, I kind of know what you mean, I started with Wug's (and it is a great toolkit), but once I flashed my own kernel (I used francos app to autoflash so did not have to use recovery or fastboot), I did not realize that by using Wug's a week later that it would flash over that kernel to run those commands and NOT replace francos (I found I was back on stock), lucky by then I had learned enough to recover and no damage was done, but it does point out that my reliance had caused me more work and a bit of worry in the long run.

Still Wug's NRT is a great toolkit...but it should be used as a tool, not a replacement for knowing what to do without it.
[Xperia SP General] miku6r:
Hi, let's write in comments bugs and non working functions and maybe we could write email to Sony with a list of it

Bugs /non working functions :

- Led with music

- Led in album

- My picture in Messages

- Application name when uninstalling
[Xperia SP General] asish2006:
Both are working for me
[Xperia SP General] miku6r:
Yes, they are working but not normally. For example in album led has one color for a while but later it changes to other

And try set volume on 100% and than open Walkman and play music. For me it's not pulsing and not synchronised with music

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[Xperia SP General] Cloud1989:
Flash the Central European ftf in the general thread, no bugs whatsoever on that rom as everything works normal, way better than the Australian rom
[Xperia SP General] miku6r:
I have the Polish version, updated with SUS. Don't you have bad layout (application name) when uninstalling something?

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[Xperia SP General] Cloud1989:
When uninstalling stuff there's a line going straight through the apps name yes, but that's a known bug on other xperia 4.3 roms as iv seen it on my mates phone, but everything else like the volume bar and music player etc works just fine
[Xperia SP General] ongkhel:
my picture in message won't appear
[Xperia SP General] miku6r:
I've just checked this and yes if You set a photo for yourself in Contacts app, in Message is default picture

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[Xperia SP General] alone_in_dark:
Bugs i have found so far...

1. album led has one color for a while but later it changes to

other...

2. while volume is set to more thsn 50%-80%,music beat light is not pulsing and not synchronised with music... it just stays on..

3. can't search song on walkman app

4. no BE2 or xreality as there is no file in system/etc for that

5. led stays on while you are talking on phone,though the display is off

6. pictures taken with AR effects has blurry background like it was on 4.1.... but on xperia z with 4.3,it has no such problem

7. if u set white balance and restart device,it gets back to default value...

can someone confirm those bugs r not present in CE version.. plz check and then report... not without checking...
[Xperia SP General] kyu0911:
I do confirm the bugs that you listed here:

2.) Although in my case, when the volume is 25% and below, the LED does its job. Above 25%, it isn't pulsating anymore.

5.) This bug doesn't bother me for a moment, but when I'm having a long call, it consumes a pretty amount of my battery.

***Additional bug: I have no image in the Messaging app, even though I already assigned an image in my Contacts.

Aside from the bugs that I've mentioned, everything works fine. BTW, I've updated my SP via PCC, PH.
[Xperia SP General] miku6r:
I'm contacting now with Sony Mobile by email so I will send them list o bugs

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[Xperia SP General] igorass91:
Try to instal this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2563086 it's walkman in ver 8..... there's working search feature

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[Xperia SP General] NestorC:
I can confirm about pic in Messages, led not pulsing in 100%, and I found that when my screen goes to low light after couple of sec, when I touch it its gradually increasing bright until the normal %, not in a sec, like by steps, have this one too ?
[Xperia SP General] smogf:
Heh. Is there a official update avaiable in Poland?

And yes. A progress bar is too high.
[Xperia SP General] kuriboo:
for BE2 not working try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2569759&nocache=1

it will replace BE2 to X-Reality
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
Dont forget bugs of volume rocker...on custom theme
[Xperia SP General] Danny_f55:
Even with the default theme, on walkman it apeares a grey retangular
[Xperia SP General] kimikim0:
xposed framework dont work with me :(
[Xperia SP General] Levered:
1. AR effect get blur background because our camera get blur when take the picture...maybe this problem of hardware..i dont like xsp camera since 4.1.2..:(

2. [MENTION=4292297]kimikim0[/MENTION] Xposed framework works you can used this apk by niaboc79 >>> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2603873
[Xperia SP General] qamu74:
Play Store sometimes it works, sometimes it does not ....
[Xperia SP General] D-SHEL:
1. Yep, but maybe latest Album update fix it?

2. I think this is a bug of theme developers, not Sony (don't know 100%).

3. Just better than 4.1.2...

4. Just better than 4.1.2...

5. Same or better than 4.1.2...

6. YES! Major bug!

7. Yes

And a bit more bugs... Let's go!

8. Broken phone layout (Screenshot in attach)

9. LED illumination bar doesn't go off when the phone held close to the head. Always ON while talking :( Major bug, I think.

Thanks!
[Xperia SP General] repsoldiesel:
Stock calendar still can't get birthdays, added in local contact list.
[Xperia SP General] ShotingCox:
Had the same problem and solved it this way: I wanted to have the facebook birthdays on my phone, but it was impossible to get them on my phone contacts, so I got the birthdays on my google calendar.

Step by Step:

1. On Facebook press on the event link on the left side below of your profile picture.

2. On the right upper corner there is a settings button

3. Press export

4. Choose birthdays in the long text with the 2 links (or events, if you want to sync them)

5. On the next window you select as an app to open the link your browser

6. It will open a new tab with a link pasted in it

7. go to your google calendar

8. On the bottom left you press the little arrow next to "new calendars" (or sth like that)

9. Select the option to create new calendars over an URL

10. Paste the link in the next window

11.???

12. Profit!

;)
[Xperia SP General] alirashidi1373:
This update really f***ed my SP

I am angry up to death

I gotta get back to 4.1.2

I just want u guys a middle east xperia sp 4.1.2 link

I beg u,Please help :'(
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
See my tutorial about flashing with flashtool (see signature)
[Xperia SP General] QBerto:
Nope, can't be added, we need to unlock to play music (miss Walkman button of ancient walkman phones xD)

And yeah, camera sucks, but in manual mode u can change scene, EV, ilumination, ISO, etc, so u can easily get better photos than auto xD

Messaging and contacts, ur photo is missing, (╯°□°）╯︵ ʎuos

Another thing that actually hate, is the 'swipe up or down to unlock' at lockscreen xD
[Xperia SP General] jucachaves:
I've just downloaded Livestream for the first time and tried to watch a live event. My screen started to flicker until it hang and I had to hard reset it by pushing a little button on the back.

Did something similar already happened to anyone else?
[Xperia SP General] repsoldiesel:
Thanks, but i want to export birthdays, added in my phone contact list(not facebook ones) to phone calendar. I tried to sync my phonebook with gmail acc and i can see birthdays there, but not in phone calendar, even with all sync options in the phone turned on.
[Xperia SP General] NestorC:
Hi guys, i have bugs and delays, often "not responding" for all kind of programs, what is better to do, factory reset or repair with pcc ? Tnx
[Xperia SP General] mrjazzit:
For me 4.3 works great. ram is managed so far better than 4.1, no more launcher refresh or apps crashing, all is smooth now. battery life is quite the same (at night much better only 5% drain), wifi works without disconnection. dunno if the album update fix BE, don't care of those saturated colors. and i dont need led for music. in general the update is worth to install, benefit and new features are more than bugs (for my use is almost perfect). Stock Generic ITA
[Xperia SP General] roti86:
Hi,

I was facing with the same problem on 4.3. To be honest you can not do too much (it remained the same after re-install and factory reset), just revert back to 4.1. I am waiting for the updated 4.3 from Sony
[Xperia SP General] @non4:
Easy, just delete bloatware, problem solved

Sent while my supervisor wasn't looking
[Xperia SP General] Kianush:
what is this bloatware?

people keep saying "delete bloatware" and no one tells me how to do it!!!
[Xperia SP General] HerrDeacon:
After installing the 4.3 update earlier this week my phone was awesome, very smooth and responsive, I loved it. However, later that day I got another update for the Album app. Ever since installing that, my phone has been horrible; very slow, unresponsive and extremely laggy. I don't even use that many large apps, just use the phone for music and texting. If I get a new text, it takes 20-30 seconds before I can even see who its from.

The lockscreen is so slow I sometimes don't even see the unlocking animation, and after it unlocks I have to look at a black screen for a few seconds. 4.1 was never like this.

I'm not usually one for complaining about stuff like this, but it is a very strange 'update'. My wife has the same phone and I'm not even going to bother updating hers.
[Xperia SP General] ashis.kyal:
Bloatware are the extra apps installed in the phone by the manufacturer during the factory production and generally we don't need those app so we should delete those app to make free space in phone and free up some memory and ram also.

Example of Bloatware are Facebook, LinkedIn, Sony Music, video, few other apps
[Xperia SP General] Rasik199:
Camera seems to be ****yer then before any solution for that?
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
No problems here with the camera :)
[Xperia SP General] Sanjay rao:
Plz help,how to root xp sp 5302 Indian user,m lock bootloader,i don't want to ub.
[Xperia SP General] Rasik199:
Mine the pictures turn out to be whitish. And having problems focusing..... Are u using the Indian ftf?
[Xperia SP General] ashis.kyal:
Battery is not at all satisfactory after 4.3 update.

In 4.1.2 the whole night battery drain was around 2% maximum without any app or data on but in 4.3 its much more, its around 7-8% means per hour 1% which is not good

Sent from Sony Xperia SP :)
[Xperia SP General] rajkumar85:
no option for take screenshot?

Hi after update, there is no option for take screenshot in power menu. It only shows power off and airplane mode. Is this a bug or this option removed by sony? Also there is a problem in file manager.it doesnot copying files from xternal usb disk when i connected through otg cable. Anyone face this?
[Xperia SP General] ashis.kyal:
Screen shot can be taken by pressing volume down and power key together for few seconds

Sent from Sony Xperia SP :)

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I don't think that any metheod is there

Sent from Sony Xperia SP :)
[Xperia SP General] orangpelupa:
Music LED bug fix

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2662820

remember, the .sh file is created for Existenz rom. For any other rom, please use script manager.
[Xperia SP General] themacboy:
What about screen capture. I can't find the option in version 4.3 spanish edition.

Enviat des del meu C5303 usant Tapatalk
[Xperia SP General] casouzaj:
While your phone is active (i.e. the screen is lit up), press and hold both the power and vol- buttons at the same time, until you see an animation of a screen capture being made. Hope it works for you.
[Xperia SP General] ongkhel:
volume down + power button
[Xperia SP General] bartmw:
I found some problems with bluetooth. I'm using smartwach, bluetooth speaker and headphones. Since new update smartwach disconnect very frequently but no chance to listen through speaker. It's ok when screen on but when goes off sound stutter, pauses.

And Walkman is sloooooow.
[Xperia SP General] Draqula:
Anybody else has the problem that sometimes when you answer a call it goes to loudspeaker automatically?

It's quite disturbing. Someone suggested disabling glove mode but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
[Xperia SP General] juliomb179:
I have the same problem, although it has only happened to me 2 times, I hope Sony fix with the next firmware
[Xperia SP General] ashis.kyal:
I am also having this same problem and it's too irritating

Sent from Sony Xperia SP :)
[Xperia SP General] HerrDeacon:
Yes, it happened on my last call, very strange. If it happens again, is there a button or anything to make it go back to the regular setting? I couldn't see anything.
[Xperia SP General] ashis.kyal:
No option other than wait for the bug fix

Sent from Sony Xperia SP :)
[Xperia SP General] sco0ter:
Not got the. 266 upgrade yet but my phone has recently stated doing this (still on the 4.1.2 stock) it started after I switched on loudspeaker when in car. It lasted four sound 4 phones then stopped so not just a 4.3 bug
[Xperia SP General] cyapalmpos:
Only problem I'm experiencing is the WiFi/BT one. Can't use em both at the same time. WiFi works great, if BT is off.

Suck
[Xperia SP General] danielmag:
So I don't know if it's a 4.3 bug or what it but when o plug my charger (the original one) the led turn red and orange or green and orange. First I thought it was because the battery was at 40*C but second time it was cooler but the same happened. Any ideas why? Thanks :)
[Xperia SP General] Nanostray:
This happens during charger? Because the led will change from orange to green when charged to >90%

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Same here, but on 4.1.2
[Xperia SP General] danielmag:
I know about that. But it happens when the charger is plugged. And it blinks as I said. (one day it blink from green ți orange and next day from red to orange). Hope you understand, I have a bad English :(
[Xperia SP General] AudioAw2-12:
Having used 4.3 for two weeks, hope Sony fixes these bugs in next update.

Performance / Heating: Something seems to be eating up CPU cycles, causing a lot of heat when screen is on, and apps to start stuttering/force close. Lots of cached processes, lowering available ram to 300-200 MB free.

Installing apps practically stops the phone from responding, and uninstalling apps freezes the system for 5-10 seconds.

Launcher redraw still persist.

Incoming Call: Speakerphone automatically turns on when accepting incoming calls. This bug has been found on 4.1.2.

LED Illumination: Not turning on sometimes when charging offline.

Not pulsing to the beat of music above 50% volume.

Illuminates during a phone call and doesn't turn off.

Music: Album art from music stored on "SD Card" not reading correctly and becomes pixelated. No problems if stored on internal storage. This never happened on 4.1.2 so I'm assuming my memory card is working properly.

Music Unlimited content not showing in walkman for some firmwares.

Using the controls on the included headset (double click to skip song, triple click to playback) doesn't work properly in 4.3.

Camera: Degraded image quality, overly aggressive noise reduction.

Deleting a image saved to SD Card causes the mini previews in camera viewfinder to show a corrupted icon.

Viewfinder preview shows accurate white balance, but the color from actual image is off.

Bravia Engine not working.

Messaging: Messages not showing profile picture sent by you.

Display: Saved white balance setting resets upon reboot. NFC Icon not showing on some versions of firmware.

Daydream not working on some firmwares.

Glove mode activation overly sensitive compared to 4.1.2

Battery: Stamina mode battery estimate very inaccurate compared to 4.1.2

Keyboard: Takes two setup with keyboard personalization to get rid of that magic wand icon.

Auto Sync: Seems to get errors for certain apps like Gmail and Google+, notifications arrives very late compared to my other devices.

Calculator buttons are ugly...
[Xperia SP General] Nanostray:
Firstly, you didn't mention blinking, just turning on. As for the problem, I can't think of anything that causes your phone to start blinking except for incoming notifications
[Xperia SP General] bero1608:
Developer Options

I saw some people who can't find developer options. Here's guide: Settings>About Phone>Build Number - Click on this 7 times, message will pop up "You are now developer", go back to settings and you will see Developer Options :)
[Xperia SP General] Gamer R:
Well, I have noticed yet a another bug related to Sound Enhancement

So, the next time when you plug in your headphones/headset/earphones , open Walkman play a song and select Repeat 1 with ClearAudio+ unselected. Now whenever the song repeats for the first time, you'll be able feel that the sound generated just got boosted with deeper bass and loudness (depending on your Equalizer settings). Once the song is over and goes for another spin, the sound enhancements decent seem to be working. And now at 4th time when the song is playing, the sound enhancement kicks in and produce better sound.

My point is there is a problem with Sound Enhancement in Walkman. Even after updating Walkman to version 8 , the problem still persist.
[Xperia SP General] mrjraider:
Well that's weird I tried to reproduce your bug and mine is working just fine. Only diffrence is that I dont use the ClearAudio+ setting just my own.
[Xperia SP General] LocaMobile:
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[Xperia SP General] mrhnet:
I use an app called Velis Auto Brightness. Can setup brightness for every point in light sensor value...

Awesome app! Can use it until the auto brightness bug get fixed.
[Xperia SP General] mrhnet:
Ver 4.3 generally improves 3d game performance, but I saw a glitch in Ravensword2 where transparent map is seen cropped.

In 4.1.2 (larger map):

In 4.3 (map cropped):

Same game apk used in both.. Small 3d graphic bug??

Generally in 4.3, games run much better.. Asphalt 8 used to crash sometimes with max graphics setting in 4.1.2, but no more crashes in 4.3! No stuttering at all. Graphic benchmarks also seem slightly better with 4.3.
[Xperia SP General] parisstc:
I am working at a company where we got as company phones xperia SPs

All the people who have upgraded to 4.3 (all that I've asked used OTA upgrade btw) experience random freezing. The freezing is reproducible when you install an application from google play and very often when opening a new tab in chrome browser.

Personally I tried factory reset and also disabled facebook/sony select/social life/foursquare and other uber useless s**t but still get random crashes

In the company not everyone has the same operator so the problem cannot be related to bad SIM cards for example

The people who ignored the update to 4.3 do not have these issues..

The camera is still crap btw, the problem is that it compresses the images to an unacceptable small size which results in very bad quality.

You need to install procapture to get decent quality photos

Most of us who made the mistake to update to 4.3 hope that a new release will come out soon to provide fixes, if not we will either downgrade or use custom roms..
[Xperia SP General] korenisko:
I havent any from you mentioned bugs, no freeze after app install, no reboot, pure nothing.

After upgrade to android 4.3 a did factory reset, wipe user data and then update via pc companion, then after update factory reset, wipe again. And all working perfectly, without bugs... Stability, performance - no problem...
[Xperia SP General] ashis.kyal:
Many a time the power button doesn't work for turning off the phone

Sent from Sony Xperia SP :)
[Xperia SP General] vpsj:
Is it worth it?

So now India also gets 4.3 .. I can see it in my PCC, I just haven't updated my phone yet.

Before I update, I want to ask what are the pros and cons of 4.3 over 4.1 ?

I'm asking specifically about the Indian firmware (Those of you who have updated their phone please do reply)

I'm currently using 4.1 and I have absolutely no real bugs/problems in my phone. The phone is smooth, the battery lasts more than 2 days, apps work properly, etc. The only issue I have is that the touch doesn't work when I charge it via my Laptop, but apparently this issue is still unsolved. So I want to ask if it's worth to upgrade to 4.3? Are the new features better ? Will I get more battery (because I've read some people saying their phone got hot and drained quickly in 4.3) ..

Do reply please.. waiting.. Thank you.. :)
[Xperia SP General] mrhnet:
I see this part keeps on rolling in logcat..

" W/qdhwcomposer(415): Excessive delay reading vsync: took 83 ms"..

No idea what it means.. Sometimes it says >200ms. Just wondering what is this "delay" :confused:
[Xperia SP General] :
Mine is the N.A. C5306 which I caught a few bugs with 4.3 stock. The charging logo would disappear when the phone was switched off. The audio would be totally gone after I unplugged the headphone and must be rebooted. Live wallpaper didn't work with lock screen. There is no way to root mine too since the bootloader is locked. Eventually I tracked down the generic US 12.0.A.2.245 (the last 4.1.2 fw), flash it back and root, problems solved. Standby power consumption are about the same from what I can tell, about 10% every 24hrs with wifi auto on/off, and both are much better than the 12.1.A.0.266 that I had. The battery did shoot up to 34C however with 245 after hours of downloading and reconfiguring. Not sure if it's considered high but it does drop down to 19C at idle. The interface of 4.3 is a little nicer and I didn't feel it was slow, but it's too buggy to bother. Waste a whole day tracking down everything and flash it back to 4.1.2, just not worth it. Will probably stick with it for good.
[Xperia SP General] headache59:
I concur on the bugs and the nicer interface of 4.3 - but 4.1.2 looks much nicer with 3rd party launcher/theme while eschewing 4.3's bugs. Additional layer, yes, but I can't see any negative effect on the speed (but I prefer stock theme and xperia home - what is Sony without its 'patent' theme :D ).