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[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
So far a refresh has fixed all bugs. I will update bug status as and when they appear
[Xperia Z1 General] Aegethir:
What do you mean, refresh? Restart of the phone, or a factory reset after the update?
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
Sorry typo reflash... Im busy restoring all data and trying to let others know of potential fixes lol

My bad
[Xperia Z1 General] Aegethir:
[MENTION=4947152]AndroidDan[/MENTION]

Ok, so it goes like this: update to 4.4.2, then factory reset phone and reinstall everything in order to get as few bugs as possible?
[Xperia Z1 General] shteren:
ahhh my old Nokia N8 that was a shooter!! at least the Z1 ain't worst... but it's defenetly not a huge step forward...

anyhow i had the low sound problem too... i went into sound settings made sure everything was on maximum, not all the volumes were...

and after a while the volume just went back to be like it was on 4.3 can't explain it... now my facebook and whatspp sounds are strong...
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
Ive factory reset then updated to 4.4.2 then factory reset again then installed my 5 apps that I have and allowing deezer to sync my music and so far ita fixed all issue
[Xperia Z1 General] Aegethir:
[MENTION=4947152]AndroidDan[/MENTION]

Thanks, I will follow the same steps then, if it is working for you.

Can you tell me anything on battery drain, is it there or no?
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
As ive used at heavily atm its drained but I forgot to full charge it so I will let you know tomorrow what the battery use is like im not guaranteeing that it is a fix
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
you people need to understand what is going on here

If you have 3rd party apps such as quickpic mxplayer poweramp and you keep your media files on ext sd card including music photos and video then you have been shafted big time by this memory restriction, I have paid for the apps that I want to use and I bought an ext sd card to store my media files, this is no longer an option - trust me it isn't

what on earth was google thinking about when they did this - my phone is now virtually unusable as I would like to use it with the apps that I chose to use

very rarely would I be critical of an update but this one is gone as soon as I can find an ftf to flash 4.3 or someone finds a way to root KK without jumping through hoops

google have unfortunately pissed off a lot of customers and they really need to address this issue

I took a few photos tonite with my phone and the battery started to drain because applications were trying to access the memory and couldn't, media server drained my battery

google you really ****ed up here - shame on you

****ing angry angry angry

PS and reseting your phone will not fix this - 3rd party apps will not work as intended, my phone was ok for a few hours until I started to us the apps then media server went crazy and drained my battery fast as they tried to access the memory without success

also another problem not related to google is that the brightness of my phone goes up and down randomly - purely a sony issue but equally anoying
[Xperia Z1 General] MisfirGeek:
Look like if Smart call is ported : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2667184

I can't test... Only rooted devices... :crying:
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Used 4.4 for about 30 hours now. Here's my final 'review'.

It's great. I have no problems at all from the update. Battery life has stabilized and is back to what I got in JB, maybe even a bit better (too early to tell though). Battery is definitely NOT worse for me. I was worried at first that KK would be a battery hog but it no longer is.

Very smooth, still no lags or stutters. I don't get any lag in the homescreen like others have reported.

Love love love the calendar with the weather forecast.

The camera works great. A bit better than 4.3 in pretty much every way. Focusing is a lot faster. Still room for improvement though.

No overheating problems, no speaker problems. In fact i feel speaker sounds a bit better. Louder and clearer.

Protip for notification bar: If you press and hold the right side of the bar until it starts coming down, it goes straight to quick settings :). That saves me some time and a button press.

Overall very happy with the update. 9/10.
[Xperia Z1 General] Aegethir:
[MENTION=3721363]kantk20111[/MENTION]

Thanks for sharing the info with us. Any tips on how you updated phone, the steps you took? Because if everything seems to be all right, we should do the same to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
[Xperia Z1 General] timmyja:
I have no SD card restrictions u need to buy these apps and update to d latest.all my videos and music or on my SD card and I still do as I use to on 4.3.some apps I use include MX player and power amp.

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Just went and tried my explore and I am unable to move files from 1 folder to d next on my SDcard so it does seem that there r some restrictions sorry,but all my media files r on my SD card and they still get recognise by my power amp and MX player I can even delete files using these apps
[Xperia Z1 General] transitcheck:
I updated my phone to 4.4.2 from 4.3 last night. Almost 24 hours I'm on KitKat. I also factory reset it last saturday with backup via SUC. So I didn't reset it again before update .

Firstly my device works much more smoother. Touch screen is more sensitive. Phone is more responsive. I liked the new User Interface(UI). I never had a problem with camera before. Maybe I'm not a heavy user of camera but when I used, I've never encountered any problem until 4.3. I can say camera is way more smoother than before. You basically feel it.

I wont complain about minor details such as full black notification bar. If you don't like it, use a launcher or root your phone. You can't make everyone happy at the same time. I don't know how people get so many bugs in every update. There is always stuff I don't like or disappointed but bugs? No. The only bug I see in kitkat is Lock Screen Music Player. When you skip next song and then skip back the previous song that's what happens: song changes but music information on the display is from the next song.

I can't say much about battery life before I use it at least 15 days but I don't see any battery draining. But I had a overheating problem causing battery draining up to one week ago. The phone was literally burning and outrun the battery charger when I use some applications. I decided it's not a problem related to phone but background conflict and factory reset my phone. I backed it up then reinstalled everything I used. Voila! After Kitkat I see less heating problem no overheating so far.

I am finally happy to be able to see and use real emoticons! It was really a shame when iphone users having all the fun and android users left with black droids making faces. Now we have it! You can find all emoticons on your keyboard settings.

there is one thing I really hate about KitKat! I don't want to confirm the prompt whenever I turn off GPS! What the hell did you think? It happened when we updated from ginderbread to Ice Cream Sandwich. When I want to turn on my gps, I want it now! That's really really bad.

So pros and cons:

Pros: Smoother touch screen, more responsive interface and apps, better camera with more options, less heating, Emoticons!, In Case of Emergency option, relatively better notification bar and quick settings,

Cons: GPS Enable prompt !!!!!

Dissappointments: Tap to unlock feature
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Yeah sure.

I was on JB Monx's ROM, rooted. I have a locked bootloader.

I first flashed a stock 4.2.2 ROM 14.1.G.2.257. Then I used VRoot to get root.

Then, I installed this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572988

Then, I installed this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2628185

I installed Monx's Stock JB ROM after that but that was just my preference, it's not required to do that to get KK.

Finally, I installed this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2687443

The instructions are pretty straightforward in the threads. The most important part of the process is to ensure that you do a FACTORY WIPE before installing KK. That is imperative.

I had huge battery drain and the phone ran hot at the beginning right after I installed KK, but it got a lot better as time went on and now it's fine.

I hope this helped!
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
Put it blunt after first flash I was like experiencing speaker bug and thought I got thos because I didnt factory reset before... (ive always factory before and after... Just force of habit) and I re flashed 4.4 factory reset before and after and now well fine.. I know I might(most likely) not need the reset after but I want it as clean as I can get without root and on a locked bootloader... One day I will root and unlock but z1 ain't year old yet I dont need root apps as the apps I got do everything I need at the moment so im happy with z1... Just would prefer some apps hidden on apo drawer... On standard launcher lol not custom
[Xperia Z1 General] thegios:
The gps problem is even worst.

On JB I could choose to have 3g/wifi localization on or off always by going into localization setting, and then enable or disable gps with a click on the button in the notification area.

On KK now in the localization settings you can choosw to turn localization on/ofg and you can choose 3 modes: 3g/wifi/gps, 3g/wifi only, gps only. The button in the notification area is now controlling the whole notification on/off but it ignores the chosen mode. If the button is off, when you turn it on, regardless of the localization mode chosen in the settings, you are prompted with a question and two button (Allow, Deny... or something simolar, dont remember): if you chose Allow the 3g/widi/gps mode will be anebled, even if you had chosen 3g/wigi mode in the localization settings; if you choose Deny gps only will be enabled. This means that if you want to normally keep 3g/wifi only enabled, you have to go into localization settings and select it there, and you will notice that in the notification area the button is enabled, with no clue of which method is selected; if now you want to use maps with gps, you have two options: go into localization settings and change mode, or turn of the butron then on again and choose Allow to keep also 3g/wifi of Deny to enable gps only; whatever you choose, if now you wnat to turn off gps and enable 3g/wifi only, your only option is to go into the localization setting, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO CONGROL GPS ALONE!!!!

Tegarding upgrade, I had 4.2.2 stock ITALIAN unbranded not rooted before, I simply flashed the Commercial&Journalist with flashtool witouth clearing cache, and is working fine.
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
Sorry friend but you HAVE them, this is not a bug is a feature of kit kat and everyone has them

Sd card restrictions don't mean that sd card is useless

You just don't use the sd card the same way he does so you don't notice
[Xperia Z1 General] Dhaval Bhatt:
how to add a second widget on lockscreen?
[Xperia Z1 General] thegios:
you swipe down widget on main lockscreen and then swipe left
[Xperia Z1 General] reaperlinkz:
I have a issue with openvpn settings on 4.4 cyanogemod 11 it connects fine but after it does I loose my connection any idea why?
[Xperia Z1 General] Dhaval Bhatt:
Any suggestions regarding any apps or settings (w/o rooting ) to enhance it?
[Xperia Z1 General] MobileBritain:
On 4.3 when Stamina mode was active (as opposed to switched on) the hands symbol was shown on the status bar.

Now when Stamina mode is switched on you get the + to the right of the battery level regardless of it being active or not.

To be clear when I say active I mean that the battery has dropped below the set threshold, in this case 60%. It doesn't seem to tell you it's now active.

I liked the way it worked previously.
[Xperia Z1 General] RHBH:
For those having problems with camera not focusing/taking pictures: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51275597&postcount=81
[Xperia Z1 General] Chirag22ster:
It does work. But its frustrating u have to keep pausing n playing. Today I also realized that even the alarm sound cones through.microphone speaker. I was wondering why the alarm couldn't wake me up yesterday until I observed this pronlem today.
[Xperia Z1 General] sfkaudi:
Sorry the noob questions

But what is V4A????
[Xperia Z1 General] Tizza:
AFAIK, no one has made a mention of WiFi yet.

I've been cautious in coming to this conclusion, but I've had KK for 2.5 days now and I think they've actually fixed the "association rejected" bug. This hassle used to frustrate the hell out of me so much, but I haven't had it happen since updating to KK. No more having to temporarily move the phone a metre or two closer to the wireless router every time it disconnects due to "association rejected." Very happy.
[Xperia Z1 General] SirRobin78:
Tonight i did a wipe after my lockscreen problem with not changing wallpaper.

Ok, this is fine - but in the pictures app, the playmemories online part is gone - picassa, facebook and flickr are still there as before but what is missing?
[Xperia Z1 General] TheTrooper:
The recent calls widget doesn't work when extended from one line to more lines - no calls log. NFC switch from quick settings doesn't work. Im on 4.4.2 genetic BAL.
[Xperia Z1 General] sfkaudi:
Have the same issue. Some one said that's down for a week or so and will be back :D
[Xperia Z1 General] Dr.Alani:
No issues

It appears to me that Z1 owners upgrading through Flashtool are the ones who are having problems.

I have upgraded through PC Companion and I have no issues whatsoever. Not even the said SD card issue. All my apps can access the SD like they used to do and I use File Manager (Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm) and it can easily delete, rename, copy,..etc on the external SD.

I have no issues in the camera, no issues in overall speed. Battery life was very good before the update, and now its excellent.

The last 4.3 update brought some slowness in the sensors like proximity and gyro, but now its gone with 4.4.

The only disappointment I have was not having some of the glamors of apps of Z2.

My phone is C6903 Middle-East unbranded.
[Xperia Z1 General] jlevy73:
Updated using sony bridge and 4.4 has been excellent, far better experience than 4.3. Stock launcher is extremely smooth, notice there is less ram consumption compared to 4.4. Battery life seems a hare worse than 4.3 but it's still excellent comparing to my Nexus 5. Never had any previous touchscreen problems and that continues with this update so all is good there. Haven't really had to test out the camera but will do so tonight. Sounds seems better through speaker phone but that's kind of subjective. I don't have decibel meter and have done enough testing to back that. Just sounds louder. After all quite please. Sure I would have like some of the Z2 features but I wasn't expecting them until after the Z2 gets released.

C6903- Hong Kong unbranded
[Xperia Z1 General] Ame123:
This update is really bad.have done factory reset two times but.the phones getting hotter and hotter..was browsing for 5 min and the temp are 45 degrees..and bcoz of that the battery is also getting affected..what have u done sony even after releasing the update after such a long time..
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
I use quick pic and it is unable to delete photos I have just taken, also some app is using media server and it just drains the battery - could be quick pic or album art grabber but it is being caused by a 3rd party app trying to access or update the ext sdcard, have not tried to delete with mxplayer or poweramp but I suspect there will be issues with these as they are 3rd party apps
[Xperia Z1 General] DonutCommander:
I guys I have an xperia z1 European with KitKat but I still don't have the superior auto mode and I don't know why! I was hoping for KitKat but nothing.... My phone is the c6903 lte

Inviato dal mio C6903 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] chunlianghere:
just use this app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix&hl=en, reboot phone, done.

but need ROOT. after than u can use any app to delete anything in sd card

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jus let it run, n let it go hot. it needs time to be stable. after 1 day, the phone is back to normal.
[Xperia Z1 General] sruba209:
U cant download it...try the below link

http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/01/1...pp-available-to-download-on-xperia-z-devices/

Sent from my C6902

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Yup..the tic tic sound symbolizes SONY:thumbup::D

Sent from my C6902
[Xperia Z1 General] SleemLDJ:
True to this. It's too black that I cannot differentiate between notifications. It will be nice if it had some kind of greyness and some white lines under each notification.
[Xperia Z1 General] sruba209:
If its dated 11 mar , we will be getting it on 11 may :D

Aldo where did u get that info from ??

Sent from my C6902
[Xperia Z1 General] iamvyshak:
Yes i am suffering from it currently and i see no way out of it so far. Tried disabling a few apps but still the issue remains. Its irritating when you can't hear the ringtone and its faint coz its coming out of the earpiece. What sort of a stupid bug is this. So much for over excitedly downloading and upgrading my android! :(
[Xperia Z1 General] sruba209:
I have the n8 too...magnificient camera phone..but the z1 takes way better photos on 8 mp SA mode (4:3) ... U can check the forum "post ur camera pics here "

If ur probs still exist it may be a faulty camera module......

Sent from my C6902
[Xperia Z1 General] cingolat:
I'm very happy with kk update,none of the above mentioned issue very very happy. My z1 was never rooted or unlocked bootloader and always updated by SUS. Only annoying things are: 1) sd card limitation that obliged me to copy the whole Europe map of tomtom (almost 3 Gb)to internal sd

2) using camera or chrome make my phone hot sometimes really hot..... But battery seems to not suffer from this

Anyway for me this is a great update!!!!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
Firmware 14.3.A.0.681 dated 20 th Feb was released on 19th March. A screenshot of z ultra with 14.3.A.0.747 dated 11 march was released a week ago.... Z1 and Z ultra firmwares 14.3.A.0.681 have exactly the same build times including seconds... Lol

The screenshot is available on xperiablog.
[Xperia Z1 General] troed:
What I learned after reading this entire thread and my absolute provision that I will NOT spend time on rooting my phone since I have to spend my time on real work:

1. I will NOT upgrade to KitKat since I cannot use my SD-card anymore to expand the small internal memory Z1 provides ( I am running Sygic Navi-app with ALL worldwide maps which do not fit into internal memory PLUS my Flight Navigation App, that consumes 50 % of my internal memory). On 4.3 Sygic runs on the SD-card

2. If Google does not correct this SD-card issue ASAP I am done with Android.

3. If Sony keeps selling high-priced phones with only 12 GB internal memory left I am also done with Sony.

Conclusion:

High priced Sony Z1 with ridicolous small 12 GB internal memory + KitKat = Crap as iPhone

I am totally fed up ..........................
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
When are we going to get root?

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] MisfirGeek:
Just to say that I have not encountered any issue with files on SD card. Mxplayer works fine, same for Walkman. I gave a test with file commander and I was able to rename and delete files.

I could read that the issue wasn't on physical SD cards but on logical ones. I can see this kind of strange partition on an xperia tipo.

Envoyé de mon C6903 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
Just to clarify for someone in previous post I flashed using flashtool and its all good for me so far... I had a dodgy first flash due to me rushing it but second ome working amazing... Battery so far seems to have improved for me atleast
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
Same here!

It's a shame with this tiny storage. Even before the upgrade, I had only 2,3 GB left on the internal memory.

After upgrading to KitKat I noticed that Sygic for some reason needs to write on the SD card which it no longer can and I didn't know that Sygic needs to write there. I just thought I put my maps there like on 4.2.2. and that's it.

But big no!!

I had to delete 3,4GB of Europe maps from Sygic and can only keep my own country's map - which I had to move to the internal storage in order to work - because I don't have more/enough space available.

I now have a working Sygic again but with only 1 map and my internal storage is down to 1,3GB.

This is ridicolous!!

I can't use my maps anymore because of these stupid SD card restrictions and can't copy on the internal memory because it is too small...

And I was already struggling with my internal memory before this happened and had to delete apps because I can't move them to the card.

I agree to your second and third point. Unfortunately I have already upgraded and don't want to go through the hassle of downgrading and rooting just to be able to use my sd card as it was before!!

I'm really dissappointed in Google and also Sony for not selling phones with higher internal storage.

Funnily enough, at the same time when Android is removing one of their standout and core features they had since the beginning (and which made me chose it in the first place!), Windows Phone is embracing micro sd's and even allows moving apps to the card.

A feature which Android removed in 4.1.!!
[Xperia Z1 General] ligerblitz:
So I just realized that game SSX isnt working anymore since the upgrade, I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, stil not working. Tried again and in the installation list it has that it needs to "modify/delete SD card contents".....so that means any large game that requires this to be done cant be played now?....thats really silly...think this is just a bug then?
[Xperia Z1 General] veletron:
I shall not be upgrading beyond 4.3 on my Z1 due to the SD card restrictions. Basically, the ability to write anywhere on an SD card from any app is a necessity for my use of my device. I use folder-sync to sync pre-transcoded recorded TV to my device each night which I watch on the train. After the changes, the location to which these files may be synced is taken out of my hands. Likewise, I am no longer able to manage files on my device without removing the SD card and sticking it into a PC.

Foldersync also sync's my music each night.

Its a MASSIVE backwards step for Android that kills off one of the best reasons for choosing a device Sony over Nexus device or even an Android device over an iOS device.

To be honest, for my money, there is now NO POINT in choosing a Sony, or Samsung device over a Nexus. might as well just save my money. At least in a Nexus, I can get 32GB of storage for reasonable money. If google is intending to kill off the usefulness of SD cards then it also need to stipulate to its partners a min memory config of 96GB (closest match to by current 75GB of usable storage (11GB internal + 64GB micro SD).

Google just wants to be another ruddy Apple these days, catering for the run of the mill user and b*gger the power user.

Idiots!

Nigel
[Xperia Z1 General] snekkarn:
This was a ****ty update as usual.. Did a full wipe before i installed it. Thouch screen locks up, buggy and wont respond.. Apps freezes all the time and crashes.. Camera is slow.. Cant understand how they can come out with this!!! I want my money back..
[Xperia Z1 General] dakunclear:
Samsung is just as bad only difference is Sony releases small updates to fix things unlike Samsung which just leaves it be
[Xperia Z1 General] snekkarn:
Agree on that.. But with samsung devices there are alot more Custom roms available and developers. Much more open phones.. Unlike the z1 that almost half of them bricks if you try to install a rom.. And theres not much to pick from.. So i think my next phone is going to be a samsung phone again:)