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[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
A good find - well done my friend!

As a load of my Dropbox space will soon expire (free space from using Samsung and HTC devices in the past) I just started using Google+ to backup my photos. For some reason, it's stuck at 124 photos (or video) remaining.

I am wondering if there's some corrupt images on the card, and may now backup the whole card to my computer and wipe it. Or at least wipe all images and photos (which should all be safe on Dropbox for the time being).

I wonder if removing all of these pictures and videos will solve some of the problems?

I don't really want to switch to using the internal space for photos (even if only temporarily) as I've not got a lot of space.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
It's sad to know that you've still got this media server issue. I too had this issue but only for the very first few days on kitkat but never since. What I did basically was, format the sdcard (64 GB sandisk SDXC) using windows pc (via adapter) and then insert it back into the phone & erase again using settings. Then used ONLY the MTP usb (default) mode to transfer back all the media files. It took about an hour or so but the overheating & battery drain problem didn't appear after that. Moreover, I have many pre-installed bloatware disabled (including facebook, youtube, google+, socialife, smartconnect etc. & few camera apps like social live), and use chrome instead of all these social apps. Also, I have no games or any third party media app installed (using only the default file explorer & media apps). I liked to use MX player & ES file explorer (instead of movies & file commander) as my default apps earlier but the new kitkat sdcard limitations ruined them for me. I only have the occasional sound bug on my Z1 for now. Hope the fix for this & other issues arrives soon!
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
My phone is in its dock doing nothing, bar a Daydream 'screen saver' and I've just picked it up and it's hot. Battery at 40 degrees. Seriously?!

I am resisting disabling or uninstalling loads of apps, but unless this patch comes soon I might have no choice - or else I'll switch permanently to using my One M8 until Sony can fix all of these problems.

Now, I've got another 64GB card in the One M8 (a Samsung card given out at MWC by Samsung at the GS5 launch, which is actually slower than my older SanDisk one for what it's worth) and it also has KitKat, and yet it has never had ANY problems at all in the two weeks that I've been using it.

The temperature has not yet exceeded 35 degrees in any usage condition, nor has a single app force quitted (such as Messaging, Update Service, Camera etc), so there's perhaps hope that the problems can all be resolved. I've installed MX Player and some other apps that may be causing problems on the Z1 too.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
Yeah I know, been there! Maybe something is broken in the current sony kitkat rom. I wonder though, have you tried the new 64 gb card with Z1 and vice-versa? If not then would you mind it trying? Maybe we could come to a conclusion if or not it's sony's version or kitkat update in general.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
I haven't swapped them around, no. To be honest, I don't think that will make a difference. It seems to be related to the media server which will be different on the HTC, and that's probably where most of the problems are.

I may try that anyway though, but probably won't have time until Thursday or Friday.

I am rather hoping this patch arrives any minute now, and will solve things so we don't need to do any testing or messing around at all. Once somebody gets it, we can hopefully get it up on here and sort things in a matter of minutes.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
That's fine. My suggestion to swap cards arises from my own observation that after a fresh format and copying media from the scratch (via MTP) solved this overheating issue for me. It's like if you start off on Z1 kitkat with a used sdcard (i.e with media from previous roms) then it seems to result in all these overheating issues whereas if you start with a new / formatted sdcard then apparently no such issues (at least in my own experience).

Anyway, I too hope the fix is released soon!
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
I have done everything you have done except I am still insisting on using my three apps of choice - quickpic - poweramp - mxplayer, I will roll back to 4.3 before I quite these

If this update coming this week does not solve the issue then that is what I will be doing - going back to 4.3

This KK update has left a really bad taste both at sony and google

may I also add that with the KK update came something that scans the photos on my phone of which there are over 800 - I did disable it immediately but who knows, scanning and logging over 800 pictures for faces on my phone would probably take a considerable amount of time

about 2 hours ago I completely disabled all album app extentions leaving the main album app active and I may have cured the problem - settings/apps/all and went through the list and disabled everything that had the album app icon except the main app which my camera uses to view taken pictures, my phone is now stable again
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
Yeah, possibly the photo analyzer service or the photo widget or sense me slideshow might be the culprit in your case (I suspect the former). Let us know if the issues resurface after a while. You may also try clearing data of the devices app (can't be disabled on kitkat) along with that of the movies app.

Anyway, the loudspeaker / sound bug has not occurred for the last couple of days on my Z1. I'll wait & see for few more days to confirm if it's actually gone. I did a SUS repair couple of days back (to see if that fixes the sound bug) & a few google app updates including chrome.

On the other hand I'm stuck with a weird bug on chrome. On browsing some websites (like xda forums) the text lines / sentences appear to overlap in rows rendering it illegible. This only happens if I update the stock chrome app to any of the later versions, but strangely never on stock sony version (which came with the kitkat update).

I have no problems (no lag or freeze) with the stock camera app except the shutter key not working at times (or causing app lag the other times). Battery life seems much better than before for me. My Z1 actually runs cooler (on kitkat) than before while using 3G data with chrome!
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
Right, I think I can rule out saving photos to the internal storage as a fix.

Had some problems when I was out taking pics of the M8 (with the Z1, rather than an ordinary camera) and so swapped from SD storage to internal.

No dice.

One photo in manual fine, then frozen. No response from anything, until pressing the power button to turn off and back on. Then back to normal.

One more photo, then frozen (force quitting every running and background service didn't make any difference either).

Also tried background defocus. Not only did the photo focus on the exact opposite area to what I selected, but it also froze (no image saved). Same switch off/on toggle to restore access.

By now, I noticed the phone was getting red hot again.

Only fix was to reboot the phone.

Crikey, it's as if Sony knows that when I need to use the camera for work, rather than just play, it is destined to make it near impossible. I'm off to an Acer event later this evening, so sod taking the Z1 for that. I'll bring my Lumia 1020 or even a DSLR.
[Xperia Z1 General] Ame123:
My calender does not show the weatger forecast can any body help me?? I have ticked the option of weather forecast in the settings but nothing
[Xperia Z1 General] MohammedFurqaan:
New update (14.3.A.0.757)

New update (14.3.A.0.757) now rolling to Xperia Z1, Z Ultra and Z1 Compact; fixes KitKat sound bug issue
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
Did they fix the camera button issue?
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
So far so good.

Just installed the EU generic FTF and although it's running quite hot again, which might be the media server updating things again, I hope it's fixed the camera problems.

Just done five quick tests of the camera button from standby. No more pressing and no response, and then the second time it works (but is slow). Now it's vibrate - start, vibrate - start, every time.

So that's promising.

I won't dare say it's all okay yet as I only installed it about an hour ago. To do so would be silly when I sheepishly come back tomorrow to say I found new problems!
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
finaly I hope they fix the camera problem,from other threads the memory card problem is still there,what about the sound did they fix it??
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
Finished updating my Z1 a couple of hours ago via SUS (did a clean install). I'm on all stock .757 kitkat rom and the camera button seems to work every time now, gave it some 10 or more random trials without a miss. Camera app lag seems to be gone but will keep an eye if any issues still remain. I had the media server issue fixed on the previous kitkat build itself (explained a couple of pages back in my previous posts here), so no memory card related overheating issues for me on the current build as well. Sound appears to play from the right speakers for now but will need more time to check if this issue has indeed been resolved. This update seems better than the original kitkat update from sony, let's see if it stays that way :D!

Will report back if I find any issues later on but so far this update looks like a neat bug fixing update to me.
[Xperia Z1 General] chunlianghere:
can help check the service menu whether the touch firmware still "d"?
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
nice now I have to wait to be released for C6906 common Sony release the update for all versions
[Xperia Z1 General] kannanX10:
there seems to some improvements reg camera and camera does have a new cam firmware (fw 14.3.A.0.757_9_f900 from 14.3.A.0.681_9_f800)
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
Yes, the touch fw version is d. Btw, I have no touchscreen issues with my Z1 ever since the kitkat update.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
Damn. STILL has the freezing problem when starting the camera. Worked fine after so many tests last night.

The difference now? The phone was locked (with pattern) and when it freezes, it goes back to the unlock screen.

If unlocked (and I've set my Z1 to wait 10 minutes before locking again) it appears to be fine.

As I thought before, whatever you were doing before can influence if the camera works properly or not.

Not had any actual errors yet though (camera not available).
[Xperia Z1 General] Destroyedbeauty:
Any improvements on cam quality?
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
I took these photos earlier, on a bus - through glass - so bear that in mind. Some on auto (16:9), some on manual (4:3).

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/gejhmtz6br9b7tg/lNonKV1eGM

I will try and get some photos without going through glass later!
[Xperia Z1 General] MakaMika:
Any update for SFR phones in france??
[Xperia Z1 General] :
Stamina mode is still broken in .757. Still giving more battery drain than ever.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
757 has completely fixed my phone battery drain and mediaserver issue, have not seen an issue since 757

well done sony but they could have avoided this pain by testing properly before releasing KK, I have spent many hours trying to sort it out
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
And what fun would it be? Missing out on having your battery get red hot, then drain in record time, make you miss an awesome camera opportunity with your kid, and more.

That's an adventure that Sony should charge us for!

Testing must be quite low down on the list, as it was clear that they spotted the problems extremely quickly - but not before they released it. Unless someone high up wanted KitKat to be rolled out by a certain date no matter what, simply to meet a target - and to hell with bugs (they can be done later). If that's a policy, it needs to end NOW.

The fact the camera can still mess up depending on the lock state of the phone shows they'll have something else to fix, but this time around I expect the next update to be months away so we have to just accept it.
[Xperia Z1 General] abajarde:
Is anyone else having an issue where if you listen to music via headphones the sound is terrible until you drop down the notification bar and press settings? It's as if the equalizer doesn't go into effect until I do this process and the music just sounds very flat, as if it was a conversation on the phone and not music. The other issue with sound (playing through the wrong speaker) appears to be fixed, but this problem is still present. Any thoughts?
[Xperia Z1 General] alfan.y:
updating FW 136 to 757bfrom [NUT] C6903 but still got error on rear camera-freezing. front camera works.
[Xperia Z1 General] luker907:
Is anyone else experiencing an underperformance in some benchmarks after the update? Really, there's noticeable decrease: Quadrant: 18500.(Used to be 22500) Geekbench3: 2650.(2800) Antutu: 32000.(34000) I'm not one of those guys crazy about numbers, just wondering if there's anything wrong with my device.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
Given how hot the phone can get at times, I wonder if Sony is throttling performance to try and improve battery life?

My M8 gave some impressive figures with AnTuTu, but it was manipulating the results. Run it through AnTuTu X and it dropped to under 33,000. But, use the hidden developer option to run at high performance all the time (with the resulting drain on the battery) and I scored 35165.
[Xperia Z1 General] romanpatel:
Did anyone find any screenlock pattern issue?? I cant find any option for disabling lockscreen pattern on my z1 with. 757 firmware c6902!! Pls help..
[Xperia Z1 General] HellRoot:
i am on unlocked bootloader... and have never had any issues with the camera...

but.. the quality of the pictures taken seem to have become worse after the update to kitkat.

hope someone can figure out how to make 100% jpeg quality and maybe the 20mp exposed module for kk :D
[Xperia Z1 General] alfan.y:
Do you update from PCC or [NUT] link?
[Xperia Z1 General] hush66:
After I updated to KitKat 681, I noticed that in the default Dialer, you could no longer search by contact names by using the dialpad. For instance, I wanted to search for MOM, so I entered 666 in the dialer. But it will show me the contacts whose numbers include 666:

This was working fine prior to the KitKat update. Anyone else encountered this?
[Xperia Z1 General] Half-A-Cookie:
I just got my update 2 days ago (sigh, the Netherlands was slow in releasing it).

So far it hasn't caused me any problems. Though i was a bit disappointed by what actually changed. I had hoped on the new smart dialer and google now integration. The google now part i was able to fix by installing the google now launcher (somewhere on droid tech i believe).

Other then that, i miss timeshift video. I was looking forward to that. Perhaps a later update, pretty pretty please?

It's not a bad update imo. But it's not a large update either. It doesn't feel like such a big bump up from 4.3. Most, visible, updates feel minor.

Oh, and i don't like the fact that there is no transparency in the notifications menu.
[Xperia Z1 General] guy4:
Hello! I got the latest update a couple of days ago. It seems to have fixed the battery drain issue to some extend. I haven't had problems with the sound coming from wrong speaker either.

BUT... my camera focus is broken! Please, try to test this yourself. Try to take a macro picture. Try to focus on an object, which is very close to the camera. It can't focus on them! This doesn't seem normal to me. I think it should be capable of focusing at such distances. Please try this yourself and see how well it focuses on very close distances. It doesn't make any sense for this camera not to be able to focus at close range.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
On my Z1 (even when updated to 757) it seemed to work for the first 2 characters, and then just showed anything with the same numbers.

But on my Z1 Compact, also with 757, it works fine.

Very odd.

Unfortunately I sold my Z1 yesterday and will be using the Z1 Compact or HTC M8 until I finally get the Z2.
[Xperia Z1 General] angvil:
It is working normally for me on my Z1 I don't remember on pure stock if it worked but I'm using iHackers ROM 4.1 and I'm on Locked Bootloader

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 PM ----------

I tried it and my camera focus is working just fine! I even have BGDEFOCUS App from XDA somewhere and it's working flawlessly
[Xperia Z1 General] patelsamir:
After updating:

Im unable to use hands free on Internet calls like on Viber & BBM Calls

Sound enhancement stops for few seconds after receiving Calls while using walkman (Checked on hands free)

Battery drains faster as compared to 4.3

Phone heats a lot even in normal usage.. :(
[Xperia Z1 General] alfan.y:
[EDIT]

Rear camera works using 3rd application, but still have some error on auto focus.
[Xperia Z1 General] patelsamir:
Yeah I have the same problem on .757

Whenever I disconnect the calls while using hands free I have to go manually to Walkman >> Enhancement Settings and it starts working..

Its a Enhancement Setting issue bro.. :(

And more over you cannot use hands free on Viber or BBM calls..

KITKAT IS STILL SO BUGGY!!
[Xperia Z1 General] vectro73:
Hello! Actually I was a bit disappointed about lates firmware and that is why:

1) Lock screen is kinda mess with all this sparkles it looks girly and childish for me, especially after that one 4.3 had and I can't change anything. Even in touchviz from samsung I got an option to change animations!

2) Unlock animation is not so good too - when your wallpaper is black and then become visible is worse than when all the screen were black and then become visible, cause now you see all your icons on the black space first and it looks like your phone does not have enough memory or power to load picture so fast.

3) notification/fast setting with solid black color without transparent looks strange.

4) there is an animation lag when you tap notification to go to the app directly from the lock screen.

5) Why did not they enable hotword detection??? (maybe somebody knows how to enable it on stock launcher, cause devices like samsung GS5 seems to have it on their stock launchers, not Google Now launcher only, please, tell me)

6) Where is ART? why did they cut it? who asked for it? why could not they just don't touch it.
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
For me the new bugfix update is pretty much bugfree, the few little bugs the first 4.4 update had have been squished in my case

For now knows what will happen
[Xperia Z1 General] calz0:
for me this update is senseless.. no really new features that i use more than one time and this statusbar isn't better than the one from 4.2/4.3. I don't really like this update.. :/
[Xperia Z1 General] Jerry Jiang:
Answer

Settings>Xperia Connectivity>USB Connectivity>Pair with PC
[Xperia Z1 General] madlive:
For me the 757 update on a clean machine delivered the problem that google search is not working anymore. It force closes every single time. Did empty the cache, but no luck. Yesterday the stock dialer decided to hide itself from existence. After several reboots it magically appeared again...

No just left with google search/now not working. If anybody has some suggestion, they are most welcome.
[Xperia Z1 General] Mandeep148:
Any news for next update?
[Xperia Z1 General] dlads:
Updated to 757 the other day, it's been spot on ever since, had no issues with anything and i think i've actually had better battery life than I did on previous firmwares.

Only thing i'm missing is a dark system theme which I simply can't find, other than that it's all good.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
Some camera related problems remain, but I've not experienced any other troubles since. As for the theme, try downloading some from the Play store. Many are free.

(And if anyone can't access themes from the store, it'll be because you disabled the Sony Select store!)
[Xperia Z1 General] dlads:
I can access themes no problem but have yet to find one that changes the system menu and ties in the icons well too.

Criskelo had a decent one but it's not been updated.
[Xperia Z1 General] Ycb04:
Nfc quick settings toggle doesn't work either
[Xperia Z1 General] randymess:
New certification for Xperia Z1 on PTCRB: 14.3.A.0.761

What changes will bring?
[Xperia Z1 General] Mandeep148:
Stability and minor bug fix
[Xperia Z1 General] shem2409:
I have been using the .757 firmware for 2 weeks. Overall it seems very stable. No reboots or force closes.

The only problem that I have experienced is heating up. The device seems to get warmer than before :-/
[Xperia Z1 General] alfan.y:
[camera solved]

For camera bugs (in my cases) has been solved. Full flash using .757 EURO-LTE.:good:
[Xperia Z1 General] fjevel:
I have had several reboots on my totally stock phone under normal use. Did not see anything like this on 4.3.

I hope they get this sorted as soon as possible.

-KJ
[Xperia Z1 General] Ycb04:
Add nfc quick toggle broken and update centre crashes to the list of problems too
[Xperia Z1 General] quachhanthanh:
Yup I have update center problem too.
[Xperia Z1 General] luker907:
Immersion mode/transparent nav bar is not supported for any gapps right? For example, Google Search and Playbooks. I think it might be a problem of Xperia home launcher, because once I switch to google now launcher they work fine.
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
Me too several reboots on normal use,plus now the camera is acting funny freezing and say camera not available :(, I didn't have that before :(
[Xperia Z1 General] nikola1970:
I have touch screen isuess as well from time to time and i have to restart my phone! Sony please fix it!
[Xperia Z1 General] se1zure31:
This is my 3rd z1s and I too am sick of the crashes and touch screen issues. Hope they are going over the Tmobile update with a fine tooth come. Maybe that's why its taking so long (fingers crossed). The Costco regional rep also mentioned that getting WiFi calling in these builds would take some time.
[Xperia Z1 General] :
Hated the SD card issue, I hope Google will deal with this

There's also weak Wi-Fi signal for me but it improves over a few weeks.
[Xperia Z1 General] mrx7:
Anyone one tried snap camera hdr I've started using that hdr at 21mp and 100fps on slowmo video.I know it's not 4k 120fps but it's 100fps at 1080x1920 close enough. If someone has done the camera hack be interested to see if you get even more from snap camera
[Xperia Z1 General] nalab1:
Bluetooth is rubbish and has been since 4.2.2....
[Xperia Z1 General] Rebel2k:
I finally sorting the NFC issue out! I have a solution. I was notifying everyone affected that they should delete data from the "NFC Services" application but it turned out that for the last 751 firmware release, that's not enough (while it was working for the 681). You also need to do the same for the SmartcardService app. So here is the summary of what you need to do:

Go to your apps, in the "all" section and find:

NFC Services ==> delete data

SmartcardService ==> delete data

Then, totally restart your phone. Should be fixed now.

Hope that helps!
[Xperia Z1 General] doomtrain85:
Anyone experience dropping in signal strength ?

Compare with my gf Note 3, the signal strength is always better then mine.
[Xperia Z1 General] xaL_:
After fixing all the known issues (formatted SD card, Google Ads opt out, preventing google play service wake-lock, NFC reset) it runs...

Battery stays at around 20°C all the time,

seems like notification sound is broken/ scratchy.

everything feels a bit clunky now, encounter some performance drops, mayor memory leak (only 400mb of free ram, 600 with 4.2.2),

battery drains significantly faster (2,8%/h) than 4.2.2 (1,8%/h) normal usage

and the CPU gets super hot (around 50-60°C) after 5mins of normal usage..

oh and youtube now drains about 1% of battery per minute... that's crazy

camera works w/o problems

deep sleep is fine (1,2%/h).

I don't like that update at all, I hope both, Sony and Google will release some updates/fixes soon.