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[Xperia Z1 General] :
I just think that sony has faked 4.3 to 4.4 because there is no option to convert runtime from dalvik to ART which is one of the biggest change in kitkat
[Xperia Z1 General] frkazid:
Yeah, lets all move to WP...

Oh, wait. We have an Open-Source OS and can easily edit some configs to let sd work like before (if you want to and if you have root).
[Xperia Z1 General] ssachin1001:
two finger pull down short cut

Looks like many don't know about two finger pull down in notifications. It takes you too settings .. this is standard kit kat shortcut.
[Xperia Z1 General] eclyptos:
Think first about the rest of people who are not smart like you .
[Xperia Z1 General] guybrush2099:
after some days I can say I love this update, but I can't flash anything because of the recovery issue. Thanks to xposed framework it's not a big problem now

Inviato dal mio C6903 con Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] crk1995:
I don't understand the fact that they took hell lot of time to bring us the update. And what we got, if testing was an excuse?

Facing issues, which could be easily replicated while in testing period.

Today, the speaker and earpiece mess got to next level. Its happening a lot frequently. When using google now, sound only comes through earpiece.

And one more glitch(i would say) when clicking back on-screen button while in certain apps, sudden screen flashes with the other apps view!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Hoping someone can make a 15.5MP superior auto mod.
[Xperia Z1 General] YorubaDey:
Dissapointing update. No Z2 feautures, bugs etc. Not really acceptable for a 6 months old phone which is by specs still a flagship.

I like Sony, but I'm not sure I can live with this when I can get better software updates with HTC or Samsung, even LG, without feeling completely ripped off. Can't even use 15.5MP or 20MP in superior auto. Not sure what the point is with 20MP when it's restricted to 4:3. What a waste of potential.
[Xperia Z1 General] HarpingOn:
I might get HTC flagship next time around, if it's still any good
[Xperia Z1 General] Rebel2k:
Sorry for the double post, but are you able to enable or disable the NFC sensor from the quick settings panel? I can click on it but nothing happens on my side... However, I can disable/enable NFC by the standard settings panel (but the quick setting icon seems to be unlinked to the right action).
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Not sure if anyone has noticed this (or most probably anyone already has) or posted but there's now an aspect ratio of 4:3 in Superior Auto which is I think better.:o
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
I got so annoyed with 4.4 speaker bug that I ended ip downgrading, it is a **** take that Sony spend so long in developing this with just standard kitkat features and no z2 features( I understand marketing) but then to give us update that is pretty much unusable due to sound overheating and insane battery drain is despicable.. Ive have complained to Sony through there comment section and every posy they put on Facebook twitter and g+... If they dont fix it by mid April im selling my z1 and goimg to HTC or crapsung (Samsung may release crap updates but they are sure as hell quick to fix)
[Xperia Z1 General] rmyc:
-GPS in google maps wont lock on even near by.. keeps on saying locating location

-Ringtone coming from earpeice

-Gets hot, fast drain even on charger.. (i think due to the locationg service via cell network)

-Lags, takes longer to boot.

Camera is slow

so much more

how do i go back to 4.3? or fix this
[Xperia Z1 General] dakunclear:
That new HTC one m8 is staying to look pretty awesome and I've never used HTC before and I won't ever use Samsung again
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
[MENTION=4189494]dakunclear[/MENTION] I have heard about it but if its ultrapixel camera no thanks I used the 2013 One amd camera was terrible in my opinion... Might have to take a look at the oppo devices or huwaia ( or however it spelt) devices
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
Really? I just saw a video on it and it wasn't anything special, and its ugly considering how beautiful the old one was

The Z2 is definetly the phone to beat this season
[Xperia Z1 General] ermond012:
Hi, yes M8 still uses 4 Ultrapixel on both rear cameras and 5mp on the front cam.
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
Aww dammit z1 is going ti have to go if not fixed by Sony soon I will go to my old Xperia Play or w810i lol
[Xperia Z1 General] xasbo:
Are you on LTE?
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Not during the night, I have a smart connect instance that turns off wifi and data from 12am-8am. Otherwise, yes, varies between LTE and wifi.
[Xperia Z1 General] vette95:
Orange Dominican Republic

I busted my first Xperia Z1 while trying to root (didn't see the DO NOT BRICK thread before attempting it, so I used the ZL method).

I got a new one from my carrier, still unlockable BL and no root. Running the latest 4.3 1.136.

Thing is 4.4 hasn't rolled out for us yet, and seeing as so much people are having so many issues, it's unlikely that I will update until (IF) these problems are fixed by Sony.

I miss having a rooted phone, sooooo many things I can't do anymore because of that.

Can anyone point me in the right you-won't-brick-your-phone way to get root and keep 4.3 1.136?

My version is C6906.

Thanks beforehand.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
[MENTION=4947152]AndroidDan[/MENTION] + [MENTION=433046]rmyc[/MENTION] I have NONE of your problems at all. And I'm also rooted on locked bootloader.

I don't know what went wrong with your updates. Did you wipe? I had to in order to downgrade and root before the upgrade to KK. Maybe that's why?

[MENTION=471862]vette95[/MENTION] use NUTs guide from the Z1 Android Development forum to upgrade to 4.3.. 136 with root.
[Xperia Z1 General] danial.aw:
I think people who are experiencing the speaker should start mentioning what model of the phone they have and if they wiped clean...

Want to see if there's any sort of a trend that can be determined
[Xperia Z1 General] dakunclear:
I just started noticing it and I have wiped it and I'm using c6906
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
Just thought I'd repeat this for those having issues

You most likely have an app installed that is not working with KK - remove all your installed 3rd party apps then see if you have a stable device then start to install one by one

Issues to look for

Excessive battery drain

Phone never cooling down

Media Server running at 50% of battery usage instead of below 5%

Charging problems were a message appears saying the phone is discharging faster than is being charged

Screen getting darker and darker and heating up as you use it

Camera refusing to open because of heating

A clue would be to unmount the ext sdcard - no need to remove it from the phone

I found one app that was causing all of the above - it just made the whole phone unstable
[Xperia Z1 General] amey2606:
Bro, can i make an event that puts the phone into airplane mode between a certain time period.? :)
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Yeah, use the smart connect app and it's very simple from there!
[Xperia Z1 General] hush66:
Might be useful if you could let us know which app you found to be causing the problem. This will help anyone else facing the same issue to quickly isolate the problem (instead of testing one by one). :)
[Xperia Z1 General] amey2606:
But i can't seem to find an option for airplane mode under wireless and networks.

So, was asking.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
I indicated how to find the app in an earlier post

settings/app/running

The app in question kept trying to start over and over appearing at the top of the running apps list for about 1 sec every few seconds - it was very obvious

The running apps list is listed in the order of the last app opened is always at the top, when you first open the list "settings" will always be the first as you just opened it
[Xperia Z1 General] krenogin:
Major improvement!! I've used around 10% for an hour of screen time so far. I have noticed that the phone does stay awake in the power management window as long as the screen is on. But it does not seem to affect battery life. Best thing is I finally scored 35k in antutu without airplane mode. I have never performed a fresh install just upgraded to every new firmware using pc companion. No problems here at all. It also seems like my screen is better.
[Xperia Z1 General] kantk20111:
Oh, I didn't realize that...in that case just turn wifi and mobile data off seperatly in smart connect and that's as close as you can get with that app, otherwise use Tasker which is a much more advanced version of that and will have that setting :).
[Xperia Z1 General] RHBH:
I noticed.. it's happening on some notifications sounds, like whatsapp or sms...
[Xperia Z1 General] AndroidDan:
C6903-full wipe.. Tryed flashing ttyed repair via pcc
[Xperia Z1 General] saleh9416:
I've installed the update via PCC and everything is great except the sound is coming from the earphone not the speaker!!
[Xperia Z1 General] alankstiyo:
Noticed that sometimes it does not recognize the earphones, and when playing music it goes through the speaker, kinda annoying
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
No, you are incorrect. Get your facts straight please. I am a developer and know exactly what needs to be done. The application writers have ****ed up for far too long. Google has given them API's to store their contents in their own folder on the SD card (not in the root of the SD-card, mind you!). They have disregarded this fact for many years. Google has announced this change for the last 4 versions of Android. In addition, all apps still have write access to the SD-card. In. Their. Own. Assigned. Directory. As was announced for 4 generations! This allows for better security and a tidier SD-card, as finally the data of an app can be removed after de-installation. Also, all storage areas for media, photos and music are still writable for the apps. As long as they are using the proper API. You know: the one that has been present in Android from the beginning.

The only apps that are shafted are the filemanagers, as the are only able to read from all directorys and only able to write to their own dir. Which is why Sony included a filemanager for the first time, to alleviate that.

But I'm sick and tired of this *****ing about something that should have been done much sooner. In the end, app writers have been slacking off and now they are finally presented with the bill.
[Xperia Z1 General] HarpingOn:
But the built in file manager is rubbish.

Can't copy from WebDAV source, can't copy from FTP source. So I can't get files on to the SD card when I need to.

It's clear that because of the fact that any old app can still vomit its puke all over your internal storage with impunity that being 'tidy' is not the reason. I can see more merit in being tidy on the internal storage, than the removable storage.

It's simply a way of (A) leveraging higher costs for devices with greater internal storage and/or (B) pushing users towards Drive.

And on Android, no-one will expect that if they delete a photo enhancement app, that it'll take half your photos out with it. That's just awful behavior.
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
Not true, go to Settings -> Storage -> Remote share. There, you have the option to mount both a Windows share as well as an SFTP share. Accessible to all apps.

And secondly: if you're a photo enhancing app, you should have been storing your photos in the default photo directory. Accessible to all apps.

What is being prevented is malicious apps being able to write (for example) to the whatsapp database. It has nothing to do with leverage. It has everything to do with finally enforcing what has been announced for 4 generations.
[Xperia Z1 General] HarpingOn:
Which bit of "Can't access FTP or WebDAV" is "Not true,"

I'm perfectly well aware of the SMB and SFTP options, but that's not what I need to use. Neither of those will get my data from my FTP site, or from my WebDAV server.
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
OK, Agreed. I thought you meant remote file access in general. A filemanager would still be able to access these files, but can store them either in its own directory or in the general directories: Photos/Music/etc.

But I agree that for your use-case this is less flexible.
[Xperia Z1 General] Michealtbh:
Is anyone else failing to get notifications? Tapatalk, Whatsapp and Hangouts are the ones I've noticed (there's probably more though), I only get notifications when the screen is on and I open the app
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
This happens for me with the built in calendar app. I've cleared data and cache of it already and tried different settings. I thought I was the only one.

There's neither sound or vibration for a calendar event. They don't even appear in the notification bar, but are inside the app if you open it.

I don't know what else I could do other than to try a different calendar but I like the stock one.

Oh, and I've also checked under "Personalisation" that every app can send notifications.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
I think we are talking in circles here about two different things

If a 3rd party app creates a folder then it has permission for that folder

The issue here for e.g. quick pic which is my default photo viewer is that it can no longer have full control over the DCIM folder making it useless, I stored my photos on ext sdcard and quicl pic was my default embedded viewer - it is now useless because it does not have permission to delete a pic taken with the camera or edit it - quick pic will never have permission for this, the same goes for mxplayer and poweramp for video and music, so now 3 of the apps that I use as primary media apps are now defunct, this has added a whole new layer of file management to my experience if I want to continue using them for media files and my bought and paid for file manager is also useless

as a developer you should already know this
[Xperia Z1 General] MisfirGeek:
Same for me. No tapatalk notification...

Envoyé de mon C6903 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] Zkek:
Installed OTA yesterday and now i cant seem to get my headphones to work on the first try. Need to reboot the phone with headphones in or just need some luck when plugin in and out.
[Xperia Z1 General] HarpingOn:
Has to be said though, that given the forum we inhabit, these gripes are not at all related to the Z1 . It's just Kit Kat.

I've decided it's a bit mean to gripe about a Google mandated kit kat 'thing' in the Z1 forum, so I'm going to stop now. It's not Sony's or the Z1s fault after all.

Z1 related discussions about work arounds and fixes for this are fair game for me I think. But I'm done with this SD card permissions thing now.
[Xperia Z1 General] stamppot:
I know this. It means that QuickPic is not using the proper getExternalStoragePublicDirectory (String type) call. Here, it DOES get a writable object. Do not tell me what I do or do not know. I have several apps doing just that. Which brings me to my point: the developer had to use this API all along, which has been there since Froyo. If the application is using this call, it can write to your DCIM directory, given that it holds the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Again, the developers have been incompetent, do not blame Google for this.

The only developers that were shafted were the developers of Filemanagers, they now function differently. But this is not something that a rooted device cannot take care of. Fact of the matter is that 99% of all users are fine with a default filemanager bundled in the OS, exactly what Sony has done.
[Xperia Z1 General] dreamware:
This is one nasty bug though, it happens also when using whatsapp for example, after sending a message sound gets switched to the earpiece, then some notifications arrive and you can't listen.

I don't know if it's just me but I think sony couldn't care less about its costumer sand they really suck at software. My Z1 is for sale now and I will not be buying sony phones in the future.
[Xperia Z1 General] kingchristy123:
I use double twist and get full screen lockscreen
[Xperia Z1 General] SquiffyGrain6:
Well, I've hoped for more.

New Quick Settings are nice, since I tend to get an awful lot of notificattions and appreciate more space for them, but I don't know why they didn't preserve original Quick Settings known from vanilla Android, because they look better. Immersive mode looks good, the overall performance seem smoother, but I wanted to have tap to wake, smart call handling (they're ported, so it's not a big deal, but still), original phone app, 4K video...

This update was nice, but I'm a little bit dissapointed in general, because of the lack of those functions.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
I'd like to be able to hold down the quick settings icons to make changes (e.g. Wi-Fi) in the quick settings menu. And to be able to go into settings from the standard notification pull down too.

And I was wondering why Twitter had stopped notifying me of mentioned or DMs. Is that the phone and not the app then? Bloody hell!

Finally, I'm having yet more camera problems today so a full wipe doesn't seem to fix things.

We definitely need an update ASAP!
[Xperia Z1 General] mikailmohammed:
This is too long with bugs Sony. A new fixed firmware is supposed to be out ready to address all the issues.
[Xperia Z1 General] RHBH:
It's all part of Sony's plans to sell more Z2!

Release a buggy firmware almost without new features from Z2 and people will feel that their devices are no longer enough for them, so they'll buy a new phone!

Hahaha, I'm joking. But this is not too far from the truth.
[Xperia Z1 General] bimmerboii:
Found a bug where my call log doesnt have anything registered in it. To fix this I have to click on "Filter call log" and uncheck the "Show all calls" and another log. With this done now i can see my missed and received calls.
[Xperia Z1 General] eclyptos:
It's not a joke, is the pure truth. Logically if they will release a Kitkat with same features of Z2 people will not be tempt to buy it.

It's a commercial overtake.
[Xperia Z1 General] keithwalton:
For those suffering increased battery drain....

I have found on my phone at least that bluetooth (for connecting to my smartwatch) is the culprit. i've turned that off and despite not having a signal for 29% of the time my battery is at 67% after 36 hours. Unlike my last post which had no signal outage but the battery was down to 20's% in the same time.

It seemed a bit strange to me when my car radio was actively trying to pair with it even though the phone was idle (screen off) i had paired the two a few days before installing kitkat so removed the pairing in case that was causing the drain.
[Xperia Z1 General] Haleem98:
Did you update with Sony Companion, or by flashing a FTF... Because I don't think its out in the UK yet
[Xperia Z1 General] serqeftin:
Just sony kidding us!!!.
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
i can't use the text reflow in boat browser with 4.4. anyone have a fix or can suggest a good browser with text reflow in 4.4?
[Xperia Z1 General] keithwalton:
Generic FTF but it is out on vodafone in the uk but not many people stick with branded firmwares for long
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
so you are saying that if quickpic has the correct coding it will be able to delete files in the ext sdcard DCIM folder where my camera app stores it's pictures

and as for this not being a Z1 topic - of course it is - Z1 just got updated to KK so it is very related and equally relevent
[Xperia Z1 General] zOOOOmer:
AFAIK Google removed it from 4.4. Check this info.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...-webviews-in-kitkat-probably-not-coming-back/
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
I know that. But i Hope there is any mod or browser that can implements text reflow
[Xperia Z1 General] nikola1970:
I had one random reboot.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
I also used Boat Browser and think it was the best browser but after KK it became so slow and sluggish and no text reflow. Also, there seems to be no fix planned or possible :(

I first thought it was the KK rom but it is the browser.

I've tried Opera, Dolphin and Firefox. They all support text reflow but Firefox is the only one which allowed me to sync my numerous boat browser bookmarks so I stayed with it.

You can sync your boat browser bookmarks by activating Firefox Sync and synching with desktop firefox and then synching between desktop firefox and mobile firefox.
[Xperia Z1 General] fer2503:
Did you prefer boat in 4.3 or Firefox in 4.4? I use boat too in 4.3 and it was fantastic, But Now i have to choose another browser :/
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
Hey everyone,

I mentioned a few times about Twitter notifications not working anymore, but to clarify for people - it wasn't the update to KitKat that stopped it working.

Well, technically it was, but only in that I had to reinstall Twitter and I'd hit a limit of 25 devices (that I never knew existed - did anyone else?) using the Android app.

Once you've exceeded 25 activations of Twitter (and as I review phones, I have quite a few and log in on most of them) then you lose notifications.

The solution for anyone else that has had the problem, or may do in the future, is to go via the website (or the desktop version if using your mobile) and revoke access to the Android app in the settings/apps menu. Then you'll need to log out and back in on every Android phone you want to use.

Bingo - the notifications come back.

BTW, this is on topic as I'd incorrectly accused Sony of messing things up with its 4.4 update. I was wrong, so nothing to see here - move along people...

That doesn't excuse Sony for all the other problems, most notably linked to the camera.
[Xperia Z1 General] del1701:
[emoji33] So what are Google's plans with this for people with impaired vision ? I loved text reflow because I could fit all the text on my devices screen and it enlarged it to a comfortable size for me to read??
[Xperia Z1 General] DonutCommander:
Hey i found on xperia Service test that the battery uah oblivusly fells down!! From 34 now is 2904000uah!!!! This firmware really sucks.... Is this normal?

Inviato dal mio C6903 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Has anyone found a fix for the lockscreen wallpaper yet? I can't change it and I don't wanna do a factory reset

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
U really need to wipe everything, I have the same issue too. I wiped and everything is normal. Confirmed.

Perheps u can try using flash tool. UNTICK WIPE DATA ONLY.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonmorris:
I did a wipe after having problems and still have problems, so wiping isn't the answer. Waiting for the next, fixed, ROM is almost certainly the best option unless you're an impatient sod like me!
[Xperia Z1 General] benziii:
Curious since so many people mention this.

Is the setting just greyed out or is it missing somehow?
[Xperia Z1 General] kram.flores:
I'm on stock KK, and I don't have this issue on my phone, I can perfectly change my lockscreen wall anytime I want :)
[Xperia Z1 General] benziii:
Yes, and so can I, as I have never had this issue.

It's kind of why I asked someone who was experiencing it:p
[Xperia Z1 General] Aegethir:
Sounds like I will be waiting some more before taking the KK plunge, it just isn't an incentive enough to upgrade, especially since everything works perfectly on 4.3. Maybe after a patch is released, but now, no way.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
I never had 4.3 I went straight from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 as I didn't see a point to upgrade to 4.3 because there were almost no changes.

I found that Boat Browser was awesome on 4.2, also on 4.1 when I had the Z.

I'd love to use boat on 4.4. but it's almost useless and so I'm forced to use FF as it is the only one I could use my old bookmarks with.

But I don't really like FF. It misses so many useful functions in comparison to boat.
[Xperia Z1 General] migidid:
I think that the 4.4 is great! battery life is crazy... i took it off charger like 6 hours ago, i have been playing much and listen to music and i still have 94% battery left... I dont have any problems above you guys have... super smooth and is working exellent... bit more tweaking the camera app and i have nothing to comply... Sony is the best !