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[Lenovo A850] Snele:
Hi all.J m the new on the forum. I just got the Lenovo A850. The first thing it wanted to do is download the OTA Firmware update. It failed!

Has anyone had the update work successfully?

Where Does the update file get downloaded to?

Is there a way to force the update because an update available does not show up in "about device".

The only way I know for it to force the OTA again is by doing a factory reset then that is one of the first things it asks you to do.

Thanks

Lenovo A850

4.2.2

A850.ROW.V17,2013/09/22 22:41

A850_ROW_s116_130922
[Lenovo A850] GreatApo:
I HAVEN'T TEST THIS:

I just found the link from here.

Lenovo A850 S203 (Stock)

If it works, let us know :)
[Lenovo A850] Snele:
Any other solution?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danis2142:
I flash paranoid android to my moto but after a while I decided to restore the stock version. So I downloaded Repack_4.4.2_MotoG.zip and tried to flash it but it always aborts installations. I want the original stock rom so how can I do it? Whats more I cant reach my phone the computer and it does not boot neither after restoring previous backup nor after factory reset!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adi6262:
There you go.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danis2142:
The problem is that I cant reac my phone from computer!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corel_vkl:
Can you enter fastboot ?!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reversegear:
if you can enter recovery you can do adb to send the zip file to sdcard

command

adb push filename.zip /sdcard/
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Hey People,

How you doing today?

I installed Xposed Framework and many Modules but I need One in particular and is the one to make my Bars (UP and Down) Trasnparent.

I installed Gravity Box and Xblast on .136 FW and no one of those 2 make Transparent Bars.

What I do wrong or what option do I missing to make Transparent Bars?

Thanx in Advance.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Hellooo...:D
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
So it's just me to not be able to get Transparent Task Bars on 4.3 FW .136?

Great.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Frepa_AL:
Hi developers,

Searching for the solution of proximity sensor issues, I found somewhere a kind of application named HtcM7ProximFix-v1.0.apk, but it has been prepared for latest version of software JB 4.2.2. I previous was on this software version and because of to many bugs I goes back to 4.1.1 (3.20.401.1). version but now I see the some problem again, the proximity sensor doesn't work. I tried to install mentioned application but it cannot be installed because of old version software already installed. Can somebody help me on this issue, is there any application to fix proximity sensor no software version 4.1.1? Any kind of help shall be much appreciated.

Best regards,

Fredi
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
It looks like you have the international HTC One X (Endeavoru), and if so you're in the wrong forum, this is the HTC One XL / at&t One X (Evita) forum.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sajidlz:
Phone is over heating ( near the symbol of nfc) even in stamina mode... I updated through pcc on yesterday ( India) ... I did factory reset with clean up media files... Hope somebody here can help me by analyzing these attachments...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sajidlz:
No "close all" button
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] matthewsucks:
I could live with that overheating.

It didnt fix the sound bug for mine. Pain in the ass to restart my phone everytime i unplug my earphones.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
- That's the media_scanner running wild. You may have a corrupt file on your SDcard or internal memory.

- Sony ROMs have never had a "Close All" button, so that's not a bug.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SWFlyerUK:
Z2 and Z2 Tablet do, but seeing as though very few features where back ported to these phones, as you say, it's no bug :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Games frequently crash when previously they never did. :(

Some apps do not work as they should with Kitkat.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] matthewsucks:
So you guys had your sound bug fixed?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] viettien_milo:
Does not save new wifi passwords (any password saved after upgrading to 757).
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jeffrey2000:
I didn't get the previous update so I went from 4.3 to 4.4 straight to the 757 build.

A problem I have on 757 is that it when I use the wireless headset which is supplied and it's connected and press play it just plays in speakermode and have to enable disable bluetooth and/or throw to connect again but it's irritating.

Another problem I found is that the Google Speech (extra button on your keyboard) doesn't appear to be working anymore, it doesn't pick up anything at all.

After the update my 32gb Micro-SD seems to be read-only, I can't copy/paste anything there while in Windows I can (so it's not the micro-sd card), I did a format of the whole SD card anyway, tried it with fat32, ntfs, exfat but all the same, anyone else got issue's with that?

I do like that you can enable 16 toggles and they have extra functionality like on Samsung, when you keep pressing WIFI you can enter the wifi settings from there. And swiping 2 fingers down from the top menu bar makes you go straight to the quicksettings.

I wish the keyboard had this option to separate words though, the spacebar is too small, so you just keep putting ... between the words instead of zero's, Samsung's keyboard is a bit smarter to identify the right words (even glued together) and spaces.

Overall it's faster then 4.2 and 4.3 and a big improvement over the battery (but it needs like 1 or 2 complete battery cycles to fully use that.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] mathurmatt:
And how to find that file
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
My best guess was that your sd card is corrupt. Try to format it with your PC and start clean. That should fix it.

Some battery drain occured with me yesterday (about a day after updating to 757). It was draining like hell, like 20% after only 9 hours since unplugged and about 3 hour of screen time. but nothing crazy on the battery usage graph. So i was suspicious about hidden wakelock somewhere inside. So like a dumb boy, i just opened up one by one of the installed apps. So it was found that somehow Waze and Line app will FC on open. I decided to erase data on Waze and uninstall Line and voila no more battery drain after the next charge! Turns out that i have restored both with Helium and never tested them after restoration.

Moral of the story is, don't do a sloppy restore and backup after clean install. Better for you to find app with cloud save or at least local backup support and clean install the app and then restore the data by per app.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Sadman Khan:
No the SD card isn't corrupt. Google did this in the Kit Kat update. SD cards cannot be written into by third party apps. Only sony apps can write into it like "File Commander". This is to improve security as they said, but it's proving to be more of a problem than a security enhancement -_-
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sajidlz:
It is the mem card causing all these problems... Might be some corrupt file is there... I removed the card and everything working fine right now.. ( Over heating and battery draining issues solved completely) thanks for everybody... Anybody know how to find the corrupt file cuz I'm using 64 gb strontium card and its almost full.. Don't want to format and lose whole data...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yup.

That's not a bug. It's a "feature" in KitKat, and it's entirely Google's idea. You can no longer move, copy or delete your own files on SD cards. A new SD card permission is in place, so apps (Facebook, Spotify, games etc.) can save files to it, but you can't manually do it unless you root and run SDFix (you can uninstall it after you're done), or you'll have to use the File Commander app, or whatever it's called, which came with the update.

I guess you'll have to manually check every file on there. It could be as simple as a corrupt photo, so move everything from your SD to your computer and move one and one file (or folder if you're certain that it doesn't contain a corrupt file) at a time.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] matthewsucks:
You have any idea why mine isn't fixed? I'm on 757 too.

FYI: my update crashed with a "software failed to update" and I had to perform wipes using the SUS.

---------- Post added at 12:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:11 AM ----------

You have any idea why mine isn't fixed? I'm on 757 too.

FYI: my update crashed with a "software failed to update" and I had to perform wipes using the SUS.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
What's not fixed? Your SD card? You need to be rooted for it to work.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] matthewsucks:
No, I'm talking about the sound bug
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sajidlz:
Now I'm not facing any issues, also feels like everything running smooth and better than previous update especially battery back up... Once again thanks for lord manhattan...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] wwidayat:
I have an issue with the battery to and I found it only happen when I turn on location service.

I think this phone keep trying to determine the location, even you're not connect to wifi or mobile data.

But overall, everything are good, and I found that X-reality engine are improved.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Go to Settings -> Wifi -> Advanced -> Uncheck "Scanning always Available"

Plus, if you rely on High Accuracy mode and using it for Waze/Maps/Any other Geotag enabled apps, don't you ever turn off Location after exiting the app. Just leave the Location on. It won't wakelock your device for GPS signal. Otherwise the app will show you that it eats battery in battery usage because it awaits for the GPS to be turned on and the only Solution is to restart the phone.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] topshadow:
No more issues. Other than one time the sound adjustment didn't work 100% until restart
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jamesst20:
I have clean installed (Flash Mode + PC Companion --> Repair Phone) the latest .757 on my Sony Xperia Z Ultra and I must say it is running perfectly.

I have not tested a dirty install since I came from PAC-ROM.

The sound bug seems fixed on mine
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Charusen:
I had upgraded to the last version of Movies when I was 4.3. Now that I have upgraded to kitkat. I lost the upgraded version of Movies and update Centre says I am on the latest version.

Any advice on how to get latest version?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] wwidayat:
Wow, thx mate. I'll it now. :cool:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] cashif:
I had the same issue and was struggling for 2 days and battery was getting exhausted within 6 hrs from charge.

After unchecking Google Sync (Except mail & Contacts), phone is back to normal and battery life is now amazing. The problem is apparently with Google play which keeps on trying to sync. Try and post the result
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ursulavasey:
Read the information below and download/install the file as shown. This will give you a "close all" button in the apps menu, where you want it.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/01/1...ose-all-recent-apps-works-on-xperia-z-series/
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brain soul:
Awake on every Screen On

Hi, I just want to know if anyone here has issues with Awake and Screen on Time in Battery Usage's History Details? I have a C6802, Xperia, unrooted on stock rom. In previous firmware versions I dont experience this kind of AWAKE usage for every screen on time. Only after upgrading to Kitkat for both versions 681 and 757 did i experience this. I think this is causing my battery to drain faster which i didnt have in all previous versions. I had done several clean reboot and clean install. Are there any solutions? Is this normal in KItkat?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Nothing strange with your battery usage. The "screen on" indicates that you were using it. If you didn't, might be you are using any app that uses partial_wakelock flag (like some ebook readers do, to keep screen on all the time) but you left it unnoticed. Or that alarm clock ringing and you ignore it while sleeping, causing the screen to turned on.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brain soul:
Thank you for your reply sir, but i think you got me wrong. What I meant was that everytime there is "Screen On" usage there is also "Awake" usage. This is not the case with me of other firmware versions. Only in Kitkat.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
I thought that that was the normal way:confused:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] _Dennis_:
You screen on and Awake seems fine, how is it different from precious ROMs? Your awake tracks with your screen on very well, if your phone was asleep while the screen was on you would see nothing on the screen.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brain soul:
I dont think this is the norm in previous firmware versions. If you could please check on the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2400256, and check out the screenshot posted there, you will notice that Awake usage is not always on when the screen is on.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
well bugger me...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ursulavasey:
Did the information work for you sajidlz? Do you now have the "close all" button?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maxld:
I tried it and it's working flawlessly
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Well the logic still stands though. When your Screen is on, the device is Awake. But other firmwares might only indicate the Wakelock with any Wake blue strip.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sajidlz:
Yes... Working flawlessly
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Hey folks,

Regarding the camera bug in KitKat, here's one way you can tell if you have the bug. Notice that it says "running". It'll do that even when you're not using the camera, so it runs constantly in the background. So if you notice a drop in battery life, this is probably why. The only way to fix this is by disabling the camera entirely, and 3rd party camera apps will also behave the same since they use the same service. Android 4.4.3 will fix this bug, but until then you'll have to either disable the camera or live with battery drain.

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Lc1975:
[MENTION=655433]LordManhattan[/MENTION]

A Question that i have and if you patience to respond..

:)

That program App Ops X can block permission from installed app right?

If does that...

Can you post that app here?

I can get that app from my country....

:eek:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
It does indeed block app permissions, and it does that pretty well (hint: Facebook permissions), and you can also block apps from triggering wake locks (not smart to disable it on important apps and system apps), so you can potentially expand your battery life.

Can't you install it from the Play Store? Try this link.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Lc1975:
Answer from PlayStore:

We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.

:eek:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Install it in Xposed. Just search for "app ops".

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Pannam:
check this.

http://geeknizer.com/fix-android-media-server-scanner-sdcard-cpu-battery-drain/
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Charusen:
Silence incoming call

On Kitkat, how does one silence incoming calls?

I tried volume down, volume up, power button, nothing works!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Either push VOL DOWN all the way down and then some more, or open the quick toggles and press the sound toggle.

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Charusen:
Just tried it again, different levels of pressure, one quick push down, constant holding it down. None of them work.

FYI. I had done a clean install again over the weekend to remove any first time install bugs that might have been there.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
So you can't adjust the volume at all?

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Charusen:
ringtone volume i can adjust.

When I receive a call, I may not want to answer it. Instead off rejecting the call, I want it to just ring off, but without noise coming from the phone (i.e. silently).

In 4.3, i pressed the volume down key and the phone went silent. This is not happening with 4.4.

Any further advice/help? Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Thiolo:
guys have you tried to edit a pictue on stock album of sony? i have some error when changing sharpness., thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] vocado:
I have problem with camera launcher. It is very slow
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Yeah, there's something wrong with the camera. Install Google Camera from the Play Store. Much faster.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] szlevi:
This v4.4 update is an UTTER PILE OF JUNK AGAIN, Sony - and .757 not only DID NOT solve the f'n speaker issue but made my phone practically ****in' unusable : it now restarts randomly, slow as A DOG and apps freeze up time by time...

...after many-many years of Sony phones this was MY LAST *&^@%$ SONY PHONE for sure, I had enough of sponsoring these stupid amateur idiots at Sony, led by clueless Japanese mgmt, trying to learn how to code on commercially available products. At least when it was SE the Nordic mgmt imposed some sort of quality-check but these idiots in Japan now have NO CLUE WHATSOEVER, they are SLOWWWW to release yet NEVER PROPERLY TEST their junk before release.

**** these amateurs, **** Sony and its half-baked crap devices.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Feel better now?

I agree that the sound issue should never had made it to a production firmware, but the 757 update fixed it foe almost every one
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] 510jungleboy:
So far since i flash .757 when the update first appeared , My phone has been working flawless. Camera is very responsive .. battery life last a lot longer than previous build, speaker issue is not present , my phone just works right ... i'm even bone stock rooted with recovery too.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] PAPER1:
I had all the same problems you are having before I updated to .757 , but after I updated everything is working great .

Maybe you should try re-installing .757 again .

Same here , not 1 problem since I updated to .757 & my camera is also working very well

Along with my battery issue fixed .
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Did you try a different FTF rom? There are ones from China, America, Europe, India, Malaysia, etc...

I would try an alternative FTF & do a full flash/wipe and then comment.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] cenkaetaya:
I noticed my dial pad lags a bit when dialing the numbers

Other then that i am VERY happy with this update. I once again have great battery life. The previous update basically cuz my phones battery life in half.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Regarding battery, I noticed that it gets pretty bad the second I install and use Xposed, so I don't know if that's a KitKat issue, Sony issue or an Xposed issue. Guess we'll have to wait a bit.

Sent from my Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Hossam89:
I have some issue with the 747 too, but I just tried another TFT version and it works now perfectly, except for one thing that really annoys me the most, the screen sometimes refuses to respond when trying to wake it up, it just emits a very fading light, keeps on doing this many times and then may be after the 4th, or the 5th times it works, do you have any idea about this issue, I have it since the 4.3 and it still on
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kliroland:
I have the same issue, I tried various repairs over PCC and wipes under different firmwares, but the issue continues. I'm wondering, if it is a hardware problem. :(

Gesendet von meinem C6833 mit Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Hmm, haven't experienced that. Did you do a full wipe when you flashed?

Sent from my Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Hossam89:
Thank you for your support but Yes I did, also noticed the same problem with the Xperia ZL my sister has, weird huh???
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kliroland:
Are you using a screen protector? I'm using tempered glass protector. I'll give a normal protector a try next days.

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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Hmm, battery life is still not "great" (not close to being as good as 290). I don't have Xposed installed and I've deactivated the camera (camera bug that drains the battery), and I've stripped the ROM, so there's very little stuff that's running in the background. WHAT is using the battery? :p

Sent from my Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pTeronaut:
I had dreadful battery drain whilst Bluetooth was on (only connection was to my Smartwatch2), where the battery would drop 10% in 2.5 hours with wifi, mobile data & sync set to off and the phone unused for that period, turning Bluetooth off (and thusly severing connection to the SM2) returned battery usage to a more normal level.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Hmm, I pulled out my SD and it's a little better. Think I'll have to format it.

Sent from my Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Stu|:
I noticed this also, plus it would also heat up the handset. I don't have bluetooth on anymore. It is worth noting that it happened even when not connected to a bluetooth device.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] 3dsardarAndroid:
Phone hangs and restarts often

Hi, i have installed

this rom :

[STOCK ROM] [FTF] *Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) 14.3.A.0.757 *"Ukraine"*

on my Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) IN version ,

even though i have enough RAM ,my phone sometimes hangs and Restarts itself, its been happening very frequently ,

and not to forget about the overheating, it gets warm around the upper area around the camera very often

is this because of Ukraine rom ? ported in Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) IN version phone
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] szlevi:
Headset sound bug is back, this PoS still does NOT see the headset. Another fPoS amateur junk firmware, thanks and FO, Sony.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Sent from my Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
I was just about to put my Ultra on the charger, but then I thought that it would be smart to completely drain the battery to 0%, since I haven't done that in about 6 months. I put on an episode of The King of Queens at 4% so i could drain the battery. I'm through two episodes now (40 minutes), and it's still going. This tells me that my battery is far from calibrated, so be sure to do this if you're also having battery "issues".
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SUNNY-Blue:
Question. My WiFi seems to enable on its own. Any ideas how to track down the culprit? Noticed it on .757. Already reflashed and a factory reset and it's still doing it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
what do you mean enable? the icon turns on in the status bar, or that it's on in the battery stats?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SUNNY-Blue:
It turns on in the Quick Settings panel. It's also enabled in Settings.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Finally getting some proper battery life again after I calibrated it yesterday.

Sent from my Z Ultra
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] SUNNY-Blue:
Wow! That's amazing. Care to share how you were able to achieve that? ;)