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[Xperia Z1 General] FranzDages:
Update on my experience with the newest "bug fix". On the initial KK firmware, I had the sound issue but none of the other ones that people reported. Battery life may have been a little worse, but that also could have been that people reported worse battery life and so I was paying more attention to it. If it was worse, it wasn't by much. Since the "fix", my battery life has definitely been worse, though I don't have numbers to say that "I used to get this" and "now I get this". No overheating issues with first KK. Yesterday, I was working in a city which I'm not familiar with. Used GPS for approx. an hour. My phone was getting hot enough that I was holding it up to the air conditioner vent to cool it down. I've used GPS before, and although the phone got warm, it was never before that hot. I took the phone off the charger this morning. Used less than 30 minutes of GPS today, and less than 30 minutes looking things up on-line. After my 8 hour drive, I was down to 2% battery. My drive did consist of varying No Signal, Edge, 3G and LTE coverage, but that is still unacceptable.
[Xperia Z1 General] palkia171993:
Just my thought though. Maybe, just maybe, Sony released buggy update on purpose so that we will be satisfied when the new update comes out with all the bug fixed and we will not demand new features from z2 anymore :D Besides, with a buggy Z1, they might mean that's Z1 limit, and that will make us want to upgrade to future models. :p

I still love my Z1 on iHackers though :angel: My most annoying problem now is the overheating stuff. Camera was actually better than 681 in term of performance (nearly no freezing yet). Battery is about the same.
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
Thats weird and I didn't view it from this side but everything could be true. I think it is their job to fix the bugs and problems AND provide us with the latest features of the Z2 as the Z1 and Z2 share very similiar hardware. If they don't do this I and many others won't buy a sony handset again and I don't think that Sony wants to ruin their reputation
[Xperia Z1 General] Someguyfromhell:
It's all about marketing. Sony is not required to provide all newest features to their phones. Sony's main target is to earn as much money as possible, thereby they add new features to newest phone in order to make people interested in them and buy them.

If Sony would all the newest features to older phones as well, then people wouldn't be that interested in buying new phones, thereby losing some great profit.

It's just the way life is and it can't be changed.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dadovvv:
This is rule for all brand, not only for sony.
[Xperia Z1 General] homer285:
Absolutely no issues here that other are facing, 4th day on 4.4.2 stock, rooted, Oxide with custom kernel and mega amount of tweaks, 3 battery cycles and battery is doing well, it is for me most stable ROM to date.
[Xperia Z1 General] Someguyfromhell:
Indeed, though I just mentioned Sony there as the main idea was about Z1 updates,
[Xperia Z1 General] Ycb04:
Also add nfc quick settings toggle broken in 757 firmware too
[Xperia Z1 General] ayhamx360:
i dont have any battery drain either ! my battery last more than a day with average usage..and my camera takes 1 or 2 seconds top to open and im on 757 firmware

so i think the problems occurs with some devices...
[Xperia Z1 General] nifty_mats:
My Z1 is also running perfect. No issues at all. 100% smooth, lag free & ice cool.[emoji3]
[Xperia Z1 General] showlyshah:
Guys i have few suggestions..

1) lag,fc,reboot:- use ftf flashing with wiping options enabled, if u use recovery flashing, do data factory reset before flashing. Also odex firmwares are speedy than deodex ones.. And alo remb to delete "data and android" folders from sd card too..( but u can backup and reuse data which are big, like game data files)

2:- camera probs :- check ur sd speed if u save pics in sd, recommended speeds are class 6, to u1, not needed u2 or extreme cards above 40mb/s rw.

Or just save pics to internal, and move to external when needed.

Sd card are not simple things, random rw to sd drains battery much more rapid, may slow down s/m and so on..

3) reboots and networks:- use default kernal or moded ones, which are derived from same region ftf's, ie if u use euro version ftf, euro version kernel is recomended and not others ( especially if u face network probs)

4)battery:- use of messaging apps, social networking apps, widgets, antivirus, etc it will drain battery quick, also most battery savers have opposite effects on batter, as they run as services, instead if u are rooted, i recomend greenify app, also turn off location finding using wifi and mobile data, insted use gps! ( ya.. I said gps, why? Coz it does turn on only when wanted, but in case of wifi or mobile, it usually syncs with network to retrive location data), another one- use manual brightness set at lowest when u are inside room most time, and just turn on automatic when outside..

Turn off haptic feedbacks and click sounds, keep the volume as much as u want..

May this things will help
[Xperia Z1 General] randymess:
The problem is that some people want to play games that consumes a lot of RAM and GPU like Asphalt 8 for example, and they complaint about "heating problems".
[Xperia Z1 General] Terepin:
I just really hope they will fix lag issue. Because in current state EVERYTHING lags. I had Nexus 5, which has the same HW and it was butter smooth. My new Z1 feels liker my old Desire, which is ridiculous.
[Xperia Z1 General] kxdaorbit:
@ Denonite, Re: SkyGo and root

I'm using the SkyGO app in the UK, on NUT's 14.3.A.0.757, rooted with LB and all is well. Where and how did you come to what seems like a definitive assertion that this app cannot run on rooted devices. Maybe it would be truer if you had said this app not working for you.

I'm not trying to have a go, but this is an example of how misinformation can fuel unnecessary concerns for some users of this, IMHO, quite amazing device.
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
What lag? My phone is super smooth and quite fast
[Xperia Z1 General] ing005:
I have the same issue. this can be fix with wiping the phone. but I can't backup programs becuase Titanium backup requires root. And since we have to unlock bootloader first before root, which is it will erase all the data.

anyone has any other solution ?
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
here are several things that seemed to fix my drain issue

unmounts your ext sd and the battery drain will stop (remount)

setting/apps/running - force stop anything that has camera in the name

uninstall Skype

after doing the above over a few days at random times (except Skype) I now have a fully stable device no heating or battery drain, don't understand why but my phone is now working perfect and I had huge issues

There is a known bug in 4.4.2 admitted by google to be fixed in 4.4.3 that has something to do with apps calling the camera module - Skype being one of them

The problem is easy to see if you look at the battery usage in profile in power management - media server will be running at about 40% of battery usage instead of the normal 2-3% - it stops the phone from sleeping

Based on what google has said Sony may not be able to resolve this issue as it is a KitKat issue

Anyway through messing around for over 3 weeks with apps and disabling stuff and what I said above my phone is now working normally

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rubbish
[Xperia Z1 General] Nidhal AKA the king:
guys, im still in 4.3 build 14.2.A.1.136 i got an update notification in my phone for the 4.4.2 build 14.3.A.0.681. then i plugged my phone in my computer and opened PC Companion and I got an update pop up window for 4.4.2 build 14.3.A.0.757

please let me know , and tell me what kinda of bugs u get and in which build number? i won't update until i make sure all is bugs free!

thanks so much for the help!
[Xperia Z1 General] zOOOOmer:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=ru

It doesn't require root.
[Xperia Z1 General] Terepin:
Tried factory reset. Didn't help. I take 4.3 wasn't suffering from this?
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
I really can't understand you guys...

If you have problems with one firmware use another one.

If KK doesn't work well on your device and you were perfectly satisfied with JB then use JB until Sony release new firmware which will maybe fix your problems.

As I said few times and I see I'm not the only one - 757 firmware is working great on my 6903.

But if I have problems on it I wouldn't whining all the time, I would flash firmware that works best in my phone and would wait for another firmware...

I know few guys who are still on 290 - they have best battery, camera and memory consumption on that firmware.

But we all want latest firmware no matter it's not working well....humans are strange beings.

I'm not saying Sony shouldn't fix it and we should be satisfied with JB, no, they must fix it but while you are waiting - use something that actually works for you...
[Xperia Z1 General] cingolat:
Holy words........
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
That's only thing you could do...

Imw not saying you are all right - you are and Sony shouldn't use million different suppliers but they did and there's nothing we can do about it.

We can sell our devices and buy HTC or Samsung (they are doing same mistakes) or use firmwares that actually works until they release something better...
[Xperia Z1 General] Ycb04:
At least htc and Samsung let you use your SD card
[Xperia Z1 General] Riyal:
lol! Since when did htc let you use sdcard? In fact how do you even use an sdcard on a phone without an sd slot?
[Xperia Z1 General] cingolat:
Good question.....how put sdcard on HTC one?
[Xperia Z1 General] B1nny:
The HTC One (M8, new model with the dual-camera stuff) has an SD-card slot.
[Xperia Z1 General] randymess:
He doesn't know whats he's talking about. In fact, Sony is letting use your SD Card through File Commander (official file manager).
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
You are probably referring to KitKat restrictions to write on SDcard and that's something Google add, that's not Sony's thing...

And if device don't have sdcard slot - it's kinda obvious you won't have that restrictions.

It's really simple, you should try to check all inform. before you buy something and buy something you actually need and want.

To buy Z1, knowing it has 16Gb plus sd and then whining that Samsung has 32Gb (HTC, Nokia....or whichever) is, in my opinion - ridiculous...
[Xperia Z1 General] Ycb04:
App data I meant, I know it's a Google thing but Samsung let you install app data to your SD
[Xperia Z1 General] Terepin:
Dude, I just bought it. I have no idea which one has that or that.

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[Xperia Z1 General] migidid:
How is it possible that some have 5h battery life and some (like me) have over 2 days battery life... that cant be sonys fault... you are doing something wrong...

btw if your battery is draining super fast install some av because my friends phone was draining like 5% in minute while sleep and turned out there was a virus that was hammering e-money...
[Xperia Z1 General] cingolat:
Give it some time and you will understand everything you have to know......nobody learned me I have understood everything by myself reading the sticking tread......

Just read and read over the forum and you will have your answer
[Xperia Z1 General] plau13:
Wow I honestly didn't know this until now. Thank you. Was quite upset with root explorer not working.
[Xperia Z1 General] espe0:
me too ...I've never had such fast battery draining ...with ~3h wifi ~1h call ~2h flac music a day last time i had crazy 49h12m battery life

...it should be user fault i think ...I never did root or sth like that ...my phone is crazy fast ...and I install .apk from this forum to pimp my phone:D

BUT!!!

I always after fresh update install make hard reset and disable/uninstall all useless software (debloating)
[Xperia Z1 General] Nidhal AKA the king:
do you have any idea when it'll be officially released? im still on 4.3 and i heard the other kitkat builds has some bugs!

so i would like to wait more for the latest build.

thx
[Xperia Z1 General] LJE:
I bought a note 3 but still have my Z1 sitting on my bed side table.

I never had many problems with Sony and only went to samsung because I was up for a new contract and the Z2 was taking too long to be released in Australia.

Anyway I use the Z1 for Internet and games while at home because it's connected to my router.

Without using the phones radio it lasts 5/6 days instead of 1 before needing a charge.

For real, I hardly ever charge it now that it's only connected through wifi.

I wonder if the baseband with 4.2 is better then 4.4? I had better battery life before 4.4.

Would it be possible to modify an older baseband to work with kit kat to see if that's the problem with battery drain?

Or is that not possible?
[Xperia Z1 General] Ierlanfdan:
Same here Camera black screen and about 5/6 seconds later it works. Battery drains and it gets very hot.
[Xperia Z1 General] nolawardana:
when the firmware .761 release??? still waiting for fix bugs
[Xperia Z1 General] FahmyAbou:
It is only certified, so we can't say if it will be released or not. Hope that it will be released soon
[Xperia Z1 General] kannanX10:
.761 is available for China variant of c6902(from yesterday).............check xperia update checker tool.....

cust no:1277-2526
[Xperia Z1 General] lunarjetman1:
Any big fix list anywhere?
[Xperia Z1 General] Ycb04:
Does the nfc toggle work and the update centre stop crashing?
[Xperia Z1 General] Kirkymole:
Screw it, might as well buy an iClone until the update is released, my Z1 is practically useless to me on the current firmware.
[Xperia Z1 General] funky0308:
Summer update should be best (if rumors comes true) we could get many Z2 features or at least some of them...

I guess this one or next certified will "only" fix problems on some devices.
[Xperia Z1 General] nolawardana:
What is the best rom (stock) for daily use,, ??
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
well tonite I'm back to having serious battery drain and overheat but the things I did before are having no effect

Update to KK was a grave error on my part I have to say, it's lucky Sony or Google don't get charged for my time trying to keep this phone going - no root all standard and spend hours killing apps and services unmounts reboots until I find a combination that works - smartwatch connected which complicates the issue I believe

Plus I think google is covertly spying on people even though I have never used cloud or sync anything on my phone - twitter disabled - facebook disbled etc etc but still see some weird services running that I don't like

on top of all the above the only way I can charge my phone is to turn it off as the battery drain is too much for the charger to keep up - again the drain shows as media server and media download upload over wifi, the only thing I did was take a few photos using AR Effect stored internally not on external SD, if I had to guess I'd say something is trying to upload my photos but is being blocked and continues trying - I have no such app or permission enabled
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
What does this new firmware do? Is it just another bugfix? How much does it weight?
[Xperia Z1 General] Luhccas-X10:
4.2.2 version .257

I'll revert tomorrow from kitkat.

Sent from my Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
well today I am completely and utterly baffled

Left my phone on charge overnight after having more difficulties during the evening and it is like a completely different device today, running cold and seems sluggish (touchscreen has a very slight delay) and I noticed that two of the CPU cores are inactive, it's like it got a FW update overnight that I am not aware of, going to benchmark it and see if something really weird has happened to the cpu

It has gone from running hot and serious battery drain to running cold and the battery is hardly dropping at all

later...........

well 3dmark got a bit of heat in there and maxed out, not running the unlimited test as the phone is now too hot

It seems that something dramatic has happened to my Z1 overnight and I am at a complete loss as to what

Two things I did yesterday

1 Uninstalled 2x smartwatch apps to do with the camera and photos

2. settings - accounts - google - Ads, reset advertising and ticked box to opt out of interest based ads, I think this is most likely what made the difference and fixed my battery drain and heating charging issues
[Xperia Z1 General] Someguyfromhell:
Do keep in mind, that Snapdragon 800 chipset has the ability to switch off cores. It is done to save battery life when there is no need for additional CPU power.
[Xperia Z1 General] joecool666:
the new firmware 761 has been released on the france carrier, but i am back to 534
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
It supose to be checked or unchecked that at the settings, because I checked mine but the battery run out fast and I had the phone restart it every day.
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
check it to opt out
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
????? Checked or unchecked??
[Xperia Z1 General] hush66:
You should check the option.
[Xperia Z1 General] nutzuTo:
Thx I did that and like I said the battery did died faster than before plus I had everyday reboots
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
then you have other stuff going on with your phone

wipe it do an update repair and be careful what apps you install in fact don't install any until you are sure it is working correctly for at least a week - then you will know if you have faulty hardware - how complicated is that
[Xperia Z1 General] randymess:
C6903 14.3.a.0.769 firmware certified by ptcrb!!!
[Xperia Z1 General] adryanodej:
hope will fix the touch issue, I removed my asf and now touch it`s going crazy somethimes... realy anoying :)
[Xperia Z1 General] kingchristy123:
The reason your getting that is because the screen sensitivity is tweaked to match having the asf on if thats removed the slightest bit of greasey/oily fingers sends the screen mad, only way to fix is getting a good screen protector on your phone have tried and tested this over and over
[Xperia Z1 General] sruba209:
Reboot in safe mode...press power button then long press on shutdown...then wen the phone is in safe mode then reboot normally

Sent from my C6902
[Xperia Z1 General] negrobembon:
Why did you remove the asf? Is there any significant difference? Im curious
[Xperia Z1 General] Bobeobi:
I'm also using device without ASF, 'cause it got scratched really quick, and yes, sensor a bit more sensitive after removing, but nothing critical, just dont forget to clean it, on the other side without ASF you have NON-scracthable glass and more vivid colours.
[Xperia Z1 General] slim207rc:
It's supposed to be non scratchable! Got scratches all over the damn thing! Even though it's only in my pocket with nothing else in it! Wearing a suite all day so it's not coming from any fibers or such!

Pretty upset about it!
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Did the actual glass get scratched? Im thinking about removing the ASF coz it got some scratches
[Xperia Z1 General] darklord408:
Ma'am It would be better to remove ASF then replace it with TG(Tempered glass)
[Xperia Z1 General] slim207rc:
Yapp, it's the Glas or I wouldn't mention it ;)

First thing I always do is take the ASF off!

My Z as the Z1 have scratches all over!

Can't see them head on but as soon as you clean the display and tilt it intobthe light, you see all of them!
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
I've had 2x Z1's - the first I removed the ASF and fitted tempered glass Screen saver as the ASF had a scratch

The second I fitted tempered glass over the ASF

both worked very well so you can do either
[Xperia Z1 General] joecool666:
firmware 761 is rolling out now regards joe, hit the thanks if i have helped,
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
can you elaborate

tell you what - that was an excellent post, the detail and accuracy of information is unequalled on this forum, get ready for more likes than you can ever dream of ......right ?

and PS - 761 was released some time ago in specific regions and has since been upstaged with 769
[Xperia Z1 General] joecool666:
761 firmware update

nordic NCB,nordic combine NCB,and a few more use update checker and i wont need to elaborate lol

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happy to help you lol,
[Xperia Z1 General] duanelgh:
I can confirm that the new firmware 14.3.A.0.761 has begin rolling out in my area which is Singapore. I'm using model C6903
[Xperia Z1 General] juanpirulo:
If anyone its interested i made a flashable zip rooted and with dual recovery of the last unbranded nordic NCB .761 firmware following Nut´s guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53036866&postcount=58

Cheers
[Xperia Z1 General] joecool666:
going to flash now thanks buddy regards joe,
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Can anyone confirm if this works?

Sent from my Xperia Z1
[Xperia Z1 General] juanpirulo:
I allready got it working in my device.cheers

Enviado desde mi C6903 mediante Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] joecool666:
you did a good job buddy thanks, all works fine
[Xperia Z1 General] juanpirulo:
I added a deodex.zip to the post also. cheers.
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
it worked, thank you!
[Xperia Z1 General] hololodilolo:
Could you please create ftf and share with us? :)
[Xperia Z1 General] juanpirulo:
If you want you have the. 761 nórdic costumize in the Last Page of the mega colección post. Cheers

Enviado desde mi C6903 mediante Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 General] :
It's not coming out for me. Please make an ftf. Btw are you using Singtel, Starhub or M1?
[Xperia Z1 General] feddexx69:
anyone with c6906 receiving the update yet?
[Xperia Z1 General] duanelgh:
i dont think i can make an ftf file as I'm rooted and im on a custom rom. im using M1.
[Xperia Z1 General] :
You do know you make ftfs directly from update service and not from your phone, right?
[Xperia Z1 General] duanelgh:
i have never made an ftf and i dont know how to :confused:

any guidance would be appreciated :)
[Xperia Z1 General] :
Here it is. http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z/development/noobs-guide-create-stock-firmware-ftf-t2188129

Take your time
[Galaxy S 5 General] sanjaybenjamin:
*#1234# to check software version of phone.

*#12580*369# to check software and hardware information.

*#0228# Battery status (ADC, RSSI reading)

*#32489# Service mode

*#7780# Factory data reset galaxy S5

*2767*3855# Full factory reset (Don't dial it does not ask you to confirm unless you have problem)

*#0*# To check the various hardware components of your Samsung Galaxy S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] simacca:
The last code is good to check for dead or stuck pixels.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hemander:
When you dial the secret code *#0*#. Now you get a screen with title LCD TEST and below that you have lots of option to test various hardware parts of your phone such as speaker, sensor, lcd, etc

To go back use right physical button

while testing the touch you have to touch and mark all the squares back button does not work

Other use full secret codes for android phone tested on galaxy S5 - See more at:

http://samteck.blogspot.com/2014/04/samsung-galaxy-s5-secret-codes-new.html#sthash.g3uhYWKd.dpuf
[Galaxy S 5 General] ozonenetwork:
*#32489# Service mode not work for me on GM-900F
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
or you can just install dead pixel test
[Galaxy S 5 General] hemander:
Any secret code to verify if my phone is really unlock?
[Galaxy S 5 General] vndnguyen:
Some more codes:

*#7353# : 2nd Self Test Mode

*#272*<IMEI># : Change the CSC code (Changing the CSC will factory reset your phone)

If this code does not work on some phone, you can use the 'CSC Changer' tool here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2737283

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I'm not sure if this code work on S5 but it did work on older Galaxy S and S2:

*#7465625# (*#simlock#)