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[Xperia Z2 General] Risc0n:
For what it is worth I have the German version on my UK handset and it seems to work fine. Given me better battery life, longer call time and improved call quality. Of course I will be eager to jump on the UK version if it is out?
[Xperia Z2 General] TheSupernova:
For all UK sim-free Sony Xperia Z2 owners:

I've just received a message in the update centre that firmware update 17.1.2.A.0.314 is now available. Finally! 5 weeks after everyone else.

Sadly it's not OTA. It says at the bottom of the message that 'you can only use a computer to update your device', so it must be through PC Companion you can update your Z2.

Can all other UK sim-free Z2 owners please check and see if they have this too. I'll have to wait until tonight before i can update my phone. Has anyone already updated successfully?

Wonder how long it will take now to receive .323 eh? Lol.
[Xperia Z2 General] guhvanoh:
I've finally got it with the same message. Will have fire up my XP laptop this evening...
[Xperia Z2 General] james_d:
The wifi issues I was having at work have now gone which is good news for my data usage. Not noticed anything else
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
I have also got the unbranded notification to update to .314
[Xperia Z2 General] mishooo:
Same here - However it tells me all personal data will be kept - is that right ?

I presume its going to wipe out root and exposed but that can be fixed later
[Xperia Z2 General] lyubor:
As far as I know .323 is vodafone specific firmware. Got the OTA as well and mine's 95~ megabytes and can be done without a PC. I'm reflashing .402 to lose root before I do so (otherwise it can't verify at end of download).

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It will indeed unroot but it's not that hard to reroot. After rooting, updating xposed framework will reactivate all your modules.
[Xperia Z2 General] bigstoo:
I've had my Z2 for a couple of weeks now. So far I'm fairly pleased with it now I've iron out some of the issues.

I've come from a Nexus 5 so I'm used to a vanilla Android experience. I've put the Google Experience Launcher on.

So far the biggest problem I've had is the fact that wi-fi stops working. I have Bluetooth on permanently to sync with my car and G Watch and apparently that is causing issues with wi-fi. It will inexplicably stop working and not start again until I toggle flight mode or reboot. I turns out a fix for it is to reboot with wi-fi switched off and only switch on when the device is fully powered up.

I've tried an old generic UK firmware to see if it makes any difference. I'm on 3 UK and found that using the UK generic firmware stopped my mobile signal working correctly. We still have 2G masts where I live and I couldn't connect to them. I'm back on the 3 UK .314 firmware. Has anyone on 3 UK tried any other firmwares?
[Xperia Z2 General] MichaelWT:
I flashed the german .314 ftf, but I'm on giffgaff. I have not had any wifi issues on the .55, .402 or .314 firmwares, but this was to let you know the unbranded german rom works well.

Michael
[Xperia Z2 General] bigstoo:
Just out of interest, are you using bluetooth at all?

Also, do you have any problems using 2G masts?
[Xperia Z2 General] MichaelWT:
does a bluetooth speaker count? then yes

2G's fine.

I don't use 4G though. None where I am in Essex.
[Xperia Z2 General] Neil_F:
4G is fine on both the German and Uk 314 unbranded
[Xperia Z2 General] nick0x:
I've just got the OTA notification for update to 17.1.2.A.0.314 on sim-free uk !

Am i right in thinking this keeps all personal data (i.e. its not equivalent to repair phone or factory reset) ?
[Xperia Z2 General] guhvanoh:
Yes. I got the OTA update notification last week but couldn't use it since I'm rooted. I got a verify issue. So used SUS to update on WinXP, then used OpenSuSE 13.1 to reroot and install dual recovery.
[Xperia Z2 General] Jhon998:
Lol my eyes are tiered of searching in xda

i'll be getting the z2 soon,

i want the two links for the sus and opensuse please

EDIT: already got the Z2 lol 3 weeks ago maybe, but i rooted it from xperia rootkit and installed xz2 dual recovery and existenz rom and doomkernel
[Xperia Z2 General] es10n:
I'm on .402 unbranded UK, and received notification about 17.1.2.A.0.314, however I can't ota update. I think it's because I'm rooted. If this is the case how can I unroot in order to install the update?

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z2 General] guhvanoh:
Google for Sony Update Service. You do know that OpenSuSE is a Linux distribution, right?

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Updating via Sony Update Service will automatically unroot your fone. You'll have to search for another way to unroot.
[Xperia Z2 General] es10n:
Thanks, trying to update now via Sony PC Companion - will let you know how I get on.

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Nope - does not work via PC Companion either - looks like I'll have to figure out how to unroot.

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Ok, got it to work (although I have lost root) and I did this via FlashTool and then flashed latest firmware. I did untick Wipe User Data, so I'll let people know my experience with doing this.
[Xperia Z2 General] cyng98:
I have to admit, as much as like my Z2, I have had exactly the same faults. I've noticed pretty bad lag particularly with the multitasking button, but the other buttons also lag slightly.

Not as extreme as yours, but even with everything power saving enabled, my phone struggles to make 4hours screen on (admittedly constantly gaming.

Still, you learn to live with these niggles - although anyone who has any fixes - please drop a reply :D
[Xperia Z2 General] bombdog:
What what fellow Brits. I'm on a SIM unlocked, unbranded ex demo phone on 3 (replacement from their repair team) on 314. Still not getting any notifications of updates for 4.4.4. Is anyone in the UK getting 4.4.4. using either the OTA on the phone or the PC companion method? Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z2 General] GretaLewd:
Nothing here yet.

I'm on Vodafone, who have their own build version but I've flashed stock Sony 314 to get rid of some Voda junk.

A few people have posted in another thread that the UK tends to get updates a bit later than most others. Certainly seems to be that way this time :(
[Xperia Z2 General] LlamaV3:
It'd be nice to know how long a "bit later" is, are we talking days, weeks, months?
[Xperia Z2 General] Gandalf Greyhelm:
From experience about a fortnight - if not then it usually means the UK is being skipped a particular update.

Presumably that won't occur with 4.4.4.
[Xperia Z2 General] hyelton:
Last update I think was just under 2 weeks, but it was late close to the last.
[Xperia Z2 General] bombdog:
23.0.1.A.0.167 downloading OTA as we speak. Was notified at 12.30 by update manager. Just for reference my device is a replacement from Sony Repair (ex demo unit) no sim lock and not rooted and unbranded. On 3 network. Let's see what the fuss is all about then :)
[Xperia Z2 General] festa20:
Nothing so special about it really.

For me I'm getting **** battery, it's abit better with more features but not really that good I'm going bk only cm later, atheist I will have better battery on cm than this 4.4.4 :-/
[Xperia Z2 General] TheSupernova:
Yip, i can confirm i now have it on my UK sim-free Sony Xperia Z2. Just finished downloading it now. Surprised i got it so soon, was expecting to wait another week or two!

Firmware update 23.0.1.A.0.167 has arrived aka Android 4.4.4.

Let's hope it fixes everything. Although judging by reports some things have been made worse!

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Jesus Christ, the icons have been made bloody huge now! Was that really necessary? Looks way too gigantic for the phone.
[Xperia Z2 General] waynekirby:
I agree, the only 2 things that let this FW down are

- Nasty huge icon size reminiscent to iOS icon scale (IMO)

- Camera refresh rate (heating was never a problem for me)

Other than that, it's been a pleasant experience on stock, back to AOSP (based) ROM's for me soon though...
[Xperia Z2 General] BanziBaby:
Glad to see some have got the update, no updates showing on my 3UK handset with UK unbranded firmware :(
[Xperia Z2 General] MrCatalyst:
I had the update come up on my Z2 yesterday, and I'm also on 3UK. Around the same time everyone else had it - around 12:30pm. Didn't flash it until I got home, since I needed to create my own root package, but all works fine!
[Xperia Z2 General] MattJaO3D:
I have to send my phone back to Sony centre in Kent on Monday, because my bottom speaker is what sounds like it's blown out, it's horrible even at half volume just sounds like crap, I've relocked bootloader and restored TA partition, then did a repair my device via pc companion, so it's now completely stock and everything works like, xreality, camera bionz etc, so all is good, like I've never rooted or flashed custom roms, now that I've restored it back to stock, my question is, can Sony tell wether or not I've unlocked my bootloader and relocked it again? I don't want them to say no, it's not under warranty, blah blah, then have to pay 20 quid to get it back, if any has any experience with sending relocked, and restored TA back for repairs would be handy to here what happened.
[Xperia Z2 General] waynekirby:
[MENTION=4920155]MattJaO3D[/MENTION] you should be fine mate, they probably could tell if they dive into it deep enough, but I wouldn't worry about it at all mate.
[Xperia Z2 General] MattJaO3D:
Well let's see what they say, shame so close to Xmas, but I can't live with this speaker, driving me nuts, I'm posting it off in the morning
[Xperia Z2 General] AndroidInsanity:
Got my Z2 today. Coming from a note 3. Figured I'll make a love and hate list...

Love:

Camera in low light

Screen size is perfect

On screen buttons

Battery life is comparable to note 3

Gorgeous design.

Front camera.

Front firing speakers.

Cool LED light.

Sony Walkman.

Waterproof.

Things I hate...

Not a fan of Sony skin.

The fact Sony are Dev friendly yet take away features when unlocked boot loader.

On screen buttons could be smaller.

Flaps although there's a reason.

I prefer AMOLED
[Xperia Z2 General] sutty86:
Getting mine on Wednesday upgrade from three 25 a month.

Might exchange my OnePlus for one, see what it's all about
[Xperia Z2 General] MattJaO3D:
I love the z2, it's very feature rich as stock rom, hi res audio and camera is top notch, watching you tube is pretty good with xreality on, playing flac files on Walkman and hi res is best for audio quality imo, with a few xposed modules, like Xperia xposed, blur ui, and flatbars make it a pretty eye candy stock rom, and if your a true flashaholic I'd recommend a nexus lol, just too much too loose on unlocked roms, like cm etc, so best to back up ta partition, and have best of both worlds, long live z series
[Xperia Z2 General] TheSupernova:
So do any UK owners of the sim-free Sony Xperia Z2 have Android 5.0 on their phones yet?

I don't have it on mine. Does anyone know when it's coming?

Also is it able to download OTA or must be it done through Sony PC Companion?
[Xperia Z2 General] Neil_F:
Nope. Have unbranded phone on Ee, so it will be a while with those halfwits until they approve the firmware. Flashed the Baltic firmware out of curiosity. Worth it, much better even if just for the app data to sd option :)
[Xperia Z2 General] JOHNNYMED9:
Hopefully not too long!!
[Xperia Z2 General] bombdog:
Badgered Three again today, once again seems promising, but also open ended..
[Xperia Z2 General] Kashim:
Still no love for my Sim Free Z2. Although from experience for some reason usually I end up getting the update dead last, as in even after carrier versions.
[Xperia Z2 General] JJD809:
I got the prompt to download the OTA update but I'm in no rush to upgrade. Having a rooted phone is important to me, so waiting until the clever guys have a proper root option available before I take that step. Happy with the phone as it is on 4.4.4 in any case.

I have a sim-free model but it was flashed with a generic central Europe ROM, or maybe a generic German flavour Kit-Kat ROM..
[Xperia Z2 General] ghostofcain:
Not sure what you mean by proper root? Been running the baltic rom since day 1 with fully functioning root, Also got full recovery access (although I am bootloader unlocked).
[Xperia Z2 General] MattJaO3D:
Niaboc has a prerooted Baltic version, but its quite easy to make your own , theres a tool on here somewhere, I'm back on cm12 , its a bit boring 5.0 stock Sony , no xreatlity (I know there's a fix) but not the point , and theming is still young , but , if you have a ps4 , the remote play port on here in apps and games , works flawlessly on cm12 and 609 Baltic rooted and unlocked :) so may as well run non stock ROMs, because if the camera is getting much better on cm12 etc , and tbh got use to not having xreality , and theres a music app called neutron that plays music at high quality with 64 bit processing , and IMO sounds better than Sony walkman with DSHQ on , I'll wait for niaboc to bring out Sony stock , as the guy is a legend , and Sony should take notes off him.
[Xperia Z2 General] JJD809:
What I meant by proper root is a straightforward way to root the phone for us non-techical dudes that is easy and simple to execute. Example using towelroot on the older versions.

Some of the rooting options available are fairly complex to follow and sometimes the instructions have double meanings (lost in translation perhaps) so you never quite sure if you screwed something up or not.

Hope my explanation makes sense now...
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
For those of you who are waiting for the update/OTA

Twitter says Weds/Thursday

https://twitter.com/sonyxperiagb/status/587654494705549313
[Xperia Z2 General] TheSupernova:
Thank goodness! I've been waiting patiently to receive Android 5.0 on my sim-free Z2 from Sony for weeks and weeks. I thought they had forgotten all about us in Great Britain! So Lollipop is definetely coming to the Z2 this week then incl. sim-free Z2?

Just one other thing, it's been reported that Lollipop for the Xperia Z series is riddled with bugs. So does that mean when 5.0 arrives on our Z2's it's going to be like all the other updates and have the same bugs/problems? Which makes me wonder will it even be worthwhile to update??
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
I flashed the baltic version on my z3tc. There's no close all button nor nfc icon. I don't mind either to be honest.

I hope the sim free version drops first. Sometimes we have had to wait for all the carriers to release their versions first, which seems backwards.

I'll be checking xperifirm and doing a full wipe as key z2 has got a bit sluggish recently.
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
OTA dropped on my SIM free version on 3UK about an hour ago. Its nearly done installing.
[Xperia Z2 General] Kashim:
Update just dropped on my Sim free phone. Required 1.2GB of free space.
[Xperia Z2 General] 5nakedoc:
23.10.A.726 Now installing on 3UK.
[Xperia Z2 General] iRadio:
Got it yesterday afternoon on EE.

Not really had much time to play yet
[Xperia Z2 General] bombdog:
Yep got my update yesterday on unlocked device on 3 network. Finding that the camera is horrid and I miss the close all button and for some reason in the service menu (*#*#7378423#*#*) under service settings Network Mode is now N/A? I do like the design and it's very swishy and nice looking, but they need to update the camera software ASAP it's minging..
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
I have the standard new update makes it feel snappier feeling at the moment.

I had to hunt to turn on smart lock/smart face unlock as after I upgraded as it wasn't in the security options. I had to go to Security > Advanced > Trusted Agents and enable Smart Lock (Google).

For me its a really good feature to have when I am at home/trusted places. Unlocking via PIN/Password is a tad annoying!
[Xperia Z2 General] saedted:
Got the 5.0.2 update yesterday on 3!

For some reason I can't remove pass code for my lockscreen. Meaning I am forced to have a password on my screen lock. Anyone have an idea why that is?
[Xperia Z2 General] Kashim:
Noticed a couple of bugs. Apps2SD doesn't actually work as it seems to move the data files to SD Card 0 (internal storage) which defeats the purpose. Also bluetooth unlock is no longer available for the smartband which is something that I really liked.
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
Are you talking about smart lock (as it is now called in 5.0)? I had to manually enable the trusted agent to get smart lock available for trusted devices, face unlock and trusted places. My SRS-X1 speak keeps my device unlocked when its connected.
[Xperia Z2 General] Kashim:
Yeah the thing is my smart band is only recognised as an NFC device. Which means I can only unlock my phone via NFC rather than the Bluetooth connection like before. So currently to unlock I have to swipe up from the lock screen then get my smart band at just the right angle so that I can get my phone to unlock via NFC. Its obviously a lot faster and less cumbersome to just do it via pattern than mess around with it so that's what I have to do for now. Smart band doesn't show up as a Bluetooth device.
[Xperia Z2 General] kodbel:
I got my Z2 Simfree from Argos this January. The wireless charging point just came off with magnet recently. Has anyone experienced this yet?

I have never sent a phone under warranty for repair before. Currently running a rooted 4.4.4 rom atm. Do I have to unroot it before sending it?
[Xperia Z2 General] MattJaO3D:
Yeah unroot it, use pc companion to flash and factory reset, I had to relock my bootloader
[Xperia Z2 General] kodbel:
Thanks. My bootloader is locked and recovery is TWRP atm. To unroot and remove custom recovery, should I run FTF, or PC companion will do?
[Xperia Z2 General] waynekirby:
Either will do. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Stalkalainen:
For those of you on the unbranded firmware, connect your phone to Sony PC companion to update if you don't want to use Flashtool or wait for the OTA.
[Xperia Z2 General] kodbel:
Received a new phone from sony repairs rather than fixing my old one :)
[HTC One X] reubenvarghese1:
I think that if the nexus 5 could get a sense 6 port from the htc one (m8) then even our hox can get the same but i havent heard of any development in this regard .It would be great if our talented Devs could port it cause i really liked the UI and im sure many will agree with me.I know it is not an easy task but the Devs are very much capable of accomplishing this task.Moreover we dont have a sense rom running beyond 4.2.Let me know what u think and if its possible.(some tegra issue exists i guess)
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Like every other thread opened for this...it's not going to happen. Sense 6 will not see the daylight on the hox !

And this topic has been covered numerous times already, as a search would have pointed you to it !
[HTC One X] ivicask:
Where are you taking this logic from?Nexus 5 is Qualcomm device and has support for kitkat, on other hand ONE X is tegra device and was abandoned by both Tegra and HTC.

So in short it will never ever happen, closes you can get to sense 6 is by flashing ViperX 4.1.0 which has some sense 6 parts.
[HTC One X] high_voltage:
True and it rocks! <3
[HTC One X] Giorgos zografos:
The galaxy nexus has TI omap processor and still runs kit kat, everything is possible
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
You don't understand......it's not possible due to the tegra !
[HTC One X] ivicask:
And HOX is running AOSP kitkat, whats your point?Does Galaxy nexus runs full sense 6 port?
[HTC One X] Manchue:
ViperX 4.1.0 is your best bet if you can download it

I sure as hell can't
[HTC One X] aleksandar.1:
Try this?

https://yadi.sk/d/1_qCC5z8RvVkv

Thanks goes to [MENTION=5110588]meat_hooligan[/MENTION] for this download link!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lalitof:
please help me.

my cingular 8125 deat

hola a todos mi cingular 8125 no prende por favor necesito ayuda urgente le instale una room y desde ahi no prende, presiono el boton de la camara y el de power y no logro ponerlo en bootloader please i need help!!!

hello to all my cingular 8125 room does not pledge please I need urgent aid installs one to him and from it does not pledge there, I press the button of the camera and the one of power and profit not to put it in bootloader please i need help!

sorry for my english

Hi everybody,

i made upgrade ROM . After that device is not responding to any key combination, hard reste, start to bootloader mode, etc. Device is death. Somebody haves any idea to start the device?

please any lenguage.... help me!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] yellowdragon:
¡Hola! ¿No hace nada de nada? ¿Trataste quitar la batería por varios minutos?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] lalitof:
Siii

Si y nad e presionado todos los botones y quitado la bateria pnse qu eno estaba cargada y la cargue con un cargador externo y tampoco. alguna idea?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] yellowdragon:
Re: Siii

NPI :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] losre:
Htc8125 tengo el mismo problema

hola me puedes dar tu msn para poder dialogar acerca de tu problema
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] vihupa:
hola amigo pudiste solucionar tu problema me gustaria saber si obtubiste alguna solucion a mi me paso exactamente lo mismo y no pude hacer nada con miqtek gracias por tu respuesta
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nedst:
I have intermitent microphone when using any kitkat rom ,now on neat rom kitkat ,but tried others and have the same problem .Can a change of kernel help solve this problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul Koty:
Hi, so sorry for this question, I knw here is soo much threads about it. But I have problem with check good and new one guide as can be simplyest from all. I don´t want 4.3 more and would like back to 4.1.2. Can You show me please where I can see guide where I don´t lost Imei, network etc.? My Baseband version is I9300XXUGNA8 and build number is JSS15J.I9300XXUGNA5.

Thank You so much for any answers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
Do u have a back up of ur efs v1?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul Koty:
Hi, nop, haven´t
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
Then it would be pretty hard... Do u have a nandroid back up of ur 4.1.2 rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul Koty:
Same, no have :crying:

I see can be big problem. Is can´t be downgraded with same modem or bootloader as have 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Flashing a 4.1 firmware should not corrupt efs, but only if you use EMG4 or later firmware. Anything earlier will not work.

Flash the full firmware with Odin, then factory reset. Backup your efs first.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul Koty:
"Flash the full firmware with Odin, then factory reset. Backup your efs first"... whych one firmware and rac.reset and efs backup now or after flash? Thanks man
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
Efs backup first then flash firmware with odin, then factory reset in recovery mode.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuppi:
I too have a phone with either 4.3 or was it 4.2.

Anyway can i downgrade it all the way back to 4.04, with odin (i have the firmware package downloaded from sammobile)?

Or is 4.1 the lowest i can go?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
If you go below 4.1 version EMG4 then you will lose your imei, also risk sds.