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[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Most important security related patches are for boxes running servers. Don't see many of those on Android, do you? The browser is important; that's getting fixed frequently. Google Play Services can also effect security fixes, uninstall/block dodgy apps etc. Security on Android is pretty well covered by Google, and the manufacturers can fix problems outside of major Android updates if they believe there's a business case for it. Android was slow to take on Blackberry in the enterprise, sure, but it doesn't seem to have made much of an impact to Google's overtaking of Apple etc in the consumer space.

How is Blackberry doing these days, anyway?
[Xperia Z3 General] markiepuk:
I had this issue you need to-

Turn off the smart band- hold down the button for about 5 secs- will go to night mode then off

Force Stop -Smart connect and smart band apps

Go to blue tooth setting and then turn on the smartband- (don't connect by nfc) SWR10 will show as a blue tooth device for a few seconds- connect to it via bluetooth.

You will then get a notification asking if you want to trust it and use it as a smart unlock device.

Problem is you have to do this every time you restart the phone.

Hopefully Sony will provide a fix soon.
[Xperia Z3 General] user91:
Could you share more about this? As far as I know, majority of us here are on the build 23.1.A.0.690 since it came out last week.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
How would I know? Our company issues iPhones.

Well covered by Google? https://securitystreet.jive-mobile.com/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v2/posts/6971 In the end it goes back to my point: it's important for OEMs to fund development teams to roll out the latest updates for Android in a timely manner after Google has released. Regardless of whether you think people care or not.
[Xperia Z3 General] boober78:
Thanks a lot. It worked.
[Xperia Z3 General] augie7107:
I've told you all I know up to this point. Make sure you reboot your device and see if the same happens to yours. The only additional piece I have is I am on Baltic generic.
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
This Nordic rom is still beta, you don't want it. I couldn't stand it in my phone, but I'm trying to keep up with in my tablet
[Xperia Z3 General] bergoulle:
Soon they gonna adopt nightly
[Xperia Z3 General] Beno@:
I had a software update message in PC companion in Germany (unlocked D6603), but now the server doesn't respond. Is it starting for us?
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Is it already fixed?
[Xperia Z3 General] Meannekes:
Xperifirm doesn't find any firmware right now aswell
[Xperia Z3 General] FourOne82:
Server seems to be down right now - but probably we get update tomorrow.

Edit. Or maybe not, servers back online - no update.
[Xperia Z3 General] Beno@:
yes, I must have dreamt it :confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] Nathan-NL:
It must not be long anymore.
[Xperia Z3 General] xSirAKx:
Sound/Equaliser settings don't seem to be working outside the Walkman app anymore, used to work fine with YouTube before updating to 5.0.2 baltic generic.
[Xperia Z3 General] caqo71:
Agree, I can't use it with winamp.
[Xperia Z3 General] artlov:
Nonsensical.
[Xperia Z3 General] admad:
Ok, where is a generic 5.0 update. How stupid must someone be to postpone a firmware that they must have done first...

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[Xperia Z3 General] mtbgus:
Complete joke, one of the most powerful flagship phones out there and running on outdated software, I wasn't overly bothered for the last 2 months of owning the z3 but now I'm starting to get a wee bit fed up of waiting.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Anyone experienced the Android 5.0 memory leak? Found a way to provoke it on demand? Not noticed it so far.

Spotted this: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=79729

Wonder if it still occurs if you use a different launcher.
[Xperia Z3 General] persian_redhat:
But it have been and will be. No Germany update, no France, no Spain, no Brazil, and so on. I have to send Sony Mobile a world map published by United Nation, and inform them other countries exist in the world not just northern Europe :rolleyes::D
[Xperia Z3 General] Cozmos23:
Hasn't there been an official statement that other countrys start 03 30?
[Xperia Z3 General] know.i.dee:
indeed, expected; its Sony . . . . . . constant horsesh*t.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
I think people have been assuming that but nothing official, no.
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
Has anyone used the apps to SD card feature? I don't think it's working for me.

I moved Kotor and it says there's 2gb on the SD card, but when I check phone storage nothing changed. Also when I look through the SD card I don't actually see anything there and the memory available doesn't change.

Is this feature broken?
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Not tried it, but isn't sd card locked down more now, so not sure what app you'd use which would make the files there visible. Perhaps if you're rooted you'd see it? Or perhaps take the sd card out and check it out on a PC?
[Xperia Z3 General] space-fish:
Updated using pre-rooted zip, dirty flash. Everything works great. Haven't noticed memory leaks or battery drain. Just missing xposed and recovery.

Using a Bell Z3 (6603) in Canada.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
Anyone know how to replace the Sony dialer with the stock lollipop dialer? Sony dialer is ugly and doesn't use the Internet lookup for unknown numbers.
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
I'm not sure if it's more locked down now. I know lollipop gave proper api's for the SD card though. I did take the card out and looked at it on the PC, and nothing is there. It's just weird that in the app properties it shows that there's data on the SD card.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I think apps can write to sd card with fewer/no permissions but only to an area specific to that app. This was a compromise between not allowing any access, or only allowing access via permissions, but in a way where any app with permission can read/write anything on the sd card. So i was wondering whether a file manager on a non-rooted phone can read/write to the whole card. Perhaps it can with the scary permissions though.
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
Yea, that's for app developers though. With the Lollipop update for the Z3, Sony included a feature that allows you to move apps to the SD card. See here:

I "moved" it back to the phone to show the button move to SD card. But here you can see that it says App on SD card 2.42GB, which is not true.

I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this.
[Xperia Z3 General] adrianmrv:
20 feb
[Xperia Z3 General] SweDunda:
No, it is the 4th today. Not the 20th !
[Xperia Z3 General] adrianmrv:
20 OTA
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Has that been announced?
[Xperia Z3 General] Rogi_tcz:
Everybody can say that. Why we should believe?
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Right. You'd need a good source to backup that claim. Either way, Sony claims to release it this month and that's that. What I'm really concerned about is how much longer will US carriers take to release it from their end. In my case, I have to play the waiting game with T-Mobile after I'm done with Sony.
[Xperia Z3 General] adrianmrv:
Screenshot show it...
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Well lollipop i was talking about is installed in moto g so.obviously i was talking about moto g itself

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Well i hav used the handset for quit time and everyday i handle it when we meet..also i dnt see any such issues mentioned every where..that buggy and blah blah...in practical use of handset... Its stable..
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
Where? Post it please.
[Xperia Z3 General] brianpee:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/01/22/sony-teases-new-android-lollipop-soft-keys/

Maybe he's talking about the date in the picture. Seems too little proof to go on though.
[Xperia Z3 General] lee480:
It's coming impatient donkeys!

http://community.vodafone.com.au/t5...-2015-Software-Update-Weekly-Wrap/td-p/380817
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Only for Vodafone... Nt international.. Version
[Xperia Z3 General] G-FACE:
Well, this is vodafone site, what you expect?

This means the international versions are in the final steps, waiting to be released. Maybe a few more tests.
[Xperia Z3 General] lee480:
A little more effort thinking is sometimes more useful.
[Xperia Z3 General] sxtester:
Indeed, the 2012 model is the one I had it on for testing. The material design is something one can like or not, up to everyone's taste. What I experienced is a slower device that also suffered from Apps periodically crashing whenever they demand memory (e.g Browser with many tabs open or GPS with big maps). Power consumption also was notably higher compared to 4.4.4. The good news is, all Apps I typically use worked with ART. However, I have not been able to confirm any noticeable speed improvements over Dalvik. So, all in all, it's been a try that failed (at least on this device) and thus rolled back to KK .
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Well good fr them who does..
[Xperia Z3 General] persian_redhat:
I'm sure Sony will do the job good :) ,but after making changes like switching all the functionality of system UI and components to work in ART,issues will appear around it's flagship as we are talking about a huge update that is done by Google where it faced bugs :( . Be sure we will not see something great like KitKat with the most stability in android history, but something different enough to be surprised ;)
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
Android 5.1 is out, I hope they where waiting for this release.
[Xperia Z3 General] G-FACE:
We will see. Sony had a lot of time to make and test 5.0. There was a developer preview for all developers to test and play with.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I doubt it. They'd have started work on porting Lollipop long before the (recent) rumours of 5.1 appeared.
[Xperia Z3 General] mtbgus:
just a thought, when you look at the card on the pc, have you got the pc set to "Show Hidden Files", maybe the apps are automatically hidden by android?!
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
Nope, I have my computer set to always show hidden files.

I have a 64gb card which has 56gb space left after images and videos. When I move an app to the SD card, it still has 56gb left. :(
[Xperia Z3 General] mtbgus:
:confused: sounds odd indeed!
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Does the app work when the sd card is not in your phone?
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
I just installed the walking dead to test this. You're right it doesn't work. But other smaller apps seem to move at least partially to SD. Not sure why it doesn't do it for games. Maybe there's some write permission issues?
[Xperia Z3 General] bartolo5:
It also adds a 'recents' entry for every single call, even if the call was to/from the SAME caller. So you call 5 times someone, and there are five entries to the very same number.

I just don't understand why they try to redo the dialer. Just add the stock dialer and be done with it. Lollipop's stock dialer from the Nexus works great and its beautiful. what's wrong with it that Sony has to change it for their own?
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
Totally agree. I miss my dialer on the Nexus 5. The Sony one is so poorly implemented.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Bcz those a&&**** didn't have time to implement their notification panel so they modified the dialer...and now they are all dead without rolling the update for rest of the world...htc did great with their pulldown panel...not supporting htc its just hate for sony is increasing...
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
The weird thing is, the apps are removed from the app drawer when the SD card is removed.

Do you know of some place where I can officially file this bug or something?
[Xperia Z3 General] goTouch:
This is normal since android 2.1 or 2.2,cant remember.

Google introduced this feature to move apps to SD card a long time ago, but Google itself does not like this idea. I remember reading this somewhere. That's why nexus does not have SD card.

And if I'm not wrong, the app is not entirely moved to SD card, only it's data. When you unmount SD card, the OS kills the app and make them unavailable.
[Xperia Z3 General] Huey85:
Dude, all you have done in this thread is bash on Sony. If you hate them that much, move on. It's odd, looking at all your previously owned devices they all look to be Sony. IF they were really that bad, you wouldn't have kept coming back. Software updates are going to keep coming out and who knows they may implement their own notification panel so why not cut them some slack? And TBH, the Lollipop update from Sony isn't THAT bad.
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
Yes, that's true. But the thing is, the data isn't actually on the SD card. The storage capacity on the card stays the same whether the app is on the phone or the SD card.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I'm not sure what you're doing but if stuff doesn't work if you take the card out but works fine when it's in makes me think that there is some data on the card which you've not noticed. Perhaps there are hidden files, or partitions on there. Maybe you don't have permission to view the data. Windows is all sorts of useless for this sort of thing but if you could mount the card on a linux device a few commands would sort out the matter one way or another.
[Xperia Z3 General] Huey85:
why not try installing an app/game. check how much internal storage you have in the 'Storage' part of Settings. Then move the app/game to SD then check your 'Storage' again. I've moved apps/games from phone to SD and have noticed that the Internal storage has increased since doing so. Therefore the move to SD function seems to be working. The fact that you still see files/folders in your scard0 and not in your sdcard1 filesystems, is probably some wizardry of sorts.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Sorry, that's a bit too technical for me.
[Xperia Z3 General] goTouch:
Really strange. Just made test with my tabpro running Cyanogen 5.0.2 and no changes after send to SD card.

That makes me think in two possible things: this feature is broken on 5.0.2 OR developer must do something to make it work like declaring something at manifest
[Xperia Z3 General] optmkleung:
Oh.... that mean it move apps to internal SD, that rubbish.....mean internal storage to internal storage....
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
I had the same problem, did a fresh install of 5.0.2 and also formatted the sdcard in the phone, from there on it worked, not all the data is moved as has been said but the bulk can be depending on the app of course
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
I've found it doesn't work with apps that have data in the obb folder, I.e. Games. Also strange behavior when installing these games. After install I go to apps in settings to move to SD but it says the app is already on SD. Almost like Sony implemented the move to SD function is automatic if the app is above a certain size (tested with 500mb and over 1 gig apps). Of course, the app is not on the SD at all when you go look in file Explorer. I know it's not there because the large file for the game in its obb folder is still on the internal memory and nowhere to be found on the SD card. I've reverted to using foldermount for now and that works perfectly.

Other things I've noticed is that spotify automatically puts downloaded songs on the ext SD but kindle and audible will not put downloaded books and audiobooks on SD despite moving the apps there. Totally bizarre and inconsistent. In these cases I've linked their data folders in foldermount to move them to SD and created permanent links in the process.

Think this move to SD card needs plenty more work. Can someone notify Sony over twitter? It's the easiest way to get their attention. I don't have or use Twitter...
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Well you can skip the post if u feel offended ..its my personal view and as you can see i have been using sony a quite time and it hurts seeing them going rogueway in wrongway..i hope u get what i mean..it used to be owning sony a pride..not anymore... Don't compare to haters...also i have read all the posts that define issues with sony lollipop so if its not that bad its not super good too and mostly its not out for us yet....so its obvious we would get a restless...
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Where stuff goes is probably at the dev's discretion and could be DRM related. Stuff appearing to be in one place but actually living somewhere else could be down to Linux binds/symlinks being used to make it all invisible to android apps.

As long as it works then it's all good.

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What's with the "donate to me" link? You get some money towards a new non-sony device but what do we get for our money?
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:


I thought this initially re symlinks but when you check storage the space is shown as being taken up in the internal memory. If I force move data with foldermount it frees up that space in internal memory. So unless the storage display in settings is reading incorrectly for system initiated moves to SD (Def a possibility) then it's not actually moving the data. Either way there's a bug here.

Anyone else tested to see!
[Xperia Z3 General] gripfly:
Does anyone faces or faced problems with plug in plugout detection of headphones?
[Xperia Z3 General] moomiyu:
D6603 update in 16 March?

Today is 25 March???

Sooooooooooooooooooony???
[Xperia Z3 General] aakash43:
I don't now why these people keeps bashing on us, we have freedom to express our thoughts. And what sony is doing is unacceptable in India we didn't even got 5.0.2 and 5.1 is now also in the market for some time. I've nothing to fear about my z3 but i fear in the end my z1c going to receive the same treatment as xperia sp. I always buy sony products because of quality, but there update strategy is like release update late so they have to release less update possible in 2 year frame.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I had a quick look and couldn't find it, but perhaps someones has: is there a site with a bunch of android phones and when they got upgraded to newer versions of android? It wouldn't be too hard to produce (it would be the sort of thing journalists used to do before they discovered they could just recycle press releases, report on rumours and stick a "type your brainless comments here" box at the bottom of the page) and would provide an at-a-glance view of which manufacturer was the best/worst at this sort of thing.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
I m as blind as u on this..maybe they completely miss the point...that this is a public forum..
[Xperia Z3 General] JoernH:
Are there anyone watching this thread which knows a place to give feedback to Sony development on lollipop?

I really like a couple of the L features like "smart lock" and "lock screen notifications", but splitting up notification- and ring volume would perfect it for me :)

JoernH
[Xperia Z3 General] qatrium:
I admit that Sony was quite fast on 4.4 Kitkat update on my previous Xperia Z1 phone. They were one of the first companies to release it and I was actually surprised -and proud- about it. As a consumer, I tend to own a high-end recent devices to be able to get software update as soon as possible. Companies take care of their flagships more than mid- and low-end devices.

Owning an Xperia Z3 Dual was for the same reason, besides I needed a phone with 2 SIM cards to handle both my mobile numbers. I'm sure that Sony like all the other known companies in any business have a team that analyzes market needs and psychology, and I'm sure that there's is a big segment of the mobile phone market really cares about timely and consistent software updates, like me. Failing to fulfill the needs of this segment might eventually lead to customer migration to other companies that can fulfill it, especially with all high-end phones sharing almost the same hardware configuration.

To sum it up, don't be surprised or offended by individuals that are quite upset of not having a long waited update, while others are enjoying it on their 3 years old phones. Unless they start to rage and express their feeling in a silly kiddy way. :)

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Try the Xperia Care Support Forums:

https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z3-Z3-Dual/bd-p/xperia_z3
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Nailed it.
[Xperia Z3 General] JoernH:
Thx -> https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...tification-and-ring-volume/m-p/958860#U958860
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
Can you move games to the SD card? Or just regular apps?

Yea, I was hoping for Lollipop to have native support to move some of the app data to the SD card. I'm not interested in rooting this phone, unfortunately. :(

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Here's a link to the Xperia Support forums that say what's happening:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Softw...e-space-in-internal-storage/m-p/956255#M19278

Oh well..
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
It's amazing that a company as large and famous as Sony seems happy with the terrible quality of "support" available on that site. Incorrect and out of date information, unprofessional presentation, moderators/posters who have an embarrassingly poor grasp of English language, spelling, grammar etc, hopeless moderation etc. (No I'm no talking about the people commenting on the stories; they are exactly what you'd expect). It really is all a bit of an afterthought. No wonder people flock to the clickbait rumour sites!
[Xperia Z3 General] qatrium:
I saw this post today, one of XDA members managed to run the pre-rooted D6603 Lollipop ROM on Xperia Z3 Dual D6633 variant. Poeple actually tried it and working with minor problems.

If anyone wants to give it a try here's the link:

http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/guide-d6603-23-1-0-690-lollipop-update-t3061768
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
I figured as much. Still doesn't change the fact that storage is being incorrectly displayed. Move APK to SD card??? Haha makes me giggle. I guess the only way to get around this is to use foldermount, which is what I've used since kitkat so I guess nothing lost and nothing gained. But that does require root...
[Xperia Z3 General] projectvii:
Yea, that's what really irks me. KOTOR says 2.43 GB or something on SD card. In reality it's basically negligible. Too bad.
[Xperia Z3 General] dsf767:
I am waiting for the official lollipop for my Z3 Dual D6633 that being said wish they would get it out already haha.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Is "move to sd card" an aosp feature that sony have removed(well, altered), or a non-standard stock-rom option some manufacturers have decided to add?
[Xperia Z3 General] radko93:
One of Polish carriers (Play) officially announced, that the update for Z3 (and Z2, Z3C) will be live in the second part of April. It's about their own customized firmware of course. So if you're waiting for a carrier version, you must be patient for at least a month. In comparison almost all Samsung devices are going to get the update this month.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Another useful assumption.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Z3 D6653 lollipop firmware certified on 24th March...on ptcrb
[Xperia Z3 General] gimbu:
Yeahh but Poland is 100 years after africa but android 5.0 for s5 was 2 month faster than for for s5 from three uk. Pozdrawiam
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
I don't believe they removed anything and as far as I recall using CM it's not a built in function, at least not in Kk. I believe the way that Sony has implemented apps to sd is non standard and it's the way they've marketed it that's erroneous. Moving only the apk is not "move to sd card" and it's very misleading for everyone. The last time apps to sd was implemented in the os was 4.0 I believe. Although Samsung phones also have this function post 4.0 and I think the function moves the app data too. I don't have a Samsung phone so can't confirm but that's what I've gathered from screenshots of the app manager in Touch wiz.