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[Xperia Z3 General] shakerist:
Loving lollipop so far, I tried to make my own pre rooted zip but I don't have system write access, anyways battery life has seen a massive improvement, wifi used to drain my battery when idle,. I'd get like 2 days use with 6-7 hours SOT constant wifi / 3g on, whatsapp, skype, fitness apps, 9gag,.general web browsing and hours of music. Using mobile data with a weak to moderate signal constant use watchING 3-5 hours of YouTube videos whatsapp, Skype, and office apps I'd get 7-7.5 hours a day SOT after 15 hours of disconnecting from charger. I've been using the phone like this to revise for the past 2 weeks.

Upgraded to lollipop, incremental charging for past few days been getting 4 hours SOT wifi / 3g mixed watching YouTube videos and reading pdfs which Skype and whatsapp and music running in background. This morning I charged 100% have been on wifi reading g pdfs and watching videos, most reading pdfs browsing whatsapp and skype and my battery life is insane 4 hrs 48 mins as I write this, and I'm on 79%... :eek:

Annoying points: soft skin front camera is not fixed

That's about my only real annoyance

Charging seems slightly slower I think, feels like it haven't done any tests
[Xperia Z3 General] Hana88:
i'm the only one who have the WIFI ALWAYS connected, even if i turn off??

i have the scanning always available option, turn off...

HELP!
[Xperia Z3 General] xSirAKx:
Mine turns off when I turn it off, but then again I've never used wifi since the update. But I did scan for networks a few times.
[Xperia Z3 General] radko93:
Yes, it disappeared :/ Also when you launch camera with the camera button there is a sound even if you are in vibrate only mode!
[Xperia Z3 General] vif81:
The sound with the physical camera button was ever present in KK (also in vibration mode). Hope Sony will fix it in the next update.

Location-based WiFi disappeared as Sony argued to have performed massive improvement on wifi's battery usage.
[Xperia Z3 General] Hana88:
I mean in the stats of battery
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
Anybody else having trouble with app2sd? After 1000 tries I've finally got the apps to SD but no the phone can't find them. Even though I've done a complete fresh install via flashtool with everything wiped etc
[Xperia Z3 General] LuftWalk:
Anyone having issues with the stock Clock app? Whenever an alarm goes off it crashes on my Z3 with lollipop installed. It worked flawlessly on KK.
[Xperia Z3 General] Richy99:
did you wipe data or flash over the top of KK? have you tried clearing the data/cache from the clock app ?
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
My alarm worked fine this morning
[Xperia Z3 General] LuftWalk:
I did a factory reset after the lollipop upgrade...nothing seems to help. I do have the Smartband Talk connected to it as well though...
[Xperia Z3 General] d10brp:
Is anyone else having problems with heads up notifications? Just flashed the generic French ROM expecting to receive heads up banner style notifications for things like texts and gmail but I'm still getting plain old ticker notifications. Taken a good look at the sound and notification section and can't see a problem with the setup.
[Xperia Z3 General] viking2.0:
This is for most ridiculous rollout of software I have ever seen. Its been 3 weeks since Sony announced the rollout and I haven't received it yet. I have been patiently waiting so far but this is very slow rollout
[Xperia Z3 General] Nathan-NL:
Did Sony forget the UK and the Netherlands?
[Xperia Z3 General] Richy99:
rollouts take time, they do it region by region, but you also have to take into account where you got your phone from, if it is carrier locked then you would have to wait for the carrier to release the update which can take months after any official release
[Xperia Z3 General] qatrium:
It's a silly rollout schedule indeed, check this:

"Sony Mobile has confirmed the expected Android 5.0.2 Lollipop rollout for a few more handsets. Sony says it expects the update will begin to roll next week for the Xperia Z3 Dual, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact and Xperia Z Ultra. Following this, Lollipop will then roll for the Xperia C3 and T2 Ultra, although no specific timing was mentioned. At some point after this, Sony will then roll the update for the original Xperia Z series including the Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z."

https://twitter.com/SonyMobileNews/status/585370504237842432
[Xperia Z3 General] oSandmaNo:
No update for India yet :(
[Xperia Z3 General] el_campi:
No news for 6653 users? [emoji35]
[Xperia Z3 General] herasymcuk:
android 5.1 certified for 6603 too. https://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=26395
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Yes this rollout doesn't make sense. If I can use lollipop successfully even though I'm running a different region to my own, then why can't they just roll out other generics faster. I mean when the UK generic is released will it be any different to the Central Europe Generic...
[Xperia Z3 General] moomiyu:
?D6653 is Z3?
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
You can? I just tried it on my T-Mobile version and it didn't work.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Yes, im with Three Ireland, and flashed the Central Europe Generic and it works perfectly. Maybe yours is operator locked. But even at that I thought that all that would happen is that you would remove the branding, I havnt tried putting in a sim outside of three into my phone, thats something I must try. Im not sure if its the firmware that blocks the use of outside network sims or is it something else. Excuse my ignorance but im unfamiliar with your flag is it slovak republic or poland
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
The former.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Mine is operator locked to Vodafone and I flashed the Generic German one. Running it no issues so far. I did a clean install with flashtool.

I just don't have any of the Vodafone apps/bloatware pre-installed anymore.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Well you are more Central Europe then me!

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While the white theme does blend in better, I honestly prefer the blue or green theme, but anyway its not a big deal, just have to wait for the app developers to update.... if they ever

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One thing I noticed, if I apply the white theme and then change the wallpaper, the lockscreen reverts back to google stock... I like this, but its kinda strange. In otherwords if you apply the white theme and make no changes then you lockscreen will have the white theme, if however you apply the white theme and change your wallpaper the lockscreen reverts to google stock
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
This is what I got:

07/018/2015 21:18:39 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
07/018/2015 21:18:47 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z3 (D6603). FW release : 23.1.A.0.690_R2C. Customization : Customized CE1
07/018/2015 21:18:47 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing
07/019/2015 21:19:18 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Opening device for R/W
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Reading device information
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Unable to read from phone after having opened it.
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - trying to continue anyway
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Start Flashing
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Processing loader.sin
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Checking header
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - INFO - Ending flash session
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - ERROR - Error in processHeader : 1 : Nesprávna funkcia.
07/019/2015 21:19:19 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted
07/019/2015 21:19:20 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode
07/019/2015 21:19:40 - INFO - Device disconnected
[Xperia Z3 General] Duke_Gledhill:
This might be a daft question, but is the ota location specific/aware... I.e. if I VPN my phone through e.g France, would my uk unlocked z3 decide to update? Or is it based on hardware ID which Sony knows was sold in a specific country?

Thanks

Duke
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Hi This has nothing to do with your operator. Im assuming you are running windows 8. You need to start windows in advanced start up, and select the one with driver signatires unassigned (Something along that line), once you start windows this way go to your flashtool folder and find the driver.exe, install them all, restart your computer in normal mode and flashtool should work. Sorry for my inaccruacy but if you do a quick google search you will find your answer. I had the same problem as you, but solved it by starting windows in advanced mode. Go to pc settings, start windows in advanced mode, select restart and choose the one where digital drivers do not need to be signed. All the best

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OTA update is purely based on what firmware you have installed. For example if I had UK generic installed and lets say I was sittting on the beach in the south of france and was connected to a local WIFI, I would only be prompted for an update when a UK update is available, nothing to do with your current location
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
But drivers were installed.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Well im just saying I had the exact same error. Dont confuse PC Companion drivers with Flashtool drivers. When you run flashtool drivers they all should have a green tick next to them once completed

PC Settings/Update and Recovery/Recovery/Advanced Startup

Choose the one without digitally signed drivers, then install flashtool drivers, then restart, then try again

If you are still stuck just send me a PM
[Xperia Z3 General] jemeljsh:
Not an issue for me since I use nova launcher (prime) and use nova wallpaper to change desktop pictures of both lock and home screens.
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
A spokesperson for a New Zealand network said that they had approved the new software but Sony had then come back and asked them to review another piece of software, delaying things further. They said its normally a couple of weeks for the network to test a new version followed by a further couple of weeks for Sony to finish things at their end before releasing it.

This suggests to me that Sony found a fault with the initial Lollipop firmware and has been fixing it for the wider release, hence the long timeframe so far.
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
Well after using lollipop since it's release, I've noticed a view bugs that are really annoying. Like reception showing me full bars but I can't use the Internet or make a call unless I reboot, most problems I am facing is with data connectivity, always showing me full bars on lte or H+ but then saying no reception.

Then this massive bug with app2SD, can't push anything to the SD unless I try for hours on end and keep rebooting, when the files are finally pushed after 20 reboots, they're just gone.

They took so long for this update and it's still filled with bugs, I'm not happy at all
[Xperia Z3 General] Run_dawn10:
Appreciate any news from this region. SEA and Oceania (NZ and Aus) get the same model (D6653). As far as I know, no D6653 anywhere has Lollipop.

But I do believe that the D6653 will get the newer firmware approved by the PTCRB, which is rumoured to be Android 5.1.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
I don't think these are general Lollipop bugs at all. You might have done something incorrectly when updating to L.
[Xperia Z3 General] tomo100brt:
I think there is bug with app2SD too. I move app to SD card and it says app is on SD card but it is on external memory. I did factory reset but nothing is changed.

I have the same problem on Z3 Compact.
[Xperia Z3 General] alexpsilos:
Hello.is there any difference between the firmwares for the different countries or they are all the same?
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
There's nothing wrong with Apps2SD. It just doesnt work the way you think it does. All it does is moves the APK to the SD card. Unless the developer of the app youre using has written into their app that data files can also me moved to SD only the APK moves. Another problem with the Sony implementation of apps2SD is that for large apps, such as games, where the majority of the data is stored in the obb folder, is not moved to SD although app manager will incorrectly display that the bulk of the data is on SD. This is a bug. But that's it really. It's just a very useless apps2SD feature without the right level of support from app developers. I use foldermount to overcome this for large apps or apps that grow very large in size (messenger apps such as LINE).
[Xperia Z3 General] d10brp:
Before I re-flash, do people who have flashed get gmail heads up notifications or just ticker notifications?
[Xperia Z3 General] vif81:
On mine, heads up notification work for call, event and text message
[Xperia Z3 General] t1xzer:
Its great. Very fast.
[Xperia Z3 General] robimarko:
What the hell,XperiFirm and Flashtool say that 5.0.2 is finally released from my carrier,also my customisation number in phone matches that.

But PC Companion says that it is already on latest version
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
Not really!
[Xperia Z3 General] doministry:
Is Z3 on 5.02 also having problem with deleting sms threads taking ages?

I happens on my Z2.
[Xperia Z3 General] Mageshadow:
How the hell do I get Lollipop on my Z3?

Seems like everyone has it, but Im sitting here with android 4.4.4

Model is 6616, located in Michigan, US.
[Xperia Z3 General] admad:
Yes, but I think it's general problem with Android. Restoring a sms backup takes even more time...
[Xperia Z3 General] doministry:
Thanks, didn't know that.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
It almost seems like sony have realised some error in their ways and have stopped the rollout to other regions. Why cant they just focus on making one or two good phones and then focus on providing the best software. Although I get it that low end phones sell very well, it just seems they are trying to please everyone, just look at the amount of phones they are trying to roll lollipop out to.....
[Xperia Z3 General] del1701:
Same old Sony, they've worked it this way since the Xperia S :(
[Xperia Z3 General] markbraggs:
We have to wait for T-mobile to push out their customized update... And their update page says that they haven't even received the firmware from Sony yet. So testing hasn't even begun... :(
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
That is one of the downsides of having carrier customized phones. :(
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
D6603

It's the same thing for Canada too. Z3 is a very good phone, a high-end smartphone, but Sony made the phone cheap because I'm waiting for the Lollipop update since 4 months at least.

This is my first Sony smartphone and my last forever. I buy this phone because I know what I buy and I compare every phones on the market; the Z3 was one of, if not, the best phone. I was expected to have the update in a decent among of time, but it's ridiculous. All my friends and my familly with others branded phones have the Lollipo update and they don't even know what is Android!!!

:(
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
And how does having to wait for a firmware update make the phone cheap????? (and it hasn't been 4 months btw)
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
Because, all others "cheap" smartphones that was release before the Z3 (in the last year or almost) had the Lollipop update!

And, buying a High-end smartphone should include fast Android update. I buy this phone because I wanted to have the latest technologies... if I only wanted a smartphone, I would buy a Samsung Galaxy S4-S5, a Nexus or any others phones at zero $$$ that have already the Lollipop update. But I search for one of the best smartphone and this smartphone (Z3) lack dismally in the Uptdate.

I don't want to do bashing, because that was made a lot in this tread. But, if you're in this tread, you are a high-end smartphone user or you know what is Android and IOS. So, I do not recommand Sony branded Smartphones because of the poor update Android OS. It's my oppinion and I just want to share it if someone want to buy a high-end Smartphone with FAST updates.
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
I'm sorry I don't agree, Sony had everything working perfectly with 4.4.4 and I've tried a couple of the 5.0.2 firmwares that have had slight bugs which maybe region dependant hence why you or I for that matter have not had an OTA, i'd rather they get it right rather than rushing it out, the delays still doesn't make it a cheap phone and besides 5.0.2 does really change too much if you ask me
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
Some of my friends have a Samsung Galaxu S5 and they already have the Lollipop update. The Lollipop frimwares work very well, if not perfectly because, no one tell me a thing that was not working well. I use and look their phones and it's very good. I haven't see a problem.

Android Lollipop was annonced the 2014-10-15 (15 october 2014). If you tell me that Sony was retarding the update for one OR two months because they wants to release a FREE bug update, I would say: "Yeah, it's a good idea and I prefer to wait a little more and don't have bug." But this is not the situation. We are a lot of months later and we have nothing. no 5.0, no 5.01... no nothing. A cheap phone is a phone that you buy and that you don't care to know if it will be updating or not. There is a lot of phones like this that have been updating and my Sony Z3 not.

I would rather have to talk with you about something that was not working or something that is weird than talking to you because my high-end Sony smartphone is waiting forever the Lollipop update.
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
I understand your frustration but honestly your talking garbage, the first Z3 started upgrading about 2-3 weeks ago there abouts so stop moaning it will come when its ready, if your that desperate download the firmware and flash manually simple as
[Xperia Z3 General] st00sh:
Having had a Nexus 5 with buggy lollipop it quickly annoyed me and I flashed back to KitKat.

It's a matter of opinion but I found the colour scheme and clunkiness of Lollipop a grating experience and I'm more than happy to stick with KitKat as it's mature and works well.
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
Thanks for your reply. Yes , I'm frustrated, but you can be agreement with me that the Lollipop upgrade is too long for our Z3 smartphone? The point is that, if I want to keep my phone "stock" like a Sammsung user, and I don't want to do manually flashing, the Lollipop update for Somy smartphone is to long.

@ st00sh: I"m sorry to heard that. the Samsung and Nexus phones I have tried works well. But I prefered to have and update that is not perfect and a brand that said that is working on than a brand that say nothing or false annonce about it since 2-3 months....

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:confused:

Is someone have the update for the Sony Z3 Bell Canada?
[Xperia Z3 General] HORiZUN:
How can you manually flash the update on a D6616? Is that even possible with no root or recovery option for this device?
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
http://www.gizmobolt.com/2015/04/09...z3-23-1-a-0-690-ftf-using-flashtool-manually/

http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/ftf-stock-firmwares-xperia-z3-models-t2886061
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sony-confi...s-z3-dual-z1-series-z-ultra-next-week-1495309
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
LP has so many issues from Googles and Sony's side. LP after a few weeks becomes slow, I had to go back to KK on my N7.

Why would anyone want the latest and greatest that's buggy?
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
Because of reasons.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
What issues does LP have? If LP was as bad as you say it is dont you think these boards and others would be flooded with complaints? I've used .690 since the day it was released and on a D6653 with no lag issues whatsoever. It's faster and smoother than KK. I also have an N5 where there were zero issues (at least not major ones) with LP.
[Xperia Z3 General] el_campi:
+1.
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
It's obvious LP is buggy, the 3GB ram will just prolong the inevitable memory leak bug which affects all devices. Why do you think half of the Nexus devices haven't got 5.1 despite older models have or Sony haven't rolled out 5.0.2 properly yet, its not ready for consumer use.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
I used 5.0.1 on my N5 for over 2 months and never noticed lag. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen but I have not experienced it at all. Not on my N5 and not now on my Z3. From what I can see from this thread not many here either. In fact, do you even have a Z3 with L????!
[Xperia Z3 General] yasstou:
New Lollipop build for Z3 compact

There is a new build rolling out for the Z3 compact 23.1.A.0.726. :D

update : it started also for the Z3 !
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
And this relevant because...
[Xperia Z3 General] yasstou:
New Lollipop build for Z3

Both :cool: 23.2.A.0.278 :cool: and 23.1.A.0.726 started rolling out for the Z3 D6603:D
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
Say what now?
[Xperia Z3 General] yasstou:
:d
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
MOD EDIT [MENTION=3843529]gregbradley[/MENTION]

This kind of post is not accepted, Please check your PMs
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
Also, 23.2.A.0.278 is rolling out to 1289-4144, telekom germany
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
I actually know how it works, been doing this a couple of years but thank you for the lecture ;) it just doesn't happen. My wife is facing the same issue and so are 2 guys at work so I'm not the only one. Even moving files to SD doesn't work, there is always a message popping up saying data transport stopped, no space on memory card. All of us are using a 64gig SD and the SD is empty. So I am thinking it might be a costum prob.
[Xperia Z3 General] robimarko:
Anybody got eyes on Android version of that release?
[Xperia Z3 General] lee480:
5.0.2
[Xperia Z3 General] robimarko:
Damn,hoped that it will be 5.1.

Maybe it is bug fixed version of .690
[Xperia Z3 General] Bilux:
23.2.A.0.278 download link?
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
More then likely as they didn't continue with their planned rollout.

Embarrassing for Sony, I guess that's why it's not public
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
If this was a bug fix then surely it would come as an OTA update for anyone running .690?
[Xperia Z3 General] pklein:
23.2.A.0.278 released for german telekom.de customers!

**Uh, just seen this is OLD news.. Sorry for posting ** ;)

Hi all,

23.2.A.0.278 released for german telekom.de customers!

** Its for D6603 **

Wow.

Cheers,

Pat
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
No, had it only on my N7 for a few months before I went back to 4.4.4 and seen it on my friends N5's, it slowed down after a month or so, if you restart your phone, you will rarely experience the issues but its a common problem of LP and well documented on Android sites and I've seen posts from other people with others complaining about the slow down of LP, its even confirmed by Google that a fix is on the way in a future release. My Z3 is on 4.4.4, the update isn't here for UK.
[Xperia Z3 General] iKlutz:
I came from an N5 about 2 weeks ago. I had it running LP for ages and it didn't lag much at all, at least not running a custom kernel. My fiancée has the same setup with stock kernel and she never reboots but is happy with the performance. That's not the point, although our Z3 has really good performance, and the kernel it has is really REALLY stable. Even with this apparent memory leak that does or doesn't bother people much, I think our Z3s performance & battery life's impact from this leak will be almost negligible, assuming the kernel is still stable and fast. I reboot every couple of days anyway, for the sake of letting the phone reboot, of course.
[Xperia Z3 General] Beno@:
I haven't experienced any slow down due to memory leak, even after 5 days.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ragtreme:
Just received the update (Germany / T-Mobile).
[Xperia Z3 General] sxtester:
And, what's the news?... We are curious :)
[Xperia Z3 General] realfelix:
Maybe it's just a new build number for carrier branded handsets..