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[Xperia Z3 General] gregbradley:
Thread closed whilst I sort out some issues with this thread

[MENTION=6593866]TheTeslaCoil[/MENTION] please check your PMs

[MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION] Please refrain from continuing a potential situation that could get worse. If you have an issue with another user please do not publicise this in an argument on the forums, instead use the PM system (But remember the rules still count there and PMs can be reported to the MODs as well as normal posts) or just back away entirely and report the posts to the mods.

Also, lets remember that we are here to help people with the questions they ask. If you cannot help, there is no need to post.

Greg
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
Last resort or not, messages, photos etc can be backed up before a factory reset.
[Xperia Z3 General] alexchris:
The new lollipop is pretty nice. But when i bought the phone i was amazed by the audio quality of the phone... now? it Sucks? The only thing Sony really did have was the general equalizer which was applied anywhere you listen to music(walkman, youtube, etc) now with 5.0 not anymore, the eq only work with walkman. What the hell is up with Sony, i really cannot understand them, you make some genius things with your phones, like that general eq which applies to everything you listen and now you are taking it off. I am sad to say but i thing this will be my last Sony device ever, i just cannot understand their stupidity. Allso Clear Audio plus not working other than walkman and the speakers sound like crap.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
Good to know, I experience battery drain intermittently but I will probably do a reset when I have to set up everything again.
[Xperia Z3 General] Fredzvw:
D6603 Canada

23.1.A.0.726 lollipop update available for D6603 Bell Canada. I just received the notification... :D
[Xperia Z3 General] ottabmike:
Wind Mobile (Canada) - Lollipop Update for Xperia Z3

Got the 23.1.A.0.726 lollipop update this morning and am playing with it now. Not pleased with it at all. Issues as I see them:

1. Because my work email (Exchange) requires PIN/Psswd I now have 2 screens to get through to get to the desktop instead of just 1 (2 years ago on a Motorola Atrix I did a single fingerprint swipe to open the phone - I'm going backwards);

2. Power button - pressing the power button used to provide access to Sound Controls - no longer available. To mute the phone you have to hold the Volume Down button down;

3. Quick Settings does not and cannot provide access to Settings - you have to find another way;

4. Access to Quick Settings takes 2 swipes - first swipe opens Notifications, 2nd swipe opens Quick Settings;

5. No ability to "close all" open apps in background - have to close them one by one

In my opinion this update is a huge step back in functionality. I use this phone at work and all of the added inconvenience and lost features is making me think I'm going to go to a Windows Phone. Before I do that I'm going to Root the phone and see if I can tweak it to get it back to the same level of usefulness it had in Kit Kat.

So far I see nothing in Lollipop that is worthwhile - it is a nuisance update.
[Xperia Z3 General] LesPaulGuitarPlayer:
I agree with this and cannot believe more people haven't complained about it. The audio was glorious with KK and sucks with L. I didn't use the eq or any other settings except DSEE HX. I'm more of an audiophile kind of listener that likes to use the least amount of processing possible. The frequency response has changed (no longer natural sounding to me) and the soundstage has lost a lot of its airy space, separating and definition. It sucks.

Since Sony pushed the Walkman updates before L came along, I'm fairly certain that the Walkman app itself is not the culprit. The same Walkman app versions sound different between KK and L. I reverted back to KK as a test and immediately the audio was back to its glorious self regardless of what Walkman app version I tried. Since then, I've upgraded back to L because of all the other good features and, of course, the audio sucks again.

And those headphone presets in 5.0... Really, Sony?
[Xperia Z3 General] tomo100brt:
They need to fix audio quality, bug with headphones and audio settings on Android 5.0.2 because after 23.1.A.0.726 firmware those are the only things that are not good. ASAP!
[Xperia Z3 General] gregbradley:
Yes it does, its right there at the top right of the screen in quick settings
[Xperia Z3 General] ottabmike:
Thanks

Seems I was too quick to criticize on that particular feature.
[Xperia Z3 General] gregbradley:
No worries, just here to help ;)
[Xperia Z3 General] Gandalf:
IF YOU UNLOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER, YOUR TA PARTITION WILL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, BE ERASED

You MUST downgrade via flashtool to a KK firmware to root. You can then FLASH IN RECOVERY, a pre-rooted lollipop ROM.

You *should* backup your TA partition using the tool once you are rooted as a precaution.

TA partition affects several things other than camera. IT IS DRM KEYS.

Ex: I know of someone who lost TA partition by unlocking bootloader and wasn't even able to play purchased movies from Google Play Movies.

It is RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, to perform a factory data reset when flashing a new ROM in recovery. ex: switching between stock and omnirom, you should REALLY wipe userdata. If you don't, that's your fault. This is why we have Titanium Backup.

If you're jumping between android versions, you really should wipe data

Point made. Stay civil.
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
We already knew that.
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
Still no Lollipop for Hong Kong Generic D6653. Come on Sony!
[Xperia Z3 General] nedooo:
6603 Bosna i Hercegovina no Lollopo either...waiting...thinking of flashtool...
[Xperia Z3 General] boober78:
Actually, eq works in all apps in my case. Build 726.
[Xperia Z3 General] imkr:
I haven't seen any notification ? for D6653 in Cambodia? What's wrong with you, Sony?
[Xperia Z3 General] iKlutz:
After the update to 5.0.2 at some point I lost access to the external sdcard via titanium backup and es file explorer.

I found this on Google play and tested it and it fixed it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

[emoji12]
[Xperia Z3 General] SweDunda:
Unbranded Z3.. Still no .726 update.

Maybe it's just me perceived wrong that there would be a new update...
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
At least you got one update. I'm still waiting on Lollipop and mine is unbranded too.
[Xperia Z3 General] esselite:
I have this installed last week for PL unbranded. I have not observed any issues. No bariery or memory leaks.
[Xperia Z3 General] cem_jimmy:
New cer.... For z3 and z2 series globally
[Xperia Z3 General] id3alistic:
So it's almost May now.... where the hell is Lollipop for Tmobile Z3?!
[Xperia Z3 General] Newt182:
Is there an all in one guide to flashing from KK to LP and keeping root. Bits of information on how-to is fragmented all over the forums. I know I could read through the forums for a few hours gathering information but it would be cool if someone could point me in the right direction to an easy to use and complete guide.

I want to upgrade my D6603 to customised UK and keep root. Will I still have a recovery and if not, what does that mean for me, any future problems? I just saw there is talk about 5.0.2 being released?

Cheers
[Xperia Z3 General] Hamburgle4:
Our prayers have been answered :angel:... finally ha!
[Xperia Z3 General] schetz:
I'm new here so haven't done it yet, but it seems pretty straightforward. Just find customized prerooted version with dualboot recovery and flash it in recovery. It's right here in general section (UK one). Based on my previous experiences with flashing on other phones I would update my recovery first by flashing it in recovery. This could be unnecessary but I'd do it anyway [emoji1]

I think I mentioned word recovery too many times [emoji12]
[Xperia Z3 General] beni8978:
Android 5.1, I hope?
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
I'm guessing it will be a while, don't forget TMO also has to test it for 1-2 weeks after they receive it..... My guess is mid to late May.
[Xperia Z3 General] cem_jimmy:
Hope its 5.1 but dont think so
[Xperia Z3 General] chent7:
Just got update for D6653 Hong Kong Varient (.162)
[Xperia Z3 General] cem_jimmy:
What about lolipop 690 or what 726
[Xperia Z3 General] chent7:
Sorry i was wrong the update is 23.2.A.1.62

I'm currently using the hk varient d6653 in UK and just had update on Sony PC Companion app.
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
Thanks for the heads-up! Finally! :D

Downloading the update now.
[Xperia Z3 General] chent7:
I know, it was killing me when i switch from moto g to z3 before moto g had an lollipop update
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
So I was a bit disappointed seeing everyone complain about the lack of 'close all open applications' button before I got lollipop on my Z3. Or at least some people had the button but it looked nasty.

I got lollipop today and not only does it have the button, but it looks purposeful and not tacked on. Quite happy about that! Possibly a later firmware thing seeing my Z3 was pretty much the last generic firmware to get lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
You people buy a phone, cry about an update, and when you got that update complain it' s unfinished.
[Xperia Z3 General] saeed-constantine:
Which firmware?
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
If you're talking about me, I'm not complaining at all. I am really happy with it!

Hong Kong generic.
[Xperia Z3 General] saeed-constantine:
Firemware vsrsion plz..23.2..?

This close button isnt there.just top close all text

Any changes in smallapp? Plz upload some screenshot from this firmware
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
I'm sorry I don't really know how to find the right info. I know how to get into the service menu but I don't know what bit of info from the menu that you need.
[Xperia Z3 General] saeed-constantine:
Settings... About phone... software version

Go to this address and see sotfware version
[Xperia Z3 General] O__VER:
Says 1282-2729_23.2.A.1.62 GENERIC
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
Same here.
[Xperia Z3 General] beni8978:
[MENTION=599722]niaboc79[/MENTION] ,did Sony steal this close all button from you? :D
[Xperia Z3 General] caqo71:
you reply anything, sometimes in a "dry" mode, but I just have to agree with you at quoted messaje. People complained about more than a month, and then they're arguing more than a month about the update, hahahaha. wellcome to lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 General] nizmo_freek:
Album issue

Hey guys

Not sure if this is the correct thread for this but im having a strange issue with album after updating to lollipop, im using a HK D6653 with 23.2.A.1.62

Sometimes when clicking on a random photo in the Album it will load slowly and in big blocks (compared to loading the full picture then refining the entire picture to full detail), when this happens the thumbnail for that photo will sometimes only show up as a black box, anyone else having this issue?

I have tried clearing cache, clearing data, uninstalling and reinstalling the latest album software.

Also have a strange issue when i have screen lock sounds turned on, when i unlock the phone (swiping up) on the lockscreen only the back/triangle icon will appear, then half a second or so later the home and square icon will appear, if i turn off screen lock sounds the icons always load at the same time, everytime.

Anyone experiencing this same little bug? other than that lollipop is running perfectly.
[Xperia Z3 General] caqo71:
Edited

Strange, that firmware is propietary to Vodafone on D6603 model, so I can't tell so much about HK on D6653.

:confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] HoTsHoT89:
Guys I'm on HK Generic and rooted. I don't see any heads-up notifications at all - anyone know what's the cause?
[Xperia Z3 General] makiger:
New software update, today I received this update 23.1.A.1.28 only changes I can see now is a button to close all apps.
[Xperia Z3 General] Crazy32:
It´s not only the close-all button:

New Lollipop update for Xperia Z2/Z3 series changelog

– Ensured the lock screen / notification bar doesn’t indicate “no service” when the device has coverage

– Added a Sony feature; bringing back the “close-all-button” in the activity menu, so you can easily close all apps at once

– Unblocked devices with server policies (such as Exchange Active Sync for e-mail), to enable the new Lollipop lock-screen notifications

– Ensured the LED light is lit across all sound modes – and no longer offset by “silent”

– Made the necessary fixes to enable the easy movement of content from internal memory to external microSD card (something we saw affecting a few devices)

– Improved messaging functionality in Ultra stamina mode – some conversations could not be opened before in Ultra stamina mode

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/05/05/sony-details-changelog-for-new-xperia-z2z3-series-lollipop-update/
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
I wonder how long that will take to appear in the UK
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
23.1.A.1.28 working smooth.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Did you need to do a factory reset?
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
No, there is no need.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Got it few days ago, so it's out.
[Xperia Z3 General] del1701:
You got 23.1.A.1.28 ? Which network are you on? Or are you sim free?
[Xperia Z3 General] Ulver:
I got the new update a couple days ago. Updated via PC companion.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Sim free. Via OTA.
[Xperia Z3 General] del1701:
Wow well I'm sim free and no sign off it on mine yet ?
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
It's not available for UK phones OTA. Maybe undercover has a foreign model phone. Or flashed a different version of lollipop to start with. Say French or German version.
[Xperia Z3 General] del1701:
Ah yes that would explain it ?
[Xperia Z3 General] scoder:
T-Mobile Z3 Lollipop update is certified...
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Heh, I do know what version I flashed. Customised UK :) Then got that OTA few weeks later. So yes, OTA is out there. Calm down guys, there is nothing important in it. Well, close all button is handy since bloody RAM leak is still present, but it's no biggie. Try PC companion maybe?
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
T-Mobile Z3 update got certified! (23.1.C.0.381)

https://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=26399
[Xperia Z3 General] AMoosa:
Does the update have the ability to control the vibration intensity?
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Where? What settings?
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
Closing apps has no affect on stopping the memory leak. It's a system ram issue that was "fixed" in 5.1.1.
[Xperia Z3 General] Jooosty:
Haven't received the kill all button.

6603 in NA
[Xperia Z3 General] Eason85:
I wonder how long it's going to take them to fix the "mobile radio active" bug that causes a 20%+ drop in battery life?
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Odd that no one else in the UK is getting the update. Not saying your lying I just found it odd. Does PC companion tell you the version before you install?

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According to here the only Operator in the UK with 23.1.A.1.28 is Virgin Mobile UK. All other operators and unlocked are on 23.1.A.0.726

http://scavenger.ch/xperiaupdate/check.php?model=D6603&id=1288-5028
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
No idea why. PC Companion might do. And you can't say no one. No one on xda maybe? Well, apart from me somehow.
[Xperia Z3 General] AMoosa:
Sounds and notifications ---> other sounds. It used to be there on KitKat.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Nope
[Xperia Z3 General] Bia Themis:
New uptade is very solid. It fixes the no service bug, brings back the close all button and adds the facelock feature, also facelock seems to work flawlessly. I don't know if it has any effects on battery life but I will test it. I am in Turkey btw.
[Xperia Z3 General] caqo71:
the "no service bug", was fixed on .726 rom.
[Xperia Z3 General] Bia Themis:
Not for me, it wasn't. It was a consistend issue and everytime I rebooted my phone I had to enable/disable plane mod to get rid of it. Until this morning at least, today's uptade fixed my problem.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
Yeah, that's proper killing my battery life too.
[Xperia Z3 General] Eason85:
Another one is videos failing to play. It just says an error occurred and it's broken until I restart. Ffs.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
PC Companion says my phone is up to date on .726
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Ah well, got to wait then.
[Xperia Z3 General] rashidramli:
Any idea when sony will fix the low speaker volume? Cant enjoy youtube videos anymore[emoji17]
[Xperia Z3 General] imkr:
Greetings from Cambodia, my D6653 was pushed to update 23.2.A.1.62. It quietly flawless, will keeping on battery consuming later on. Cheers.
[Xperia Z3 General] nizmo_freek:
Have any Hong Kong D6653 received the 23.1.A.1.28 update at all?

Or will they not be updated and just stay on 1.26?
[Xperia Z3 General] warface:
All UK operators look like they are now updated. My generic UK one was updated today through PC companion, and Xperifirm shows all the others available. (sorry, except TMobile)

Close all button is present :)
[Xperia Z3 General] x-geo:
Here is a vídeo showing official android 5.1.1 in a xperia z3 here, is in spanish
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
Oh my god i need it.
[Xperia Z3 General] figo_rulz11:
So i received an email from Sony stating to download newest software (UK based)

"Xperia Z3: New software is available

There is a software update (v. 23.1.A.1.28) available for your device. Update your device's software and enjoy new features, better performance, speed and bug fixes. You can update the software today using your computer or wait until it’s available directly in your device (often within a couple of days). It's easy and no backup is needed.

This software includes:

All of our latest bug fixes and enhancements"

And it seems they have brought back the delete all background apps at once instead of manually doing it however my phone is lagging like CRAAAAAAZY! :(

PS I miss the Kitkat days of super speed and better battery life. :(
[Xperia Z3 General] warface:
And yet, my Z3 is smooth as silk.

Dirty flashed as well, using pc companion....
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Try to get in settings/apps and start scrolling. Is it smooth? For me there are very visible frames drop.

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[Xperia Z3 General] OrangeRafi:
Mine is fine after the Lollipop update. Its not as smooth as silk but its not lagging like hell compared to my 3 year old Galaxy S3.
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Agreed. It's ok but not perfect. It's the same than KK though.

I do not see any benefit given by ART. Bad apps in scrolling like Tapatalk, Facebook and Google + are as bad as before!

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[Xperia Z3 General] Wnsly:
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop spotted on a Sony Xperia Z3

https://youtu.be/l_LKW-kCtyY

Hope it lands soon on our phones!!
[Xperia Z3 General] gimbu:
In 3 uk no update to newest firmware

:banghead:
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Nothing on Vodafone either. That's with PC Companion, Bridge for Mac and OTA.

Oh well shall just have to wait.

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Seems i spoke too soon. It came up halfway through adding some music to my SD Card.
[Xperia Z3 General] ianjd:
Still waiting for 5.0 on my UK SIM-free device, doesn't seem to register an update via PC companion or OTA; am I the last? My Z3c got two recent updates!
[Xperia Z3 General] Jooosty:
I've received the LP using a euro device.

6603. In Att America.
[Xperia Z3 General] ianjd:
Ah, it looks like I inadvertently bought the 6653 from an Amazon seller back in November. Nuts, just a week before I have to go out to the US, too. No sign of a UK version of 5.0 coming to that...
[Xperia Z3 General] Jay794:
Battery life was horrendous recently, I'm on 5.0.2 and by the time I was getting home from work my phone would be less than 10%, restored yesterday and since 7am off charge at 11:30 I'm still at 87% with moderate use and paired to my Pebble watch. Whatever was eating the battery seemed to have gone
[Xperia Z3 General] Crazy32:
Official: Android 5.1 landing on Xperia devices from July; includes M2 series

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/06/04/official-android-5-1-landing-from-july-says-sony-includes-xperia-m2-series/
[Xperia Z3 General] esheesle:
Also did reset and my battery drain is gone. Not uncommon for big updates to cause that sort of thing though
[Xperia Z3 General] ROne21:
I'd like to know this too...
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
Just had the phone lock up on me and get really hot. Luckily I could use the buttons to reset and start up the phone, 10% battery gone in 20 minutes from some rogue app. Dunno what happened but Sony need to get those update fixes out fast.
[Xperia Z3 General] rubiconjp:
Small 0.2 MB OTA notification appeared on my Z3 D6603 in the US this afternoon. Version is still 23.1.A.1.28. Anyone else got this very small update also?
[Xperia Z3 General] crisscross3:
I received it too.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
It better not have bed bugs!
[Xperia Z3 General] paysen:
Yeah, its ridiculous imo. I may buy the next Nexus instead, if the battery life is comparable to the z3.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Sony was busy..launching **** e4..
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
...... launched with 4.4.4!

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[Xperia Z3 General] mattlawk:
I have been a member for a very long time..... The rules are what I stated and I think the xda board members would agree on that.... But anyways let's keep it on the topic....

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And yes Sony is struggling with the large updates especially with the Tmobile version..... I hope the refix the gui on the lollipop... I was not to happy to see them take a back step in the gui.... since the bootloader is lawked they need to take some serious consideration into that....
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Where's that coming from? Are you talking about the upcoming L update or the current firmware?
[Xperia Z3 General] radicans:
Thank you for being the first poster on xda (and possibly the internet) to spell whining correctly!

But to stay semi on topic, if Sony said beginning of February, it probably means around the 28th. So while it might not be out tomorrow, it's only two weeks or so from now!
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Well, they really only declared the release in February. Period. Everything else was always speculation.
[Xperia Z3 General] mattlawk:
I totally forgot which one it was on.... I had saw it in December ish.... I will try my best to relocate it and post it on this thread, brother.....

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But yes it was the lollipop ? update on a z3
[Xperia Z3 General] danw_oz:
Maybe it's early Feb 2016 that it would be guaranteed to be delivered by then :)
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
It was just "early 2015", wasn't it? Not february. And they probably would have said "due" or "expected" not "pinky promies" because, of course, if they found a problem during testing they're not going to just roll it out anyway; what would be the point of that? Anyone who knows anything about software development knows that you can't pick a release date 4+ months away and have any certainty you can stick to it. If it gets to May and it's still not out then I'll start a forum just for the entitled to moan about how they're "definitely getting an iPhone/Nexus/some other device" next time.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
I think you didn't watch the Sony unveiling at CES they clearly mentioned Beginning of February for Lollipop
[Xperia Z3 General] goTouch:
Sony is a mess! They don't even know what version the E4 is going to use out of the box.

I would not be surprise if they released Z4 first and then update Z3.

I like the gadget, but Sony is the worse company. I wish z3 was made by HTC or Motorola.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Well said buddy...ha ha.n idiot sony might do that..as they release z3 with 4.4.4 and then updated z2...