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[Xperia Z3 General] hogofwar:
Anyone have a link for a working prerooted nordic?

Dunno if dualrecovery fully works yet though.
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
I thought I could but just tried it with need for speed most wanted but its made no difference :(
[Xperia Z3 General] ATMinotaur:
Yes Samsung phones Do have that, the S3 definitely, as I have one, and so does the 10.1 note tablet, pretty sure most of the others do, except the s6 and s6 edge which doesn't have an sd card.

Also from what I've read, the removal of the ability to move to sd card is down to Google. From what I've read its because sd cards are a pain in the backside, which is why you'll find the nexus line don't have them, just internal memory.
[Xperia Z3 General] G-FACE:
Here is what you're looking for: http://xdaforums.com/z3/development/d6603-5-0-2-flashable-stock-23-1-0-690-t3056361

There's still no working dualrecovery.
[Xperia Z3 General] qatrium:
As an Xperia Z3 Dual (D6633) user, should I begin to worry after reading this?

http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/03/2...rtified-on-ptcrb-for-xperia-z2-and-z3-series/

Or should I expect a direct update to 5.1? :confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
This is my first sony phone (well, since the sony ericsson days of dumbphones, although it had a nice camera for its time) but one thing i've learnt is that the word "direct" has no place in any discussion about them! :laugh:

I'm not sure whether either the initial delay (pre nordic/baltic release of 5.0.2) or the delay now (between that rollout and the whatever regions they do next) is down to them fixing issues during testing, or if they're just generally very slow at doing things. I'm not aware of any major problems with 5.0.2, despite some grumblings about tethering, battery life (and the inevitable "i think it looks worse").
[Xperia Z3 General] cschmitt:
It's no delay, just standard software distribution. Roll out to a manageable test group, let it soak for awhile, then release to the larger audience if all is OK. Sony might not fix anything before releasing globally. Nordic probably got it first as a thanks for their beta participation.
[Xperia Z3 General] qatrium:
Material Design is just AWESOME! But it's a matter of personal taste after all :)
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I don't mind it. I can take it or leave it. I mean, it's a small improvement but I'm totally underwhelmed by the changes and it's hard to believe anyone can find it too offensive (except perhaps for the bright white background you see on, for example, the settings screens; I prefer black, but Google is the new Apple and user configuration seems to have gone out of the window). To read about it 2 years ago or however long ago it was announced you'd think everything was animated; there'd be shadows and a sense of depth (I remember little drawings of grids beneath the display elements) and things sliding around like paper. I don't see any of that now. It seems quite flat.
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Probably 5.1, since lollipop is failing hard and not only in Sony. You may regret updating to 5.0.2
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Whatever you say.
[Xperia Z3 General] corallus:
Probably roll out to different areas soon.

PlayStation music goes live in 3 days and ps4 is updating now to accommodate this.

I'll bet the western updates have this in too.
[Xperia Z3 General] scribbclubber:
http://www.phonandroid.com/android-l-quels-terminaux-recevront-mise-jour.html
[Xperia Z3 General] goTouch:
Love the Z3 D6633. But very disappointed with Sony.

Lack of respect and misleading informations.
[Xperia Z3 General] acheron350:
Anybody found a theme where all this orange is changed to googles original color. As close as possible to stock lollipop
[Xperia Z3 General] RobertSand:
I use white theme ;)
[Xperia Z3 General] vepar:
No, it is 5.0.2, as it is the same version as allredy released in batic region. Truly, im using it, and it is terrible. Dieler sucks big time (lag on call is terrible (almost 2 sec)).

There is no "close all" an app history.... for me, 4.4.4. is much beter
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Dialer looks the same as a motorola, better than it was in Kit kat, but not as good as old Xperia dialer was.
[Xperia Z3 General] vepar:
Yes its true. Most anoying thig is this terrible lag in dialer. Also, why they changed when you click on phone app, now recent call is default ????? Old dialer was much better.
[Xperia Z3 General] ScreenSize:
Update will come early in May!

Hi, i called with a german sony firmware programmer about firmware problems with my z3 kitkat. The normal service team couldnt help me. At the end of the conversation i asked the person, when we will become the lollipop update. He says, that we can expect it early in may, when they have fixed all the problems, sure not before!

Thats my info i can give you.

Best reg....
[Xperia Z3 General] gimbu:
Early may... I dont know why I change samsung to sony... Sony have no idea what they doing

:confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Maybe because Samsung sucks too much in camera and touchwiz is very lag. There's already German 5.0.2 but it's branded, check Xperifirm and you will see. Gs5 is having trouble as well regarding memory leak and some other issues proper to this early lollipop.

Google may be too aware of w10
[Xperia Z3 General] Mano1982:
Galaxy Note 4 in Norway has not got Lollipop yet. I tease my 2 brothers who have Note 4 and check their phones for update everyday :p
[Xperia Z3 General] ssj_jaypee:
I'm getting a lot of screen redraw lately on Lollipop. Never had this issue on KitKat.

Not sure if it's because I didn't do a complete wipe only cache wipe.

Anybody else with this issue?
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
Lollipop is awful, it looks nice but for the average user, it's awful. They won't know why their phone is slowing down after a couple of weeks of normal use.

Sony should just give 5.0-5.1.X a miss. There's a reason why only a couple of countries have got it. It's a buggy mess as Nexus users will tell you.
[Xperia Z3 General] gimbu:
5.0.1 on galaxy s5 working perfectly. No bugs anf lags. If you think different you never useing 5.0 on samsung smartphone
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
I've been using lp in Motorola, it looks way better than old Google ui, but there's the memory leak and the phone takes longer to boot than it was with kk. I've seen the gs5 crashing with many apps running and that didn't happen with old tw kk. Anyway Samsung sucks too much, tw has always been laggy and it's always trying to look like an iPhone.
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
If Google are having trouble getting it to work on the Nexus devices and have confirmed the memory bug all exists in 5.1, I highly doubt Samsung have fixed it and Samsung phones are awful, so awful. I don't want a iPhone clone or a phone that just does what Apple do and then does the same a few months later.
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
I thought that 5.1 was already fixed, so definitely they are afraid of the upcoming w10. Guees I'll reject the lp update in my z1s, I'm already suffering too much with the z3 lp.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
I'm not saying there aren't bugs but I've been using 5.0.X on my Nexus 4 and CM12 on my LG 8.3 pad for quite some time now and haven't encountered this issue yet.

Having said that, Google was supposed to help get their new Android versions out to the real world faster... LP has actually be quite a setback so far.
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Even Motorola has cancelled the soak test, since there was too many people disappointed and they were not targeted since the beginning, because the leaks. In my 1068 and 1033 it's working quite fine, but these are slow terminals that can't handle the many apps I can run in a z3
[Xperia Z3 General] cschmitt:
I'm pretty happy with 5.0.2 on my Z3c.

I don't get it. First there's complaining about waiting on the update, now complaining about receiving the update.
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Because we thought sony was going to impress us with a nice xperia ui, not just a standard Google ui with minor mods. It's also more buggy than stock, I haven't seen such terrible combination in colors with apps in Motorola. Anyway I really don't feel like buying a moto x, I still like sony even with this mess
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I'm not getting it either. Doesn't seem too different to my nexus 10 on 5.0.2 or 5.1. Perhaps I'm not staring at it enough. The overall feel is fast and smooth, with a fairly subtle change to kitkat (given that all the apps have been styled a la lollipop for about 6 months now).
[Xperia Z3 General] Nabfy:
The dialer app is not consistent, once it opens with numpad, sometimes it opens differently and I have to click the numpad to see it. Also its slower, and the phone does have memory leak as after restart it works best and then gradualy becomes slower. I returned to .77 firmware.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I don't make many phone calls and I rarely have to enter numbers not in my contacts. Have you tried Dialer One? Seem to remember that being OK. I'm using Nova launcher, perhaps that's insulating me from these redraw problems people are taking about.
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
Maybe Sony have just abandoned releasing it as its buggy on Google's end. You'll just be disappointed when you get it.

Its practical and more efficient to just update when the next Lollipop is released by Google. They haven't even updated all their Nexus devices yet as 5.1 has been causing issues. Back to the drawing board for google.

They also need to work on their Google material apps, they lag especially Calendar. Sony's own apps are OK.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
Dont know whether are so many complaints. Lp has been fantastic. Only some very minor bugs I've seen but nothing that really has an impact on usage. Battery life has been insanely good and everything is smooth. LP has been great on My Nexus 5 too so not sure why so many complaints about LP???

I'm glad for LP Sony went more stock. I've always thought Sony's ui design a bit tacky. One thing I will agree with people here is the dialer is absolutely junk. If someone could port the Nexus dialer I would be so so so grateful :):thumbup::beer:
[Xperia Z3 General] moses_dx:
Is nexus dialer any different than Motorola? Because it really sucks, better than kk, but still marginal
[Xperia Z3 General] Arrowblue:
search memory leak in xposed it will fix it for sure.
[Xperia Z3 General] Nabfy:
We dont have custom recovery and xposed in lollipop z3 or am i wrong?
[Xperia Z3 General] minamfm:
I personally love the stock UI. Lollipop is awesome and I haven't seen any bugs so far (at least nothing more than kitkat).

I'm one of those people who frowned upon Sony for being so late to release the update, and I still hate them for not being faster with the rollout process, but that doesn't prevent me from admitting that they have done a hell of a job in making this such an awesome update.

To me, the KitKat Xperia UI looked hideous. The dialler looked like it was coming from an old iMate and don't get me started on the settings screen, good riddance!. I do understand that it's all a matter of opinion but I also do understand that there are a lot of kids out there who love to give value to themselves and attract attention by simply complaining about anything. I'm not sure if sony's viewing this thread (would be a clever move to do so) but if they are, I bet these kids are the reason the rollout is taking so long.
[Xperia Z3 General] Wolfbreak:
Lollipop is working fine for me too dont have any Lags or something.
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
I'm with Nova as well, with 6 homes full of widgets and not a single redraw!

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[Xperia Z3 General] G-FACE:
We have, but only for UB.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
Vittogn - when we were discussing about your battery problems didn't know you had six home screens of widgets! I think at least some of your poor SOT is due to that...all that sync and refresh!
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Well Nova is not mentioned in any of battery stats or wakelocks. I have a total of 8 refreshing widgets, then folders and shortcuts!

I can do a test with no homes.

I did it in the past with no difference.

Thanks for thinking of me!

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[Xperia Z3 General] SXZdabbler:
I used to connect my Xperia Z to my laptop with a male to male jack lead so I could listen to radio stations on my laptop. On the Z3 I cannot do this for some reason. Maybe the impedance checking is differently setup?
[Xperia Z3 General] gripfly:
How could be there an other setup? I did not modified any sound settings.

Something what I noticed too is when I change the sound output with soundabout to headphones, sometimes the music stops playing while listening too.
[Xperia Z3 General] Arrowblue:
unlock your bootloader and there is twrp recovery some where in xda its a beta full of bugs but does the job.or wait untill my build of philz recovery is fully working then i will release it on xda .
[Xperia Z3 General] freddy1991:
What do those NA mean?

Found so many of them also in 6653,6633.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Not available
[Xperia Z3 General] freddy1991:
Of course, I know the meaning of NA.

Lol..

I checked again and now even more of them are showing NA.

Could it be that Sony is updating their server for global roll-out of Lollipop ??
[Xperia Z3 General] augie7107:
It's a possibility.
[Xperia Z3 General] Newbyallthetime:
Did you press <Check All> buton? Looks normal to me...no NA.
[Xperia Z3 General] morebube:
Normal
[Xperia Z3 General] freddy1991:
Yeah

Now, it all becomes normal again.

Maybe just because of the Internet connection?
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Yes server upload maybe the case...did u try any time now??

Tmrw maybe rollout!! Fingers crossed
[Xperia Z3 General] Solpadein:
Read this Android 5.1 Lollipop Release: Sony Xperia Z3, Z2, and Z1 OS Update in April; Android 5.1 Features Revealed; Z4 to Have Lollipop Out-of-the-Box
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Now i don't knw what to believe about sony and what not to.!

And the news say first update to z1 now dats bs...wat r we z3 users holding in hand a brick??

And sony doesn't hav courtesy to apologize or even update the customers..one plus atleast apologized when they delayed oxygen os..
[Xperia Z3 General] ondrejvaroscak:
I don't get it why is everybody so hysterical about Lollipop update. I flashed it when it became available and honestly from user perspective there is no big difference between KK and LP. I think vast majority of customers will prefer rock stable system over premature update. As for the "news ".. most of those are just speculations from Sony fans.
[Xperia Z3 General] dkionline:
Fake news ^^ lets wait for fixes.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Well its not about lollipop only..its also about keeping us in dark about latest updates almost all flagship oem got the update but we z3 users are still speculating.

Also i would agree on stable firmware but on contrary latest is the best trend goes on!!!
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Doesn't your browser highlight spelling mistakes in red? It's very hard to work out what you're trying to say sometimes!

---------- Post added at 12:09 ---------- Previous post was at 12:04 ----------

Heh, another site with no sources, and doesn't mention the z3 getting 5.1 anyway and has a link to another site with no sources and written in high school English just printing guesswork.
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Umm using xda app here!!! And i think its understandable enough..just didn't use the full words..
[Xperia Z3 General] Ulver:
As much as I would like the update, I can wait. Granted, if I "really" wanted it, I could flash the Baltic version. I just rather wait for the US version OTA. I'm with other people, it's not the fact that the update isn't here, it's that Sony hasn't given a timeline for other regions. We heard "soon" and in the coming weeks. Well, who knows what soon means, and the coming weeks are coming to an end.

Sent from my Z3
[Xperia Z3 General] ondrejvaroscak:
I am quite sure that Sony is not that concerned about update hungry people. They work with general population. 7 of 10 people who have Sony mobiles I know have no clue what lollipop is... Except for the lickable one... But I agree that information strategy of Sony is a shame...
[Xperia Z3 General] unmaskedfalesh:
Lickable ones? u got that right!!!?
[Xperia Z3 General] ripnetuk:
SD Card access

Hi,

People are saying LP is no big deal, but it is to me. I want full access restored to my SD card so I can use it again... i could root, but $ony destroy half your camera functionality (and possibly try to illegally wiggle out of warranty service) if you unlock the BL.

Only jumped ship from $amgsung because of their terrible knox and void warranty rubbish, only to land here and find the same crap.

The phone itself is much nicer than my note 3 was tho... Android is actually slick and fast, and the battary is sensible.

edit: I know we can get root without unlock bl using the 'spolit but LP has been "days away" ever since the hack was found...
[Xperia Z3 General] ondrejvaroscak:
Problem is that our community is quite small. 90 % of Sony mobile users does not use SD card for nothing else than pictures. The camera hardware is very good, but what makes it a selling hit is a proprietary software algorithm that enhances pictures. So Sony protects that algorithm (and other) with DRM system. With DRM lost you will miss some features but you will be still left with pretty mighty piece of hardware. Everything is a question of priorities. For us as for Sony. And for Sony it is profit..
[Xperia Z3 General] ripnetuk:
Please elaborate.. given the entire rom can be ripped (and root is available without unlocking BL, which means total access to all code and DRM keys), what is $ony protecting ??? DRM is usually (ab)used to prevent digital content from being used in an unlicensed way. I completely dont get why you even NEED DRM keys for a photo enhancement routine??? is the actual object code encrypted using the DRM keys??? i dont think so, since its a standard rom, so even if it is, you wouldnt need unique keys for each device. I just dont get it.

Are they afraid someone will rip it as an APK and make it available to Samsung customers??? seriously how many "normal" users will do that??? if anything if Sony software gets a reputation as being worth the hassle of doing that, its free advertising.

I kind of understand more with Knox on the samsung side, since if its rooted it renders useless the isolation that is the main reason for it to exist

Someone please explain!

cheers

g
[Xperia Z3 General] ondrejvaroscak:
Sony is trying to make sure that their code is not used on non-Sony devices or ROMs. As any DRM it can be broken and avoided requiring significant efforts and expertise. I in no way advocate Sony approach, however I understand why they do it.
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
you can just root it for full sd card access, so there ist no problem with "half camera functionality" ...
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
Would that allow you to fully install apps to sdcard?
[Xperia Z3 General] rspy:
Actually, I'm on lollipop since the first release of the Baltic firmware, and I can tell you that you will have better control of the SD card in kit kat. Just root your device WITOUT unlock the bootloader, is super easy, and install SD fix from the play store, to have write access to you SD card.. And if you want to move your apps to your SD card, install "folder mount" and you are done.. Because, in lollipop, only with the default Sony Explorer you have write access to your SD and is a pain to use that, and the apps? Yes, you can move your app to the SD but no all apps, games you can't move it! In the app settings says that is on the SD card, but is a lie, because your space in your memory doesn't change.. :banghead:

And no, Is not Sony fault, is Google fault.

PS: besides, on kitkat you have that beautiful and perfect lockscreen, not the big mess that I have on lollipop.. Ugly and non-functional..
[Xperia Z3 General] ondrejvaroscak:
I can only agree. I think that LP will reach similar maturity as KK maybe in half year from now.
[Xperia Z3 General] Huey85:
nope - only the APK. The OBB/Data will remain on your Internal storage (unless the app's dev has specified otherwise)
[Xperia Z3 General] Dom3000:
LP locksreen is non-functional?? I have been waiting for years this notification update. It adds to functionality and usability.
[Xperia Z3 General] kurosawa79:
So without recovery, how are you all backing up your roms? I don't care so much about recovery other functions so much but backup is super important! I see there is an online android backup app but I'm guessing in order to restore it you still need some form of recovery!
[Xperia Z3 General] rspy:
really ? well for me is non-functional because for example, sometimes I'm busy to reply a message, so with kitkat I get a notification, the notification light blink, so, I turn on my display, and from the lock screen, I scroll down the status/notification bar and WITHOUT dismiss the notification I can know what it's about, so.. i just turn off my display and my notification stay there, so i have the chance to reply later o see it later again, BUT the notification light stay off, in lollipop, you HAVE TO dismiss the notification if you want the notification light to stop blinking.. if you have some sort of obsessive-compulsive behavior, this little thing will melt your brain, trust me.. i know :laugh: and plus, the new music widget in the lockscreen is annoying too.. lol atleast with spotify.. I dont know with others apps.. :good::good:
[Xperia Z3 General] DZH1:
Between here and Xperiablog, I am not so sure I get the urgency to move to Lollipop.

My Xperia phones all work super smooth and fast on 4.4.4 and I'm not so sure I want the update at all.

I'm already sad to see the icons change, but that's just visuals... functionally I'm still

not sure what most here are hoping will happen, other than just having something "new" vs better.
[Xperia Z3 General] moomiyu:
Today is 14th day.

So, where is my lollipop? ???
[Xperia Z3 General] optmkleung:
I think something wrong in the latest 5.0.2, so all update will postpone to mid April or later.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
So glad Sony is keeping us informed.
[Xperia Z3 General] parthsony2000:
Yes, agreed
[Xperia Z3 General] jagdesh:
When a call comes in the call screen shows one solid color (for e.g. blue) and then the contact picture in small circle.

Is normal?? doesnt the call picture take half the screen instead of a small circle??

Here is the a screen shot .... As you can see the contact picture appears to be in a small circle and the background is all blue.
[Xperia Z3 General] optmkleung:
I think this should be a bug.....
[Xperia Z3 General] Newt182:
So use Mount Folder. Then you can move the same data to SD that you can in LP.
[Xperia Z3 General] radko93:
Official Polish Sony blog stated that the update is coming today! They also said why it took so long and that they are working on 5.1 update (in an early phase now).
[Xperia Z3 General] ZappMasteR:
I found this on sony mobile website.....hmm....

http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/tool/software-binaries-for-aosp-lollipop-android-5-1/

It`s posted on March 12, 2015
[Xperia Z3 General] Solpadein:
Let Sony pushes their promises into their lazy ass. I don't believe to Sony anymore. They always says something like that to prolong time to release update. Liars!
[Xperia Z3 General] ScreenSize:
Italy is online....hope germany will follow today:confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] joepontanoni:
So, which regions have it? UK doesn't appear to, although I'm on 3. They aren't exactly intrusive with their bloat etc so I don't see how that could effect it
[Xperia Z3 General] acheron350:
Croatia, I am on baltic rom. Just got an update for movies and it has changed name to Video
[Xperia Z3 General] persian_redhat:
Guys don't blame on Sony for being late as they are rolling out Lollipop with the least bugs, till now i have not seen any issue on it