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[Xperia Z3 General] Alaa | Google Android:
your source please
[Xperia Z3 General] zombiej79:
From what I have found should start rolling out in the next week or two

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At gdc they said start of Feb it will start rolling out
[Xperia Z3 General] cheetah2k:
Only those of us who have flashed 6603 firmware. TBH there is no reason not to update to the Nordic (or Baltic) versions. They are brilliant and great on battery as well as being very very stable. I've yet to have a force close on any app. I used to have many on 4.4.4 :good:
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
Just quick question: How did you open Software info menu?
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
No breaking news in the UK today. ;)

Just thought I'd join in :)
[Xperia Z3 General] JoernH:
You open your dialer and type in

*#*#service#*#*

And "service" must be the numbers from your dialer (not clear I know, sorry)
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
Here in the UK we like getting shafted.
[Xperia Z3 General] mtbgus:
The Uk is always the last to get everything, always has been. Nothing will ever change.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
I'm in the UK and I don't like getting shafted [emoji14]
[Xperia Z3 General] Terepin:
If m Z3 has generic global firmware, but active customization and Telekom modem configuration (I took it from them), can I still flash generic firmware?
[Xperia Z3 General] jaggysnake:
nah the g3 got its update quick in the uk....its just sony

also i wish people would stop saying " no update yet in the uk" thats not news i could look at my phone and see that!
[Xperia Z3 General] marcel.s:
SmartBand can't control media player.

Can anyone confirm?
[Xperia Z3 General] vif81:
Battery drain

Hi,

Still have kind of a battery drain from Exchange Services (23%). I cannot remove it as I use it for work. Anybody is experiencing the same issue ?

Plus, some apps appear to have battery usage in stats whereas I didn't even launch these, I guess it's background stuff but it was not the same in KK.

Well, I'm not really enthusiatic so far
[Xperia Z3 General] sockmonkey72:
My Z3 just notified me that Lollipop is available. I'm in Germany.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
You probably had it yesterday but it did not prompt you. Still drawing a blank in the UK. -_-
[Xperia Z3 General] dmdelgado:
Still here Waiting for T-Mobile Like....
[Xperia Z3 General] Beno@:
Is it me or ince lollipop apps are more aggressively closed in background?

I feel like when I try to open an app I used a few hours before, it is always restarted while on kitkat it was often sill in memory....
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
According to the user. http://xdaforums.com/z3/help/lollipop-ota-t3071072

He received Lollipop update in UK on EE yesterday morning.

Me being on Vodafone handset (Custom ID 1289-4165) means i will probably get it around December time. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
Xperifirm doesn't have EE listed so I'm unsure if he's got a UK phone or not. I'd be inclined to say he doesn't....

Customization version: 1289-4165 is Vodafone but on Xperifirm it is currently at 23.0.1.A.5.79 / R8B.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Yup that's what I have.
[Xperia Z3 General] AnteusFogg:
They are downloading the firmware with their new Google Dial-Up connection :p

Then there will be the upload....
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Im on 3 Ireland, sick of waiting so flashed Central Europe Generic. All is working flawlessly. No difference with my LTE reception or anything. I was going to wait until UK generic was out, but im thinking I might stay with this one. I do like the lollipop interface and the notifications on lockscreen, it does feel smoother and should be even more smoother when the rom has time to settle, as for battery life too early to tell, im not in to stamina or disabling services

I forgot to mention that after installing the rom I had to change the mobile data settings to LTE preferred, and it took a few minutes for the LTE to come on, but since then it has never changed from lte

And to the post below I can confrim the the regular google hotspot is working on mine
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Guys, tried looking around but no bueno. Any way to fix hotspot from the phone without plugging into ADB?
[Xperia Z3 General] monoke:
Yeah i've read a few are experiencing this which makes me suspect lollipop app retention is not as good as kk. Whether it is due to various memory leaks or just the way the os is designed since it is discouraged to 'close all' apps, who knows.

This is part of the reason i'm deciding to stick with kk despite it's perceived 'aged' looks and slower feel.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Was your phone carrier locked? Mine is Vodafone UK locked and just wondering if i can flash Central Europe generic
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
I didnt even check! I do know it was branded and I would see the big three logo everytime I used to start it up on Kitkat. I beleive by flashing the generic all you are doing is removing the branding, which is what happened to me, I lost all the three bloatware thankfully.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Doesn't flashing with flashtool break the DRM though? Does it still receive the OTA updates
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
no it doesn't, I flashed back to 4.4.4 and got ota no problem
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
What i meant is. Say for example you flash to 5.0.2. Once 5.1 was released would you need to flash manually or would it receive the OTA?

Sorry for the noob questions. I was just wondering as i've only experienced Android on HTC M7-M9 before and with those unless you flashed a complete stock rom you didn't get OTA updates

I am assuming these are OEM stock firmwares?
[Xperia Z3 General] bradmax57:
Don't see why you wouldn't get ota as they are all stock roms, I flashed a m7 and still got ota
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
That's the memory leak starting to show itself. Slowly it'll start lagging your phone until you restart.
[Xperia Z3 General] iKlutz:
I'm thinking maybe I jumped the bandwagon at the wrong time.

When I saw the series in friends hands I was completely jealous of all that Sony goodness he had.

Looks like it's soon going to be a pile bits and bobs.

Since they're moving all their apps to playstore and replacing music unlimited with spotify, using mostly material UI and skimping out on Sony features. There's also a new dialler right? If the memory leak is still present and it's all 99% Google flavour, then I'm afraid I finally bought the phone I dreamed of at the wrong freaking time.

I hope Sony clear all this crap up and make it all "Sony" again.
[Xperia Z3 General] Beno@:
it's honestly better in most ways. The "memory leak" (i'm not sure it actually is) is not a big problem right now, it's just that apps take a bit longer to reload if you havn't used them for some time.
[Xperia Z3 General] Disassociative:
What does the Generic LAM one mean? Like is it a global generic one or is it an abbreviation for something and I don't know what it means. I want to install Lollipop on my Australian D6653 but have no idea which one on Xperifirm to choose :/
[Xperia Z3 General] caqo71:
LAM is for Latin America. You can use any firmware that fits your phone, diferences are about preinstalled software, and other small configurations. Use generic ones.

Enviado desde mi D6603 mediante Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 General] Disassociative:
Thanks!
[Xperia Z3 General] session20:
New build certified. 23.2.A.0.278
[Xperia Z3 General] lee480:
That looks like Android 5.1 :\
[Xperia Z3 General] Jay794:
For everyone in the UK, just flash the French version, it works just as well, no issues yet
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
And that it is! Although not certified for the D6603 yet.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
I had a go and flashed the central European one. However every so often the lock screen would say I have no service despite having a full signal. For some reason the only way to rectify it was to reboot the phone whilst plugged in. I also kept getting a Google play services error telling me it needs updating. However even uninstalling and reinstall didn't solve it. So I went back to 4.4.4. It's a minor issue but it annoyed the OCD in me. [emoji14]

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Are the "customised FR" version, for example, the generic one? I can't find anything in Xperifirm or Flashtool that says generic. Going to try and flash the French version and see if i get the same lock screen issue.

Version on Flashtool

Versions on Xperifirm

Fortunately this is my work phone so doesn't have too much data on it.

What's the difference between these two versions? Both are for D6603 and according to the Scavenger check http://scavenger.ch/xperiaupdate/check.php?model=D6603&id=1293-0922, http://scavenger.ch/xperiaupdate/check.php?model=D6603&id=1288-5031, are both unbranded and unlocked version for Germany.
[Xperia Z3 General] micha-s_1e4:
1293-0922 should be the 1&1 version.

1288-5031 is without branding.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Knew someone on here would know. :)

Thank you.
[Xperia Z3 General] lee480:
After much research, it MAY not be 5.1 :)
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
Flashed the French generic this morning and it's OK so far. The whole was really hot after optimising hundreds of apps...
[Xperia Z3 General] Zaim2012:
Would anyone be willing to do a quick test for me? I've read on Sony's mobile forum that the EQ now only works with Walkman in Android 5, can someone try it on youtube, spotify and Tidal please?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 General] marsx1984:
Please elaborate on this theory of yours. Why is it not 5.1 ?!
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Well flashed the Generic German and French Versions now and both still give the No Service on the lock screen despite having a signal. :(

On initial boot after flash it is fine. But from there on in it doesn't work. Anyone any ideas?
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
I'm assuming you did a full wipe when using flashback?
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Yup full wipe each time.

Here's a screenshot of what I mean.

Just found that If i switch to airplane mode and back off again it seems to be right itself.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
I have used the equaliser successfullly when playing through Google play music
[Xperia Z3 General] EricCartmanez:
you just have to toogle airplane mode on and off and it works as it should :)
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Sorry man, I'm not sure why that is. Im my lockscreen I get the 3 sign
[Xperia Z3 General] Ricky_Skrzepa:
Yeah the Sony EQ doesn't work in sound cloud
[Xperia Z3 General] xetro:
Anyone trouble charging with magnetic and/or dock? Only added 50% in 6 hours!! Used Nordic Combined ROM
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
Anyone else not able to touch to focus in the camera app? Worked in KK but now tapping

the screen does nothing whereas before the camera would focus where you tapped.

Just worked out it was because smile shutter was on.
[Xperia Z3 General] Hussain_Salam:
Uk sucks.
[Xperia Z3 General] mtbgus:
Well I'm determined not to unlock the bootloader on this phone and update by manual means, never know we might get the update before the end of April on ota or pc companion. haha, not gonna hold my breathe.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
I haven't unlocked the boot loader on mine. I just flashed using flashtool. Apart from the lock screen occasionally saying no service when i have all seems good so far.

My phone is a locked to vodafone UK handset (although the only bloatware on it is the My Vodafone app. Splash screen at start is generic). It is still locked to any other sim despite flashing a non branded firmware.
[Xperia Z3 General] Hussain_Salam:
Fingers crossed; I'm just going to stick to waiting, Do you think we'll get 5.1 instead of 5.0.2?
[Xperia Z3 General] luvmygadgetz:
I just received the OTA notification yesterday and after reading through different forums, it's hard to get a clear picture of potential bugs or issues. I have an unlocked unrooted Z3 bought directly from Sony in Canada. My phone currently runs like a dream... fast, responsive and amazing battery life. First phone I've owned that gives me a full day of use with 8 hours of screen on time. Reports of battery drain, memory leaks, apps restarting instead of resuming are enough to make me stay on KitKat. Granted, people reporting issues all have different stories... some flash from a different region, some are rooted etc. so I wish I could hear from people who are unrooted, have an unlocked unit and simply received an OTA and hit the download button. There are other, unimportant reasons why I don't mind holding off... esthetically speaking the only thing I like about Lollipop are the animations... I hate the color schemes (always set up my phones with dark themes) don't care for notifications on the lock screen, have no use for guest accounts, hate the way simple mute has disappeared etc. Eventually I will be forced to get used to Lollipop but as long as there are performance issues I think I'll continue enjoying my phone with KitKat. Let's see what 5.1 might bring...
[Xperia Z3 General] bartolo5:
I am unrooted on an unlocked D6603 bought directly from sony and got the update directly on the phone from Sony (had to use their PC tool to update though, no OTA). Everything went smoothly and I'm now on 5.0.2. All apps got updated without issues. Phone is super fast and interface is glorious. I've found a few minor bugs that I'm sure will be fixed soon. My biggest reason to upgrade to 5.0.2 is that now apps can finally use the SD card fully without having to root or hacks (if they've been updated with the new 5.x APIs, apps now have to manually ask for permission to write to SD which you have to explicitely grant). Battery life is about the same than 4.4, which is great. How do you guys get 8 hours of SOT? I get max 5h, although there's a lot of usage like phone calling and music listening that I don't have the screen on.

I can without many doubts say this phone is the best phone I've ever had, and I've had many many many ... It may not have the latest gizmos like fingerprint sensor and the camera is not the greatest, but what matters to me which is battery life, screen, usability and bugs it's about the best I've ever seen. Just love it.
[Xperia Z3 General] luvmygadgetz:
Thanks for your input and glad Lollipop is not causing you any grief [emoji4] I never had to use an SD card so the limitations you mentioned never really applied to me... I have playlists so just transfer over a selection of songs at a time and add or remove over time. As far as photos, everything gets uploaded to Dropbox so I keep only a couple of months worth on my phone and the rest I leave in the cloud. Basically my 16GB is mainly apps. I have a Samsung Note 2014 tablet on me at all times so I also have some media stored there. As far as screen on time... I really don't do anything special... don't use stamina mode and keep brightness around 70%... don't use a lock screen and screen time out is every 30min... make minimal calls but heavily use Flipboard, Outlook, Inbox, G+, Facebook, Whatsapp etc. One day I was at home sick and had my phone and laptop on me all day and I clocked some crazy times nothing like the usual 8 hours I get... take a look at the screenshots
[Xperia Z3 General] doministry:
How can you have 12h onscreen time with the above statisics?

Looks like you stare at the screen only?

There are no apps used there... So actually, 12h of the screen time like that is nothing...
[Xperia Z3 General] luvmygadgetz:
Never claimed I used the phone heavily that day... 30 min timeout and reaching for the phone often meant the screen was on even when not in use. I still find it exceptional... my Samsung S4 could never last anywhere near that long with no apps in use and only the screen on.
[Xperia Z3 General] mtbgus:
I imagine it'll be 5.0.2, 5.1 will be the same update story again and probably 3-6 months down the line.
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
5.0.2 is the version we're running now. And see the jump from 4.4.4 to 5.0.2 (23.0.1.A... To 23.1.A....)

Higher OS, Higher second digit from the fw version. It has always been like that and don't see how this should suddenly change.

So it does appear to be 5.1 going by that logic. But I will be glad to be proven wrong
[Xperia Z3 General] requiem2es:
I don't think you are wrong. It actually makes sense that 5.1 to be delivered much faster than 5.0.X.

We have to take into account that for delivering a 5.X version after a 4.X it takes more time. Is not only changes in the kernel or core main system, it makes the developers team to modify all the applications to have the Material Design style. This takes time.

When changing from 5.0 to 5.1, it does not take too much. All you applications fit in style, and you concentrate on the real changes (that in the end are not that much). I think we will get 5.1 probably a bit before June (for Z3, the rest Z models a bit later), and this will match the moment in which Sony will show the Z4.
[Xperia Z3 General] iKlutz:
In addition, xperia with 4.4 uses dalvik cache, where as 5.X is full ART. I'm pretty sure sonys tweaks/mods and what not are all dalvik dependant.
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
Sony sure are taking their sweet time in the UK. Maybe they're doing a Google and will just update to 5.1.1 straight. Even some Nexus devices haven't got 5.1 yet.

Surely people would rather have a solid LP version rather than the latest regardless of the issues 5.0.2 comes with.
[Xperia Z3 General] vif81:
My investigation on Exchange battery drain shows that the issue does not come through the account itself, it's the emails sync... If I disable emails sync and let contacts and calendar's ones, everything works like a charm... The trouble is I need emails...
[Xperia Z3 General] jemeljsh:
Is there a way in lollipop to quick reply to sms messages/whatsapp messages from notification area without going to the app? By default only "Mark as read" is the option..
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
I can with WhatsApp not tried with sms. This is how my settings are for WhatsApp.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
I'm getting on great with lollipop (Central Europe Generic) seems to suit my 3 Ireland phone very well. As for battery, I do notice Google services takes up more then usual. But this is an industry wide known bug and will be rectified in 5.1. But having said that my battery life hasn't changed. I read the news alot , listen to music alot! And generally just mess around with it, never use stamina as I like to receive an Internet message when it is Sent rather then when I wake up the phone. It lasts me easily a day, I could prob go another day but I just charge it every night regardless. Looking forward to 5.1
[Xperia Z3 General] joepontanoni:
Why the hell is the notification bar blue? Is that a theme or the standard look?
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Ya the blue bar at the top is very annoying. On some apps like chrome it changes colour and blends in but on other apps it's blue when in fact the app is black or green etc. This is a Google thing and it looks horrible. I get what they where trying to do but it will take time for these app developer's to make the changes. For example when I open BBC news it goes red as it should. But when I open the Irish times or New York times I have a big Blue bar at the top. So this is obviously down to the apps and not the system
[Xperia Z3 General] ladelfm:
I switched my theme to white and it seems to make the status bar colour more neutral in most apps. Try it out.
[Xperia Z3 General] meteor999:
Yes the white theme does help. That's only because grey/white blends in better then blue! It's up to the app developer's to sort this. Not Sony or Google
[Xperia Z3 General] joepontanoni:
I guess its one of the things that I love about iOS's UI, notification bar blends in totally to give a flatter look.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
As mentioned above. It's just that some apps don't change it. The tapatalk app is another example.
[Xperia Z3 General] jemeljsh:
Exactly. Try the white theme. AS ladelfm already told, it suits most apps quite good.

See the screenshot -> whatsapp in white vs blue/default theme:

white theme:

xperia default theme or blue:

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[Xperia Z3 General] cwoodffr:
Totally agree with you guys. Finest phone ever even on 4.4. Stable, fast and I have NEVER run out of battery. Not once and I am a heavy user. Worried about upsetting the balance with 5.
[Xperia Z3 General] OnSugarHill:
Really enjoying Lollipop on the Z3. The animations are slick, and the UI looks great. I put a Lollipop stock wallpaper to get the feeling even more :)

Only complaint is that google search/google now are still very laggy for me. I don't remember it being this laggy on my S4. Not sure what the problem is.
[Xperia Z3 General] oSandmaNo:
iOS developers have to strictly follow the design guidelines. That's why all their apps look good.
[Xperia Z3 General] admad:
Can someone tell me if you have a "update center" on your 5.0 Z3? I'm pretty sure I had this on my 5.0, but then i decided to do factory reset, and now it's not here.
[Xperia Z3 General] vRS Carl:
This is all I have on mine.
[Xperia Z3 General] slim207rc:
Update center has been ditched by Sony. All updates now come from "what's new". Sonys own little thing going on there?
[Xperia Z3 General] G-FACE:
Update center is still there, but reachable only trough Settings/About phone/Software update. And as it was said, no updates for apps in there, only system updates.
[Xperia Z3 General] Ultraman1966:
So I flashed French generic onto my unbranded UK on Saturday and so far it has been pretty standard for performance but I really enjoy the unified notifications/quick shortcuts again. So far, no major bug bears except one instance of WhatsApp not opening even after force close and I had to restart the phone. Fingers crossed that there aren't any other issues as I really like the clean look of Lollipop (been using it on my LG pad and old Nexus 4).
[Xperia Z3 General] markbraggs:
T-mobile just discontinued the Z3. I will be absolutely livid if this means no update is coming...
[Xperia Z3 General] bartolo5:
You should still get the update. It was promised... I guess phone was just not selling.
[Xperia Z3 General] dgattenb:
No uk update here , stock sim free , however from what I've seen over the months, I'll wait... In no rush to upgrade
[Xperia Z3 General] daneshpastry:
Hi all,

I'm using a Telus Z3. I flashed the nordic release, and mostly all is well.

My one issue is that I'm rarely getting LTE data speeds. I performed the steps shown on Telus' site because initially I wasn't able to receive MMS messages containing photos.

I also selected 4G within the Service Providers menu, and 4G is selected under the Preferred Network Type.

So far, 99% of the time there is an "H" in the menubar. Sometimes an H+, and once or twice I've seen 4G, but only for a brief second.

Is there another country's system that I could flash that would help with this?
[Xperia Z3 General] Beno@:
Did location-based wifi disappeared? I was looking for it but I can't find it anymore :/