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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] AndreDNA:
so, when a pre-rooted lollipop will be avaiable, we should be able to update our rooted kitkat by unlocking bootloader and using recovery, and then relock the bootloader and restore the TA partition and keep the drm function, RIGHT?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ebi4321:
use PRF CREATOR

search for t, it's really easy :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ebi4321:
no, you don't need that much of time for waiting, if you have root on kitkat, just install nut recovery, create a prerooted zip from firmware, flash via recovery, and you have roooted 5.0.2 ;)

BUT BE AWARE OF RECOVERY ISSUE I MENTIONED ON PAGE 6!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tankos:
Same problem on Z3. Someone has been able to modify recovery... He's helping to create a modified recovery for Z3C too... Will update once I've got the modified recovery working...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] AndreDNA:
Thank you!

I have root with unlocked bl, so no recovery, and I wanted to know if it was possible to restore the TA after the update :)

So I'll wait the fixed NUT recovery, even couse I really don't know how to create a preerooted zip. (this is my first sony. modding was simplier with my very old S2 lol)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hispanico957:
Ok...i follow your suggestions... I have kitkat, root and recovery at this momentafter flash form recovery i will have LolliPop pre-rooted, but Recovery after this is gone ?

And... after flash you wipe cache and dawilk ?

All language (like italian) are present ??

Thank

Hispa
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Maikel S:
I just installed the D5803 over my D5833.

It worked!

Between, you have to check the 3G and 4G frequences your operator uses. These are the only differences .
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Jac0verflow:
Yes, recovery is gone.

Are you able to mount -rw /system and other partitions? It seems I have lost that possibility :crying:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] meaniez:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/03/16/xperia-lollipop-update-does-not-support-manual-camera-settings-raw/
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hispanico957:
I think that for this we must await some times to have again :)

But also without recovery we cannot more flash anything, like for example xposed for LolliPop ?!

Hispa
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serajr:
Thank you for point us this out!

So let's just to create our pre-rooted fw with latest SuperSU flashable and wait till next NUT's release!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serialkillazzs:
RAGING!!!!!!!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] rondera:
So Sony implanted the new Camera API from Lollipop, but only for the Sony Camera app and not for 3rd party apps?!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Bzow:
Seems like it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jms.flynn:
Not getting 4G/LTE with Nordic 5.0.2 Customized NCB_1288-5411_23.1.A.0.690_R9C with Three UK. Can anybody confirm 4G/LTE working with this firmware?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Wing_Zero85:
Unfortunately not.

We DON'T have Shutter Speed selection NOR raw image support.

Sony just continue to use the same api uses in kitkat, with basic ISO, WB and manual focus settings. So NO improvement's here, and NO google API Implemented.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] galuquetta:
Did you try Google Camera? I'm Downloading the update right now.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] :
No Support! :good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] android167:
And also Soft Skin Effect bug is still here. I cannot turn it off. :(
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MGuDiM:
Does anyone know how to get rid off small apps?

pm block com.sony.smallapp.launcher

Doesn't seem to work anymore
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ogyct:
This was the only thing I wanted them to fix. So I guess Sony doesn't give a f*ck and they really should sell their mobile department...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jms.flynn:
try

pm hide com.sony.smallapp.launcher

that worked for me
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fmlogin:
What about performance and superior auto mode?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] x X x:
Hello.

Someone try to flash Baltic Generic to Z3C? I've tried, but all the time I've receiving errors:

ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.
INFO - Ending flash session.
ERROR - Error in processHeader : 1 : Niepoprawna funkcja (in English: "incorrect function").
ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted.

Maybe bad tft? I use newest Flashtool, think that my device drivers are correct. Trying in both Flashtool 32 ad 64 bit. Windows 8.1 64 Bit. Sony PC Companion installed and synced with my phone.

My Z3C runs at newest 4.4.4 firmware 23.0.1.A.5.77 with customization: 1288-5811_R8B (Polkomtel PL).

I want to flash clean, stock firmware to delete carrier crap, I believe that I could do this using Generic Baltic 5.0.2 firmware?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pipspeak:
I wanna know the same. I don't particularly care about RAW support (this is a tiny sensor with crappy lens after all) but a reliable and functional Superior Auto would be very nice to have. At present I simply try not to use Auto because it's usually so bad.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tndb:
Made a flashable zip which I prerooted with PRF creator

Flash through recovery, dont forget to wipe before flash and also remember that your recovery will be gone after this flash until we have an updated one

https://mega.co.nz/#!RkQh3JQB!2rD2zyqCEKHU9wMawETya5-4virHp3Jd7stMcHi7-JI

(D5803_23.1.A.0.690_R4C_Telenor SE_rooted.zip 1.26 GB)

Ive tried and just flashed it, got superSU preinstalled and root checker says I got root but im having trouble uninstalling system apps so not sure where the fault is atm. I get the superSU dialog asking for permission and thats fine and all but it still fails.

edit r/w access working IF you have an unlocked bootloader

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59546136&postcount=77
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jms.flynn:
If I am being completely honest. I see no difference.

The sharpening is still over aggressive which in turns leads to horrid artefacts on pictures. I have had a good play inside and out and I see no real difference. The camera is soo hit and miss I was really hoping this would help but it hasn't seemed to.

When I have a spare evening I will do a test between stock kitkat and stock lollipop so you guys can see.

On a side note I seem to be getting battery drain but I will see how it gets on after a couple of charge cycles.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
No bugs here. I love it :')
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Jac0verflow:
Same here, the problem is related to mounting system partitions in rw mode: so far, /system and /data are always mounted as readonly.

Under KK there was a script to run via adb shell, but I already tried it with no luck on Lollipop. Waiting for a fix: debloating is way too important for me.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hispanico957:
Thank for info... you flash pre-rooted ?

Hispa
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] othmanusse:
camera screenshot please ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] milesg:
I replaced my N5 with a Z3c a month ago because in my personal experience Lollipop crippled my N5 - introducing lag, memory leaks (which led to my launcher being killed from time to time) and no improvement in battery life (probably a slight decrease if anything).

Clearly 5.0x has bugs and I am really interested to see if Sony have managed to address these.

Looking forward to seeing reports of battery life and smoothness after running Lollipop for a few weeks (no way I will be upgrading until there is a month or two of experience).
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sean09:
I don't really care about custom recovery, just root. Has anyone here flashed the FTF only and managed to keep root? I was planning on doing it in flashtool and unticking the Wipe -> Data and Cache.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] neopentyl:
the new UI with material design is really awesome,

but the bounce-back effect is even more obvious and serious than that in the kitkat.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tndb:
Anyone more knowingly that has a solution to why root isnt working? Attached img of a root check app if that is of any help
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] :
I made the method of integrating the superSU the rom, but did not work. After flashing the rom and reset, the device is in bootlop the sony screen and restarting. The recovery remains intact.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sean09:
Someone from the other thread for FTF stock firmwares seemed to imply the below would fix that:

Flash the stock D5803_23.1.A.0.690_Baltic_Generic.ftf and exclude system (maybe exclude wiping of data and cache too if you need to keep settings)?

Please let us know the end result. I had also posed the question as to whether the below would work to keep recovery and root, so perhaps you can confirm once you've gotten it working:

1) Flash pre-rooted D5803_23.1.A.0.690_Customized_NCB rooted.zip containing Lollipop 5.0.2 in TWRP

2) Flash Z3C-lockeddualrecovery2.8.3-RELEASE.flashable.zip in TWRP

3) Flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip in TWRP

4) Flash the stock D5803_23.1.A.0.690_Baltic_Generic.ftf and exclude system (and data/cache from the wipe section to keep settings)?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
I flashed the ftf of D5803 on my D5833 via flashtool without wipe
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hispanico957:
Thank and in this way you have maintain all previous settings, but not root?

Hispa
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
So far i've used all basic functions including taking pictures and calling and everything else (surfing the internet, facebook, whatsapp etc etc). Seems rock stable to me. Will report on bugs if i have the misfortune of encountering one.

In short, I'm loving it. This is exactly what I've been waiting for :D
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] smooth_gl:
Something very annoying for me: in KK when I pushed the power button the unlock pattern was already in lock screen. Now I have to swipe one more time to get to the unlock pattern. Is there any workaround for this issue?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Yes. No force closes or any other problem. All data kept secure but no root (obviously)

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I want to add that the firmware takes some time to settle down at first. But once it does, everything flies (i did notice lag at first). Also my first charge cycle is telling me that battery is as good as on .93 firmware (which had the best battery for me). Overall, i think Sony did a darn good job. App2SD is back :D i only wish they added RAW but oh well.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] veimus:
So if i`m on unlocked bootloader, i need flash lollipop via FlashTool, and then for get root access flash flashable zip form here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 ? But is there are working recovery for lollipop ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sean09:
Did you have SuperSU Survival Mode checked?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hispanico957:
No if you want root you must "assemble" new firmware with SuperSu. After this flash no more recovery is present on your smarthphoen

Hispa
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Zimos:
update to a lollipop or not you advise?

Tapnięte z Xperii Z3 Compact.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] :
It Works! The root is also working! :laugh:

I have yet to test the recovery. :good:

Thank you very much! :highfive:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Jelke1801:
Love the Lollipop update, but the only thing that annoys me is that within every app that doesn't use Material Design I get this blue colored Status Bar (see attachment). Is there a way or a setting to change this to black?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sean09:
I am not on it yet but if it is the same as prior versions of Android with Sony they have a theme manager where you can change default coloring schemes.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] milesg:
I think that's a lollipop "feature", so you can see the lockscreen notifications.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Jelke1801:
haven't thougt of that. If I change the theme to, let's say to green, I get a green Status Bar and apps like Phone and Messages change there whole color scheme to green.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] 1Chef:
You can change the lockscreen clock :) settings > personalisation > clocks
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] boilavera1980:
As far as i can see Sony did stick to the Lollipop design with the original lockscreen and all that stuff which is really really awesome. You people should stop complaining to get such a good AOSP experience. Material design is really good.

Look at Samsung devices. They changed every bit, even in the ART runtime. It looks soooo bad really really ugly... and runs like s h i t, thats why i got rid of the S5, Camera was bad too.

Really really happy to have a sony device!!!!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MarcraM90:
lets hope there is a pre rooted version soon
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Maikel S:
I did a factory reset after installing Lollipop, but after entering my Gmail account there was no option to restore my previous installed apps as seen on N5, Lg G3 lollipop version.

I thought that this was a new feature of android lollipop. Neither my saved wifi networks was restored after factory reset.

I did the factory reset after installing lollipop and resyc my google account.

The apps began installing afther opening the Play Store.

Can anyone confirm that the Wi-fi networks arent being saved?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ssinn:
Anyone in the US that updated?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tofu-:
there already is a pre-rooted version for the lazy

this isn't the problem. we are waiting for a working recovery
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serialkillazzs:
Is the camera launch bug still present when activating ok Google from any screen in Google voice settings
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serialkillazzs:
For example activating detection any screen
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serialkillazzs:
Does this when launching camera
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MarcraM90:
so baiscally i could, but should not install it?

can I find this here on xda?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cj1171:
That was fixed in the later KK updates.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serialkillazzs:
Lollipop m8?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Roye_V:
Is it possible to flash the update without a pc?

Still no updates in my region.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] BarajaVLC:
Just flashed via XperiFirm + Flashtool the Nordic Combined firmware.

Everything seems to work, charging now to check if there is battery drain during the night.

Tried running a AnTuTu test and score was improved quite a bit. 41k in stock KK, 46k now in stock Lollipop. I was on Vodafone firmware before, it may had some influence on performance.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] milesg:
Your screencap shows KitKat?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] saturn_de:
Just flashed via XperiFirm + Flashtool the Nordic Combined firmware.

Everything seems to work and especially my bluetooth audio playback issues with my tunelink auto are gone now!!! :highfive:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cj1171:
Haven't tested it yet but seems unlikely they would have broken something they fixed in a later build of KK.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fretka963:
I looked for it but didn't find it. Could you please tell me where can I find the prerooted version?

Thanks
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cj1171:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59482103&postcount=87
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] JCBomb:
Looks like that blue is the default accent color for the xperia theme, but you can change it to a couple of different one.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Esben Ludvigsen:
So far it's ok..

Sendt fra min D5803
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fastlone:
Not sure if my observations are right but my phone is much hotter than it used to be while working on KitKat.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] KoxxBoxx:
Mine got pretty hot as well right after the update. Rebooted a couple of times and now it's back to KitKat temperature levels.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bidyut:
I wonder if that is the "settling phase" that people talk about for ART/Lollipop
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Foxhunter123:
How can I set it to auto adjust the brightness?

What about close all apps with one touch in the menu with the running apps (when you press the square)?

How to change between vibrate only and ringing with sound...?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pieropel76:
Location based wifi and nfc icon in notifications bar

Hi! Did you always have location based wifi option in the power management menu and the nfc icon in the notifications bar ??? Because with the baltic version I don't havé these options ...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] triple_9:
There are no new Wallpapers? WTF?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mgroover:
Exchange services is only at 6.1 which means no Gmail support for Exchange accounts.

Other than that it seems to be working as expected!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
That's a real shame, disaster tbh, maybe you can find some here.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] DagsJT:
Maybe a bit dramatic there. Wallpapers missing is hardly a disaster.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
I forgot a smiley. :D

But it seemed serious when reading [MENTION=3198049]triple_9[/MENTION]'s post. ;)

Myself, I couldn't care less about new wallpapers.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serialkillazzs:
Thread about lollipop and question was whether bug is in lollipop.

I would have posted question in kit Kat thread but I didn't.

So could someone answer if bug is in lollipop

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Your teacher must not have told you to read the question fully in school
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hispanico957:
So the situation is:

1 - Flash firmware 23.1.A.0.690 - Unbranded through Flashtool, so in this way all your previous setting remain on smartphone, but lose Root

2 - Mod firmware 23.1.A.0.690 - Unbranded with PRFCreator including SuperSu - Put the zip creatd on internal memory and flash it from recovery, lose all previous settings but have root

In both method we lose Recovery... so it's impossible for example flash anyting like exposed, that want a custom recovery to install the framework.

Hispa
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] veimus:
if you are on locked bootloader just wait for any working recovery

if on unlocked you can try flash cm12 kernel, enter TWRP, flash zips, and then flash stock kernel - that was working for me flashing UPDATESuperSU.zip
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hamsup1o:
guess I'll hold off until custom recovery is available since xposed for lollipop requires flashing

Sent from my D5803
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] 2mal16:
Flashed prerooted version without recovery (since it doesnt work anyway)

Everything works fine, seems to be very stable. No excessive battery drain,camera works the same as before dont see any improvement made.

some root functions are not working (system app install of better battery stats,root explorer in es file explorer and obviously xposed).

Missing some CM 12 options like tap status bar to sleep, no quickpulldown of quick settings and no choice to change highlighting of two of the icons in the quicksettings. But these are minor issues , though quickpulldown would be nice. Hoping for some nice xposed module from [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION] ;).

Is there any reliable privacy guard app? with xposed not working at the moment i wonder if there is an alternative.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
Had the camera improved? Is all the Xperia stuff like sounds still there?

They should have coloured the navigation bar to blue. Black is getting old now, need some color.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
Which navigation bar do you mean? I can't see any black navigation bar..
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
The bar that has the home button on.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] boilavera1980:
sony outdid themself with this update. This is near AOSP experience.

220dpi working flawless. Only bug keypad in dialer but i use another one so i don't care. Lockscreen is original which is the best and no lag unlocking.

This is one of the best Lollipops out there after CM12. Just look at Samsung. They did a horrible job. It lags and is slow as hell since they tinkered in the ART runtime those idiots haha. I'm glad that i got rid of that phone! They are so dumb plastering ther style over the rom killing all of the performance of it..

And one thing : Don't install Xposed on it. On the second reboot you will be stuck in a bootloop!!!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
Don't understand what you're talking about. Care to elaborate?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
When in apps, the bar with home, back and apps open is black. They should have made it blue to go with the status bar.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
Why would it be blue (and not red, blue, green, yellow, pink)? The status bar isn't always blue, it's dynamic. Black is a good choice as it shows clearly that you have navigation area there and doesn't interfere with the rest of the UI when you're in an app, I guess it's AOSP.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] oTToToTenTanz:
Is there a way of changing key layout on the navigation bar? E.g. change back and app key? My dream is to have a automatically hiding nav bar but I dont want to install xposed because i dont want to root.:(
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
Not for you as you don't want root or Xposed.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] boilavera1980:
Does anyone thing if its possible to have the AOSP dialer in this Firmware? Did anyone test that out?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] serajr:
There will be buddy... just a matter of time!! ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] LeoBloom.:
The thread is about impressions and bugs, not rooting.

Lets hear some more impressions and any and all bugs!!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
It looks nice. Make it dynamic then so it's the same color as the status bar. Either way I'm not in a rush to upgrade LP, awful os. Slows down after a week or so.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ajgftw:
Just curious which devices with lollipop you've used that have slowed down after a week? I cant say I've shared the same experiences on any of my devices in either stock or aosp lollipop roms...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tronjojo:
Has anyone in the US received the update? neither OTA or through pc companion work for me.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] yacloo:
Trackid not working within radio also kills sound of radio

There is no option for mobile data except notification bar

Sent from my D5803
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] lamducthien:
Lost Xperia for facebook when I select to share a picture from album
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jemeljsh:
Anyone know how to remove small apps widget and google search widget in Recents ?

pm block didnt seem to work..
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] x X x:
Someone has "No service" information on lock screen? My phone always shows it. I am logged to my service provider (not in roaming or something), my internet connection works correctly, but there is still "No service" info :D Baltic Generic.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mveli:
I had the same problem with "No Service" showing in the lock screen. A restart fixed it though.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] milesg:
Your attitude is probably the reason nobody wants to answer you ;)

I certainly won't.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] 1Chef:
I've removed it, rooted rom and I froze small apps launcher and small apps widget using titanium backup :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] clouds5:
Can anyone test tap2wake? Does it work first time when it lays flat on the table for a while (like in older firmware), or do yo have to move it first (like kk .77)?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jemeljsh:
mhhhh..I still have not rooted my Z3. I am stock lollipop 5.0.2.

What is the safest/easiest way to root official lollipop 5.0.2 ? Does root affect bootloader status (locked/unlocked) ? Does it stay locked even after root?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] _katho_:
Works fine.