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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] matapo:
Camera2 API Not Included?

Apparently the new Lollipop version does NOT support the new manual camera API :(

Can anyone confirm this please?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Jelke1801:
Can I flash the Nordic firmware to my International version of the Z3 Compact using the Flashtool?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Allesa:
Same question .. .anyone?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cj1171:
Not surprised. While manufacturers are including it for some of their upcoming phones, virtually nobody has enabled it for their upgraded phones. And Sony is the only company who wraps their camera in DRM so the idea that they'd give other apps hardware level access seems like a fairy tale. :(
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] SirRobin78:
No, not yet. But all what i can see here on xda or in other forum threads, only the apk can be moved, like it was with old android 2.1 a long time ago...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ebi4321:
Be aware of recovery issue!

hey guys, be aware of the issue with recovery, might soft break your device.

after flashing a prerooted 5.0.2, NUT recovery WILL NOT WORK EVER AFTER!

be carefull, you won't be able to factory reset in settings or use recovery anymore because recovery partition is dead. we need NUT to update the recovery.

just be careful, otherwise yu have to flash your phone again and again.

Regards,
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jug6ernaut:
You seems to be confused about what the purpose of Sony's DRM is in relation to the camera. The DRM is wrapped around the post processing software the camera app uses, it has nothing to do with the camera hardware. While the post processing software might be tuned for the specific sensors in each phone( assuming ) it in no way would limit hardware access. Worst case scenario is built into the HAL(Hardware Access Layer) which is what OS/applications use to access the hardware, even then this does not produce any logical reasons why sony would limit support for the new camera api's.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
No, because you're going to wipe data only (system will keep untouched, so your root)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Pynzeta:
+1 here...:confused:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] chris2194:
Still didn't get the update to lollipop in the UK, everyone knows what's going on?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] arturiu:
No issues at all with my NFC headphones.

Working perfectly, even after 5.0.2 update (Nordic stock rom, no mods/hacks).
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] spromper:
I also have stamina on with only WhatsApp whitelisted, works flawlessly for me. I did a clean install through flashtool.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] lstic:
So did I... Tried Baltic generic, now I'm on Central Europe and it's the same.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] spromper:
hmm that's odd, I'm also on Baltic generic.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tribemac:
Are you're phone carrier locked maybe?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ejstubbs:
According to Xperitool, at time of writing about half the variants of the Z3C firmware have yet to be updated to Lollipop. Of the non-customized variants in the EU Portugal, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands also have yet to receive Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fijasko:
23.2.A.0.278 has been certified for D5803 too.

https://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=26452
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] coinx7:
so there is no memory leak glitch on z3c lollipop release?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Crewville96:
Does anyone elses wifi stay on when in airplane mode? I have background scanning turned off. Also, when in airplane mode the lte and mobile data toggles stay lit up. On KK they would gray out. I pretty sure this is the cause of my battery drain. Anyone else have that problem either?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Nope
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Crewville96:
How would one know?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ajgftw:
In Airplane mode these days your allowed to have Wi-Fi on. (I mean in the context of being on a plane). So I would imagine that Wi-Fi can be toggled independently of airplane mode.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Crewville96:
It's been that way for a long time. That's not what I'm talking about. In the battery stats, when in Airplane mode on KK, there is nothing there for wifi. On LP, it's on all the time. And the LTE and mobile data toggles are on as well. Not sure what's going on.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
One would know if it doesn't happen. And it didn't happen. When memory leak occurs, the free ram runs close to 0mb and all apps start closing. Multitasking basically dies until you restart the phone. And it comes back after a while though. No such thing on my z3c. Running lollipop since it was first released
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] ajgftw:
Ok now I get you, yeah that's a bit weird. I haven't studied detailed battery information on LP much yet so I can neither confirm or deny I've had the same experience.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] AM Radio:
the bug is in Android 5.0.1 and Google only fixed it for 5.1 release. (or a 5.1.1 release, since there were reports it still exists in 5.1. confusing.)

so unless Sony corrected 5.0.1 themselves (who knows? but you'd think they'd mention such a feat if they did), or for whatever reason the memory leak only affects Nexus devices, it's still in there somewhere.

the sometimes laggy return-to-home-screen redraw (not present in KK) has been noted in this thread, and is linked to memory issues. and also this:

still, it's nothing that a fresh reboot can't fix temporarily.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
That's why 23.2.A.0.278 has been just certified: https://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=26452

...and from the alphanumeric combination, it seems to be a major release.

Actually I don't think it's 5.1 but still 5.0.2 with some big fix. ;)

PS I can't reallly understand why WiFi automatic switch is missing in Lollipop... I mean, it was one of the most cool feature in Sony firmwares :(

They didn't include because of the Lollipop architecture OR because they were just late and in a hurry...???... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kind3r:
They didn't include it because it did not offer any extra battery savings due to the optimizations already present in Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
Thanks.... so no chances to see it on Lollipop in the future?

Why should I keep WiFi open in my trousers pockets if I'm out of range?

They are microwaves (operating on the same frequency of a microwave oven)... I know that the power is very low, but I'm 70% made of water :D so I really dislike the idea :(

I really love that feature :crying:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kind3r:
You could manually turn it off but it will still scan because of the location services. You could turn that off too but then you would loose all the features related to it (like google now, location history, reminders by location etc.).

Also I thing the GSM network is far worse than WiFi in terms of radiations :D
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] SylverPT:
Does anyone else have issues playing audio to bluetooth speakers?

I've tried two, both give me sound cuts/jumps, and then my phone seem to have a memory leak -- I'm not sure it is, I haven't seen the fabled launcher redraw memory leak -- and I have to reboot it to get better.

I've tried with two LP roms now.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] s4vva:
New Build!

Looks like a new build is available on Xperifirm 23.1.A.0.726

Only 5 regions at the moment, Russia, Generic LAM, Saudi Arabia, MENA Arabic and Turkey.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Crewville96:
I'm currently experiencing the 'No Service'. I'm on ATT in the US, just ran a speed test (12 down, 2 up) but my phone says no service. Hhmmmm....
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Chadie:
I've had lollipop for about 1 week now. Updated from kitkat from official sony OTA update. Here are my thoughts:

alarm clock is more intuitive as i just have to tap to set an alarm time instead of having to slide to set the hour and minutes.

it feels slower than kk. I have nova launcher prime installed and have animations set to max speed over animation. I guess it is because of all these new material design animations that makes it feel like everything is slower. The app switcher delay is what i dislike the most. I have to wait 5ms for it to populate. I'm used to windows's alt tab that everything is just instant when switching.

bug with brightness control and tasker app. it isn't as responsive in kk to change my brightness depending on the app I open.

i'm now using the built-in calculator vs one from the play store. better than the previous.

I still don't like that they removed the lock screen buttons for manipulating music on the walkman app. there is no previous track option now.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] novahob:
So when playing music on KK and the screen locked you could pause or skip forward and back the track. Also if paused you could play it again. I also use this on beyondpod to.

So are you saying on Lollipop that you can't do this? If so then that would be a bit of pain for me.

Sent from my Z3C
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bracima:
Now 9
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] hamdawg66:
Go to Settings > More > Mobile Network > Service Provider then select your provider from the list. After my Lollipop update, I was showing the same "no service" instead of T-Mobile and once I did this it fixed it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Chadie:
In kk:

Previous, pause/play, forward

In l:

Pause/play, forwardonly

It is now a notification like card on the lock screen.

Sob... I can live by. I will continue to use lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Pull down the walkman notification in lockscreen. You'll get previous too
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Chadie:
nice thank you.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fenchai:
So I just rooted and saved my DRM and all of that stuff. I am on stock rooted now. I would like to go to lollipop. I just need to go and flash it right? how can I avoid losing my DRM? is there any guide?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
if you don't unlock you BL and you will flash a stock fw you are not going to lose drm.. you can follow my steps in my debloat thread to get to lollipop, and if you don't need xposed you can skip all the debloat part ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fenchai:
wait, but I already Unlocked my bootloader, Isnt unlocking bootloader stays forever unlocked? or you have to unlock it every single time you change of roms?

rooting and changing from rom to rom was so much easier on my S5, HTC mytouch, note 2 T.T you just needed root and S=off and download the Zip file. clean data + system etc on any recovery and Flash the ZIp file. lol

Here, to change rom or stock romsor FW. I need to use a flashtool on my pc everytime? is that correct? sorry I am new here :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
well in your previous post you said you rooted and backed up DRM... sure you unlocked the BL with the sony procedure, code etc?

if so yes, it will stay unlocked and to relock it you will need to restore your TA partition.

no need to use flashtool everytime, I used it here only the first time, then depends from what you flash, stock FW's can also be provided in flashable zips ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] yellowlemons:
Just got Lollipop on my phone.

First thing I noticed is the lockscreen album art image. I really hate it. Especially when playing podcasts, even though nothing is playing the album art still remains on the lockscreen.

I would honestly downgrade to get the old lockscreen back.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
if you like lockscreen notifications, I suggest you this :o

you can also set up lollipop style screen, and don't remember it showing the album art image (I used it in KK because of notifications, uninstalled when updated to lollipop so can't try now)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] clouds5:
I'm still on KitKat but just wanted to share this because you guys are talking about lockscreen notifications:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roymam.android.notificationswidget

Use any android version and any lockscreen you like - get lockscreen notifications. It's like a widget for you lockscreen that shows notifications and of course its all swipeable (is that even a word?) etc. If you want you can make it look exactly like Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] fenchai:
HI, yes I am not 100% but I did go to a guide which told me how to flash root. unlock BT without losing DRM and how to backup it. So I did all of that, made a custom rom with root and flashed it with flash tool. Now I am on 4.4 kitkat

So If I want to update to lollipop. I just need to flash it with a flash tool right? I just need lollipop with root. If xposed works, then even better! Any recommendations on how to do this first time?

(BTW my configuration says: Bootloader unlock allowed: yes, does it mean I have unlocked my bootloader forever? I will never lose my DRM or camera quality if I do not flash any bootloader right?)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pilauda:
What is this in top left corner, couldn't add widget, do you have this? http://i.imgur.com/NBXCI99.jpg
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
Google search ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pilauda:
Oh yeah thanks
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
that widget in recents disappeared after updating Google search today and so at last i could remove again Google search :victory:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pilauda:
Can i remove google search widget in recent app bar?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Huli13:
Anyone see the changes with the 5.0.2 update? (other than the search bar mentioned above)

I thought it was going to include the "close all apps" button. Guess not.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
did you update Google search with recent released update? it disappeared after that here!! :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Huli13:
Nice work!

Any ideas about closing all apps? Lol
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
i use xposed for that ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] khaledm_92:
I'm not sure if this is a dumb question but how do I check my battery life (How long its been since the last charge) in lollipop? The battery usage page in the settings menu does not show it.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
you mean settings > battery management > battery usage and click on graph?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] khaledm_92:
Yes but it doesn't say how much time has passed since the last time I charged so i can know the battery life. It only "calculates " how much time the battery has left.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
i can understand that from here? (see attachment)

maybe i misunderstood you?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] degraaff:
I've received the update today in Belgium.

I noticed that sound enhancements don't take effect anymore, which is I very much miss because the sound quality of this phone is so very dull without the enhancements.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] khaledm_92:
Yes, this is what I meant. However, this menu only gives me the time of the last charge. I was asking if I could see the time that has passed since then, like shown below:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] DrEzkimo:
I thought they sorted silent mode so I could still have the LED notification on but no other sounds or vibrate? Am I missing something obvious as this is a roll back issue for me if its not an option.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
right you have to calculate now sorry :o don't like new visualization either, with foreseen end of life etc
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] n00bicals:
uk 726 update

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has had any issues, especially with the battery usage before I take the plunge? I just received the update notice OTA.

Edit: I should note my device is fully stock and currently on 4.4.4.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] khaledm_92:
I've been on android 5.0 for 2 weeks now and battery life is more or less the same as with android kitkat.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] JCBomb:
My phone only shows "no service" instead of the carrier as of two or three days ago. I still have connectivity, but randomly get "no connection" error. Everything was fine for weeks since I installed L.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
A reboot always fixes this but it seems to come back.

So

Settings>More>Mobile Networks> Network Operators> (select your operator) and then restart
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] THUDUK:
Just had the Update here in the UK on O2, i guess its early days, but the reason I got rid of my S5, LG G3 was due to the update to Lollipop, my Nvidia Shield also runs worse on Lollipop, bring back 4.4.4, the z3c was ballistic fast and smooth on that.

Problems im finding:

1) Wifi connection and distance seems to have got worse, disconnects to much now on lollipop

2) battery life is plummeting before my eyes, but then this may settle once the update beds in...fingers crossed.

3) things all seem just a little bit slower, especially the task switching launch, this i have noticed on all my lollipop updates

To be honest, this might kill Android for me, ive not liked a single lollipop update on four devices ive owned so far, are there ways to improve things please?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mickeystar:
lockscreen wallpaper

Just updated to lollipop today via ota (UK nonrooted unbranded) I've found ththat when I play music either Walkman or Google music player when in lock screen the wallpaper is just the album art enlarged. Is there any way to stop this and keep it with my own lockscreen wallpaper not the album art when music is playing

Does anyone use 3g watch dog? Any way I can turn off lockscreen notifications for it, if I block it the app doesn't show up in the notification bar

(Also I don't like the blue notification bar or orange shade when typing)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
I'm sad to say that I'm pretty disappointed with Lollipop so far after a day of use (UK official firmware, released yesterday). Processing seems a little faster, and it's too hard to tell on battery life just yet, but in general actual user experience seems slower given that there are more touches that seem necessary to accomplish things. The level of customisation also seems pretty low. Notifications while locked are pretty poor. Generally, I'm not impressed and expected better.

I wonder if CM would improve things substantially instead.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] sumon511:
The phone gets pretty warm in the back.anyone having the same problem?

Tried Baltic generic and now Indoneisa PT.Its all same,My device is D5833.

Also battery drain is so fast.Chrome on mobile data drains more than screen.Is that a statistics problem or what?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Kynodontas:
Notification LED

So I got the Lollipop update yesterday and my notification LED seems to not be working.

Has anyone experienced this problem? I'm talking about FB and Whatsapp notifications.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] scottjb:
This feature is in 5.1.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] DrEzkimo:
yeah I knew that, just had it in my head sony had added it to their version as well.

I rolled back to 4.4.4 and it was a nice feeling.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
How easy was the process? I might do the same. 4.4.4 was pretty much perfect, IMHO.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] nizarnoor:
The "no service" bug happened when I was using Nordic f/w (23.1.A.0.690) on my D5833. The battery seemed to drain quicker too.

But now I'm using the Aussie one (23.1.A.0.726) and it's all good. And I'm glad they fixed the mobile data icon.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] piratemoon:
having the same 2 problems with Chrome battery drain and the phone heating up, otherwise I like lollipop...I'm going to do a hard reset, will let you know if that helps
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] FcukBloat:
first step, get rif of chrome :D

http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/themes-apps/app-material-design-aosp-browser-t2967740
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jean001luc:
Widgetlocker/Lockscreen

Does anyone use Widgetlocker with Lollipop?

I am now having to slide the unlock icon twice. Once to get past widgetlocker and then second time to get past Lollipop, before getting to the PIN entry screen.

Anyone find a way around this?

Thanks

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My wallpaper keeps disappearing after the upgrade (lockscreen is fine)

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Anyone know how to add the SOUND icon? That was so handy to put phone on silent/vibrate.

DO I need to go for a third party application?

Lollipop has limited this to very few icons.

Also unable to remove Bluetooth and Wireless from the list
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] scottjb:
I think you will have to use an app to do it. I use Power Toggles with the notification active. I put the sound toggle in the notification pull down so it appears on the lock screen.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] degraaff:
Is anyone else experiencing crashing/unwanted rebooting when using guest mode? Or with other secondary user accounts?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] x X x:
Is there any difference between R1C/R2C/R3C/R4C/R5C/R6C/R7C/R8C? What those numbers means?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] sumon511:
whats your model and which firmware are you using?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Once the themes are updated the navigation bar buttons will change too. This is pattern blue theme by Arjun Arora
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] piratemoon:
D5803 with Netherlands unbranded lollipop 1288-5415_R6C
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] snapa55:
I'm stock and experiencing the same issue in my car. It's driving me crazy, does anything have a solution?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] arturiu:
I'm on LP stock (Nordic, no hacks) and my phone streams fine to my car via bluetooth.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
I've "down"graded to KitKat, and rooted along the way whilst backing up my DRM keys.

I've no real idea what the differences are under the hood between the two, but in terms of usability? I couldn't be happier.

I love it. Thanks to all the very knowledgeable people on XDA who developed the software and made the guides to get me there. Lollipop seemed a step backwards in so many ways so it's 4.4.4 FTW, as far as I'm concerned.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
But you're supposed to drive :'D
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] SylverPT:
More info: I've tried baltic, CE1 and USA. All have the same issue.,

I tought it could be a google play music issue, but streaming youtube gave me the same problem.

Updated play services to the latest version, so thats not it either.

If anyone else can help narrow it down, that would be great.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] zetrri:
new firmware

there is a new firmware on PTCRB with the number 23.1.A.0.740. anyone who knows what it may contain?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bracima:
The deploy keep off a few days ago, maybe expecting this build.:confused:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] spinz78:
I have CE1 installed. One thing i've noticed is that the phone needs a reboot after a few days of use, like 4-5 days cos some apps start mis-behaving. They are at a random, for ex today the Alarm clock didn't work. Last time it was the lifelog app, before that it was the Auto light adjustment.

Also I was looking forward to the camera files re-naming ability which sadly is still the same. The files are named DSC001 and so on only. No other option like date or time or anything. This for me is the biggest issue with Sony apart from that I love Sony
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] xg4m3-:
Installed LP, but im not happy with it :( There is only so much things i like more than on KK :(

New swipe down menu is simply put, very bad. Like they didn't have an UX designer. Where did the Sound option go? I liked how i could switch between 3 modes (silent, vibration only and Sound) with just a touch. Is there no way to have this back? Yes, i know i can use side buttons for sound control, but am i blind or what, the 'vibrate only' quick setting is gone :S Also, is there no way to have full control for rearranging icons in that menu? I don't want to have Bluetooth option on top of everything -.-

Next thing, 'close all apps' option is also gone.

New icons look worse than the ones on KK, they look too tick.