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[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Great! Didn't think about performing this :)

Anyway thanks.

P.S.

Battery life seems really great.
[Xperia Z2 General] Alczas:
When 5.02 for CE?
[Xperia Z2 General] vctrdnl:
Is it okay to update via PC companion without making full wipe? My phone runs on stock 4.4.4 and has locked bootloader, it's not rooted as well. Should I expect performance issues if I go straight ahead with the update? I am asking this because this is a whole new version of Android.
[Xperia Z2 General] Alczas:
I always prefer a clean install when going to the higher version of the system.
[Xperia Z2 General] rb69:
Indonesia Rolling out! Good update - Snapier so far in last few hrs!
[Xperia Z2 General] sems4arsenal:
This really annoys me, who is the smart guy who decided to do this and removing the previous song option too, really stupid this, hope there is a quick fix.

Agree with the rest too.
[Xperia Z2 General] ImS0Raw:
I have always hated Walkman, and I use PowerAMP for years now, maybe you should try it out, I can go back and forward with the lockscreen notification of the music player, what I miss though is the timebar for music to quickly skip through the song. I don't like the silent/vibrating/sound function in Lollipop, it could be better, there likes no other option also to change your phone to silent or whatever when listening to music or whatsoever, I really hate it :(
[Xperia Z2 General] kylecummins:
Will carrier z2s get this update right away or is this like unlocked devices receiving ota now
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
As somebody said, THERE IS a forward/backwards music player function on lockscreen,you just have to swipe the widget down.

[MENTION=4127717]kylecummins[/MENTION]

Looks like unlocked get it now and than carriers.
[Xperia Z2 General] geoz67:
Depends on the carrier, they decide their schedule.
[Xperia Z2 General] Nestagirl:
A few moments ago my Z2 started to download Lollipop update and after reading your comments, I decided to cancel. I have never uploaded a celphone before so I don't know what to expect. Should I wait for 5.1 update with actual issues solved or not? I really don't know what to do :/
[Xperia Z2 General] rubiicon59:
[MENTION=4510265]Nestagirl[/MENTION]

I've also read about the many issues with 5.0.2 and although there are some 'fixes' I decided I would rather stick with 4.4.4 for the time being. 5.0.2 seems to have been rushed and is therefore flawed in many respects, and having to apply extras to it makes it less of an update / upgrade.

I think your suggestion on waiting for 5.1.x on the Z2 is the better option.
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Hmm. We don't know IF 5.1 is happening and when.

I would update.

---------- Post added at 07:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 AM ----------

Oh man. The issues with straight update are gone some years ago and are minority.

I always update via PCCompanion straight ahead and it's always seamless.

The process is DESIGNED to be seamless and strightforward for the user.

The rest is a myth :)
[Xperia Z2 General] kazukiflame:
annoying new phone feature

Is anyone else annoyed by the new phone app recent list just above the call log? I couldn't even turn it off or found out how to.
[Xperia Z2 General] epr:
Yes, it's annoying. I tried to turn it off but could not find how. I am also annoyed about phone app starting with recent call list instead of the dialpad or both like in KitKat.

Another thing I am not happy with is the notifications on lockscreen. You only can choose between all or no notifications. When you set to no notifications on lockscreen you don't get ANY notification when locked. At least they should be in statusbar like it was in 4.4. Besides they look like someone put a white sticker with the text on the Screen - it's so ugly, that's why I turned it off immediately after the update.
[Xperia Z2 General] Brontok:
For me the only bug is the xreality, but I dont use it anyways.. I had "no service" for few hours, but now its ok. Im super glad that they brought back silent mode ( its still priority mode but at least viber and other internet related apps do not vibrate upon receiving notifications).

Using Switzerland Customized.
[Xperia Z2 General] kazukiflame:
is this recent bar exclusive to sony's or is it in all lollipops?? if it's in lollipop in general. i'm going straight back to 4.4.4.

i like the priority mode and user accounts concept, but so many things are actually a step backwards in usability, feels more like its designed for a 2 yr old.

at least give us the option to have that recent bar or not
[Xperia Z2 General] Batuhanozerr:
X-reality

X-reality doesnt work and we want the new camera api. it doesnt support it !
[Xperia Z2 General] Alczas:
Guys, I have one important question. Is the 5.0.2 worth for an upgrade from stock 4.4.4? On 4.4.4 I have always around 6h of screen on and the performance is also good. In Lollipop Sony UI looks like complete **** and mix of Kitkat with 5.0. You guys also write here some bugs like autobrightness and xreality... I dunno. Maybe I'll wait for official 5.1 or something...
[Xperia Z2 General] kazukiflame:
My opinion, no
[Xperia Z2 General] Einride:
Now that Lollipop is rolling out to several other regions; anyone else experiencing video playback issues? I get them randomly and I have to reboot the phone to get it working again. It affects all playback and video recording. None of it works.

I've looked at logcats trying to figure out why video playback randomly fails after a while, but I'm still at a loss.

Comparing two logcats of playing back (or trying to) a video in the Sony Video app, the one thing that does differ is a process called suntrolkac, which seems to be related to DRM, although there's very little to be found on Google relating to this. The process itself doesn't seem to be named suntrolkalc either, but there is a suntrold in /system/bin, and running strings on it lists a bunch of functions related to encryption and decryption. The logcat suntrolkac entries also mention widevine, so it definitely seems to be a process related to DRM somehow.

In both cases (working and non-working playback), there are several exceptions thrown mentioning DRM, probably related to an unlocked bootloader and missing DRM keys. This is expected I guess, and doesn't seem to affect playback, at least not directly. The suntrolkac entries are missing when playback fails though, which seems to be related to the issue.

I'm tempted to do a full wipe, but that's a pain to do since it takes ages to get all apps restored. Google device backup is a joke and while Titanium Backup works fine for most apps and games, not all are as cooperative (various 2FA apps, for instance).
[Xperia Z2 General] Williamharv:
Has anyone recieved the lollipop update in Australia? Just checked this morning on PC companion and still haven't recieved the update, even when the Sony Australia website says lollipop is available. Noton any carrier either.
[Xperia Z2 General] geoz67:
No nothing yet
[Xperia Z2 General] sfkaudi:
Did you try to Uninstall and reinstall pc companion

It helps me, when it was released in Scandinavia
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Just tried, played all of my recorded videos seamlessly (circa 1 minute long ones) and recorded two as well.
[Xperia Z2 General] Einride:
The thing is, it works just fine with video playback, recording etc for a while and then it randomly stops working. A reboot solves it, although only temporarily. Doesn't matter which app, they all fail once this happens. Camera video recording, Instagram videos, Youtube, Facebook, HTML/Web videos, Snapchat, local video playback, network playback/streaming via Plex. Just a lot of nope from all of them!
[Xperia Z2 General] sems4arsenal:
Battery drainage seems okay now after third charge, quick question when typing the word hints are colored green, is there a way to change this?
[Xperia Z2 General] _mysiak_:
Do you use Stamina mode? If yes, try to disable it.
[Xperia Z2 General] Einride:
I don't use Stamina Mode, and just for fun I tried enabling and disabling it, but video playback still failed after a while. I'll give it a few more days to try and figure out what's causing it, and then it's full wipe time...
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Yeah... I use White Theme which offers nice grey top bars corresponding with the toggles area.

But the biggest crap appears with some 3rd party apps....

Yes it's not elegant, 4.4 was actually very well designed!

What drives ME mad, is the time needed to delete sms thread. Like 2 minutes!!!
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
I've read that from a few people lately. Are you using stock messenger or a 3rd party app?
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Stock sms app. No reason to use anything else :)

Hangouts disabled.
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
I haven't tried lollipop yet, but I use textra sms. Textra seems to be faster with everything, and I know textra stores texts differently than stock sms, so textra may be faster deleting threads as well. I'll know for sure once I get lollipop up and running (hopefully this weekend so long as the update to the flashable dual recovery is fixed in time)
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
Thanks. I prefer stock apps. I hate to multiply software on the device.

The only one I never use stock is Email...

Besides, stock smses are easily transferred to another device.
[Xperia Z2 General] saldirai:
Speaking of email app, does it have anything new coming with lollipop?
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
I always use AquaMail...

It's roughly the same. There are maybe some more settings available.
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
Speak for yourself! I like the new animation driven ui. You should never speak in such absolutist terms about something as subjective as design, look and feel!
[Xperia Z2 General] ImS0Raw:
Just made a Nordic .ftf to try out instead of the Baltic version... I wonder if I get better battery life out of this one... Because I noticed on 4G my battery drains faster than on KK. Anybody interested in the Nordic .ftf? If yes I will be willing to upload it :)
[Xperia Z2 General] deep7177:
i cant figure out how to use the smartlock using smartband swr10
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
And it was to who?
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
To +vctrdnl. He was deriding the lollipop ui and I just wanted to point out that most prefer it to kitkat!
[Xperia Z2 General] vctrdnl:
Well, I just shared my opinion. I am not trying to enforce it on anyone. Everyone is entitled to one on his/her own. I just saw the thread title and gave my response. In my eyes Xperia UI lost considerably on its elegance and coherent looks. In your eyes - it got better. Ok. I don't judge your view, please don't judge mine!
[Xperia Z2 General] philbjump1:
My upgrade was suppose to hit OTA last week (UK official) but had to use PC companion and mess about relocking and then unlocking my bootloader using flashtool... Again, but was the upgrade to lollipop worth it?

Not really... Battery comsumption is a joke, even in stamina mode settings and the handset runs hot when running any app including low memory / ram usage apps.

There is a plus side though... They have reintroduced App2SD capability which frees up some space on internal storage and the introduction of a profile switcher is a god send when you have kids (you can lock them out from using calls and texting) !!
[Xperia Z2 General] ImS0Raw:
Battery consumption is not a joke, it became better for me... Almost 8 hours screen on time... 8 hours?!:eek:
[Xperia Z2 General] Brontok:
You can hit 8h SOT if you`re reading books on your phone. the max I could get ( viber, fb, messenger, weather, mail - all online, mobile data always on (using edge) ) was 6h.. + I play COK the whole day.. every now and then :)
[Xperia Z2 General] philbjump1:
Well arent you the lucky one...

My handset is always in full active mode, not Stamina Mode (I did try it to test out new Firmware though) and as I need calls, Wifi and data on at all times as I run multiple Apps constantly (Teamviewer, skype and others) and take calls all day and night I have noticed a drop in battery up time... Gone from a max of 6h45min to under 6hrs !!

So yes, my battery consumption is a joke as Its worse than before, not better !!!
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
No I've tested the battery life watching YouTube videos all day and it got about 7hrs 50mins with 10 % left so I reckon 8hrs is doable.

I agree though that the things that drain the battery the most are social networking apps, chrome etc. With those I think you'll get between 6.5 hrs to 7hrs. All in all, no complaints here with battery life on lollipop
[Xperia Z2 General] carlinto:
Help me please my z2 d6053 lollipop ? end locked bootloeder heater [38'42'] Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] senthilvigneshkumar:
8hrs of youtube on wifi or mobile data?
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
On WiFi. I'm always on WiFi when at home and 4g when out and about..

For me having WiFi always on or 4g always on doesn't make much difference to my battery life.
[Xperia Z2 General] epr:
Going back to 4.4.4

After playing around with Lollipop a few days there are too many things I don't like - except smoothness and App2SD, but that's not worth it.

Downgraded to 4.4.4 today and happy again!
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I also looked and not found. One option (location based WiFi) I've used a lot in the Kit Kat.
[Xperia Z2 General] Brontok:
you are not the only one ;) far happier with kit kat :highfive:
[Xperia Z2 General] AlanDS:
23.1.A.0.726 is now rolling to HK region... Hoping to see some bug fixes... Downloading now..
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
So I built my pre-rooted flashable North American lollipop update. Root, recovery, and r/w works perfectly.

After using it for 1 night, I've come to the conclusion that this update is absolutely garbage IMO. Whether it's the bugs, or just the ugly ui in many areas, I don't like much about it. Sony did not fix the notification sounds using only 1 speaker, same with loud speaker.

Battery life is pretty much the same, so that doesn't outweigh any bugs. I always have No Service in status bar at lock screen no matter what. X reality and super vivid don't work. There's no clear all in recents either on the north American firmware. Tons of bloat.

I honestly can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually like cm12 on my wifes OnePlus better than Sony's lollipop update. Sony did a poor job with this update. It feels very rushed. I know there's mods that can fix some of these issues, but I may as well spend that time restoring my kitkat nandroid and having everything working. Very disappointed in Sony. They took so long to roll this update out, they missed their promised deadline, all for a rushed firmware with bugs and inconsistencies. After reading on here, it looks like I'm not the only one who doesn't like Sony's update. Shame.
[Xperia Z2 General] ravdo:
I used Baltic ROM, and now Indonesian ROM. Both ROM uses both speakers for Notification Sound.

Not sure why yours doesn't.
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
It sort of does I guess. Very faintly on the top speaker, but the sound mainly comes out of bottom only. I actually think it's the bottom speakers sound travelling through the phone which makes it sound like it's faintly playing audio through the top speaker.

Loud speaker on calls is definitely bottom only though.
[Xperia Z2 General] _mysiak_:
Have you been able to stop this issue? With Stamina mode I am facing it in few hours, without it it happened after few days without reboot :\
[Xperia Z2 General] doministry:
After some time spent with 5.02 on Z2 some positives:

- Camera is much faster in startup, pics taking and processing.

- Put some inconsistiences aside and the UI is mostly better looking than before

- Battery life is still great if not a bit better

- Camera performance is better

I would not revert to 4.4.4 personally.

There are some things have to be sorted though!

P.S. I've read somwhere here location based WiFi is by default now...
[Xperia Z2 General] ImS0Raw:
Reading books? No. I listen to alot music with a lyric app running in the background, use alot of whatsapp, some browsing (with Chrome), news reading, a little bit Clash of Clans, checking e-mail and I can hit the 8 hours of screen-on time. All with WiFi and 4G. If you have battery drain on mobile networks, try flashing a rom for another region. Baltic version drained more battery here than Nordic. In the days when I owned a Xperia X10i the Nordic baseband was godlike for battery life.
[Xperia Z2 General] Bn Waheed:
new build
[Xperia Z2 General] TiestoFlight643:
Any changes bro?? Thanks...
[Xperia Z2 General] ravdo:
I've tried the 23.1.A.0.726 HongKong ROM. So far this is the best ROM available for Z2 :)

- X-Reality and Super Vivid works (no need to fix them manually :p )

- NFC Icon

- Close All Button
[Xperia Z2 General] Einride:
I finally caved and did a full wipe today. I finally got most apps I need/use up and running again and just a few minutes ago I got the same issue again: video playback of any kind is borked until I reboot the phone again :mad:

I'm tempted to believe it's an app causing it now, but in that case it's really a system/firmware bug. No user app should be able to break video playback for all other apps unless there's a serious bug somewhere.

Here's hoping the .726 firmware (or whatever number the new one is) fixes it.
[Xperia Z2 General] _delice_doluca_:
I have a big, really big problem with the new Lollilop Update! It really is disturbing, Sony may be owing me big money.

Normally, as you all know, if you are downloading an app from Play Store by using Wi-Fi and the connection is lost the download process just waits, saying "pending Wi-Fi connection". It will not continue using your mobile network without asking the user.

That is not the case in Custumised TR Lollipop!!!! There was no OTA so I had to use flashtool to flash the newest firmware and after the fresh setup I have been installing more than 150 apps (2 of them bigger then a Gig) throught Wi-Fi, I have left home for a small shopping and Play Store continued to download everything by mobile data without even giving any heads up!! It costed me more than a Gigabyte unfortunately.
[Xperia Z2 General] djgigi94:
I'm trying new Hong Kong update (i made a flashable rooted zip with recovery) flashed over baltic firmware:

X-reality and Super vivid works!

All close button is present

And it seems they fix "no service" bug (i restart a lot of times my phone and "no service" not appear :D)

System fluidity and screen quality are probably a bit improved (or just my impression?)

It seems a bug free lollipop now :D Now let see what happen in these days :p
[Xperia Z2 General] Bobeobi:
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[Xperia Z2 General] ImS0Raw:
This is not Sony their fault but yours, you should've been more carefull.
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
Yea I'd have to agree with that statement. This scenario would be considered user error. Best bet would be to talk to your carrier and request them to reverse any charges for this. But even I know if I'm updating hundreds of apps, to make sure wifi is connected. And if I leave the house half way through the update process, hit stop, and resume when you get home. It's do diligence. Always cover your ass.
[Xperia Z2 General] ImS0Raw:
Yeah exactly. You could see it as a warning sign to be more cautious in the future.
[Xperia Z2 General] _delice_doluca_:
I am careful, also a good observer. I had chance to observe many Android devices' behavior on many softwares. That is a first. Besides, waiting for all my apps to be reinstalled over a 3Mbit Internet sitting next to my phone for hours would be frustrating.
[Xperia Z2 General] Abdl:
Can you please kindly share the zip? Thanks
[Xperia Z2 General] djgigi94:
I don't have a good connection for now i'm sorry :( but there is a thread where you can find this firmware in a flashable zip : http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2/development/stock-d6503-23-1-0-726-hk-rooted-t3081637 .The size of zip is similar to mine (mine is 1.17gb and this 1.16gb) and if you have problem of bootloop...use flashtool to put the missing files ;).But this is only related for different rom(like CM) or different kernel from sony's original ;)
[Xperia Z2 General] dukevyner:
Smart unlock works for bypassing the lock screen when connected to wifi or a Bluetooth device
[Xperia Z2 General] Einride:
Hey, [MENTION=1677632]_mysiak_[/MENTION], do you by any chance have Snapchat installed? The beta version? I nuked that app from my phone two days ago, and I've yet to have video playback or recording fail me yet. It is most likely a coincidence, but it would be interesting to see if that's a common factor.
[Xperia Z2 General] _mysiak_:
Nope, never had it installed. For me the issue was present in few hours (sometimes only minutes) after switching Stamina mode on and turning screen off. Without Stamina, I faced video recording/playback problem only once after 2-3 days without phone reboot. I am on the latest .726 FW from yesterday, no problem so far. Will see in couple of days..
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
And now ... We left the WiFi enabled or not?
[Xperia Z2 General] saldirai:
Nice question :) I think we should leave enabled, because otherwise wi-fi scanning improvements wouldnt matter.
[Xperia Z2 General] zodiac100:
Just flashed the customised Belgian 726 5.0.2 rom and it doesn't have the close all button. Wonder why that function is regional specific. Sony mobile and their funny hard to fathom ways lol
[Xperia Z2 General] goodpenguin:
I have the Hong Kong or Taiwan version installed yesterday and here are my impressions:

- So far, Kit Kat for me has a better experience. The notifications lack many functions especially the silent mode

- Widgets are gone so you have to download 3rd party widgets like wifi, bluetooth, sound mode, etc.

- Theme colors only work for Xperia default themes. 3rd party themes only change the icons

- Lock screen requires addtl swipe to type your PIN which is slower for me

- I noticed mobile data sometimes is turned on even when it's Off on your notifications I hope they fixed that bug. This happened when I rebooted my phone

- Speed is still fluid and fast

- My battery drains fast as of now but I know from previous updates that the phone is still calibrating the battery. I will wait till its stabilized.

- SMS threads have big spaces on the sides making texts longer vertically. KK format is much better. The current appearance looks like iOS and Viber combined! I'm using Textra for the first time right now as the new default SMS doesn't look and perform as good.

- The speakerphone still uses single speaker. I hope they enable 2 speakers for speakerphone to make it louder.

- X-reality and Super Vivid works here in case other versions are curious.

- Close All in notifications is present but no Close All in recent apps.

My conclusion is KK is still better than Lollipop but I will learn to live with Lollipop as this is the future of Android. If you don't plan to fiddle around with the new changes in Lollipop, I suggest you stick with KitKat as performance is virtually the same. I'm still adjusting more than I imagined for this update so if you're not patient, don't update.
[Xperia Z2 General] Paranorman:
Did anyone notice this in recents app screen???

I sometimes notice that the google search bar in the recent apps menu disappears and instead this (marked with the circle) comes. Though the "Clear all" button looks ugly, i think that the removed search bar looks pretty cool?!?!

I mean the simple 'g' with the mic icon below it...

What do you guys think?

Is that supposed to be in the update and is not working correctly and so i cant see it everytime in the recents app or just a bug???

Nonetheless, it still looks way better than the half cut google search bar to me.

Post your opinion :)
[Xperia Z2 General] chesterr:
Very true, Mine it's totally gone. There's no google search in recent apps for me lol

And I can confirm that in taiwan version the close all app is not there but in Hong Kong version it's there, but not eye candy :p
[Xperia Z2 General] sfkaudi:
Still got mine?