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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] dipje:
Same here in NL, no official OTA yet (yet some people who bought their phones in Belgium or Germany are receiving OTA's).

When I contacted my carrier (although my phone is unbranded and bought somewhere else), they told me the OTA was held back because there were reported issues.

Now, I have no way to verify if this is true or not, but what happens is that _some_ carrier _somewhere_ (whatever country) is reporting issues with the update, and if Sony thinks it might be present in the whole firmware (not just a carrier-specific part or something) they stop adding new regions / countries to the list until they confirmed that everything is OK.

So one carrier can f*ck it up for a lot of different countries. If I was rolling out updates for software of mine and a few customers started to report issues (and I'm guessing the issues might be related to the update) I also immediately halt spreading the update till I know more. Doesn't sound that weird.

The bunch of 23.1.A.0.726 and 23.2.A.0.278 released last night gives me some sort of hope that they continue rolling out these updates to all the countries, including the ones that didn't have the OTA before.

If it takes any longer it's starting to become real tempting to just flashing the Combined Nordic or General Germany FTF or something :S.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] darktheory:
O2 UK details - see here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60025578&postcount=896
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kitch9:
Don't need one, just don't be surprised when Vodafone and O2 customers start saying they are getting the update a couple of days before the sim free version starts rolling. I'm guessing one of them has "found" a minor issue and is holding it up.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pricey2009:
That is exactly what it is, they dont want people flooding the shops with any issues so they wait for the most stable versions before they roll them out. This has always been the case in the UK and I always find the UK firmware versions are the most preferred globally.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mrDmola:
Here's what I don't understand: I live in the United States and bought my Xperia Z3 Compact at launch from Clove (delivered from the UK). So it's an international unlocked model (5803), which I'm using on T-Mobile in the US. I've been doing a lot of searching it seems everyone in the US is receiving the update... I've tried using the companion app (even reinstalling to ensure that I selected the US as the country) and no dice.

I don't get it
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lucasm93:
Thanks, but I have no idea how to do that and if I need root then it's a no go for me.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Super Sheep:
You have to launch those 3 commands from your computer command line with the tool "adb" from the android toolkit.

If you don't want to install the toolkit you can consider using a terminal on your phone like Connect bot...

In connect bot you will be ask for a connection. In the dropdown menu choose "local" and put any nickname.

Then you can input the commands directly.

You don't need root for this.

Btw, if you want to restore smallapps, just replace "hide" by "unhide".
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bglf83:
USA phones have it. Not UK purchased ones. I flashed my UK phone from clove to the USA firmware with flashtool yesterday.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Lucasm93:
Thanks man.

I tried with Connect bot but it didn't work. Maybe I did something wrong.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Super Sheep:
My bad... You really need adb to do that... The method with terminal can't work (just test it here).
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mrDmola:
Wait, so even though both are unlocked phones with the same model number, there are internal differences in the hardware? I would think that the smarter thing to do would be doing a check to see what service provider the user is using..
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Vizard91izy:
It's the 11th april by now and still haven't received the lollipop update, shows how bad their costumer support is. They just sell their devices and thats it, they practically saying "have fun, bye".
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
That doesn't prove that carriers hold it up, only that it gets released for everyone in a country at the same time. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that I'd like it to be proven rather than taking someone's assumptions as fact.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] dipje:
Every phone market has a slightly different firmware on it, that (in Sony world) is called the 'customization code'. So the hardware is basically the same, but phones bought unlocked from the UK have a firmware version 23.0.A-R9B while phones bought from the USA have firmware version 23.0.A-R4C.

So right this moment the USA custom-code has a firmware ready for Lollipop, the UK doesn't. If that is because of a slow rollout, or some provider asking questions or making trouble, we don't know.

So, unless you flash another firmware, your UK bought phone is still an UK bought phone and will listen to the UK OTA updates.

Using FlashTool and FTF files to flash an official USA unbranded rom (whatever version) makes your phone listen to the USA updates.

Here in the Netherlands most of us don't have the update yet, but there are some that received a Belgium phone (even when bought in the Netherlands :S) or a Germany phone. And some don't have the dutch code, but have the 'general central europe' one. It all depends on where the retail store got a good shipment of phones from :P.

Is there a good reason to NOT flash an official rom from another version? As long as it is unbranded and you're not carrier-locked or something, I don't see the problem. It could be that it has an extra bloatware app or two or less.. but as far as I know all the languages are in there. All the radio / celltower support is in there. So as long as you have a D5803 phone (and not the D5833 one) you could flash every official D5803 rom you want.

I know a lot of people from the Netherlands flashed the Nordic one when lollipop came out, they were sick of waiting on the dutch OTA's. It still has all the languages (both in the operating system and in the keyboard).. they don't see much difference (or any difference at all) with the version that came on their phone originally.

And when the official lollipop for your phone version finally hits, you could always flash that one again to be on your official region again... but I think you have to factory-wipe while doing so.

So, the region you use the phone, the provider you use it with all don't matter. What makes your phone an UK phone or an USA phone is the 'customized code' flashed into the firmware from the factory. Hardware differences are none or very small.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Moncicci:
thanks to dipje, excellent explanation

I have firmware UK and dont OTA, entering any firmware must also upgrade kernel?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kitch9:
Read the post above yours, that's the reason carriers have started to insist that updates are released together.

Their forums full of people crying that they have to wait and whining about customers service.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
I'm honestly not trying to be rude to you, I just don't want to go on assumptions. Just because that assessment fits the facts available, doesn't mean that proves it's the correct situation. It could equally be Sony holding it up and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it was. That's the reason I asked for a source so that no conclusions were being wrongly jumped to and incorrect information being passed around.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MobileBritain:
Sony used to release UK generic firmware fairly promptly, usually within weeks of the first country to get it (often was Nordic region).

For the past few years the UK generic firmware has been the last to be released. If a carrier has found an issue then it has been known for a UK generic firmware release to be skipped. That is despite some carriers approving and releasing their bloated versions. You will need to wait until all the UK carriers approve and release their version before someone at Sony UK Mobile is brave enough to release the UK generic version.

Not all carriers test firmware thoroughly, Vodafone, O2 and Three tend to be pretty quick. Vodafone are often so quick that it's hard to believe they do any testing at all. EE are incredibly slow, painfully slow. It's EE that will most often be the carrier that causes the delay, often 4 or 6 weeks longer than other carriers.

The theory that it is the carriers that insist on the UK generic firmware being released only makes sense if it is EE that are asking Sony Mobile UK to wait. Why would the other carriers care if they have already released an identical (albeit bloated) version?

I doubt this policy is written down anywhere, so asking for written proof is unlikely to be fruitful. I have owned virtually every Sony Mobile / Sony Ericsson premium Android phone released to date and can confirm by experience that the above process has been operating for many years.

If you are fed up waiting use flashtool to temporarily install an alternative firmware until UK generic is available.

All of this could be avoided if Sony Mobile stopped pandering to carrier requests for customisation.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
This all sounds interesting, feasible and annoying in equal measure :) I'm not expecting to see written policy of course but someone anonymously who works in or around this aspect of the industry would be confirmation. Everything else above is circumstantial at present. The argument of "Well, what else would it be?" is how you end up with explanations of the divine in how the world was created :) The absence of a better theory is not proof of that theory being corrected - we're not privy to what's actually happening to cause this, only the outcome, so we don't know it's not just Sony Mobile UK being particularly useless in some respect.

But once Cyanogenmod moves out of nightly builds I'll likely just root anyway, so this will all be moot and I/we can avoid being reliant on generic firmware and/or carriers!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MobileBritain:
BTW I am not defending the theory that it is the carriers that make Sony Mobile UK drag their heels.

I am simply stating what has actually happened for years.

I personally would be surprised if EE had that level of influence on Sony Mobile. EE didn't bother to launch the Xperia Z until customers demanded it. They push the fruit based company's and Samsung products harder than anything else. Hardly evidence of a strong and influential relationship with Sony Mobile.

My personal theory is that the person who authorises the release of the UK generic firmware for Sony Mobile UK is afraid to release it until all the carriers approve it. Why I don't know. Most phone users would rather get a firmware sooner and wait for a few bugs to be fixed than the other way around. They seem to fundamentally fail to understand that.

Why Sony Mobile don't run a public beta programme for their phone firmware is complete mystery. The fruit based company save huge amounts of time and money by using an army of willing participants. A public beta programme and scrapping carrier customisations would be a major improvement resulting in a far happier user community.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
Fair enough - okay then! Thanks for the interesting posts.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
Today Spain, Portugal and Switzerland are receiving .726 Lollipop (they were all stuck on KitKat).

I bet UK and Holland will be updated in the next few days ;)

So, guys, stop being so paranoid with theories that could never be proved :D

Anyway my idea is that all the unbranded versions are pushed out by Sony ONLY. Period.

And in my experience, UK firmwares were among the fastest ones to be released

on Xperia T

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[Xperia Z3 Compact General] getdunexpected:
D5833 receiving lollipop update in India! .726 no bloatware, stable and damn smooth! Loving it!! :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bartev:
Will I get the OTA when I disabled the "what's new app" from sony? :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] dipje:
Dutch branded phones have been receiving the OTA update today, and for me as unbranded phone the OTA just came available (to 726 for that matter).

The Z3 (not compact) had OTA's earlier today.. So a new batch of countries and devices are coming online.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Schumi 01:
Unbranded Uk phone, just had the notification for a OTA system update here in the UK. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] podycust:
Vodafone UK too! :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pdes:
Just proves that Sony were ham-strung by vendors. Downloading now!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] dipje:
because? I thought I made the point that it was just probably a reported bug that brought the rollout to a standstill.

The moment 726 appeared the rollouts kept going again.

'XperiaNL' dutch Twitter account saying the update is specially made for The Netherlands so it's recommended to flash over even if you already have some lollipop ROM.

Kinda bull**** since it's the exact same 726 version that was already available.

But since the unbranded version is the last to be released here in The Netherlands, and the update speed of the other countries (a whole lot appearing bit by bit then it suddenly stops, then after weeks 726 comes along and the updates start rolling out again) I think it was pretty clear that there was a bug reported in the 690 ROM that was serious enough for Sony to stop rolling it out until they knew they had a fix (which seems to be in 726).

Question is what they will do with all the countries having 690 already :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
As I've said previously, that doesn't prove it in the slightest.

We have no idea that they didn't all agree to release it together at the same time, or that Sony Mobile UK was holding it up themselves for the vendors to release it.

You are jumping to conclusions, even if that conclusion may ultimately be sound.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
The bug of the operator name disappearing after any reboot, could be a good reason ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] raphifix:
Unbranded phone on T-Mobile USA just received OTA. Updating now. :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MobileBritain:
Are you a scientist?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] stethewino:
got it uk
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
A business analyst. Close enough ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Moncicci:
Update in Uk ?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Erebeetaa:
Updating now

(Also Belgian)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] MobileBritain:
But you did a science degree? ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mrDmola:
Checked it today over LTE and I received it.

Question - Since I bought my phone from the UK but live in the US, would it be beneficial for me to flash the US version over the UK version? There's no differences in the radios right? I'd like to use whatever is best for the region I'm in.

Thanks.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
Some people from USA had experienced little network issues with European Nordic firmware (the first Lollipop firmware released).

They told they solved by flashing the USA version when it was pushed out.

So, it's better you do the same ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] schnidex:
Nope.. I just get paid to draw as accurate conclusions as possible, including pointing out the flaws!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kitch9:
Oh look everyone's getting it at the same time.

Amazing that.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mad-marco:
To anyone waiting for lollipop:

You're not missing anything. Battery life has gone from 2 days to half a day, Google Services is killing the phone...

Edit:

After a couple of days it has settled down and I'm now back to about 2 days. I do find that the phone needs rebooting every day or 2 because it eventually becomes unresponsive and slows down, which can get frustrating if you are in the middle of something like trying to take a photo or using GPS navigation when driving...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] dipje:
or you factory reset like is recommended...

or you let google services upgrade as per the message you get when you first boot the phone.

entire day at work while taking photographs of my son in the morning. Playing 15 minutes of pinball hd in the morning and 15 minutes back to home. Battery is now at 76%. Seems just nice, so it ain't the ROM / firmware that is causing your battery drain.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tim1988:
5.0.2 has arrived

Android 5.0.2 has finally arrived Southeast Asia Philippines.

Unbranded phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remichi:
Hi all,

I've been putting different ROMS on my i9000 for a while now.

I got a new phone and my wife wants to use my i9000 to read her work mail. It needs an app that somehow does not want to install on stock 2.3.6. giving the "There was a problem parsing the package" error. Reading on the internet I understand that this error might come from not allowing installing from unknown sources or that the android version is too old for the app. I have allowed installing from unknown sources so I'm guessing the 2.3.6 android version is too old for the app.

So here's my question, I think I know the answer but not 100% sure. Is it possible to install a newer custom android rom on the i9000 without rooting? Or installing the ROM and somehow unrooting?? I'd prefer SlimBean or SlimKat, as clean as possible...

Hope to hear some positive news from you guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devloz:
System is too old for this .apk package. Root itself is just included as "su" binary, so unless ROM has it implemented, it will not be here (95% of ROMs have it). No point to avoid root if flashing custom ROM. However you can "unroot" by deleting a few files (/system/xbin/su and /system/app/Superuser.apk or /system/priv-app/Superuser.apk).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remichi:
Thanks Devloz. So if I flash SlimICS for example, I can delete the files you mentioned and it should not be rooted anymore? Will give it a try.
[General Questions and Answers] eugene-r:
Hello,

I have device based on Allwinner A20, google play listed it as "BBA22".

Device have root access. This device does not have power button, so I installed "holo reboot" app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scartech.holoreboot - it works ok with items "reboot" and "power off". Once I tried "reboot bootloader" item... Device rebooted and hang on displaying android logo. On normal boot android logo displays few seconds and booting continues. But now it display android logo forever. ((

I found small hole on device side and micro button inside it. I pressed this button and attached power cord. Device show progess bar, which completes in few minutes. (I guess it restore factory defaults, or so). But it does not help - it still hang on logo.

Also, device have only "regular" usb ports like on PC, and not have mini/micro usb ports to connect it to PC, so I don't know how to connect it to PC.

UPD: I found same device in this thread - http://xdaforums.com/general/help/flash-a20-tv-box-t2876956 - photos show the board, micro button between usb ports.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] eugene-r:
Solved, I attached serial-to-usb adapter to main board and got terminal i/o, pressed Ctrl-C to enter into loader menu, and issue "reset" command. Then tv box boot normally.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chucklez:
So last night I decided to try our CyanogenMod 12 on my Spring Galaxy S5, so like always I made a backup of my rom/settings using clockworkmodrecovery and when I went to flash/restore to my old rom and settings because I wanted to go back, when I do it restores my phone but as soon as I get in I get MULTIPLE popups saying "Unfortunately, Beep' n Go has stopped working", "Unfortunately, Swiftkey has stopped working" , "Unfortunately, Hangouts stopped working" ect ect so much so that I cannot do anything on my phone. Anyone know a fix for this?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Almost the same thing here on International variant, G900F. On my case even the phone doesn't boot up, stock rom BOC7, after restoring it.

It stucks on the kernel splash forever.

I'm going to flash the rom in Odin over the restordd one, just in case.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chucklez:
Mine seems to restore just fine but I just keep getting none stop popups saying this and that app has crashed. And I have no idea how to fix it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worf_1977:
Same as me while restoring my NANDROID and flashing my BOA2 stock rom. FCs all the time.

Solved with a simple factory reset. Now it runs as it should
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
I have been having all kinds of issues after updating to L so I downgraded.

I now have a stable (so it seems) 4.4.4 load. My last problem is that I am only showing 12.55 gigs of space. I tried to clear caches, didn't work. Tried factory reset after that, didn't work.

I know this is an issue when upgrading but I didn't find any info on this for those that downgraded to K. All help is greatly appreciated as this is my daily driver.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
Found this thread. I will try this.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47156078&postcount=2
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
Tried this all from ADB still no go. 12.55 G. Stock everything.

I think I forgot the last two steps so I thought it didnt work. Then I went on to L.

Back on L with 32G...

The saga continues...wu tang.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Try just running the flash-all script. If that doesn't work then use LG Flashtool (you can find it in the first link of my signature).
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
Well L is up and I'm going to give it a second try. I think I learned my lesson here. DONT USE TOOLKITS!!!

I have always used them on all my phones. I had a little ADB experience but I had the infamous driver issues. WUGs toolkit actually helped me with that event hough it can be done without it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Typical solution is to factory reset the phone when you encounter this issue. I had this happen to me once and factory reset fixed it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echardcore:
Factory reset didnt fi it for me but I think I had a lot of other issues.

MY PHONE IS ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT ON 5.1.!!!! Battery life has been amazing with Greenify and GreenPower. Everything is snappy. Love the new lockscreen notifications. Thank you XDA for all the resources! ADB from now on.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidx2.3.3:
I have a quick question. When on WiFi and the download booster is off, should the 4G symbol go away or stay there? I'm used to my old note 2 going away when WiFi was connected.

But this phone just turns grey and remains there.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bsweetness:
It will stay there on the Note 4. While the Note 4 doesn't currently have VoLTE support (Voice over LTE, aka Advanced Calling), some of the software for it is already there. In order to VoLTE to work, a connection with the LTE network must be maintained for voice calls, even when on WiFi. You can see that all data is being transmitted via WiFi by watching the arrows under each icon, so there's nothing to worry about. Verizon has chosen to have the icon remain rather than disappear. Rest assured that it's normal and your data is going through WiFi.

This is no different than devices with CDMA voice calls (like the Note 2) - even though you don't see it in the bar, the phone maintains a CDMA connection in the background for calls and texts.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidx2.3.3:
That clears it up. Thank you
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] freddy1991:
For those who don't wanna wait for the update center to get the update.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5uccuuuAoDuNGo4VG4wWkRUTDQ/edit?usp=docslist_api
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] sublinker:
What has changed? Possible summary of change log?
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] batrian:
Thanks! the only change I can see so far is the name changed from Movie to Video. and its working perfectly on CM12