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[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
I used to have 2 out of three with KitKat (battery life was worse but not that much), with the launcher redrawing every f%king time I pressed "home".

Same thing with speed.

That may have been caused by Xposed or some module, but now (and I did a "dirty" flash, disabling one or two things, but basically leaving every modded thing as was without wiping) everything is buttery smooth.

It's really like having a new phone. :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] datagubben:
Unlock boot, root and edit mixer paths xml
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] atomskasarma:
I'll wait and see what will Sony do. This is really VERY big issue so I believe that they will have to act fast. If they don't I'll try with Your proposal. Thank You.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] squeakywipers:
Great so far. Overall very zippy. I mostly appreciate the ability to give third party apps permission to write the sdcard. I had my phone rooted to do that before, but it works fine now and overall feels zippier.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Mr.Bombastic:
Here you go ... But I have already uninstalled AnTuTu ... So I don't have the other screen
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Soul Reaper™:
Not impressed

I installed the Lollipop and tested some games one of them asphalt 8 I didn't like the performance was lagging kitkat did better and cyanogen lollipop roms are much more better in performance:rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] zaxharu:
Backup your TA partition.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Here is my experience with Lollipop 5.02:

Faster and smoother than any other Kitkat or even Lollipop rom including AOSP & Cyanogen.

User Interface has been improved and looks pleasing to the eye

Battery is brilliant, better than previous Lollipop roms and Kitkat

Memory and battery leak has finally been fixed!! Android 5.0 & 5.1 has terrible battery drain regardless.

Sound quality is finally louder and clearer even though I still tweaked it to my liking.

Stable & not found any bugs just yet.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Some 3d heavy game is a bit lagging though. But overall it's no problem. Hopefully Sony will post an updated Lollipop fix in a month ahead (just like Z2 and Z3 update lately)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] KiiKeEp:
First cicle, all stock, no root yet, stamina on, nothing touched, all stock.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rip:
flashed yesterday via pc application, no infos/app lost.

battery is not better ( was with stock rooted)

apps are laggy

wake up is laggy

some apps are way too long to open.

will check asap how to root to remove all those bloatwares
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] brumie:
does anyone have successfully installed xposed for lollipop?

install fine but bootloops

confirmed on my secondary devices, Xposed framework is no go, collecting logcat for Xposed developer

the only fix bootloop is wipe dalvik cache and follow this step without wiping the whole system

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59797618&postcount=2259
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] lukits01:
only complaint so far is the notification bar turning blue on some pages.

I wonder if that's by design... its really distracting.

Oh and Xposed framework bootloops :(

Other than that, silky smooth so far.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] lavenderyew:
This is because when the apps are not designed for lolipop, then it will shows a blue bar.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rdr_m:
Guys could any of you please help me out. The only thing thats keeping me on the fence about whether to install lolipop or not is as follows. I use a flip cover and an app called Gravity Screen. This combination works flawlessly to wake up my device every time i flip open the cover. Gravity screen uses the proximity sensor to achieve this feat. Can any one please download the app and check if it works in lolipop, please. I would really appreciate an input guys. Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] prusling:
Really disappointing audio quality since upgrade

From other forums it seems that in Lollipop Google has removed the default enablement of equalizers including Sony's ClearAudio+ which means that individual apps need to actively enable this themselves - apparently the Walkman app does so but it seems that little else does...

Try turning ClearAudio+ on/off when music is playing - no difference, whereas before it was very noticeable... This has turned really impressive audio quality (to my ears at least) to mundane.

I don't know whether this is something Sony may over-ride in an update, but it takes away one of the key strengths of the phone (except in their own app). I'm not keen to root to enable this - if indeed that is possible.

To me, the other benefits of Lollipop are diminished by this, and I would revert to KitKat if I could with my setup intact.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] damefrikis:
Does it allow writting and deleting files in the sd without root?

Enviado desde mi iPad con Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
True, I experienced this myself. Turning ClearAudio+ on or off makes no difference at all...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] apocalypse_bg:
Just updated don't have much impressions but for sure there is a regression: The face unlock feature is missing :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kientrongtran:
After some time using, here are some of my impressions

Pros:

Camera startup is noticeably faster, even with a bunch of addon apps

The new interface is clean-looking; somehow both cartoonishly and sophisticatedly colorful, i'm not a fan of dark/black/grey, ability to set live wallpaper as lock screen (i'm not sure if this is new or not)

battery is so much better in standby mode, and on-screen usage last longer too, even with screen light a bit higher than on cm12 and kitkat. Haven't tried ultra stamina yet, but it seems to be really great.

Backup & Restore now backup app data also?

The display

Cons:

Sony seems to have omitted a lot of lollipop UI features like that nice screen off animation and other animations

some inconsistencies with the UI, like small apps still not 'materialized' enough, and a close all button is sorely missing, (i see it has appeared on new builds for z2/z3 but that looks terrible),

Themes are now in short supply, xperia home icons are too small, and there's no option to select 5*5 grid anymore, (but I'm using nova so that doesn't matter)

the quick settings buttons are a big disappointment, there are just too few buttons available, there's no long press to go to their respective main settings, no animation, no way to change the two top buttons. there are a lot of customization i miss in cm12

in xperia lounge, my account's status is blue, while z series users are supposed to have gold stt (:rolleyes:

Audio is still TOO low

Anw, i'm coming from using cm12 so generally i find this lollipop release underwhelming, everything just feels so constricted and boring, I hope I can use xposed soon, right now it is causing bootloop, and it seems that root is not perfect, maybe that's the cause for xposed bootloop, i can't tell (still can't use adaway, but other apps using root is ok)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maxld:
If you want a full working root - hotboot any kernel with a working recovery, then flash nut dual recovery, and then flash SuperSU. I had the same problem until following these steps.

However my feelings about this update are quite mixed. Today for example, the phone suddenly killed all background processes (music was playing via spotify, messenger, chrome etc.), so it may indicate that Lollipop RAM problems are still present.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kientrongtran:
Yeah. I heard memory leak issue wasnt completely fixed til lollipop5.1 so we will have to wait a bit more. I havent encountered that yet but thats just a matter of time lol.

Anw. The whole point of using sony stock is taking advantage of drm features. Without it, the photos are a disaster especially in low light. I was multibooting kitkat with cm12 but i reset everything and relock bootloader and flash stock lollipop.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] maxld:
Oh, I didn't realize about photos quality in low light, so I will relock today my bootloader and will test it, thanks. Anyway, I am gonna to stick with an iPhone until this irritating memory issue will be fixed.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
I use to use this app as well but since I am using Tasker, I just created a couple of profiles that would mimic what Gravity Screen is doing. -1 background process for me.

I would highly recommend you to try using this tool as it can offer you much much more.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
For UB download supersu update zip, fastboot boot any kernel with recovery, flash zip, reboot and there you are, but also install nut's dual recovery to have busybox installed, done it this way with full success. After that you can relock your BL.

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
I think this move would be too risky for me. :p

I am quite new to Qualcom devices, I only had an MTK device before and on that realm, things were much simpler, at least for me.

For me to be able to do this, I would need a guide that includes links to what I would have to download.

Would you happen to know where I can find one? :D
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] datagubben:
How to relock?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] apocalypse_bg:
Am I the only one getting such pictures for the contacts during call?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
Say what now? Look at my screenshot. Feature is there along only thing is they out it under the Smart Lock tab, which appears if you turn it on in Security/Trust Agents (the third to last feature).

Yes, you are. My contacts have the right pic, or the stock one if I didn't assign one. :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] saurabh_badhwar:
I am also getting the same. Expected a full screen caller picture. Waste of space.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] bambangde:
sound's better(?), xperia home problem

my shortlist after uprading in merely just a day use,

- the sound a bit louder in volume, and maybe just my own perception, but using my JBL Synchros S500 the detail sound seemed a tad better in this lollipop, especially the high-res audio/good bitrate mp3/flac file. and the hires audio file got a HR logo on lower left of the album picture within the walkman app.

- i am bit obsessive on always shutting down all apps, not just by pressing the square button, but also hard stopping it through the apps/running menu, anything that i believe just redundant and will eat up my battery life. Several times after doing this, Xperia Home were stopped/resetting itself. in the kitkat 444 i never had such experience.

c6802/nonrooted
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
I don't know what's wrong with you guys, but my caller photo appears full screen as used to be on KK.

Here's a screenshot:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kumarrahul:
Hey can u give ur reviews on the gaming performance with this new rom
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
Well the only half "big" game I have is Sky Force 2014, I don't play that much on my Ultra...

Do You have something in particular for me to try? I could download it no problems...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kumarrahul:
Hey still thanks, can I ask 4 u a slight help..I want a custom rom with good overall performance.is cm12 is worth giving try? Can it b used as a daily driver
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
If you had taken a backup of TA partition, just reflash it in fastboot or in the app you used to made the backup ;)

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] fastest83:
I really wouldn't know, I tried CM on my old GS3, and to say it can be used as a daily driver is mostly accurate: you'll most likely encounter bugs or problems that will be solved (or not) but for me Sony stock is still the way.

If you want a smooth rom go with scrubber one, the GPe port.

BTW, cool how people come here to complain about one thing or the other and then completely disappear without saying if they solved it and more importantly HOW...
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
There is a nice sticky about rooting and unlocking but to backup your TA partition (DRM Keys) you need to obtain root without unlocking BL so you would have to be on kitkat to do so. Once you unlock the bootloader without backing TA up, your Keys will be lost forever. Qualcomm devices aren't that hard to learn, it takes some time however ;)

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Bautinho88:
how do i get my former homescreen back? this with the bigger icons from 4.4.4. now i have a lot of smaller icons on my homescreen and no option to change the grid size for my homescreen :(
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
Yup! I was able to do that when I was still on 4.4.4 minus unlocking BL.

I guess my question would be is how to revert back to that version so I can follow the sticky post?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
So you did back up of TA, right? If so, you don't need to downgrade to 4.4.4, just unlock BL, hotboot (fastboot boot boot.img) any kernel with built in recovery, be it doomkernel or dualrecovery kernel, flash the supersu update zip, reboot to system and check if the supersu app is there, if it is turn off your device and enter fastboot and Type "fastboot flash ta ta.img" if you have backed it up earlier and congrats, rooted lollipop with locked BL :)

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BruceYucaipa:
Gravity works just fine.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Jecmenn:
My experience so far

- Very fast UI no lags so far

- Launcher sometimes needs some time to redraw

- There is sound bug when after you apply any of the soundenhancements the sound lose basses (This is solved by upgrading to latest Walkman/Music beta)

- App 2 SD function is broken or i'm not getting it's function (it actually move only small part of the app not the whole app like it was on 4.3)

- Battery life is way better than on 4.4.4 and STAMINA is finally working like it should. And of course Ultra STAMINA is present.

- Louder sound

- There are some minor graphic bugs but really minor.

- Some features are missing.

- Wi-FI is connecting really fast.

So far great experience.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
Thank you teddy!

This is a great help. I'll take a look and follow these.

Thanx again for pointing me to the right direction.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Bautinho88:
I want to go back to 4.4.4 because lollipop isn't so good for me. I made a backup with philz recovery before flashing lollipop. Do I only have to restore the backup via philz or do I have to do something else?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
You're welcome, if you have any other questions just ask, ill try to help if I can ;)

Regards

Yup, just restore the backup

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rdr_m:
Thanks man. Really appreciate the reply.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BruceYucaipa:
It's been working well for me too, but I don't like losing the sound mute icon. The only way to disable/enable sounds is by pressing the volume toggle and then a menu comes up with three options.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jassalmithu:
[MENTION=3495763]hansip87[/MENTION] So you just installed Indonesian version and remote play was available. What's the model ID of your phone? 6802?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hansip87:
Yep C6802
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
I don't think I have read it on previous post but please forgive me if I have missed it.

One addition that I have observed that is missing on Lollipop update that was present in Kitkat is that we are now missing the ability to lock the display in landscape mode.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
The battery is fucckking amazing, almost 6 hours of heavy use!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] datagubben:
How about unlock again?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] frothe3:
Try tweaking settings in the equaliser. I know it set to a default after OS update, tweaked a couple of settings to boost bass. Also noticed different headset profiles in Walkman app.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jazzibrahim:
Antutu result - stock non-rooted z ultra lollipop
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tirtha231:
possible to have root with locked bootloader even in Lollipop

Its possible to root even with Locked Bootloader .... Check General Forum for ZU...:)

I,m runnin g L5.0.2 on my ZU with root, dual recovery and of course with Locked Bootloader... :o

---------- Post added at 01:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 PM ----------

No need to do that:p .. you can accomplish both of root and recovery even on locked bootloader.... It's always safe to stay on locked bootloader...:o

---------- Post added at 01:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 PM ----------

Here is the steps....

1. flash 4.4.4 kitkat with flashtool

2. get root with easyroot tool

3. install dual recovery with ZU-dualrecovery installer zip.

4. Create flashable zip of "prerooted firmwire of 5.0.2 with dual recovery" with the help of PRFCreator

5. copy the Zip to SDcard

6. now boot to Philz Recovery and flash the zip.

7. reboot.. done:cowboy:

I'm running rooted stock lollipop with dual recovery... 100% working and ultra smooth... and yes all with Locked Bootloader..:good:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] teddy74eva:
The process is the same as if you unlock it the first time, tho you can make to two twrp backups of TA partition, one when your BL is locked and second when it is unlocked and you can restore them everytime you wish to lock or unlock BL so you won't have to use computer and fastboot ;)

Regards
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Silver-7:
It's a beautiful update, nice polishing and smooth.

But some bugs really annoying, like I have some issue with WiFi, sometimes I just can't turn it on till I restart my device.

About sound it's too quiet now, and experienced the non-bass issue too, can't be fixed till restart.

Agreed about camera, it has more noise pictures now, in average/low light.

Contacts FC few times too.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kientrongtran:
Anyone else running into this problem with Contacts app, the facebook profile pictures are not loaded in high quality. In Kitkat, the photos initially are also low res, however, after a few minutes waiting for the app to sync, the higher res pics are retrieved. But after several days nowin Lollipop, it just doesn't work :mad:

[IMG="Contacts"]https://dl.pushbulletusercontent.com/RjUN00hEGSCU0zndY2WDN8NTX1oUtdIE/Fotor_142943889775447.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] frilli:
Hello guys ..

You can use the default kk 4.4.4 to bring the home screen to 5x5?

sorry for my english, thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] xcythestrikeful:
grid size

How to change homescreen grid size on lollipop?

It's disappear from personalization menu.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] frilli:
Yes I know.

However, if you update via ota remains the '5x5 setting.

If you update with flashtool there is no way, then through some command or changes to build.prop think it will be possible ???????
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] MXR2:
Sounds like you update directly from kitkat along with your old data and settings. If so, things like these are bound to happen, especially when it comes to major updates.

If your problems persist, try reset to factory and reinstall the update via pc companion.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] PDesire:
Hi guys

I REALLY LOVE THIS UPDATE, LOLLIPOP IS THE BEST SYSTEM EVER, and Sony makes IT perfect

Good DAC Headphone supporting

Very Stable

Better Camera i think

More RAM free than in 4.4.4

The speaker is louder

MATERIAL DESIGN :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Silver-7:
I updated using flashtool, and did a factory reset after the update. But maybe I'll try the pc companion fix. Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nitinsharma89:
Apps not moving to SD card (Lollipop)

Hi Guys,

Can anyone help! i am not able to move app data on SD card. It shows Move to SD feature and nothing is moved to SD card. Please tell me a solution for it or is it same for everyone.

Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] PDesire:
Can you give me a Screenshot please, and Can you say me what for Apps will you move to SD?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] gideonMorrison:
STILL waiting for the OTA in Netherlands/Europe. COME ON SONY.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] PDesire:
Sony using Dolby Licensed documents on lollipop Stock Rom

Here the audio_effects.conf from /system/etc/

And the biggest Problem is, this Code doesn't work, because the Dolby_DP libary does Not exist
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] speculatrix:
but back up your TA partition first!!!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] rdr_m:
Guys, the camera is definitely improved. Updated last night. Most of the new features have already been mentioned. After comparing with my wifes Kitkat z ultra, the indoor picture quality is much improved. Less noise, more detail in shadows. Haven't got a chance to compare the daylight pictures yet.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] nitinsharma89:
Apps not moving to SD card (Lollipop)

Hi, If you look at the image it shows App on SD Card 1.57gb and i have used move to SD card feature but when i check my SD card there is no data moved to SD card. I have a samsung 32gb evo Sd card. Please help if you can.

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kanej2006:
Yeah, camera is faster, clearer, less noise. Here is an image sample, nothing edited:
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tsiros:
On one sentence: rushed and unpolished.

wifi hotspot randomly drops after a while, might be 5 minutes, might be 1 hour. no 'close all' button in recents. tapping the alarm in the quicksettings panel does not open alarms app (in aosp it opens android alarms app. sony has its own).

there are many others, but i have given up even mentioning them, because i always get pushed aside and it is getting tiring
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] danilo.marcelo:
Just installed stock lollipop. No issues at all.

Relocked bootloader and restored TA partition.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jsonexe:
Here are my system diagnostics..

so far the only issue is the light sensor.. Camera is much better now on low lights,, now also have better interface..
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] halifage:
Unable to use mp3 file as ringtone or notification tone despite copying it to the internal storage (notification and ringtones). I get an error about the file format being incorrect. Renaming the file to .wav or . ogg doesn't help.

I'm on MEL firmware. Clean install with dual recovery and full root

Edit:

I reflashed the ftf and did a factory reset before flashing the recovery and superSU. works fine so far. Feels different too.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
Are you using a third party application to place facebook pictures for your contacts?

How are you doing this?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Jecmenn:
Few days back i wrote my first impressions. Back then i mostly said that everything is working fine. BUT after few days i discovered that App2SD function is not working at all. For example i tried move 1,5 GB game to SD but it actually moved only roughly 45 MB so it's another uselles feature. Then i tried what i have been doing since KitKat. Move apps to SD using great app called GL2SD but without luck. The app see SD Card somewhere inside internal memory so only thing it can do is move data from one folder to another in internal memory.

So my question is: Is it a bug or something else i'm missing?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tirtha231:
Actually in this Lollipop ROM you have to modify the "SD Card Write Properties" to make the Apps to be able to write on External SD Card.

Here are the steps

Make sure your phone is rooted. After that perform the following steps:

1. Using a root-enabled file manager (like root explorer), navigate to /system/etc/permissions

2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.

3. Add an additional group definition for this permission: <group gid=”media_rw” /> (as shown in the attached picture)

4. Save the changes to the file.

5. Restart the phone.

Now your phon'll behave as normal as it did in KitKat...:laugh: And you can use any app like GL2SD or FolderMount to move app data to SD Card....
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Jecmenn:
I'll give it a shot. Thank You!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] kientrongtran:
Linking contacts with their Facebook profiles is included in the stock contacts app, ive been doing this since kitkat
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] tchsvy:
Lollipop ran smoothly on my XZU until recently, I am having frequent touch issues, where it doesn't register the touch, I have to lock and unlock the device to make it normal again. I have had two random reboots in last two days. May be I need to factory reset it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] BragaisG:
I hope you are not referring to facebook app contacts sync.

I don't want to sync all my Facebook contacts to my phone, just the ones that are already stored in my contacts app.

How do I do this?