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[Xperia Z5 General] crazeazn:
Can anyone with a Z5 Dual / 6683 recommend what to download? Preferably keep my LTE icon and minimal bloat. I have the HK version and it doesnt look like I'm getting an update anytime soon according to xpericheck.com
[Xperia Z5 General] ozouzi:
Same happened to me. APN problem

In setting > data usage > setting icon on the right top > mobile network settings > access point name > icon on the right top > reset to default.
[Xperia Z5 General] millicent:
Question on fw update: say I have Canadian bell stock fw, if I flash a custom mm fw from other carrier, will bell still bug me with ota updates or will get the new carrier otas from then on?
[Xperia Z5 General] crazeazn:
bell shouldnt bug you, you would get the ota of the new carriers. most of the people who are flashing though are doing non-carrier versions...
[Xperia Z5 General] millicent:
That's even better, thanks. I am aiming towards a generic fw.
[Xperia Z5 General] vicktoks:
I have the customized TW version(Z5 E6653), first of which one is the US version, if i grab that version would i lose the ability to use the fingerprint sensor? Would like to keep NFC notification and also change from H+/4G to 3G/LTE, my location is US, best recommendation. Thanks!
[Xperia Z5 General] fcastillousfq:
I'm also with bell. But what about the baseband? will flashing an ftw from a different region, let's say German Customized, affect my reception and call/data quality?

Also, just to confirm, under Xperifirm all of the ftw labeled as "customized" are carrier free, correct? So why have so many different versions of them? Why not have a single global carrier free version and that's it?
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQBwy32iI2s

pay attention to this video, you may see new things you haven´t discovered yet

(lol)
[Xperia Z5 General] indianmeister:
Yes with clean install the issue is not there, but there's a lot of friends that experienced that issue, there must be a way to fix it without clean install everything, he have Z5P and I'm on Z5 and both have same issue I performed a clean install and he's exploring alternatives
[Xperia Z5 General] Pandemic:
[MENTION=1804109]vicktoks[/MENTION]

The US version deleted the fingerprint sensor in MM !

[also posted that news on www.gizmobolt.com)

So flash another FTF of another region like RU and you will get it back ;)
[Xperia Z5 General] vicktoks:
i havent flashed any version yet, was just wondering but thanks, no US version then. You by chance know if the RU version shows 4G or LTE and also does it show the NFC notification
[Xperia Z5 General] Pandemic:
You're welcome ^^

The RU shows the 4G icon but dunno about the NFC icon my friend :)

“Sent From MWE V9.5.0 On My Z3”
[Xperia Z5 General] chrisftlse:
Orange in France is also not distributing MM update. ?

Which ftf did you use ?
[Xperia Z5 General] yuukimoonstar:
hi, i keep getting the following:

08/037/2016 20:37:02 - ERROR - Drivers need to be installed for connected device.

08/037/2016 20:37:02 - ERROR - You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.

i do have the sony companion installed, what could i be missing?
[Xperia Z5 General] ChristianLetti:
You can find them in the drivers folder of Flashtool.
[Xperia Z5 General] Kirk0625:
I've played around with this update on the E6603 and so far, i like it. I'd even use it daily if I could configure my Z5 to have equal or better reception than my Nexus 5X (on T-mo). Like some of you, I've had some of the icons in settings be a block. Also even while gaming, it didn't get as hot as it used to, which is nice.
[Xperia Z5 General] crazeazn:
See this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/help/flashmode-t3237141
[Xperia Z5 General] sandeep121sp121:
Can any one share official Sony support forum address?

Can I add that forum in tapatalk application?
[Xperia Z5 General] goRt:
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z5-Z5-Compact-Z5-Premium/bd-p/xperia_z5

No Tapatalk :(
[Xperia Z5 General] elektronAu:
For anyone complaining about lack of Stamina... I commute for 45 minutes each way every day. I tend to use my phone to listen to music, sometimes do a little bit of browsing.

On LP I'd have about 82% of battery by the time I got to the office.

Today, my first commute on MM, I had to use the phone as a Wifi hotspot to transfer photos to my shared album (several times) as well as listening to music (Bluetooth) and checking the album on my phone after each upload (I was changing exposure levels on each photo - 34 in total) - so far more usage than usual. I still had 85% battery left by the time I got back in the office.

So, there's two possibilities:

1) MM is far more battery friendly than my LP was with Stamina or,

2) MM is lying about battery levels.

I personally don't miss Stamina much at this point and if the 2 days of usage are anything to go by, the phone works much better than it ever did.
[Xperia Z5 General] misbehave:
Can I root after updating to MM?

Will it be the same rooting method as in android 5 on this phone?
[Xperia Z5 General] wujae:
6683 HK Custom is now on xpericheck. Using PCC to download and update. Will factory reset after.

Hopefully the positive experiences others have had will be mine as well.
[Xperia Z5 General] ross23:
The stupid Mobile Radio Active bug is back on my phone. I am so mad at Google/Sony right now. How can this stupid bug persists still in MM? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GOOGLE. FIX YOU STUPID BUGS!!!!
[Xperia Z5 General] Noetmi:
Use the customized Itlalian version ;)

I'm from France too ;)

Envoyé de mon E6653 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 General] Danny Boy ZA:
I'm in South Africa, and I'm not sure when (actually ->IF<-) we will be getting the MM update.

Which English version is the best to use, and preferably an unbranded firmware?
[Xperia Z5 General] c0des:
I agree, MM is way better on battery. Right now my battery life is at 33% when my phone is typically close to being flat. I think the phone is working much better now.

Although when I have Wifi connected I find that my phone is constantly awake... And if I change to mobile data it will sleep properly. No idea what is causing this.
[Xperia Z5 General] Mahdian57:
SD

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SD card access gone or can be accessed by default file manager from Sony?
[Xperia Z5 General] yashenr:
I'm from ZA too, I flashed the Russia Customized RU firmware. Works well.

I'm probably going to flash the ZA software when it comes out.

The RU software has the 4G icon not the LTE icon.

Also remember to download your APN settings otherwise your data will not work with any APN.
[Xperia Z5 General] Danny Boy ZA:
Thanks for the quick response! I'll give that a go.

Was this an upgrade or a clean install (i.e. factory reset)?
[Xperia Z5 General] yashenr:
I did a dirty flash without wiping, so it wasn't a clean install.

Too much hassle to do a clean install.
[Xperia Z5 General] Danny Boy ZA:
Cool beans! Thanks man.

Yeah, I whole heartily agree with you!
[Xperia Z5 General] Noetmi:
Not yet

Envoyé de mon E6653 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 General] :
Hello,

Does anybody know when this update will arrive to the Open Market UK Z5?
[Xperia Z5 General] gamer649:
Nobody knows an exact timing, it should hopefully arrive within a week or so.
[Xperia Z5 General] Oemenia:
Little late here but what are the chances that the camera will get better? I keep hearing the camera itself is great but the results are usually worse than the competition. Can software really make much of a difference?
[Xperia Z5 General] Vandermonde:
Can we close this topic until futher news?
[Xperia Z5 General] yuan_1202:
No??!!

Last update to one s is 4.1.1. Thats also for the "advanced version" s4

I owned the bloody phone (the bloody s4 version with the dual core snapdragon 1g ram) through o2 contract. So dont dispute me on this. I know this for a fact. To me htc only gave it one major update which is the 4.1.1. Updates like V4.04 doesnt even count.

I still remember the fury I had when htc announced

"We can confirm that the HTC One S will not receive further Android OS updates and will remain on the current version of Android and HTC Sense. We realize this news will be met with disappointment by some, but our customers should feel confident that we have designed the HTC One S to be optimized with our amazing camera and audio experiences."

Total B.S. And I sent an angry email to htc customer service, and they reply with even more B.S. I can dig this out if u really want to go down this route.

So yeah htc sucks. Don't fxxking tell me otherwise.
[Xperia Z5 General] seanyuan62:
What are you using to show navbar menu and hide status bar elements?
[Xperia Z5 General] TheEndHK:
Don't sound like you know everything and just trying to angry with others(like me and HTC CS), such an attitude won't make you live happier with any phone. I've owned One S(S4) since 2012 June and at that time came with 4.0.3, 4.0.4 been out at around 2012 Aug though the version number changed is small only 0.0.1 there but that was a major update in Android history like 5.0.2 to 5.1.1.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2445392

The 4.2.2 is a bit tricky bcoz HTC decided not to push it via OTA but let it released on XDA. No way to find the original RUU now because two years been passed but you can still flash it if you got rooted and twrp. It's an official release build of 4.06.401.1 based 4.2.2 Sense5 from HTC, not beta ver.

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https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR

BTW, M9 just started to receive Android 6.0 today.

[MENTION=494185]LlabTooFeR[/MENTION] HTC One M9 received OTA for Android 6.0, the base is: 3.40.425.2 including 2 packages (128mb & 1.3gb)
[Xperia Z5 General] agentsandy007:
I dont understand y all hate small apps.

Taking screenshots(clipper as they call it) and calculator r the most useful of it.

What do u guys use to take screenshot.

I know holding down volume rocker and power button takes screens but that WEIRD placement of them makes it hard.

By the ways guys i feel power button and volume rocker are the worst on my mobile to use apart from awkward positioning. I mean they r so hard to press.

Do u guys feel the Same way?
[Xperia Z5 General] ianrobbie:
I use Gravity Box and Battery Home Icon (both Xposed modules) for the Navbar and to centre the clock. I then use Settings > Display > System Icons to hide the battery icons on the status bar.

Battery Home Icon turns my home button into a battery indicator.

I hate having a cluttered status bar!
[Xperia Z5 General] rajkant1984:
For Sony Xperia z5 dual, dialer bug is the main issue. Hope it will be sorted out in mm update
[Xperia Z5 General] langeveld024:
Just press power button a few seconds, on reboot menu you can take screenshot and record screen :)
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
Another music app update.
[Xperia Z5 General] Phazonclash:
That's all they update these days it seems... proprietary apps that are probably used by 2% of all the Xperia users.

Wouldn't it be great if they put the same amount of energy at actually updating their firmware and squash all the bugs and shortcomings it has (and still exists, 5 months after the Z5 was released)? :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
If Z6 rumors are true we won't see marshmallow before Z6 is available.
[Xperia Z5 General] Duvel999:
Please close this topic.

Till MM is released.

Sent from my E6653 @ XDA Portal
[Xperia Z5 General] BrainstormPL:
Yeah, it'll be a good thing since everyone is talking about other phones. The worrying thing is that we don't have any news about MM...
[Xperia Z5 General] DeathStroke:
Lollipop ? to suck until MM comes up. Chill and relax guyz.
[Xperia Z5 General] Sh4rkill3r:
why people are so anxious with MM at the point of "i dont going to buy a sony phone never again" wtf. Is not night and day MM. The phone works great and they never say any date for the update. Whats the point to rush an important rom because people want it at day 1. There is no point in this childish.
[Xperia Z5 General] Phazonclash:
Well in my case it's quite simple, I have MANY problems and issues with my Z5 + Lollipop and I DON'T enjoy using it at all. I won't enumerate again all the issues I have with it (did it multiple times already), but I have very good reasons to want MM sooner than later, hoping it will finally make that phone enjoyable. I'm glad your Z5 works great with Lollipop, but mine doesn't and right now the experience I get out of it is unworthy of a $800 CAD flagship phone. MM is sincerely my last hope at this point...

Right now I'm using my old Note 3 + CM13 (Temasek's) because it's more enjoyable and reliable; the very expensive Z5 is gathering dust on my bedside table. So no, I don't think I'm being childish or throwing a tantrum because I want Sony to get its sh** together and update/fix its goddamn firmware ;)
[Xperia Z5 General] gamer649:
I think Sony have learned from last year's mistake of announcing LP and giving it a release date and then having to push it back.
[Xperia Z5 General] Fekajo:
Only my phone troll me ? ( Z5 DUAL E6633 with Unlock BL + drm restore )

He said they have a Software Update and when i click No update lol. Two time today ...
[Xperia Z5 General] Phazonclash:
Just happened to me :eek: I was REALLY happy for a moment.... then came the disappointment :P
[Xperia Z5 General] yuukimoonstar:
thanks! got it solved and enjoying marshmallow.
[Xperia Z5 General] jackijumbo90:
I flashed RU version. No bloatware and no nfc icon.

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No nfc icon on RU version.
[Xperia Z5 General] RoberM:
I am with you, yesterday i had my phone fully charged at 9:00 am. Then at 5:00 am, 20 hours later, i had 51% remaining with 2 hours screen on time. It is not a lot of time, but i took some pictures, messaging email, phone calls, etc..., but it had a lot of standby time and still at 51%.

It seems i personally will not miss Stamina mode. With it, i had 5 hours SOT, now, it seems i will get about the same, if not more, as i think standby time has increased.
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
Do I need to select option "SSD" while flashing MM on flashtool latest version? I already check - apps_log, userdata and diag
[Xperia Z5 General] millicent:
I think so, if you wanna do this a full wipe.
[Xperia Z5 General] Pandemic:
Can someone share the latest home release.apk of MM from Z5 on mediafire ?
[Xperia Z5 General] jackijumbo90:
For those on e6683, can you still pick à different ringtone for each simcard ? Cant find this option anymore.
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
09/000/2016 15:00:24 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.19.10 built on 04-10-2015 21:00:00

09/000/2016 15:00:24 - INFO - Executing search strategies to find proxy selector

09/000/2016 15:00:24 - INFO - No proxy found for IE. Trying next one

09/000/2016 15:00:24 - INFO - No proxy found for firefox. Trying next one

09/000/2016 15:00:24 - INFO - No proxy found for java. Trying next one

09/000/2016 15:00:25 - INFO - Syncing devices from github

09/000/2016 15:00:25 - INFO - Scanning devices folder for changes.

09/000/2016 15:00:35 - INFO - Pulling changes from github.

09/000/2016 15:00:43 - INFO - Devices sync finished.

09/000/2016 15:00:48 - INFO - Device disconnected

09/000/2016 15:00:53 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off

09/000/2016 15:00:53 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode

09/000/2016 15:00:54 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging on

09/000/2016 15:00:55 - INFO - Connected device : Sony Xperia Z5

09/000/2016 15:00:55 - INFO - Installed version of busybox : N/A

09/000/2016 15:00:55 - INFO - Android version : 5.1.1 / kernel version : 3.10.49-perf-g83fc9bc / Build number : 32.0.A.6.152

09/001/2016 15:01:06 - INFO - Selected Bundle for Sony Xperia Z5 (E6653). FW release : 32.1.A.1.163. Customization : Customized RU

09/001/2016 15:01:06 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

09/003/2016 15:03:39 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

09/003/2016 15:03:46 - INFO - Device disconnected

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Start Flashing

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Checking header

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Ending flash session

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - ERROR -

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

09/004/2016 15:04:10 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

09/004/2016 15:04:13 - INFO - Device disconnected

So I need help, this happens when I try to flash Z5, Russian firmware.

I don´ t know what is the problem, I have installed all drivers, but still, can be Windows 8.1 that is causing this problem, I already disabled drivers signatures too. I don´t know what to do.
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
Remove the usb cable,turn off your phone,and flash the firmware but only when flashtool tell you to connect the phone,hold volume down and connect the phone not before.
[Xperia Z5 General] cocagenda2:
i had problems also when i flashed my z5 for the first time and i got an error so i sad wtf i never got this and.... then i simply flshed again and it worked dunno why but it did...try reinstaling drivers or try with different flashtool version or try another firmware ...i used italian customized version and its working like a charm ;)
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
ftf file is big so flashtool take time to extract that's why you should never connect the phone before flashtool tell you to do so.
[Xperia Z5 General] gamer649:
Disclaimer: I am taking no responsibility for if any damages happen to your device if you follow what I say has worked for me.

In the past when I've got this error I have just deleted the loader.sin file out of the ftf and gone to flash the firmware again, flashtool then can't flash the loader.sin because it isn't there (flashtool doesn't throw errors then). I've never encountered any problems with doing this.
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
I tried to connect the device after flashtools tells me to turn off device, but still the same, guess I have to reinstall all drivers, and try again. damn
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
Did you delete the file fwinfo before creating the bundle, cause they say keeping this file can create a corrupted ftf.
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
yes, i did, now i am reinstalling drivers, and just in case, i will download other firmware like taiwan, and we will see. hope this time will not be any problems.
[Xperia Z5 General] mrbubba999:
Despite doing a data wipe, I'm getting app crashes when I try to run them (not all, but a few that I use). I flashed the Nordic Combined firmware.

I'm on EE and they haven't released one yet, is there any issue in flashing a UK Vodafone or UK O2 firmware?
[Xperia Z5 General] ciprianmp:
Guys, I don't understand why you don't use Pc Companion?

I updated the Norway one using PCC and I have not a single issue. No wipe, no repair, no reset, everything is in place and works amazingly well.

The flashtool it's good for advanced use, when you want to flash smth which is not available through PCC or if you wish to customize the ftf, I assume. But unless it's not available yet for your region, I would recommend PCC way.

Le: I understand it's not released for you yet, but it shouldn't take long to have it (matter of hours I would say)

Xperia Z5 E6653 w/ Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
well, i tried everything, even with Thailand firmware, but still nothing, guess i have to wait for sony to release mm for my region.
[Xperia Z5 General] ScarletDragon:
For me changing the theme from the smart cover seemed to fix it. I think cleared the cache. I couldn't say what fixed it, but it's no longer an issue for me. The whole system is working very well.

Thank you for responding. :)
[Xperia Z5 General] jeremy_inc:
I'm on EE and flashed the Nordic combined one, works fine been using it over 24 hours and have used loads of different apps.
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
I feel sometime flashtool doesn't wipe the data correctly so after flashing the firmware, boot the phone and do a factory rest and don't restore backup.
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
I am sorry, I know I am annoying, but I finally made it, I just want to share my experience, seems changing compatibility from windows 8 to windows 7 was making job done.

Thanks God
[Xperia Z5 General] a2000:
Hi Guys!

After the update which went very smoothly I'm not able to boot TWRP. Is there any root method available for MM for the moment?
[Xperia Z5 General] Azdian:
There will be, very soon, our hero [MENTION=5169444]AndroPlus[/MENTION] is working on it

follow his topic here

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/development/kernel-andropluskernel-v1-t3246100/page15
[Xperia Z5 General] mrbubba999:
Just done a factory reset and only installed the 1 app, opened it and as soon as it asks for permissions, the app crashes when I accept it.
[Xperia Z5 General] Miroslav.Cvejic:
any hint when other regions might get MM update?
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
Maybe this app is not compatible for MM.

And make sure you have android system web is updated from playstore.
[Xperia Z5 General] Ben36:
I love how uk unbranded is still waiting the update. Surely its the completely plain unbloated firmware that the phone companies have already received and added their own crap to and then released it out? Wtf??
[Xperia Z5 General] zippy01:
Just want to give my input to the new update.. Wow... I'm actually impressed. Battery life is superb after a full working day for me I'd usually be down to 70% I looked at my phone when I finished and I had 93% I love how apps now work with the fingerprint sensor. Setting permissions there could be more I think like Internet usage etc.
[Xperia Z5 General] gm007:
I don't know why but when i had xperia Z and Z2, UK firmwares took a month after the update is being released. Not sure why sony has this delay with UK firmwares.

Hope they changed since then.
[Xperia Z5 General] Xdevillived666:
Torrent

I uploaded a torrent for the unbranded rom, eu phones only:)
[Xperia Z5 General] ScarletDragon:
That is strange. Maybe they hold it back until the networks test it? At the moment most people can only update via the Pc.
[Xperia Z5 General] chrisftlse:
Thanks

Could you please share the link ?
[Xperia Z5 General] vicktoks:
Finally flashed MM update, my device is Z5 E6653 Customized TW version, first flashed the customized US version cuz im in the us and wanted to see if i improved signal cuz i constantly have just either 1 or 2 bars on my phone(Cricket wireless, never had a dropped call or anything and download speeds are slightly higher than cricket speed numbers. on lte 95% of the time also) only on few occasions do i get 3 or 4. Anyways the firmware didn't fair any better in my signal bar strength, also took away FP sensor, it was like my phone didn't have one( expected this), then i flashed customized RU version, no bloatware, got back FP sensor options in settings and works great in supported apps too, the setup was a pain but i guess it resulted in improved FP performance cuz its like night and day diff when i was on 5.1.1. checked all the options in the wipe box when flashing with the Flashtool, restored apps downloads from google sign in during initial setup and i haven't had any problems whats so ever
[Xperia Z5 General] a00r:
so sony just released MM 6.0 for Z5 oh look google released the developer preview for N

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_n_d..._with_multiwindow_mode_builtin-news-17139.php
[Xperia Z5 General] TheCraig:
We will get that about 6 months after release :D
[Xperia Z5 General] ciprianmp:
Even more strange is the fact that Sony UK was the first and only to tweet 7 March was the release date... And last to meet that deadline.

Xperia Z5 E6653 w/ Tapatalk
[Xperia Z5 General] _Dennis_:
Developer preview is in no way a 'release' and shouldn't be thought of as such. It's like saying a public alpha/beta is released.

Not only that but a lot of other recent flagships haven't been updated to MM yet either.