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[Xperia Z5 Compact General] x2srj:
Which Country/Carrier did you get the phone from?

check here for when your country/network supplier is available:

https://xpericheck.com/device/E5823
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Thistletea:
I bought my z5c unlocked through Amazon and I'm from the US. When I first turned it on it was in Japanese so I have no idea.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
Mine is UK unlocked model and it's not listed there at all - only carrier locked versions are :(
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] x2srj:
surely it's this?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] swbf2lord:
Do we have an OTA we can flash in recovery?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] bubimir13:
Looks like european Z5c will have to wait for MM to land. Somethings we are not used to do lol
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] murrayit:
Oh yeah, long gone dude
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Humanio:
US has the update? I bought a phone from the US direct from sony (before they started selling in the US) so I have no idea which one of these I can/should flash. PC companion still tells me its up to date.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] raytheblacksmith:
A very, very, very impatient Dutchie just checked Bridge again... and then XperiCheck... and then again... come on Sony... take my lags away!!!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] parad0xes:
So i just installes marshmallow on my z5 compact. Everything is good especially the speed of the phone but i found 1 problem. When i lock my screen using apps like double tap to lock (i use dtso), when i unlock it again using the fingerprint scanner, the phone Will still ask the pin code even if my fingerprint has already been recognized by the phone. This problem only happen if i lock the phone using an app and not when i lock using the power button. Any solution will be appreciated :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] ctap001:
Any US bros with unlocked international versions with MM yet?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Ah well i think the firmwares will be up soon so we can always update it the hard way :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Same here. So now I have to lock with the power button. Too bad. But I'd rather have this snappiness over that one app
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Humanio:
I'm here waiting for the same brother! Keep me posted and I'll do the same.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
I find it ironic that Xperia UK was the region to reveal the 7th March date and yet UK is one of the few countries that didn't recieve the update today.

The reports that performance has been greatly improved make me ask the more impatient!

I saw a comment from an American who was downloading the update in the US. I've also seen GSM Arena report that the update is live over there. It should be live for you guys.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] swbf2lord:
It might be live for the US model. Most of us likely have the international model, since it had the fingerprint scanner.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] basthet:
so: installed the singaporean unbranded version on my German phone - and did a clean install.

Love the snappiness and: finally fingerprint unlock AND pattern unlock is possible =)

However: with Andorid 6.0 Google changed (again) the SD-access. So music apps cannot find my Music on the SD-Card anymore.

Any suggestions how to change that?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
I have all photos in Album and all songs in Music and they are all in my sd card :/
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tania247260:
Marshmallow

Downloading firmware for z5 compact through XperiaFirmware. I will make ftf then flash.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] basthet:
...actually is simpler to do it through flashtool - it starts XperiFirm and downloads + creates the ftf by itself
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] DionKS:
Which version of flashtool did u used?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tania247260:
Flashtool 0.9.18.6
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] DionKS:
Thx ;)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Fargo_Zoidberg:
Pretty sure this is how Marshmallow handles this now. For example, using Action 3 Launcher and using doubletap to Lock Device on my Z5C running Lollipop, it turns the screen off and I don't have to enter my PIN again when unlocking (just use the fingerprint scanner).

However, using the same launcher and feature on my Nexus 5X running Android M, I have to use the fingerprint AND then put the PIN in. Every time.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] :
sony official firmware doesnt have recoverys. so OTA never appears, just flash the full ftf file without wiping data
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] runemail:
So I understand the mm rom is faster in general, and that is good news. But does the camera app still take forever to load? and is the camera still slow to find focus and snap pictures? Fingers crossed here.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Thistletea:
Can we get a little tutorial on how to flash with flashtool and ftf file? Download the MM ftf from another thread.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] raytheblacksmith:
"Your device is up to date!"

AAAAHHHHHHH....
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
You can see the firmware when you click the xperifirm icon on the right in the top bar.

Here you can always download the latest flashtool with xperifirm http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Why not do a google search bro? I got this at the first try http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] addicted1900:
Has anyone tested the quality of the camera after the update? Is the post-processing still way too aggressive ?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] gwar11d2:
Just updated to the Customized SG version here in the US. Everything works, just needed to update playstore when I was done. My MMS was misbehaving a bit, but i think i just needed to download new internet/mms from my carrier.

SD card settings have changed as well. I'll have to see what that means. I hope i'm still saving images to SD.

To early to tell if there are any camera improvements. I'll have to go out and do some shots soon :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] ctap001:
My Z5c is to arrive tomorrow after a week of delays so this is perfect timing. Are there any SG-only elements which you could not remove?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] rolo143:
If you do it and success, pls tell me how did you manage to root MM. Thanks. :)

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I have all my music, pictures and videos on my microSd. Will the MM update detect them or not? Because if that's the case then there's no reason to update, I only use internal storage to save games, apps and stuff. I have a 32gb memory stick with at least 20gb of music. I will run out of storage pretty soon if I save music on phone. :/
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] gwar11d2:
I haven't really found any.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Midleo:
After flashing MM i checked som functions and id like to say that stereo speakers on front works bad. On lollipop i felt more stereo. In MM the down speaker much louder then the top one.... disgusting news....boring
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] basthet:
To the ones having music and video on sd card (and Music App, etc. can't find the files):

You have to use the internal MM program to shift the files onto the sd card. i.e.:

First: move all files / folder on internal storage

Second: Settings -> Storage -> transfer files to sd card (I'm on a German phone, so name might differ)

Then, all Apps will find the files...

Not the best, but at least one solution [emoji6]

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Strange, no such problem here.... You might consider to make a fresh install

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Has anyone found a way to change items in the status bar?

On 5.0+ you were able to change the clock position and battery symbol by the settings - these settings seems to be gone?

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[Xperia Z5 Compact General] moist_line:
So how exactly do we get a hold of this update? Bought mine from Amazon a while back. I live in USA using t mobile
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Yea can flash a unbranded USA with the flashtool bro and you can download the firmware from that same app. Links are in the starter topic so go ahead and let us now how you liking marshmallow
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] ctap001:
There's no unbranded USA for the International version.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] moist_line:
How exactly do I use the flashtool bro? Is it compatible with z5c?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Settings>Display>System icons
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
1.5-2 seconds on 8mp.

2-3 seconds on 23mp.

Still a definite improvement
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Humanio:
Can anyone clarify the following: Using flashtool will remove drm keys and make camera worse? This is my first sony phone and I'm confused with those of you who are using flashtool to update to MM. My understanding is unlocking the bootloader also removes wtv algorithms for proprietary Sony things. So I'm guessing if this is the case I don't want to use flashtool to update to MM which leaves me hanging on otas?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] goRt:
Unlocking the bootloader is not needed to flash stock Sony firmwares so nothing will be lost.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Humanio:
Thanks goRt.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] charlie460:
Just flashed the Generic Singapore MM on my E5823 here in the US. Huge improvement over KitKat. About time.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] kevinwu128:
Thanks for the updates - it's been my most clicked on link.

So can I use TWRP and flash SuperSU to root this?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] murrayit:
Did you update your google play services? I had problems giving permissions to apps before that cause you need to do that for every app that needs access to storage I guess. And after the first boot I had a notification that asked me to set up my SD Card I can't remember exactly what I chose but my musics are all there on my SD Card and I can access them without any problem!

Superior Auto 20MP settings took less than a second for me! The problem is totally gone! At least here!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] basthet:
As written, I did a clean install. So no update required.

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[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Sadman Khan:
Maybe because I didn't wipe. Lucky you :P
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] DionKS:
I know, I hesitate a little bit to install it via flashtool :crying: :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Gomezie:
Come on UK.. stop being behind lol
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] PolliSoft:
I just got a notification from Xperia Companion that I got an update for my unlocked NOBA configuration! :)

Updating now...
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] stevo_125:
much better, and camera got a new trick!

Did a clean install of the SG firmware last night. Vast improvement on the wreckage that was lollipop (true on any device I've tried to be fair)

Much snappier throughout, camera seems to come up a bit quicker, though perhaps not as quick as it should be still.

Ram management seems to be setup different, the phone is keeping a lot less cached in ram now, leaving more immediately available for new apps.

Thermal throttling seems to have been increased! The big CPU's are getting reeled in about a lot earlier now, maybe 10c lower! Means phone feels cooler, may allow longer 4k video recordings too, maybe... but won't please the benchmark brigade.

One new toy we have to play with is the object tracking focus from the X-series. its under focus modes on the manual camera mode.

Little disappointed to see Stamina mode didn't make it, Facebook in particular runs riot without it, even with all its notification settings off. It wakes the phone up for fun frequently.

No other comments for now, need more time to play :)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] PolliSoft:
Regarding the discussion about stamina mode, I had a look at the Google CDD, basically the contract stating what needs to be complied with in order for a phone to be called an Android phone.

http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/en//compatibility/android-cdd.pdf

"8.3. Power-Saving Modes

All apps exempted from App Standby and/or Doze mode MUST be made visible to the end user.

Further, the triggering, maintenance, wakeup algorithms and the use of Global system settings of

these power-saving modes MUST not deviate from the Android Open Source Project."

Maybe this is why Stamina mode is not there any longer/in the previous form?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] iozzo:
Lots of region have been released. 20 of them in the last 20 minutes. Aaaaaand, of course Italy is not part of those.

So, if I wanted to use a whatever other region to be flashed via flashtool, which one is the more generic one I could use? Customized Nordic Combined? Customized Switzerland?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] hispanico957:
Usually customized Nordic but is convenient await Italian release

Hispa
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] coldtech:
Don't sweat it...according to XperiCheck, Vodafone and O2 can now be upgraded - however, neither I (Vodafone) nor my girlfriend (O2) have an update available yet. ;)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] iozzo:
Yeah? Did you check with the Sony Companion as well?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
Hang on, so O2 and Virgin get the update before the unlocked version here in UK?

There is absolutely no reason why network locked phones should get it before unlocked phones.

Samsung already does that nonsense and now Sony too? Dang.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] coldtech:
Checked on my phone, using the PC Companion, and Xperia Companion.

edit: country is germany
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] x2srj:
Is the Nordic one Customized NOBA?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] limduldk:
yes
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] e2zippo:
Available in PC Companion for me now, I'm in Sweden. Updating right now, will report back!
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] danishdaycare:
Ota also?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] e2zippo:
No OTA as of yet.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] danishdaycare:
Aaaaargh. Forgot my usb-cable at home - in school right now.....

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Are there usually long delay between pc companion and ota- release?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] chriselv:
Just a couple of quick questions:

1) what is the advantage of the Nordic (I am living in the nordics btw) over the Singapore version? I couldn't wait to upgrade yesterday.

2) how much space does Android take up on your phones? On mine Android System is listed to take up 9.43 GB! I think that's a little bit crazy.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] PolliSoft:
Normally the different customizations have been tweaked and tested by the operators in that area. So, if you are using a Tele 2 SIM, you will use the Tele 2 modem configuration that is tested in the Nordics. If you flash the Singapore version, it will probably work but might not be optimized.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] youvedone:
I flashed the Singapore one (1298-5155) on my 1298-1220 variant without reset anything.

It feels extremly snappier.. nice! But Google Play Store App dies.. even after deletion of data and

What I tried

- Fastboot TWRP

- Install Super Su (via TWRP)

- Install GApps [nano] (via TWRP)

-> no booting at all

Reflash Singapore - working fine again.

next time I'll try fastboot twrp, and install supersu / Gapps seperatly to find out whats causing the problem. Gapp Store dying isn't nice :)

ah.. BTW what I had bevore:

- 5.1 (E5823_32.0.A.6.200_Customized DE)

- TWRP

- Rooted (via Supersu / TWRP)

- Unlocked Bootloader

- Installed dedrm
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Zenthusiast:
Nordic is the best.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Alpha4:
Owner of an unbranded, unlocked Z5C here. Can someone explain please - are the 'Customised' versions listed on xpericheck.com the unbranded versions of the MM update? If not, I do not see any generic, unbranded updates, they are all carrier specific.

Many thanks.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] dillalade:
I know. I'm waiting for customised UK too.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] CGS1585:
Yes customised versions are unbranded versions.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] darktheory:
Me too.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] emmanuelkeyz:
Same here! Doesn't make sense :confused:
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] pilauda:
If i put customised CH now, will i receive next updates OTA? Or i will always need to flash ftf?

Sent from my Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] dillalade:
Neither of the Z range has received customised UK.

The irony given the Sony UK Twitter leak.

Just set this up to prevent me checking the website like every 2minutes. Frustrating!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.webalert
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tudork:
It's a little strange that customised version are the network unlocked versions. I am in Belgium and no update is available (OTA and Companion) but the website lists Customized BE for a while now. Customized UK is also there but people have not received it yet. I know it will come eventually and I try to stay rational and reasonable but it's a little hard...
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Guul:
Waiting for customised NL too...

Strange to see updates for branded versions.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] toxic_garden:
weird. At the first try, the nordic version didn't install using FLashtool. Something about errors in the first sin-File. Rebooted the phone, gave it another shot, now it's installing fine. Me so excited! :D
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] chriselv:
Why?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] zakiwashi:
I had left my phone at work and forgot it was that i had to swipe up twice to dismiss the quick settings. But I have also realised it is because I have internet speed meter running which acts as a constant notification. Doh.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] daanp123:
We will have to wait untill February.

See second post on https://www.facebook.com/xperiaturkiyefan/timeline

Xperia™ Z5 serisi Şubat ayı ortalarında Android 6.0 Marshmallow'a güncellenecek.

(Xperia ™ Z5 series in mid-February will be updated to Android 6.0 marshmallows..)
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Ah well lucky for us feb is around the corner but hard to read your source when my turkish is bad :(
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] daanp123:
Mijnes ook daarom google translate ftw
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] dillalade:
I'm a long time Sony user since z1c. I gotta say the z5c has begun to grind down to a slow pace after many months.

I just hope a full wipe install when 6.0 releases will bring the phone back to par.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Huh? So you blaming sony for changes from kitkat to lollipop? Is there even a brain in that head of yours? I dont like the quick settings also but thats a thing from google and not sony. I know sony can solve this but to many changes and it will go like samsung where you have to wait months for a update and most of the time you getr zero updates.,
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Lemming0815:
You could root your phone and get an xposed module which does what you want. If it doesn't exist you could write it yourself or at least support the community around it. There will be many users out there being stuck on lollipop.

But jumping back to topic: does anyone know, how easy and revertible the root process in marshmallow will be?

Never run an unchanged system...
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Anyone with the marshmallow on their z5c's??
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
I don't think it's true. That is a Sony fan page from Turkey. There would be one XDA user showing pictures or screenshots if it were true. Let's wait a few days/weeks.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] RiTCHiE007:
Ah really? Again? This the 2nd time that they fooled me :( But heard the 6.0 is out for the M4 and z5 will be out in the states in a few days so lets hope it will come before that.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] thesebastian:
I think they've been ***** trolling us for a few days.

You can read the FB page and translate it to English using Chrome...

https://www.facebook.com/xperiaturkiyefan/timeline

But there is no reliable source yet.

You know, after several months since Sony started the Concept ( I think the last Concept OTA was delivered in December). If you keep saying "OTA was released" every 2 days, you'll be right sometime. So that's my opinion about this blog and many others.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] tanto124:
Just have checked it on XperiFirm, it seemed that the Turkey latest release is 32.0.A.6.152
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] baste07:
News was a fake
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] mickliq:
Getting so frustrated waiting for this, I loaded MM 6.0.1 onto my ancient Galaxy S4 GPe. It's sad to see what stock Android MM does on a SD600 vs. Lollipop on the z5c SD810.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] dillalade:
I'm gonna give mm a month if it ever comes out, if the phone is still pants then I'm giving up on this device for good. Can't stand the allover sluggishness in every operation the phone does, frustrating as a user and very annoying as a longtime follower of this range.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Notchr302:
March last year was the update to the z3c. Seriously why would anyone think this year is different?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] :
Would you please stop sharing this lying fan page? All god Damm news sites copying without even notice this was fake.

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[Xperia Z5 Compact General] baste07:
Well its classic Sony. I love their phones but their after sales service and support is one of the worst I've seen
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] Phazonclash:
Same here fellow Montrealer. My Z5 is a lagfest of issues and bugs Sony never fixed (since October...). I'm extremely dissapointed in that phone... Can't complain about the hardware, it's great. But the software is just plain awful! In fact, it's probably the worst Android manufacturer ROM I've used in the last 5 years... (Yup, even with its Touchwiz UI, and I'm not a fan, my old Note 3 had less issues and bugs)

I miss my OnePlus One + Temasek's CyanogenMod ROM. That phone, with it's outdated Snapdragon 801 and a custom AOSP ROM, provided me a better/more fluid/more reliable and more enjoyable Android user experience than the Z5 could only dream of (even with its much faster Snapdragon 810).

Marshmallow is my last hope. If Sony doesn't get its **** together, that will have been the first and will be the last Xperia phone I buy. And trust me, I'll be on a mission do dissuade as much people as I can to buy a Sony phone! I can't believe a company like Sony can be that amateurish and isn't even able to provide a decent firmware that actually works as it should. In its current state, the Z5 Lollipop firmware belongs to a 150$ Chinese handset. It's unworthy of a 700$ flagship phone.

I'm not impressed.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] supercakefish:
If the Z6 is announced before the Z5 Compact gets Marshmallow (or if Marshmallow does not fix the performance issues) I will never buy Sony again.
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] LeeCHeSSS:
I flashed the Vodafone NL firmware, and am now constantly having Google Play Store crash on me. I tried updating it with the latest available apk's (sideloading - because I don't have my bootloader unlocked, so no TWRP/CWM) and clearing cache/data for both Play Store as Play Services, but all without any positive effect. I tried reflashing the entire ftf, but again, no effect.

I rather not do a factory reset, is there any other method to get these crashes resolved?
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] youvedone:
[MENTION=531257]LeeCHeSSS[/MENTION]

same here.. with "Customized CH" and "Generic Singapore"
[Xperia Z5 Compact General] raytheblacksmith:
I had Play Store problems like this once after flashing the Z3 Compact with Marshmallow and I solved them by:

– disable Play Store in app settings

– "would you like to restore factory version?" – why yes I would actually

– open Play Store and allow it to update itself (and marvel at how the interface used to look)

I'm not saying this will work for you, it did for me that one time though.