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[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] grigtm:
hello

now I am trying to loose headaches, I rooted my phone also because of bloatware using alot of that small space called memory on M4Aqua, and some other things, except xposed - not a fan of it

I could solve this problem 3 ways :

1. phone flashed to stock 5.0 (whole stock Lolipop 5.0 ftf file) with Flashtool, (cannot flash 6.0 directly over 5.0 because Flashtool doesn't wipe system, only data and cache???), - most reliable method and 100% that it will work to update, if the stock reflash will work

2. the most simple unroot method I think (didn't tried it) is:

use Root Browser and delete manually SU app from /system/bin and/or /system/xbin, or/and uninstall Superuser.apk and reboot to unrooted phone??-> factory reset and try to update to MM

3. dunno if it will work. Wipe everything from recovery ( 2-3-4 times to be sure it is gone forever)-> Flashtool -> flash MM6.0 whole.ftf

4. recovery+root -> http://xdaforums.com/m4-aqua/general/root-t3421932

I thought a lot updating to MM, but after Flashtool fail, didn't thought too much before that fail, thing ware simple in my mind, just flash and it will work, stupid me.

I will try next weekend, maybe, but I need to see if it worth it -> overheating and battery life, I need to read more about it

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[MENTION=5341092]natheux[/MENTION] you need XperiFirm, it works with flashtool, google it, or youtube it
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] silencar:
still no MM in germany :rolleyes:

where to get the stock file for central europe or nordic (Xperia M4 Aqua (E2303) 26.3.A.0.131 Nordic Generic) ???

:confused::confused::confused:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] wetrustinlove:
??? i get MM update with sonyapp some weeks ago?! so i think u do something wrong :)

greets & peace
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] silencar:
*irony - on*

I luv qualified answers :good:

*irony - off*

what sonyapp?? Companion?? It says, my phone is up-to-date - what can be done wrong here?!?!

OTA is not supported for MM, as far as I know, and doesnt show an update - so nth wrong to be done here neither!!

*irony - on*

so, please, "omniscient junior member", please tell me, what have I done wrong??? pleeeaasse tell me ..

*irony - off*
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
FR Xperia M4 Dual Still on Lollipop...from XperiFirm and Xperia Companion NO UPDATE.

Seems that France, Belgium, Greece..and so on (Europe Central) no MM release for now...I don't understand why...:(:(
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] WormsWarII:
Hello,

Here are some "news" from the official french Sony Mobile's facebook page.

Original thread (french) :

That can be roughly translated by :

Source :

see Guests' publications on www DOT facebook DOT com / sonymobilefr (sorry, i'm not-allowed to post the direct link as i'm a new user)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pierre.grand:
on xpericheck:

2303 : 93 maintained customs. 59 updated in 1 month.

24 to go. So around the 15 of September, 2303 roll out will be over and Sony will probably (re)start to take care of the 2333 version...

xpericheck.com/device/E2303
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Lef_Nutz:
whoa

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is this thread dead?

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the new marshmallow update is still bad
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Lef_Nutz:
asdf

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hmm, do the animations lag to you on this phone?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] tolo530:
i don't recive MM update yet :(

My device is E2303 (from Spain)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] escobar_:
Me neither (E2303 from France).
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
With XperiFirm seems that Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Customized FR has received the update (E2333) but if I connect phone at PC and launch Xperia Companion...nothing.

I've downloaded the new update from XperiFirm...but how Xperia Companion don't notify the update now?

someone who has a Xperia M4 Aqua Dual and did the update, how did it go? How goes MM on this phone?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] :
I have Xperia M4 Aqua Dual E2333, bought in France, I'm using it in Italy. I noticed (thx to Xperifirm), but here nothing through Xperia Companion...

A month ago I flashed MM firmware (26.3.B.131 ) using flashtool. In that version there were some known bugs as:

- Themes that does not affect statusbar (it remains black, like KK and lower versions of android)

- "Detect USB storage" in the quicksettings, but M4 Aqua does not support USB OTG

- WiFi battery drain if turned on and not connected (also if enbled the voice "search networks also if WiFi is off")

If with this "second rollout" the bugs are solved I would definitevely abandon my Russian firmware and flash this new ones.

Can you let me know if the bugs remains? Thanks
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
I'm in your exactly conditions: bought in France, my GF using it in Italy.

Version of rool out seems the same as you mentioned : 26.3.B.0.131_R5C

so there are that bugs on this version..Today I'm so busy at work, but this night or tomorrow night I'll try to flash new version.

I'm ask here because I want an opinion before flash it ;) because I'm not using this phone, but my GF..so, before flash this version and heard complaining against me, I wanted to know how it was ;)

Hope these bugs are fixed :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] :
What a coincidence :)

I understand your situation.. But I can't help you for now, I'm sorry

let's hope for the bugs...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] theronkinator:
Is there a locked bootloader root method for this yet? It has the quadrooter bug so should be exploitable but I've not seen anything.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] kegiubimat:
Hi.

I have E2312.

So, I check the RAM . The result is only 833 MB.

Not 2GB like on the webpage.

I don't understand why. Help me plz. Thanks a lot.

[IMG="My phone."]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9SD3Tk8S6ZqZVhVaXRSaTYyMkE[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Lef_Nutz:
with the new update, it still doesnt perform well

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stamina mode disables all animations and its really poorly implemented

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Okay so I don't know if many of you will see this, but I've started a petition to fix this Marshmallow update permanently. I seriously can't believe the poor choices Sony make with their phones. This Marshmallow update was rushed in the end, and this phone has the potential to be better. Heating issue is kind of resolved, it doesn't heat up as it used to, but there is still a problem with the animations. Stamina mode is really bad, and no adoptable storage. If you want to make a change, then please sign the petition right here: https://www.change.org/p/sony-marshmallow-update-patch-needs-to-be-released-on-the-xperia-m4-aqua
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
Petition signed. I don't understand why Sony abandoned this phone. :(:(
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] xezrunner:
The black statusbar in reality isn't a bug, but rather an "improvement" they made from user feedback. On the official support forum, people were complaining that the status bar was blue or whatever theme color they had set in apps that aren't using the semi-transparent statusbar introduced in Lollipop. They said it should be like it was on KK and before, black.

You can fix this issue yourself by using the Lollipop themes (there's a thread on XDA with the MM themes fixed aswell).

But I think Sony could fix this issue by making their apps like Settings, Messaging, Phone, Calendar etc... use the semi-transparent System UI style and set the color behind the statusbar to be the theme color. They're using the classic "opaque" status bar method so they match(ed) the theme, at least on Lollipop.

I hope that clears everything up. :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
So, other bugs on this update?

Because the battery drain linked to WiFi continues search even if off it's a known issue on lollipop or Marshmallow.

Other bugs? How goes camera, system fluidity, playing or apps like Facebook, Twitter or similar?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pierre.grand:
Bluetooth malfunction also

Mike not working even if the pairing is OK...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
With a "clean" installation of update? Or a dirty install over 5.0.1?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pierre.grand:
hello

both.

Did a flash using flashtool keeping the user data.

==>bluetooth not ok

factory reset

==>bluetooth not ok

XPERIA companion repair

==>bluetooth not ok

I use this ftf source :http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/116-xperia-flashtool

Very interested to know if other users exeprienced this issue on VAG cars (seat leon 3 for me)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] EHSAN™:
i Install MEA Rom And Not Have Battery Drain And Bluetooth Bugs, Just OTG Not Work For Me
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
What 's MEA Rom?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] EHSAN™:
it's A Area Like FR,RU,And... :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
Ok. I've just flashed Customized_FR on my gf Xperia M4 Aqua Dual with FlashTool.

So far, so good.

I've disabled animation from Developers Option menu and test with SBH20 bluetooth, and bluetooth works good.

MM 6.0.1 runs very well with M4 Aqua Dual, because 16GB of ROM it's ok instead of 8 GB of M4 Aqua normal version.

After install all apps, phone have 7,1 GB free onboard ROM. That's good.

First impression are: better memory managment, better fluidity, system is smooth, Sony stock camera app it's slow but works well.

As my habit, as her uses it I will update you with the impressions ;)

Thanks to all for the information and the feedbacks
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Loweack:
Bad news from the French Community Manager (@SonyXperiaFR)

https://twitter.com/TechLoic/status/736094843164729345

So no Adoptable Storage on the M4 Aqua...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Asan7:
M4 storage

So we can return this piece of brick... :(
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] diyar95:
Yes maybe in the first update they don't but they will add all the features by minor update don't worry :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Deathmake:
But quesition when first update

Sent from Xperia M4 Aqua
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] diyar95:
It's scheduled for the end of this month but i believe it will be in the beginning of next month because most of xperia update in the past was at 7th to 10th of month :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] dagger1:
Just root the phone and uninstalll it (i did)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] rp-x1:
I would but none of my banking apps work with a rooted device, and I'd rather have control of my money than 200mb.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] vyrussu:
I also have problems with my banking apps, not working on rooted phone... there is no way we can make them work on rooted phone?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] jms_209:
Has the update ever been on time?

Don't want to get my hopes up, so I assume next week or so.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] strippenzieher:
Even on the German support site Marshmallow is promised:

http://support.sonymobile.com/de/xperiam4aqua/software/

But there is no date fixed for the rollout.

Just waiting...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] diyar95:
What is your news? I don't understand in the page there is nothing about marshmallow and your picture corrupted
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] outofmemory13:
Do you remember xperia sp? Sony since the beghining promises, that SP will be updated to kitkat... where is It? Even I asked - they confirmed...

Sony and their promises.... I'm really hoping to see marshmallow on m4 but when? 6.0 officialy has been released in probably december(idk) ...sony still working on AWESOOOOME Stock(woooh! almost half a year!). As always.. I must wait for xda devs, for better rom than sony stock...

I can understand samsung stock roms, because their roms are fully improved and fixed... can't realize eg. cyanogenmod on S3 - stock is way better (for me) but sony? just haha.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] jonnyd100:
A lot of these Sony reps who man the twitter pages have different answers. I asked on the online support chat and they wouldn't tell me when or what would be included with the M update
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] lukas1838:
I think he has no news. But on the German site Marshmallow is announced. But you can't see this on the Mobile site. Just on the Desktop Version. I can't post an Image of this Because of the 10 Post limitation. :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] capridream:
this message is also showed on italian support page of aqua. The image of deutch page is this
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Deathmake:
Polish version too

Sent from Xperia M4 Aqua
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] diyar95:
OMG guys you didn't see it before i just saw it in November 2015 they added 7 month before now :(
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] atmojoid:
New software update available

Today, The new software update available for Xperia M4 Aqua, but when i click "Ok" to download, nothing happened. I think it's close :D

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[IMG="02"]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cjr6Nl5UkAEgVL-.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="03"]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cjr6PkiUYAA8scs.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Trikk-e:
I guess you already had the latest firm (26.1.A.3.111/120).

It's coming...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Etiaro:
I don't think so...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] EnricoLH:
The quality of the speaker is now awful, and listening music with headphones (wired) is tragic. I'm downgrading to Lollipop...
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
Today I've noticed that the badge with number of pending notifications on app icons (like facebook or what'sup) not present or not work.

I've discovered that in this release the home is in 10.0.A.0.31 version. On my z3 plus I've the .73 version. If I try to install .73 version, fail (I think because is a system app, so don't allow overwrite

Other user experienced this? Notification number on app icon is present? Which version of Xperia Home do you have? How can I update home version in a "non-rooted" mm 6.0.1?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Vasko01:
I have Xperia home 10.2.A.1.0, updated it with the software update app
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
No notification about home update in software update app. :(

EDIT: Installed 10.2.A.1.0 over system app, work excellent. Thanks to [MENTION=7431220]Vasko01[/MENTION] for his suggestion.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Vasko01:
I got that update 3 weeks to a month ago BTW I installed Marshmallow with the Baltic generic ftf
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pierre.grand:
Hello dear community,

I'm seeking a feedback from user in this configuration:

E2333

26.3.B.0.131-R5C

Can you let me know if you are using bluettoh with any Volsksvagen/Audi/Seat/Skoda car (>2012) ? Any issue?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
my GF has this phone with this version of system (now). With bluetooth stereo headphones no problems.

I'll try on my Ford Fiesta Sync and let you know.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Vasko01:
I just received an update for Xperia launcher 10.2.A.1.12, now I can enable swipe left for Google Now
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
can you share this home update apk? :highfive:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Vasko01:
I got the update on the whats new app and where can I find the apk?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
There are a lot of apps to "backup" installed apps that extract apk files...some are free, other limited, other need root.

If you have root on your phone, the fasted method is to go on your system/app directory and copy the home.apk from there to other directory of your filesystem or SD file. That's it. That files is apk files of home.

But if you have that update by what's new...I hope that even I can update from it. This evening I'll try.

Thanks for your availability:good:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] xezrunner:
Wouldn't they have to get it from /data/app? That's where updates get installed, the /system/app is always reserved for the "Uninstall updates" option in Settings.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
Maybe..try it. ;)

Meanwhile I found the news about it here

http://www.xperiblog.com/2016/10/xperia-home-102a112beta-adds-google-now.html?m=1
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] g2_930:
Hello to all. I am using E2333 from France.

Now it seems that the update with build number 26.3.B.1.33 is out, according to both XperiCheck and the e-mail from Sony Care, but when I connect it to Xperia Companion, it keeps saying my phone is up-to-date. Is anyone in the same situation? Or are still trying to fix another bug?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
same situation on my GF Xperia M4 Aqua Dual. :confused: I don't understand why Xperia Compaion says "no updates"...if I want to listen Xperia Companion, my GF M4 Aqua Dual still on lollipo 5.0 :confused:

I think that even in this case, I download it from XperiFirm and flash with Flashtool.;)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] pierre.grand:
Hi

don't need to use flashtool.

Just execute a repair in Xperia companion.

After 2 retries it went well on my E2333.

Working just fine now in android 6!
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
Yes, but with "repair" function Xperia Companion restore lollipop..before I flash MM with flashtool.

So, I'll wait a week, just for give time to Xperia Companion..I know that depends from customize firmware, but with XperiFirm her m4 aqua firmware has the latest version.

after this week, I'll flash update with flashtool.

EDIT: Flashed and seems that audio output is better now. :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] grigtm:
hello

in first 5-10 pages of this thread I writhed that flashtool had errors when I tried to flash 6.0.1 , so had no solution, but yesterday worked, maybe it was because of drivers or maybe not, anyway, I reinstalled latest flashtool version and drivers and it worked, actually several times because I softbriked 2 or 3 times phone trying to root(some problems with su version and su binary after flashing and after updated su from market)

so, if the phone was rooted, the only, and I mean, the only way to get 6.0.1 is flashtool, I tried yesterday 6 hours different methods, OTA and PC companion detected up to date software every time, flashed 3 different android 5.0 versions, wiped everything, factory reset, nothing, just the message that a modified software cannot be updated (maybe unlocked BL has to do with this ), repaired or blast to Mars, so thumb up for flashtool

if the phone was rooted, BL unlocked, companion will always detect up to date and cannot do anything about it, this situation cannot be undone ( maybe at Sony service )

I red somewhere (google it) that in some situations (excluding any modification to original phone/rom) it can happen that companion doesn't/cannot detect updates or do the update, the solution is to put phone in safe mode or pull out sd card, or..... let it for another day to try, try many times-eventually will or not work, go to Sony service
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] mrm2007:
Hello guys,

Until yesterday i was on Android 5 without any problem. Yesterday i updated the phone with xperia companion to Android 6.0.1 (26.3.B.1.33, My phone is E2333). Today , after working a day and 2 or 3 time reboots, I noticed that the boot time of the phone is increased a lot! (I didn't install anything new except Google play services update). In Android 5 , by boot time was about 45..50 Seconds , but currently is about 2 minutes!! ( My Stamina mode was always active in Android 5 and it's off in android 6)

Is this Normal ? (BTW i have around 200 apps installed, but same apps were installed on android 5 too!)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] DomusX10:
Do you have updated over 5.0 installation or doing a clean install? Because, my advice, is to do a clean install when you switch between two major release.

In this way, phone is clean as first time startup. If you've done a dirty update (over 5.0 install, without format system, app etc..) rebooting could be due to this.

Try. My GF Xperia M4 Aqua Dual with a clean install of 6.0.1, never self reboot until now. :good:

If you refer to "boot time" instead, in my opinion it's normal that 6.0.1 needed more time to boot on M4 Aqua compared to 5.0, due to new security system and more files and library that MM has. ;) but, this is only my opinion.

Even my Z3 plus on 6.0.1 has a long boot time...but, I don't care about it. If "long time" are 1 minute...no problem for me.:p
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] mrm2007:
Hello,

I installed it over 5.0.

BTW , i don't have a self reboot problem. I think i didn't explain it clearly. I rebooted the phone 2-3 times after updates myself. After updating to 6.0.1 and a day of work and rebooting the phone myself 2 or 3 times, the Phone boot time was about 2:05 minutes. That was a lot compare to 45 second boot time of android 5. But it's solved now! after another day of work and rebooting the phone myself, currently the boot time is almost 1 minutes (may be 1-2 seconds less), so i think it's fine now.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Timo2112:
Hello, my sister's phone is having bugs with the camera and the wifi in lollipop.

We have a dual band wifi and the device doesn't work with any of them and the camera makes a purple flash (5 or 10 seconds)on the screen before showing the image every time she opens the camera app.

So I'm searching for a way to solve these issues. Are these issues still in Marshmallow? Or are not related with software? Any solution such as hard reset or something that doesn't need an upgrade?

Any advice before the upgrade to marshmallow?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] WormsWarII:
Hello,

As I have not encountered the problem you describe, neither on lollipop nor on marshmallow, I'm enclined to think the problem is hardware related.

Reseting or updating (as long as you do a clean update - i.e. not OTA) will have the same effect.

So I would advise you to do the update (do a backup before).

Regards
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Timo2112:
Thanks for the reply.

What kind of reset do you recommend to use? (Before an update or to stay in lollipop)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] razorDev:
I still don't get why they made the statusbar black for most of the settings and other apps. I miss the lollipop statusbar, it was more colouful.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Ahateon:
Search xda for fixed mm stock themes
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] xezrunner:
Grab one of the Style cover themes by Sony from the Play Store

The black one is probably the closest to the Lollipop Blue color, the theme is the exact same stock theme just with the Style cover background and I guess colors. It makes the statusbar colored in classic apps.

Here's a link to the theme in the Play Store
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] escobar_:
One year after the update release I still haven't got it on my phone... God damned thing just says that software is up to date.

Any "easy" way to update it regardless of the official Companion app and Sony (or operators) update policies?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] outofmemory13:
CLICK HERE (Taken from wireshark)

UPDATE: NO :cowboy:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Utking:
1: Root phone.

2: Uninstall bloat and ****.

3: Disable root in Superuser

4: Use banking apps as usual

5: Profit!
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] esklarski:
Ha!

For most phones that is truer than it should be.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Kruszeck:
they said m4 will receive marshmallow in w21-end of MAY. And what now?? ==
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] diyar95:
Maybe we got wrong. They meant end of may 2017 ?
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] dagger1:
I hope Sony releases the MM update before people start killing each other at XDA XD
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] donalberto17:
So... six months isn't enough to update this device to marshmallow, bravo Sony! We can wait a hundred years if you want.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] Moerto:
Yeah.. There is no way that i will buy any sony device after this bull****.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] ugurcansayan:
M4 is the oldest phone Sony is selling. C4 was released after M4 and got the Android Lollipop (5,1) update. M4 has Android Lollipop (5).

I'm cool with my phone's current status, but this isn't cool for most of users.

I don't know how Sony will handle Stamina mode in Android Marşmelov (6) update, but they promised 2-days battery power on store page, so, I assume there will be it somehow. And adoptive storage using external MicroSD card was confirmed by official Sony Support via email. I don't know who posts on their Français Twitter account. I hope this Snapdragon 615 will still do good.

Let's see what happens.

I bet: stamina somehow, adoptive external storage.