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[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] mkhalid:
First, we need a custom kernel and disable the force encryption then apply magisk for root. magisk does not work on stock kernel.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
Well obviously I know that. I tried patching the kernel but I failed. Didn't want to wait for androplus update but guess I have no choice
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
I check the ramdisk

That is different from previous ramdisk

For example fstf.qcom.rc not in ordinary (old method edit this for system verify)

For Sony RIC must be disable in init.sony.rc

You not need custom kernel, only moding ramdisk is enouph
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
Good News!!!

Camera work fine without drmfix
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] chawlasrijan:
How are you guys getting the new InCall UI ?? Mine is still the same. I'm on Xperia XZ Dual.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] mkhalid:
Which TWRP is compatible with Oreo update?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] snake218:
Was about to ask that. Any quality improvement? How it's battery life?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ogi96:
If I update via flashtool+xperifirm and flash a different region's firmware will it wipe my user data? My region is Customized DE but the update is out only for US, Turkey and Latam.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
No if you don't check the wipe options your data will remain intact
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] omid_nr:
so while i was flashing this oreo and i got bootloop and then i tried to flash it again it told me ERROR - Processing of system.sin finished with errors. and then i tried to flash it without system.sin and now its stucked on No loader found or set manually. Skipping loader. Plus i really think my phone battery is around 10% and im not sure how to charge it cuz when i plug it to charger sony logo keep coming and reseting.any help here ?! boot loader is unlocked tho
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] korom42:
For your phone :

To force shutdown during bootloop

Hold (power button + vol up) untill you feel 3 consecutive vibrations

For pc :

- Close flashtool

- make sure your hard drive is not running out of space and you have at least > 10GB Free space (because while preparing firmware files with flashtool they will be decompressed and take more space)

- Re-install drivers found in C:\Flashtool\drivers

- Navigate to this floder on your pc C:\Users\yourusername\.flashTool\devices\F83XX you must find a file named 41.fsc like shown in picture below

if you don't have copy and past the 39.fsc file and rename it 41.fsc

- If you get this question choose yes

- I recommend charging your device at least 50% if possible before proceeding

- Open flashtool and start flashing when it ask you to enter flashmode follow the usual steps (vol down+plug usb cable)

- If none of above worked try downloading another firmware maybe yours is corrupt
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Atrax2010:
Quick camera comparison

I thought we're not getting a new camera app., but it's now 1.5.A.0.17.

It's not the new UI from XZP and XZ1, but they seem to have made some changes.

See in the pictures yourself. I'm impressed with what was achieved.

The distortion is still there and I doubt it'll be fixed for this sensor.

The shots below were taken with phone proped up and auto mode detected it as tripod.

The handheld samples will be in second post, also auto mode.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] snake218:
Impressive, noise and focus it has improved a lot. Worth trying even is not yet rooted
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Atrax2010:
Didn't have time to test daytime, but if these lowlight shots are to go by, they removed almost all unnecesary noise and oversharpening. Photos have a bit more natural look to them, more detail is resolved, I don't see any more of the overexposure, and the colors look more accurate.

Speakers are slightly louder and a bit more clear and punchy.

All in all, pretty happy with Oreo so far. In terms of performance, I can't tell, never had lags or anything like that wit Nougat, so it seems fine to me, fast and snappy.

What is the most important to me is battery life. I would get 3 days easy with Nougat, will see how this one holds.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] angel.mariano:
Im wondering if the sony messaging app got replaced by the google messaging app with the new Oreo update.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Unfortunately no..
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] dttungz:
Manual ISO and SS are mutually exclusive, if one is modified the other is set to AutoView attachment 4342648View attachment 4342649
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] nielneal:
Is update out for you in India or you flashed anyother firmware
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] chawlasrijan:
I flashed Custom TH.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ramirrat:
That's good if not replaced, google messaging app is crap
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
Exactly and google messenger can be downloaded from the play store anyway
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] omid_nr:
there was 41.fsc still i tried deleting it and putting a new 41.fsc by renaming 39.fsc but still recieving C:\Users\xxx\.flashTool\devices\F83XX\loader.sin (The system cannot find the file specified) error and cant work it out im on windows 10 and its cancer.any idea?! is this a driver problem !?

edit: well i update my flashtool to latest version and now its fine guess the first ftf i downloaded was coruped and now the one from xperifirm worked just fine
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] darekesp:
I have question to oreo users. Now XZ it's louder or not? I do test with sonometr when CE1 get update. And realy camera take better pics?

Wysłane z mojego F8331 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Yes it is louder and for camera some users reported good result
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
Any chinese member here to help download this patcher?it works on OREO

http://bbs.gfan.com/android-9193538-1-1.html
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
That is a ROM with drm fix.

You must be registered to download full ROM.

* I use google translator.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
[MENTION=4371102]GenomeX[/MENTION]

I know that. It's not the full rom. It's tutorial for patching. I also used Google translation my problem is the log in part
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] snake218:
Anyone can help to share the patch? Can't login it's a pita
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
I tried finding a Chinese member to help but haven't had much success yet. Should we open a request thread or just wait for the devs?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] rmartinezdl:
I always format my phones when upgrading major versions of andoird, right now I am using a Customized UK verison, theres no problem if I download the Customized GEL version and just format and install right?

Thanks,
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
Flash with flashtool and check wipe options. No problem will occur. Don't forget to back up data
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] korom42:
I made detailed guide here to acheive root + patching kernel on oreo
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Amosha97:
hello guys,i'm trying to flash android 8 to my XZ I've never done this before ,what confuse me is the regions i don't know which region my phone is however it's R1D and i'm currently downloading the customize SA which is R2E,so is this ok to do?

the CDA code is 1305-0129_R1D
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] rmartinezdl:
AFAIK the only regions with Oreo right now are GEL, USA, TR, in fact I've never heard of Customized SA, where are you downloading your rom from? As long as you got the model right F8331 there should be no problem if you flash any customized rom.

I just flashed the Customized GEL but I think it runs slow af.

Maybe just my phone, plus there is an annoying Cell Information notification, also annoying af.

Cheers,
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Customized SA working fine here, but with no VoLTE support (seems), so you can flash whatever variants then a baseband from Nougat .76 build of your own region.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Amosha97:
My model is F8332,anyways the flash tool says your phone is locked so idk what to do here.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Your phone is probably carrier-branded so you cannot flash another variant ones.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ogi96:
Received Oreo OTA for Customized DE region. Performance feels good, PiP works, and the camera is improved as well. Much less noise/grain. One change I noticed is that 'system' is now taking 1.3-1.4gb of ram compared to 1.0-1.2 of nougat so I'll report in a few days if this affects multitasking(apps getting kicked out of memory). People who didn't get the update yet feel free to ask anything.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Really concerned with two things ..

Speaker performance while watching Netflix?? Or say on a WhatsApp or YouTube call or even normal call on speakers.. Has the volume increased??

What about battery life?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ogi96:
Speakers are a bit hard to judge. I don't think they are louder but are clearer and less mushy sounding when playing music/videos(could be placebo, not sure). Voice calling seems the same, never had issues with volume there. I've only been on Oreo for 2 hours so I'll post battery life/screen-on-times in a couple of days. I was getting consistent 2 day life on nougat with around 6 hours of SOT.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Do you have any ldac device with you?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ogi96:
No, only have wired headphones. Headphone audio is still amazing 10/10.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Amosha97:
Yeah i tried unlocking but couldn't figure it out,the good news is xperia check says customized MAA is out ,i think that's my region since the CDA code is the same, so i'll wait few hours and see if i get it :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] rmartinezdl:
Try using Doctor Sim, ive used it in the past, but cant paste a link i think, obviously they charge for the unlock code.

That way you can unlock your phone to use it on any network and flash any customized rom.

Cheers,
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Donfla:
Can anybody upload the 1305-0896 Customized RU ftf file for Xperia™ XZ (F8331) . If yu can upload it to drive, forthe fast download speed. Big thx!
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Amosha97:
I don't think it's a sim lock the flash tool said bootloader ,i also have 2 different sims in my phone.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Still no update in India :(
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] zyxel25:
the wifi range is still weak on 2.4GHz router and the 4g reception is weak too sad ☹️
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] MegaSharkXDA:
Anyone with some battery life insights so far?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] darekesp:
It's weird they relase CE1 today but OTA and Xperia Companion don't detected update.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Then you are not running CE1 or wait for a couple more hours.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] darekesp:
It's relase 11 AM and always I got update the same time
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Donfla:
Hi I flashed the turkey rom everything is OK but I don't have mobil data. No internet... I downloaded the internet and mms data but don't internet. How can I fix it?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] darekesp:
Try repair option in Xperia Companion
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ogi96:
Currently going through my first full day on Oreo. I got a consistent 2 day life on Nougat with 5-6 hours of SOT so if that trend continues I'll post screenshots tomorrow night when it's charge time again. So far so good. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Donfla:
Doesnt help...:( but thx!

Anybody can give a link to the 41.3.A.0.401 Customized CE1 (F8331) ftf rom? PLS I cant create ftf file in xperiafirm...
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Peter_31:
Dont panic the same issue CE1 released but no OTA/Xperia Companion. :cyclops:
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] darekesp:
I install via flashtool [emoji3]

Wysłane z mojego F8331 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] snake218:
Oreo is great, a lot faster/stable than nougat. Better camera quality and better sound from what i can tell. Battery life seems a bit better than N, hoping for a good kernel and xposed. If you can live without xposed, it's worth the update.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] darekesp:
On Oreo I play song on spotify max volume I think the sound it's the same maybe some one else can check it.

Wysłane z mojego F8331 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] Amosha97:
I need help here guys i think i messed up the device with my impatient actions,so i unlocked the bootloader and for the past 15h i've been trying to download a firmware but i couldn't the download always fail,few hours ago i got an email from sony telling me the update is avaliable,so i relocked the BL in order to get the OTA and it worked,now i'm downloading the update via OTA however the camera app doesn't work.

will this be fixed after the update finish? or do i have to unlock again after the update?

please point me to what i should do,i'm so tired and upset because if i just waited few hours non of this would've happened :(
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] S1gma:
Did you backup your DRM keys before unlocking bootloader? If yes - flash them back. If no - you have to unlock bootloader and use DRM fix instead. Other way camera will not work.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] MMAREK:
Yesteday's regions (CE1, etc.) are rolling out now!
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
Good job SONY...

All Google Pixel apps work perfect with sony oreo fw (google lens? I try to find a way to active this! I am on rooted phone and with root all things are possible)

Install google stuff, set granet permissions, and BINGO!!!

Sony clear ROM and less modifications make xperia devices like a fake Pixel & Nexus (i was a nexus user before)

Google camera highest resolution is 8mp at rear camera (sadly, but enough for me, and very snappy and fast in focus. Zero Lag Shoot)

If next Xperia be bazel-less and unlocked mega pixels, My next drive is sony device.

** I use pixel fonts, bootanim, sounds... Very busy to mode Light color Quick Panel. If that mode possible, i have a little pixel in my hand

Android use vector graphics (try to find "Draw Data Path" to modifications SystemUI and Settings)

Update: Enable google Lens too!!!
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
And this is screenshots :good:
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] snake218:
Does Google camera hdr+ work for you?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
Not testing camera yet
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] supergrass:
Does the phone have to be rooted to use the pixel apps?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
For Google Phone app: Yes (need permission xml file and dialer framework... If you add that files, can install phone app from play store like normal app)

For google lens: Yes (pixel_2017-exclusiv.xml in permissions folder.

For pixel fonts, sounds and bootanimation= Yes

Other apps work good without root: launcher, clock, camera, contacts, etc
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] MegaSharkXDA:
So how many SOT hours did you have on N and how many SOT hours do you have now on O?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] J.M.Siyath:
Request

Can you please give us it as a flashable zip?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] ogi96:
Sorry,forgot to take a screenshot yesterday. My phone survived the first two days on Oreo with a little more than 5 hours of SOT. Deep sleep is working great, dropped only 1% overnight. Falls right in line with what I experienced on Nougat.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] GenomeX:
For fonts see here:

https://xdaforums.com/mi-max-2/themes/font-android-oreo-8-1-google-sans-t3694864

For google phone app see here:

https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz/themes/mod-flashable-google-calling-experience-t3696909

For google lens in photos app see here:

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-3/themes/flashable-zip-google-lens-pixel-2-t3693859

For other stuff, find pixel launcher and Camera in apkmirror (latest versions work good) . Install other google apps from play store. (Install all like normal app! Contacts, Massages, Photos, Play Music, Clock, Calculator, Calendar,)

I upload my bootanim when arrive home. I debloated my device. Replace all sony apps by google apps (only 102 system apps installed... LOL)

** About battery life: %1 for 6hrs standby. I got 5.5 hrs SOT:

SIM2 always on LTE+

Browsing with Chrome in data

10 minutes Call with SIM1 in gsm

Bluetooth active all time and pair with my android wear smartwatch. (Use phone location and data always and read any notification from phone. Really battery drain with 4 services active always, but good in oreo)

Screen was at adaptive mode

Google Assistant enable and active in lockscreen too

I AM SO HAPPY WITH OREO BATTERY LIFE! ?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] snake218:
On nougat with androplus kernel and tweaks get around 6-7, getting less with Oreo, about 5hrs sot average (one day i got only like 3-4) Will try LXT tweaks for oreo and see if get more sot.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] MegaSharkXDA:
So that means it is not an improvement over Nougat
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] richardsu_94:
guys, China firmware still not getting Oreo?

---------- Post added at 06:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:00 AM ----------

forgot to state that i'm on stock rom, no root
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
China will not get updated not until Hong Kong got it according to my observation.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
What about BLX?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] quera:
After flashing google calling experience I'm getting "This device is not supported and phone calls may not work correctly." message upon start of Google Phone. Does it happen with you too?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Actually you can see for yourself at https://xpericheck.com/cda/1305-7680
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 100rabh7791:
Why is Indian release taking so much time.. Damn . Any idea when is it expected!?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Please make good use of xpericheck.com
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] toxic-hero:
i decided to get rid of root, locked back my bootloader, reinstalled DRM keys and installed stock Oreo on my XZ device. everything is working just fine except for battery life. my battery falls to 50% in three hours. i think it was a bad flash or something and i decided to reflash stock ROM. i am used to flashing ROMs on rooted devices but never really flashed it on a unrooted device. could someone please advise what to wipe and what to exclude when flashing with flashtool? please note, that i want to keep my data for now (i'll try without keeping my data if the battery life will still be bad after this). any help deeply apreciated. [MENTION=4371102]GenomeX[/MENTION] maybe?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
Include all and exclude none in the flashtool flash menu.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] toxic-hero:
i did exactly this before to purge the root and stuff and to get a stock device but couldn't boot. then i did it again with unchecked sudt-reset, master-reset and reset-wipe-reasion could boot normally.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Does anybody have any information about boot speed? It should be twice as fast
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] iXaidyiu:
It boot within 20 seconds for me...
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Wow that is extremely fast! Mine took 46 seconds!

(but I'm still on Nougat)
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 550D:
I don't know if it's 20 :)) but it is significantly faster*

And I also like how ram is used under oreo!

But I notice some flicker of screen on some apps in multitasking, when they are opened, I hope this will be fixed on next updates

*but who cares if we rarely turn off our phones
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
That's great! I can't wait! Too bad the update hasn't been released in my region yet :(

I've heard the November security patch drastically increases Play Services battery drain. Have you noticed any?

Oreo is all about the little things, isn't it?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 550D:
No not really, I think it's on same level as before View attachment 4351464
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Great! Some people (with other devices) mentioned it consumed 30% per hour!

And what about battery life in general for you? Some have said it's the same, but what about you?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 550D:
Same sh*t)) I wish it would become as on the Z series, but that's a too good to be true story! Maybe 1-2% more drain over night, but generally (with my usage) I need a little charge in the evening (45->75), if I plan to go out later at night.
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Thanks again for your answers! One last question: What about camera quality?
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 550D:
As wrote guys here, it's better. I don't have any reason not to believe them[emoji14]
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] MegaSharkXDA:
Been running Oreo for the past 48 hours and here are my findings so far:

POSITIVE

. Battery life seems to be better during sleep but worse during actual usage (more on this later)

. Love the new 5x6 grid option and 4x5 grid options

. Location battery usage now displays again High/Low battery usage per app

NEGATIVE

. Performance seems sluggish when resuming from sleep, and otherwise the same as Nougat under every other circumstance

. Display auto brightness feels super jerky and on steroids

. On 4x5 traditional grid options you lose folder real estate

. On 5x6 grid option some widgets fail to display all their information (e.g., weather widget, small Sony 2 clock...)

. Hate the constant notification for apps running on the background - like, I got that, stop nagging me Android!

. Weather app widget bug losing RealFeel still present

. Keyboard fast typing bugs still present

. Device encryption was enforced and it doesn't seem like you can disable it (most likely a cause for higher batter usage due to higher CPU being constantly used)

. I don't know what to do on Android Oreo's game under settings :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] 550D:
The constant notification for apps can be easily disabled - google it...
[Sony Xperia XZ Guides, News, & Discussion] korom42:
Battery on oreo is worse than before

The only thing I enjoyed on this update is having oreo ofc + the faster boot + new settings menu + new navbar

For battery SOT is very subjective .. with my LXT mod I achieved 1H of usage for 10% drain and 0% idle drain (+Greenify) ..4g on all time, brightness as low as possible (adpative brightness off)