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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] jayb222:
Not yet working for my best buy bought h8266. Says phone not supported.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] NoMercyWWE:
My Xperia H8266 is also not supported...yet or never?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hingbong:
can use google camera mod with hdr+?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] nasko_spasko:
Bootloop

Flashed it on my H8216 and all I got is bootloop. My bootloader is unlocked if that means anything.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
That's why, beta program need locked bootloader.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] nasko_spasko:
meh...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
Here's some screenshots on my phone ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
I have the H8216 model and PC Companion says my device does not support Android P Developer Previews. Any ideas?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
Is your phone carrier branded?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
It was unlocked but just checked and now it is. If that's the case regarding testing out Android P then that sucks.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] jazzypit:
it is stable?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
The disclaimer in developer site says branded phones aren't supported. But can't you just flash another region's ftf to debrand yours? Does xflasher support XZ2?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
Is there a ftf file for the XZ2 Android P Developer Preview?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
I meant flash oreo unbranded ftf then roll in beta
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
Yes but sometimes network is acting strange.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
Yeah I gathered. I can't seem to find any .ftf customized download links that don't need premium membership like alfafile. Can yuo help?

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I managed to flash the Commercial and Journalists firmware from February and the device is still sim locked. PC Companion says my device isn't supported.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
[MENTION=4062905]lintern[/MENTION]

use xperiafirm for free ftf downloads

for easy conversion just install flashtool.xperifirm is included in flashtool
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
It didn't work for Commercial and Journalists firmware but I flashed the Customized UK firmware and now it is letting me install the Android P Developer Preview!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
I'm Glad you finally got it to work.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
No Sony apps?

Camera working?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] myemail.akistra@gmail.com:
Developer preview FTF

If someone can post a working preview ftf, would be great :) especially now that the flashtool seems not work...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] NoMercyWWE:
Can you convert one model Into another model? And If so how to do so? I would Like to have P on my h8266
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] josephnero:
Not possible I'm afraid
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] myemail.akistra@gmail.com:
You can go on and flash whichever version of the same model you want but unfortunately, that will not change the actual model
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] NoMercyWWE:
Which then means no P for me yet
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
Can someone who installed this preview answer the above please ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
No Sony Apps, the camera is working for me. I tried downloading a couple of Sony APKs but they wouldn't install.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shafiq01:
Do you have VoLTE and VoWiFi working on this build or at least have the toggles in network and mobile network settings?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Klaus N.:
No, it's not available - neither in network, nor in mobile network settings.

Btw, I've attached the output from the Service Menu > Service tests > Security. I guess, it's because there's most probably no Sony framework?!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shafiq01:
Fastboot flashing userdata.img from oreo with working IMS network settings is probably not valid on top of Android P i suppose. Asking for bootloop hehe..
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Milly7:
Is the included launcher named launcher 3 or xperia home?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] saywhat4118:
Something else, it's called Quickstep. Not quite the Pixel Launcher.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] NoMercyWWE:
btw on my Xperia xz2 it magically worked today. So H8266 Image should be up by now at least mine has flashed via Xperia companion
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mario.D:
Yes dual sim are supported.[emoji3]

But i will wait until they fixed some of the worst bug/features.

Skickat från min H8266 via Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] sladluk:
I flashed on my XZ2 with closed bootloader and it did go in bootloop too...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zazzinho:
Can anyone try to port new sony quickstep launcher to oreo?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] glovesave:
I'm interested but have never tried one of these. Since I'll miss the sony apps, I'm wondering if anyone knows if this eventually will be the sony p build or if this will be a separate thing where I'd have to install p with sony branding again later? (to get music etc, I like sonys music app a lot)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Klaus N.:
What you need is:

- a locked bootloader

- your device currently running a Customized rom (means, not a branded one)

and

- Xperia Companion (at least v2.1)

Flashing the Android P beta does

not

work with munjeni's Newflasher; ok, flashing goes through, but when you start the device, you'll run into an endless bootloop).
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] glovesave:
The beta is not good. The camera app is terrible.

Somehow my h8296 couldn't read the micros card and wanted to initialize it...

I just restored back and life is good again
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] shafiq01:
I concur ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
Officila Sony build will be different. Beta is only stock aosp.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
Dismiss the notification, SD card works perfectly.

Camera is aosp one and works has it should.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] saywhat4118:
Did you have to format the SD Card?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
No
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] glovesave:
I wasn't able to use my SD card at all (to store camera pics on), it kept saying my card was mmm incorrect. It works fine back on stock rom
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
Anyone figure out how to remove search bar from home screen or edit lockscreen wallpaper? (I used an app to edit lockscreen wallpaper but would still like to lose search bar)

Camera does take awful photos. Understanding this is beta definitely not expecting more. Just don't install prior to holiday?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] cooper104:
Have run the repair to developer preview twice and phone remains on Android 8. The logs from Xperia Companion show that it was successful (".. device reinstalled with 51.1.A.3.159-R12A). Phone reboots to Android 8 How else can we check what is going wrong?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
That is the version Number of Android 8.0 with April Security Patch.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Steebee:
Someone can tell if i install the preview will my DRM keys be lost or not?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
You need to follow the directions here:

https://developer.sony.com/develop/android-p-developer-preview/

You need to hold alt button down to select developer preview but not with phone connected. You then check my device can't be detected which will prompt you to connect device while holding volume down button. You will then be given the opportunity to select Android P developer preview.

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No loss of DRM keys since bootloader unlock not required
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] cooper104:
Hmm, wonder why it goes through the whole process stating its the developer preview to only reinstall that version?

Anyone else had this?

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Ah, ok. Thanks! Although I may hold off seeing some of the other issues people are posting..
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] saywhat4118:
Wow that's great. If I insert mine it asks me to reformat the card or it won't read it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
It's the wrong version of Xperia Companion. You need 2.1 or higher.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] saywhat4118:
Does anyone have the standard nav options working? If I turn off gestures in settings it does nothing. Only the new Gesture Nav bar is available whether the setting is enabled or not.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
Reboot
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] stevexce:
what launcher in this beta? If xperia home, what version? If newer than 11.3.A.0.11, can anybody share?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
See page 4, post by saywhat4118
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Spam97:
Did the AOSP preview of Android P solved the touchscreen dead zone problem ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] nasko_spasko:
Now that's a great question. Someone please? Developer options >> show pointer location, then make 1mm swipes and see if they are detected.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
And the bug that the keyboard doesn't recognize every touch if I write too fast?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Spitfire400:
Good to see you still around on the XDA Forums [MENTION=599722]niaboc79[/MENTION]. I ran your custom ROM on my Xperia Z when it was out, and seeing you are here, I am tempted now to get the Xperia XZ2. Looks like a good handset to return back to. Hopefully you work your magic for it & it's big brother the XZ2 Premium.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
Sure, as soon as a drm patch will be released, I will start to work on my eXistenZ rom.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Aradimo:
You have to desable the gestures at the launcher settings!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] adwinp:
Yes & no.

If you want to use a microsd which was previously used in another android device, then yes.

The default format for external sdcards is exFAT & the support for this filesystem is missing from the DP.

As such, the only supported format is vfat.

Android DP will request that you format the card if you want to use it.

You don't need to reformat a microsd if it was in use in your PC & originally in vfat.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] CaraMuuu:
I'm also interested in knowing if there's any improvement on this area with Android P. This is the issue we're talking about: https://xdaforums.com/xperia-xz2/how-to/xz2-touchscreen-sensitivity-issues-t3776021
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] _Dennis_:
Didn't seem any different, but I'll not really able to notice the issue O either.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
Guys do you have problems with screen scrolling? I can see alot blur on screen when I scrool black tekst on white page. It makes me dizzy. Is it because poor pixel response time on that IPS panel? I had before Lenovo Zuk Z2 IPS and Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro AMOLED and no problems on them at all. I have this on Oreo and this Android P beta... This LCD seems to be terrible... also too much of white colours, looks like milk splash on glass. Any way to fix it? Colour calibration does not help on these both issues.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
My H8296 does not have this problem.

Or I don't see it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
You dont see it. I did tests with Xz2, Zuk z2, Zuk Z2 Pro, Mi Max 2 and S8. Only on XZ2 I can see blur when scrolling. This screen is worst of them all, pixel response is bad, really really bad on this phone, it have blur (not animation) even when keyboard pops out . Brightness is best but blur makes me crazy. That photo below is sharp when moving on AMOLED screens, on this IPS one big mess.

https://www.testufo.com/photo

I came back to IPS from AMOLEDS cause they burn on screen on my s8 and Zuk Z2 Pro but they have big plus, 0,01Ms pixel GtG time, not like IPS 4Ms to 15Ms or so, ehh I will have to live with it.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
I only see minimal blur if I focus on it.

I came from a Nexus 6 with OLED and it doesn't disturb me.

I didn't noticed until I see this fast moving picture.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
It is notiaciable even in games, its like VA panel in world of monitors. Very slow colour transitions
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
Can you give me an example game?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
If you cant see it in daily usage then dont look for it in games, it is visible everywheare, even on icons when they move. Try also move fast as you can your finger from top to the bottom of screen about 10sec and look closely, you will see horizontal lines from left to right side through the entire screen on grey colour (slide down notifications) . This is poor quality IPS.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] CommanderROR:
Question: is this based on DP1 or DP2?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
I own a H8296 with German H8266 firmware to get faster updates.

Maybe my IPS has a higher quality or you should let your IPS get repaired.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
Nope, I have two Xz2, same problem. It is just sony. That LCD is bad quality. You need to look closely and move few time VERY FAST your finger up and down, you will see this lines and they will go but blur is 100% of time, just not all people can notice it. https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xper...ask-a-question-regarding-the-LCD/td-p/1311137
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] hotcakes_shinku:
All because you have one version/revision, doesn't mean the rest of the world has the exact same one with the same defects. If you feel that your version is defective/inferior then return it. Do not get into an argument that all sonys are bad because of your sample size. If you want to start, please create your own thread and gather samples from multiple regions/revisions before debating to stop yourself from looking silly. Multiple people here with different versions of the phone say they do not experience they same problem as you do so it looks like an isolated issue.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] nasko_spasko:
[MENTION=4842839]michal89chz[/MENTION] why did you post a screenshot. The problem you describe won't appear there, you know... It's a shot from the graphics buffer, not the LCD screen itself.

Maybe if you capture it with a gopro or some quality camera or in slomo, we can better understand you? Besides I think the XZ2 got a killer display, It's not the fastest, but the color gamut is pretty wide.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] dc82:
Instagram stopped working all of a sudden today. Anyone else have that happen to them? It worked for a few days on the beta then just stopped.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] alexandroid5:
Can confirm, the instagram update broke it.

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I'm new to sony and one of the factors that pushed me to buying it was seeing the fact that there was P beta. Will this phone continue this build with no Sony skin on top? or is this just sony's way of testing before throwing their custom skin? i would really love to keep a close to stock android experience without having to root or load custom roms.

Either way this is a very good phone and honestly Sony's skin is nothing compared to Samsung's
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Luhccas-X10:
That's the intention.

Samsung UI is a piece of garbage that makes even Snapdragon 845 struggle.

I came from a Galaxy S9+ and just took a week to send it back and pick the XZ2.

80% of sammy's gimmicks everyone only tries once.

There's nothing of "grace" with the Samsung UI... (but disgrace...)

Sent from my Sony Xperia XZ2!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
Anyone here thats running Android P and has a MicroSD card can do me a favour and run AndroBench (go to settings>target partition>/storage/xyxy-xyxy) to see if it limits to 18mb/s read? And a screenshot would be nice. Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] niaboc79:
No limit on Android P, someone wrote it somewhere ;)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
Okay, anyone here can do me another favour and test something ? :P

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=skynet.cputhrottlingtest

This App. Run it for 2-3 Minutes, to make sure you see throttling. it should look something like that:

The important points are: As soon as the Temperature reaches the Maximum you see a drop in Performance, and the Temperature is falling. But the Frequency still stays the same.

If it doesn't look nice, just stop and start the benchmark again on a hot phone :)

P.S when you go to Options -> Configure Thermal Sensors. The correct numbers are zone 1-4 and zone 7-10 for big cores. at least on O. i assume P has the same...

If you're curious type

for file in sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/type; do echo "$file"; cat "$file"; done

in terminal / adb shell
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] paulle:
beta2

It seems second beta is available.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/06/11/sony-offers-android-p-beta-2-xperia-xz2-devices/
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
What is the changelog ?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
There is a changelog, if you click on the link.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
https://developer.sony.com/develop/android-p-developer-preview/latest-updates/
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] 2dorr:
I just installed P beta. It seems fine, the battery with screen on it's impressive, it goes down very slowly. It's buggy with Nova Launcher, strange icon movement on screen and other things. Also sometimes it doesn't unlock the phone from the fingerprint. I need to push the power button and then press my finger on the fingerprint. The animations are different from Oreo. It's very fluid, even faster than Oreo, free ram it's about 1.8-1.9 GB. For sure RAM management is better than with Oreo. I'll keep it for 1-2 days to see if it is usable. I see some dropped frames in some occasions when I press the Home button and the app is closing. I'll keep you informed.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
You should repeat your statement, after receiving the real Android P upgrade with the Sony GUI.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
I reinstalled Oreo using the latest Customized UK firmware using XperiFirm but I now have a Sim Lock problem. Can anyone help?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
I don't want to be impolite, but that is the Nougat thread.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] lintern:
I suppose it does count as a Oreo question but I find it odd how on the Android P Beta my device is unlocked yet on Oreo the SIM gets locked.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
Blind people, please move your finger very fast many times from top to the bottom of LCD and look closer, this is crap LCD quality, I can see easly lines across whole screen, like for me, it its digitizer. .. I have checked this on 20+ xperia phones in XZ/XZ2 line and all got the same problem and poor pixel response. **** sony.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
I don't see the lines on my xz2.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Stop raging dude !!

You post this everywhere.. Who cares about your struggle ? None !!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] GreatLordAnt:
All good here.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] tomo100brt:
Bad unit. Send it in service center for repair.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ALUCARD4DEAD:
My friend Sony has spoke about the problem that you and many like me have with the screen, they say it's not problem with the screen it's only because the static, that's the reason when you move your finger fast you produce static and they say if you live in a warm place or humidity you see more often and if you live in a cold place you don't even see that problem I do some test and it's true.

And say the problem it's presented on xz1 and XZ2.

I hope you can understand my English and helping about that situation.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
Thank you, they told us about the graphical issues some users have.

But we are complaining about the touch response problem, which maybe is a software or a hardware issue.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] ALUCARD4DEAD:
Yeah I notice that in my XZ2 with oficial 8.0 and Android p I starting to think it's a hardware related, hope not and fixed.

But that guy always see his complaining about the problems with the lines on screen when you move the finger faster saying that it's a very poor screen.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
With lines on the screen see and read this:

https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-xz1-xperia-xz2-display-defects/

Luckily i totally dont have it ^^
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] michal89chz:
Crap phones, **** sony, this issue also affects touch. Going back to Zuk Z2 Pro.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Goodbye then !! I love my xz2 and no issues at all :D
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
I want this touch bug be fixed.

I would prefer this lines over the touch issue.

Give me the lines, I will give you the touch problem. :D
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Did you read the article what i posted ? Sony knows this and its not a defect.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] MartinX3:
Why are you again so massive protective, if anyone says anything against this phone?

If someone says anything against something, which you bought, you think, it is an attack against yourself.

It is not, everyone buys faulty products from time to time. You shouldn't shame yourself about that.

Apple told their customer many times, that some faultys are no issues and later, after many customers made a big protest, they claim, that this is a real bug and apple repaired it.

Their customers are protective, too, against anything, someone could say against apple products.

Because they shame themself, if they know, that others know, they bought a faulty product.

So keep calm, please.

PS:

Sony said NOTHING about the touch issues.

They only said, that these graphical faultys are normal and that the customer has to life with this screen bug.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Geez i just say if you have read it so no reason to flame it me now..

No i think its an attack i just like i say if you read the article and nothing more or less so stay calm anf i have luckily not that screen stripe bug ^^
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] augie7107:
DP4 is out
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
You could have added the changelog ;)

Source: https://developer.sony.com/develop/android-p-developer-preview/latest-updates
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pandemic:
Any video preview would be appriciated to :)