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Android 4.2.2 Update - Impressions & Reviews!

Yup, finally it's out. Though Sony promised us the update 'soon' enough, it wasn't too late either. The forums will be all over active regarding the update and it's time for us to post the reviews and impressions of the update. The following topics (not limited to) can be discussed:
1. Screen
2. Battery
3. Launcher (Even smoother then .307 if available)
4. Any camera changes (Quality wise and speed)
5. Wi-Fi coverage and stability etc.
I have update mine using the Spain FTF without wiping data and I'll post my detailed review soon. Till then and always, this thread is all yours!
My quick first find: Only the status bar is transparent and the dock isn't. Does my eyes have the problem or what? (Updated: It's just a wallpaper problem, reset it and it's all done).
Second: Camera does take 3 secs on an average to initialize, but the consecutive ones becomes noticeably faster. (Lock-screen camera opens a bit faster either)
Third: A nice animation like the screen gently fading off when screen turns off!
Fourth: Wi-Fi is as worse as before!
ROOT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY V15 OF DOOM'S EXPLOIT (LB-UB):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472

Updates moved above ^

gire.prasad said:
My quick first find: Only the status bar is transparent and the dock isn't. Does my eyes have the problem or what?
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go repair it with PCC

LitoNi said:
go repair it with PCC
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Oh, hope then my eyes are fine

it's great so far. almost to the point that I don't need a custom rom. The transparent nav bad is cool, while everything else on the whole is a lot smoother. For someone who frequently listen to music like me, the new lockscreen widget is a godsend!
P.S: are you the same prasad on NBR?

long2905 said:
it's great so far. almost to the point that I don't need a custom rom. The transparent nav bad is cool, while everything else on the whole is a lot smoother. For someone who frequently listen to music like me, the new lockscreen widget is a godsend!
P.S: are you the same prasad on NBR?
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Hope you liked the update! My dock is not transparent though and am going for a full wipe now.
It's not me I hope

not sure if its a placebo , but I just unlocked my bootloader backing up TA and installed the CM10.1 and found the color calibration of the screen is really good with CM10 and now I relocked BL to the official 4.2.2 and screen colors are a bit light compared to CM10... anyone else observed this?

Despite system that is only getting better and smoother, some considerations about UI:
1 - The union between the lower action bar with shortcut bar, have a slightly gap, and transparency of lower action bar and transparency with glass of shortcut it's not the same, doesn't fit.
The glass effect os shortcuts is really strange, could be much better.
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2 - I really have to say something? It's really strange.
3 - this white color and size, including spaces between shortcuts, it's all just strange.
UI could be more (can't remember the world) "one color", i.e. If the "theme" is to be black, than uses all color "as black as possible", not include a white stripe somehow in the middle of the UI.
Camera improves are great, but in intelligent auto is changing too fast os modes, the camera find the type os picture that I want to take but in a blink it reads again a slightly move that I do and changes to another SCN, like soft skin (?).
Wi-Fi still worst than ever.
Battery is OK, not so much improves, and is consuming more in standby so, in other words, worst than last 4.1.2 (253).

LitoNi said:
go repair it with PCC
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right now my phone is 4.1 if i repair it with PCC i'll get 4.2 ? or the same 4.1

lay_forat said:
right now my phone is 4.1 if i repair it with PCC i'll get 4.2 ? or the same 4.1
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The same 4.1 you have.

Hmm... Since updating it doesn't seem to reach 100% when charging. Only goes to 99%. Other then that I can see the difference in the stock launcher, much smoother for sure!
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium

gire.prasad said:
The same 4.1 you have.
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thanks for reply

A peculiar doubt: Where are the Developer Options?

gire.prasad said:
A peculiar doubt: Where are the Developer Options?
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You have to keep pressing "build number". Different I know
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium

it's kind of a cool easter egg. This time around we can both root and install recovery from the stock rom!
@Prasad: yeah you're a different guy i think, unless you moved since the other one is in Bangalore. NBR stands for notebookreview btw.

LitoNi said:
go repair it with PCC
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my navbar was also stay in black color after update, but I reset my wallpaper, everything is fine now.

My short review on Official Stock v4.2.2 - 10.3.A.0.423 firmware. I use ftf one as Malaysia not receiving update prompt yet.
Finally! Now it as smooth as my sister ZL which base on same firmware as well.
The smoothness is back, not like previous leak .407 which not so smooth.
Thanks Sony remain .253 screen panel color tune. Current .423 firmware color tune is same awesome.
Thanks Sony for the nice look semi transparent status bar and notification bar.
Camera quality is back! Superior Auto is working fine!
Too dark area, is better use SCN - Night Portrait.
Camera quality is outstanding, by far the best I ever seen
Sample indoor snap using v4.2.2 - 10.3.A.0.423 Superior Auto Mode.

one thing i dont like is the lockscreen: swipe up or down doesnt go away after 3 tries.

sillypilot said:
my navbar was also stay in black color after update, but I reset my wallpaper, everything is fine now.
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I had this problem too but with the leak. I found that it was a wallpaper app that was making it turn black. Soon as I uninstalled it, the problem went. Using zedge now and no problems so far.
Ps. Has anyone managed to charge to 100%?
Sent from my C6603 using xda premium

Is this new 4.2.2 rootable yet?
Sent from my Sony Xperia Z using xda premium

Pac's Colourful Extras for Tegra Note 7

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Disclaimer:
I am NOT Responsible for Any Damages Caused
by this Guide or mods. You Do This At Your Own Risk
(We always recommend you to do a backup in recovery)
Pac/KuK
Bootanimation
1. If you have lost your Bootanimation(By installing a Clean rom) :victory:
2. Or you want a more colourfull one :laugh:
3. Or a non-brand one :laugh:
Install via recovery
Boot Colourful V.4(All Version)
SDcard Fix
This allows you to write to SD Card on KitKat 4.4.2
Install via recovery
SDCard Fix (Kitkat only)
Semi Transparent App Draw.
Install via recovery
TranApp80

Pac's Icons
KitKat 4.4.2
Trans menu bar
Full screen mode
JB 4.2/4.3
Larger Icons and blue version wifi

Reserved

I don't like to dump on anyone's work, but that boot screen looks like it was made in MS Paint by an eight-year-old in 1995. :-/

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rchrdcrg said:
I don't like to dump on anyone's work, but that boot screen looks like it was made in MS Paint by an eight-year-old in 1995. :-/
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But you Have dumped on me and broke the xda rules :laugh::laugh: ...
I would love see your attempt or are you to busy dumping other peoples work ...
Have you even seen it runnig... NO ? .. Warning.. wear sunglasses.
Why should I bother to carry on making and releasing stuff, just to be dumped on ?
In works...
1% battery then ?
Power Menu ?
Beats audio ?
Menu Icons ?
Rom (battery saving and faster) ?
etc

Pacattack said:
But you Have dumped on me and broke the xda rules :laugh::laugh: ...
I would love see your attempt or are you to busy dumping other peoples work ...
Have you even seen it runnig... NO ? .. Warning.. wear sunglasses.
Why should I bother to carry on making and releasing stuff, just to be dumped on ?
In works...
1% battery then ?
Power Menu ?
Beats audio ?
Menu Icons ?
Rom (battery saving and faster) ?
etc
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It's just my opinion, and no, I doubt I could do any better, but that's why you won't see any art from me. I guess it's just the use of a common (and ugly) font like Times New Roman makes it look very unpolished. I like the use of color, but I personally find that boot screen to be quite ugly. I guess I shouldn't have been so rude in how I said it, so I apologize, but why threaten to not do any more just because of one person's remarks when you could instead use the criticism to improve your work. I guess I'm just spoiled by the work I've seen on other devices.

rchrdcrg said:
It's just my opinion, and no, I doubt I could do any better, but that's why you won't see any art from me. I guess it's just the use of a common (and ugly) font like Times New Roman makes it look very unpolished. I like the use of color, but I personally find that boot screen to be quite ugly. I guess I shouldn't have been so rude in how I said it, so I apologize, but why threaten to not do any more just because of one person's remarks when you could instead use the criticism to improve your work. I guess I'm just spoiled by the work I've seen on other devices.
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Repeat have you seen it running ?

doesn't change the font.

pacattack is back!!miss you bro(from htc evo)

...and exactly how does seeing it running change what I've said? Like cars10k said, it doesn't change the font, and in the end that's really what makes it look so amateurish. Also I can't install it as I'm not keen on voiding my warranty just yet only to get root. Perhaps an animated GIF would enlighten us, if you're so convinced that seeing it in motion will make any difference.
I guess just let me start over... nice boot animation, especially those wild colors, but you might want to think about changing the font to something more appealing than a font we've all been staring at for the last 22 years... it gives it a rather generic look.
There, that's a bit more constructive, and again, I apologize for being a douche... to me it honestly does look like how I described it originally, but I should have been more respectful in how I said that.

Thanks for your efforts Pacattack and thanks for taking the time to share it with everybody. Keep up the good work, your way, your style.

Pac's the man! Pacman! Ty for your work!

Hello everyone, China also has a tegra note7
Hello everyone, China also has a tegra note7, Granville is out. We Chinese have a lot tegra note7 users, we also encountered in daily use over a number of issues, of course, we also have some experience about tn7. I hope we can work together to communicate here.

you should make an xposed module

Can anyone reupload a working link for Transparent app drawer ?
Thanks

link is dead
link is dead
please upload again

please re- upload
please re- upload
i want install your system ui
please

[Lollipop] SonyXperia Twitter´s Reply To Me About Update

Hello folks.
I was curios about what Sony have on their sleeve, and i did have some thoughts and questions regarding the Sony Lollipop update. Therefor I i asked @SonyXperia on twitter if they are getting a new UI aside with the lollipop update. They replied with this:
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supposedly it should look similar to 4.4.4
but this is based off a video upon one of the Sony YouTube channels

Yeah, but their can be some UI changes, like many OEM´s did e.g. Motorola, LG and Samsung.

lgv2800 said:
Yeah, but their can be some UI changes, like many OEM´s did e.g. Motorola, LG and Samsung.
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I'd love to see accent changes with theme like 4.4.4
material blue is boring to me somewhat.
lets hope Xperia Lollipop turns out good

I hope so

Envious_Data said:
I'd love to see accent changes with theme like 4.4.4
material blue is boring to me somewhat.
lets hope Xperia Lollipop turns out good
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I really never thought i would say it but samsung UI looks quite good on Lollipop, atleast the status bar colour change and recent cards stacks have been implemented nicely, could've done better with the notification and quick settings. HTC seems to have completely removed everything material. its all greyed out.
Here's to hoping sony doesn't remove too much material design out from there update. :beer:

kunaltyagii said:
I really never thought i would say it but samsung UI looks quite good on Lollipop, atleast the status bar colour change and recent cards stacks have been implemented nicely, could've done better with the notification and quick settings. HTC seems to have completely removed everything material. its all greyed out.
Here's to hoping sony doesn't remove too much material design out from there update. :beer:
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sony has been falling aospish so perhaps it could be mostly aosp
which i and im sure other customers dont want to see

Envious_Data said:
sony has been falling aospish so perhaps it could be mostly aosp
which i and im sure other customers dont want to see
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That of course will be foolish. Sony's UI while is mostly only skin deep, but it keeps the OS fluid and working smooth. what i would love to see is its theming system being improved. more on the tracks of like CM theme engine. even Samsung is saying it will allow users to change theme in future. while Sony already has a theming system, it just changing colour for most part, and with almost no change in notification panels or even icons for that matter. if they can do that while retaining the fluidity of the current version, that will be awesome.

I will like to see more "flatness" or more lollipop inspired theming without implemting much of AOSP. Like lollipop on Touchwiz, i actually like it very much, and LG´s G3 UI, it´s also very nice and cool. I will like to see something similar on Sony´s lollipop update.

Lollipop is like Android design from Gingerbread, there was most black and now most blue. Sammy design Looks like the hole System is blue.

I actually like Touchwiz even if it´s blue. But i think they could maybe blend more colors in

I'm so expecting

[HELP] P8 automatic HDR disable

Hello people, i have some questions about p8.
1. Is it possible to disable automatic HDR? or is there some camera app alternative
With working stabilisation? Usually the photos are to bright and unnatural
2. Im a bit confused about latest stable android update,
i recently updated to 5.0.1 (B200), but i read something about 5.1 version,
is there newer version except beta one?
3. Status bar color is not transparent in apps like on AOSP, can it be fixed?
Thank you very much for any answere

If you don't want/need root, go for M. The camera is awesome. Not to mention the manual mode, it's superb.
The minute we'll have root method for it, i'll upgrade.

kimitza said:
If you don't want/need root, go for M. The camera is awesome. Not to mention the manual mode, it's superb.
The minute we'll have root method for it, i'll upgrade.
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I'm rooted, but the camera is weird, don't you experience situation when you want take photo, but you manually set light lower, but when you open photo in gallery it automatically bright it up? When I take photo in mode where it selects the best one, it's always good, also in other camera apps it's good, but they don't support stabilization, if you have any idea please share with me, thanks
PS. Android M is currently very buggy as i read, or?

I said if root is not important,i recommend M. Now i'm working on a way to root the damn thing. I just love the new camera

kimitza said:
I said if root is not important,i recommend M. Now i'm working on a way to root the damn thing. I just love the new camera
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is the beta stable for you? everyone is complaining about it, i believe it's better but i need it working well

The only thing bothering me on M is the memory leak. Sometimes i find only 800mb ram free,but a refresh gets the memory back That's the only bug i encountered. Everything else works flawlesly. I even send a log to huawei about it and they said they know about it and looking for a fix.
Now i'm using lollipop because i need root badly for other projects i'm involved in.
PS. All major players had this memory leak bug when they updated to a newer version, Samsung, LG, Sony, HTC. Even on nexus devices it was present.

kimitza said:
The only thing bothering me on M is the memory leak. Sometimes i find only 800mb ram free,but a refresh gets the memory back That's the only bug i encountered. Everything else works flawlesly. I even send a log to huawei about it and they said they know about it and looking for a fix.
Now i'm using lollipop because i need root badly for other projects i'm involved in.
PS. All major players had this memory leak bug when they updated to a newer version, Samsung, LG, Sony, HTC. Even on nexus devices it was present.
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Thanks for your answer and your time :good:

Don't mention it. I hope i'll find a root solution soon
Smart phones, dumb people .

kimitza said:
Don't mention it. I hope i'll find a root solution soon
Smart phones, dumb people .
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In the meantime is it an option to port the camera from te beta 6.0 to the B200 firmware?
Favourably without root needed

I'll try to extract the files from system.img.
Unfortunatelly,you will need root to install it on lollipop.
I suck at making apk's .

kimitza said:
I'll try to extract the files from system.img.
Unfortunatelly,you will need root to install it on lollipop.
I suck at making apk's .
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Gonna wait with rooting until i get an ota for M6.0. At the moment the only thing i want it for is adaware. Going crazy with al the ads in apps. For the rest no reason for rooting.

You can root, flash the camera, then unroot

kimitza said:
You can root, flash the camera, then unroot
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hey kimitza, one more question for you: battery drains very fast, in night it drains 10-15 percent of battery, is it normal? i factory resetted twice but didnt make a difference, how is you battery performance? i dont have SIM inserted yet, and somewhere i read this can cause faster battery drain but i dont belive it much, what do you think?

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Well how do I get m I have the ul00

@00471 . Not sure. Usually, i get about 3% drain over night. Maybe there are some apps keeping the phone awake or some rogue services running in the background. Check that first. @panda968 ,unfortunatelly, only the 09 version has received beta M. And there is no news about others. I think Huawei released M for the most sold model first, to receive faster feedback from users. After the final build will be released,i'm sure it will come to all versions.

00471 said:
hey kimitza, one more question for you: battery drains very fast, in night it drains 10-15 percent of battery, is it normal? i factory resetted twice but didnt make a difference, how is you battery performance? i dont have SIM inserted yet, and somewhere i read this can cause faster battery drain but i dont belive it much, what do you think?
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are there any news about final M date release?

Only huawei can answer that. It all depends on how fast the bugs are solved. I rather wait a little longer and have a perfect software .
Smart phones, dumb people .

kimitza said:
Only huawei can answer that. It all depends on how fast the bugs are solved. I rather wait a little longer and have a perfect software .
Smart phones, dumb people .
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I know i wanted to know if there are any official news from huawei, but its not.. Hope it will be there soon
Odoslané z HUAWEI GRA-L09 pomocou Tapatalku

kimitza said:
Only huawei can answer that. It all depends on how fast the bugs are solved. I rather wait a little longer and have a perfect software .
Smart phones, dumb people .
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One more question for you, which version of android you are on, 5.0.1 or 5.1.1? Thank you
Odoslané z HUAWEI GRA-L09 pomocou Tapatalku

5.0.1. Haven't tried 5.1 yet.
Smart phones, dumb people .

New update 47.2.A.4.41

Anyone got this update? what's in it new , should i update?

Just received it now, havent updated since my battery is not at 50%, charging and updating straight away. report back tomorrow morning.

Hope there are some major changes.This ph has been pain in the ass so far. Only improvement I see is the loudspeakers in previous update

Edit : It's same as previous version
Cameras ui looks different, Or maybe it's already updated on previous update?
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Can I use AAC codec for a Bluetooth device not included in the Qualcomm Whitelist? (airpods, wf 1000x, qcy t1....)
For other manufacturers, codecs are available. Sony is not possible. Qualcomm told the manufacturer to change the settings. Sony has not changed the settings. Did sony update this at this time?

Camera look like so as in 2.33

mad0701 said:
Camera look like so as in 2.33
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Oh… I didn't notice it. My apologies. Let me edit my post.

I've noticed overall system performance is alot snappier and responsive. apps open/close and swap quite fluidly now.

night light is back?

ilcekoo said:
night light is back?
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Nope!

naruto861214 said:
Edit : It's same as previous version
Cameras ui looks different, Or maybe it's already updated on previous update?
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Wait, do you have lens in the camera app on stock?

LuXxXa said:
Wait, do you have lens in the camera app on stock?
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Introduced and included since the first Pie Update from SONY...
BR

Miustone said:
Introduced and included since the first Pie Update from SONY...
BR
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Not on my XZ Premium. On XZ2 Premium I have lens in camera app but on XZ Premium I don't have lens in camera app.

tomo100brt said:
Not on my XZ Premium. On XZ2 Premium I have lens in camera app but on XZ Premium I don't have lens in camera app.
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Strange, seems to be locked in some Regions and/or on Carrier Devices... I was running Central Europe Firmware btw

Is there a easy way to root xzP cuz my battery life sucks.Im on stock android 9.

najehh said:
Is there a easy way to root xzP cuz my battery life sucks.Im on stock android 9.
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I'd like to root my XZ premium too and install the xz2 camera for better quality photos/videos. Is there a guide for Android pie?
Also I have just got the xz premium (was on the Xperia z5 before I smashed the screen), is there anything I should know? Which cases do you guys recommend? And which Rom options are there that are Android 9?
Many thanks
-MegaBytesMe

"do you have lens in the camera app on stock?"
What does it means exactly?
Some special settings?
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LuXxXa said:
Wait, do you have lens in the camera app on stock?
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I don't have lens on stock latest rom.

Unfortunately I installed Pie on my Xperia XZ Premium. Phone is now completely useless becouse I cannot even change volume of ringer. Is it any way to repair xz premium without unlocking bootloader? I wonder back to Android Oreo or Nougat? I have bought fully working phone without silly limitation from Android 9.0. Maybe the best way is to send phone on RMA where they repair phone or send phone directly to seller and request another one without defect known as Android Pie?

Grimm-reaper said:
Unfortunately I installed Pie on my Xperia XZ Premium. Phone is now completely useless becouse I cannot even change volume of ringer. Is it any way to repair xz premium without unlocking bootloader? I wonder back to Android Oreo or Nougat? I have bought fully working phone without silly limitation from Android 9.0. Maybe the best way is to send phone on RMA where they repair phone or send phone directly to seller and request another one without defect known as Android Pie?
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Stop being a drama queen