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[May 26] Did you get the android 2.3.3 update in your country? List here

I'am still waiting the update here in France. Nothing came out yet.
I hope that they improved the connectivity of the device with computer and other stuff related to boot sequence.
List the status on your country in this thread
Thanks
Update 28/05:
France / World: Available now
USA/UK : Available

Germany: Available
But still got the "missing app-shortcuts in drawer after reboot" issue

What is this missing app shortcuts ? which one exactly ?

Netherlands: No not yet

I've had this missing apps in drawer issue including after installing ADW. I have to force ADW to restart before it sees them. I think what is going on here is that there is a bug. Whenever an app is installed, the Xperia Play app gets called and finds out if it's a game with Xperia Play support for adding automatically into your list of games. It's very possible that it is keeping the apps from appearing in the launcher for whatever reason.

update
czech republic - none

Here you can read my full story about the drawer/home-task bug
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/77591
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Info, and SI numers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14154190#post14154190

covux said:
Here you can read my full story about the drawer/home-task bug
http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/77591
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oh that's nothing it happened to me too.
Don't care about that. just make sure you can select it and launch from the tab
having it in the xperia games menu is not a big deal
MTP app is charged of scanning the media and apps on your phone sometimes it act weird and need time to find out what is missing. it happened a lot when you purge data of MTP APP.
BTW people should not uninstall this program (it runs two service really important)

Canada - No update

UK - Update available installing now

please delete post. My 2.3.3 was a spoof.

emann56 said:
Check your phone did it come with 2.3.2 or 2.3.3? Mine came with 2.3.3 but no facebook thing
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Canada
Mine came with 2.3.2 and no update yet

emann56 said:
please delete
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What do u mean delete? By the way I am also running 2.3.2
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UAE NO!
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USA - No Update Yet

UK yes. I updated last night. Now on 2.3.3
My phone was rooted (bootloader LOCKED). I updated using the PC companion update thing. Followed the steps and all went smoothly.
Phone came back on, all settings remained in tact, launcherPro still set as default launcher, all apps and sync and data still the same, everything working.
Phone seems a little more responsive, added facebook features are neat (and probs more draining on my feeble battery).
Will have to see how battery life is.
BTW I'm on orange in the UK on contract.

Is there a way to go back down to 2.3.2 if we want?

Officially No!! If ur bootloader is unlocked u can flash older versions of the Rom with the flash tools
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Greenarcher707 said:
USA - No Update Yet
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I think u guys will get w seperate update bcuz u guys are running stock android..
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Album app update available

Received a new update via the update centre for the album app, version 3.2.A.0.30. Can't see any differences from a first glance.

After updating I am having FC.
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gm007 said:
After updating I am having FC.
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Not had any problems myself, uninstalled to see any difference and the update has improved the speed it brings up the thumbnails. Have to see if anyone else has problems.

mabrookes said:
Not had any problems myself, uninstalled to see any difference and the update has improved the speed it brings up the thumbnails. Have to see if anyone else has problems.
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I've installed it no probs so far
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I don't know why but I have fc.
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Wipe album data.
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gm007 said:
I don't know why but I have fc.
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working flawlessly on my end. :/ .434
btw it says 7.7MB on my end. weird that it says 7.2 on yours

Some one can share this apk？

I don't get the update, try several times OTA or via PC.

Which country's firmware you guys using? I don't see anything here in Singapore firmware, not even those previously reported app updates.

I've checked and don't have the update either. I reinstalled using EMMA to get 434 and remove some carrier bloat so not sure if thats why I can't get the update?

All I noticed from this update so far is that I had to re-sync all my Picasa albums!

schaggo said:
Wipe album data.
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That's the first thing I did but same result.maybe because I deleted some system apps needed.
LitoNi said:
working flawlessly on my end. :/ .434
btw it says 7.7MB on my end. weird that it says 7.2 on yours
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That's really weird.
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Not here yet.

I'm in the UK and got this along with an update to the Weather app/widget.
Also got offered two new widgets:
Top Contacts
World Clocks

alexp999 said:
I'm in the UK and got this along with an update to the Weather app/widget.
Also got offered two new widgets:
Top Contacts
World Clocks
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Not sure about the others but World clocks adds an additional widget

Yeah World Clocks & Top Contacts are just widgets.
I really welcome Top Contacts, I used to use it all the time on my previous HTC phones and missed it when I got my Xperia Z.

guys share the updated apk of the album app..it may help who is looking for and not had an update yet..

lyndonguti said:
guys share the updated apk of the album app..it may help who is looking for and not had an update yet..
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this may be a lame question but it may also be one of the biggest concern.
Does sharing the apk file directly expose any private information from the original sharer? I know that photos are in the SD card and all, but for all security purposes is there a proper procedure to copy the apk file out without exposing sensitive information?
or do I just go system/app/album copy and paste it here?

LitoNi said:
this may be a lame question but it may also be one of the biggest concern.
Does sharing the apk file directly expose any private information from the original sharer? I know that photos are in the SD card and all, but for all security purposes is there a proper procedure to copy the apk file out without exposing sensitive information?
or do I just go system/app/album copy and paste it here?
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No. App data is stored separately in /data/app/[package name]. Copying the apk won't expose anything. However the updated apk may not be in /system/app/album.apk (or whatever the name of the album app is), but may be in /data/app/album.apk. Just check the dates of the app and the more recent one should be the updated one.

[UPDATE] Album, Walkman & Movies OTA Updates [New Links]

Hi guys,
Today I got OTA updates for the Album and Walkman updates and low and behold, NO MORE LAG! Smooth like butter.
At least within these apps anyway, the system still lags a bit but at least Sony have made a small step to solving our problems.
Hope this helps.
AK.
EDIT 28/07: Today I got an update for the Movies and Video Unlimited apps, so I have added them here too.
Download
(Android 4.2.2 required for Walkman however some people have reported Album working on 4.0 and above. A modded version of the Walkman app to work on 4.1.2 can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43959673&postcount=167)
Album:
https://mega.co.nz/#!gtxWlbCZ!Z9wOBQDohojVrzg2Nt0mq26aaHIbQTBkwJ-5UkkrbVs
Walkman 5.1.A.0.4:
https://mega.co.nz/#!14YgURKT!VkJ-y2Zc0dLgiKFv2j5tLwWaCKEoTwK8wQjq6YOO2Z4
https://mega.co.nz/#!I18WGB6a!H-FK5Zu7Lg6hEJcW1ZWN1ci26sfZSeuKOra0htqicFc
Movies 5.1.A.0.6: NEW
https://mega.co.nz/#!Zh5xmLiL!ABFpFSmnS1YSvJ9tfZ1SwmLBgs4mBPvQEH-kcCr_aAI
https://mega.co.nz/#!go8wWLoR!dyomm5sxfQgCxT2TSg-uRGnmXUvq7sfFd6hSiQQSic8
Video Unlimited v7.0.7: NEW (Might be needed for Movies to work properly)
https://mega.co.nz/#!Y5hSCQgL!Q0Vxj1PW_YuKNeEmcBwnCjNlgRk6so6BjvD5qFkGEqk
Screenshots
View attachment 2142033 View attachment 2142034 View attachment 2148803
Changelist:
No more lags!
Quite a few cosmetic changes.
Walkman now supports gapless playback.
Pressing the 'back' navbar button no longer exits the Walkman app.
Album app now plays GIF's.
Movies app plays most recent video in a loop at the top of the main screen.
Anyone notice anything else?

What region are you running on?
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Stock Vodafone UK firmware. I could try to upload the apk's if it's allowed here?
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keyz86 said:
Stock Vodafone UK firmware. I could try to upload the apk's if it's allowed here?
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o2 UK got the same updates yesterday! Seems to be a pretty speedy fix from Sony!

Guys, I would be appreciate if you could upload .apk's here

upload the apk plz
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cimbomege said:
Guys, I would be appreciate if you could upload .apk's here
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Check Update Centre for the latest version numbers, hopefully they should be live for you guys!

Unfortunately there is no update in Update Center Album : 4.0.A.0.8, Walkman 6.1.A.0.2 It must be a major update for this applications.

keyz86 said:
Hi guys,
Today I got OTA updates for the Album and Walkman updates and low and behold, NO MORE LAG! Smooth like butter.
At least within these apps anyway, the system still lags a bit but at least Sony have made a small step to solving our problems.
Hope this helps.
AK.
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man , sure you can upload the link here , or upload it to dropbox or google drive and give us the link please , you can use apk extractor to extract the apk file after update
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Ok here are the apk's, if this breaks any rules i will remove them:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s1l4gzetofbf0r/Album 5.1.A.0.4.apk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rx9au7lmm9g6hop/WALKMAN 7.9.A.0.1.apk

keyz86 said:
Ok here are the apk's, if this breaks any rules i will remove them:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s1l4gzetofbf0r/Album 5.1.A.0.4.apk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rx9au7lmm9g6hop/WALKMAN 7.9.A.0.1.apk
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you made my day man , thank you
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keyz86 said:
Ok here are the apk's, if this breaks any rules i will remove them:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s1l4gzetofbf0r/Album 5.1.A.0.4.apk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rx9au7lmm9g6hop/WALKMAN 7.9.A.0.1.apk
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Leeeegggggeeeennnddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've just discovered that with the Walkman app, Sony have finally added gapless playback support!

hamud.q said:
you made my day man , thank you
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bungknees said:
Leeeegggggeeeennnddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No worries guys, glad i could help

Many thanks, Walkman installed over one in excelsus rom. Minor visual changes, see screenies.
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Updated OP with links, screenshots and changelog

do they work on Spanish .423?

guybrush2099 said:
do they work on Spanish .423?
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They do.

keyz86 said:
Ok here are the apk's, if this breaks any rules i will remove them:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3s1l4gzetofbf0r/Album 5.1.A.0.4.apk
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rx9au7lmm9g6hop/WALKMAN 7.9.A.0.1.apk
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Yes!!!!!!

Thank's for your share, album work great now

Sony Media apps update now rolling out globally for select Xperia devices

Sony Media Apps update
Sony Mobile has announced that they have started to roll out an update to the Sony Media apps, WALKMAN, Album and Movies that brings lot of new features including integraded cloud services. Other features include, better playback, Clear Audio+ presents and social features for the WALKMAN app, Recall Playback and Favorites feature in the Album, option to resume playback from the paused location and a revamped UI for the Movies app.
The Sony Media apps update brings:
WALKMAN
Sony’s Music Unlimited integration – with universal search across local and cloud content…
New social features making it easy to discover, play and share tunes on your social channels
Gapless, smooth playback
Album
PlayMemories Online integration – ability to upload to, access, browse your PlayMemories library in the cloud
Recall Playback, that intelligently displays and reminds you of memories, occasions and events
Favourites – let’s you *star* your best snaps, for easy viewing later
Movies
Seamless access to Sony’s Video Unlimited
A revamped UI with a banner video function for trailers and recently played videos
Here is the official video demo that details the new features
The latest Sony Media apps update is available for the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z (& Xperia Z Ultra) running on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Users would automatically get a notification when the over-the-air (OTA) update is available. The update would roll out gradually based on the region and carriers. The Sony Entertainment Network would be available only in select countries.
Courtesy: Fonearena

wich version numbers do the new apps have?

kistigun said:
wich version numbers do the new apps have?
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i dont know yet as my xperia Z is at service centre for replacement so i will update. This was the official press release thats copied here

Is it same as this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44350530&postcount=290
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gm007 said:
Is it same as this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44350530&postcount=290
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absolutely

hapticc said:
absolutely
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They are here long time ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377537
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gm007 said:
They are here long time ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377537
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i know but its official press release stating changelog

Im running 244 but new walkman app doesn't link my music account. Tried eveything but no joy.
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Im on 244 and no updates yet ! Note: the update for media apps ota comes to me when was running on the old version before the 244 update, after update to 244 the apps back to old version !
So, what ? Just waiting the update ?

Plz upload apk file for new album and movies app..
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vinay_kumar said:
Plz upload apk file for new album and movies app..
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i will upload my dont have my xz currently

khaled.h said:
Im on 244 and no updates yet ! , after update to 244 the apps back to old version !
So, what ? Just waiting the update ?
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I heard this complaint about "old app versions" across few threads...
Really can not get what are you people talking about ?
What "old" versions?
I just updated today to 244 and I have walkman 7.9.A.0.1; album 5.1.A.0.4, movie 5.1.A.0.6 out of the box.
Do we have some newer versions somewhere? please point me to that direction
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Plz upload apk file for new album and movies app..
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it's there already for a long time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377537

RalphLauren said:
I heard this complaint about "old app versions" across few threads...
Really can not get what are you people talking about ?
What "old" versions?
I just updated today to 244 and I have walkman 7.9.A.0.1; album 5.1.A.0.4, movie 5.1.A.0.6 out of the box.
Do we have some newer versions somewhere? please point me to that direction
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it's there already for a long time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377537
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It's not out of the box if you wiped data
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gm007 said:
It's not out of the box if you wiped data
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did not wipe anything. Actually, I got an OTA.....
Excuses if it might to be a difference

RalphLauren said:
did not wipe anything. Actually, I got an OTA.....
Excuses if it might to be a difference
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That's why you have the latest applications,cause you already have it on the previous firmware.
.244 are not receiving till now this ota updates.
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gm007 said:
That's why you have the latest applications,cause you already have it on the previous firmware.
.244 are not receiving till now this ota updates.
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aha, that way....
Excuses to everyone with the SUS updates !
Drama...absolutely accidentally looked now at the list of all installed apps.... guess what I have 2 Walkmans installed (old one ver.2, and new one ver.7).....
Glitch? What to do now? Of course there is no option to "delete".... should I just disable ver.2 , or leave it as it is .....??? thoughts???

Uninstall the one that can be uninstalled.
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RalphLauren said:
aha, that way....
Excuses to everyone with the SUS updates !
Drama...absolutely accidentally looked now at the list of all installed apps.... guess what I have 2 Walkmans installed (old one ver.2, and new one ver.7).....
Glitch? What to do now? Of course there is no option to "delete".... should I just disable ver.2 , or leave it as it is .....??? thoughts???
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Isnt version 2 the widget?
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gm007 said:
Uninstall the one that can be uninstalled.
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no such option.
ver.2 only "disable", ver.7 : "delete updates" and "disable". What is logical for the ROM apps..

Upload a screenshot,what is album v2?
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Official kitkat in april

News are correct, we will get KitLat in April, but there is no correctday, but it's in April, I saw that in gsmarena
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Way too long of a wait.
My Z1 on 4.3 has major Bluetooth and memory leak issues that I need resolved now.
I need the move apps to SD card function also. I'm completely out of space.

All news outlets including GSMArena, Androidpolice etc are just referencing that french carrier who said it would come out in April. It's all from the same source. My bet is still end-March, maybe earlier.

April sony originally said q1 not q2 the software last I heard was in testing stage 2weeks ago
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But that's the carrier version of the Android. I think that we might get KitKat in a few days, as Polish employee of Sony said. Look, that French carrier says, that 4.4 for G2 is coming out 3th March, but it's already released.

With Google trying to unify Hangouts and SMS, does this mean we will lose the normal SMS app if/when we update to kitkat or is that just for stock/nexus devices?
i dont like Hangouts, would rather keep the normal SMS app.

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With Google trying to unify Hangouts and SMS, does this mean we will lose the normal SMS app if/when we update to kitkat or is that just for stock/nexus devices?
i dont like Hangouts, would rather keep the normal SMS app.
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Sony is delaying the update so we buy Z2 to get kitkat. They should show us more respect instead or they are going to quickly lose freshly acquired customers like myself.

I agree, they make phones with kitkat and we must have kitkat with new phone releases or shows
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How many kitkat threads do we need? stick to one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476371

We need many
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The other thread is so off topic we do need a new one
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That's too much waiting.. I mean, they have already made a customized KitKat for the XZ2.. And probably it's going to be the same for ours.. Why so long?
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I thought that we will get KitKat on this month, but maybe they found more bugs and maybe they are doing something, but as Z2 comes out, this is the date for KitKat
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ssj_jaypee said:
Way too long of a wait.
My Z1 on 4.3 has major Bluetooth and memory leak issues that I need resolved now.
I need the move apps to SD card function also. I'm completely out of space.
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no such problems here on .136
everything runs fine, zero memory leak issues, plus phone now runs cooler and battery life is better.
as for Move to SD function, I have Nut's Rooted rom .136. with Folder mount this is no longer an issue.
regards

Let just hope it won't be April 1st
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