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No magazineUX

Again samsung fail
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This is good news to me, tbh.

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This is good news to me, tbh.
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Excellent news
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Ok ?
Wait .. Isn't that a good thing , no bloat - ware ...
A couple of months back Samsung signed an agreement with Google that they will try to reduce the modifications to the stock Android experience
I think this is the result of that agreement.

The only 4.4 ROM out right now is for the Columbian Wi-Fi version. It could be the same ROM as for other markets or it may not be. Magazine UX is still on the N10.1-14 microsite where it first appeared after the Pro's started shipping. It may mean something or it may not.
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/2014galaxynote10.1/feature.html
If it does end up permanently missing I won't be too upset. When M-UX was first shown at CES I thought it was cool because there were a ton of widgets and you could create tiles for any installed app. In and of itself it could have been a potential alternate UI. What was released with the Pro's was completely neutered. From three home pages with one being the main home screen it's been reduced to one tagged on at the end of the traditional TW home pages. Most of the widgets left are just modular pieces of My Magazine which means it went from being a hidden pull-up to mandatorily consuming a home page that could be used for other things instead. I use all my home pages so wasn't keen on giving one up to M-UX in its current state. It's not even called Magazine UX anymore. It's now "Content Home."
There is a downside. I was kind of hoping the N10.1-14 would have been made s/w compatible with the Pro's to increase the frequency of updates received. If M-UX and other UI-based features from the Pro's have been left out we'll end up being an odd duck and 4.4 might be the last major update we see. It certainly won't help update timing, that's for sure.
Time will tell...

You really want that bloated crap? I'm glad it's not on there.
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Itchiee said:
You really want that bloated crap? I'm glad it's not on there.
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If I wanted AOSP I wouldn't have spent what I did on a tablet that has more added on top of Android than any other device on the planet. You'll find this shocking but some folks actually do use the N10.1-14 to get work done and a lot of that "bloated crap" is what makes that possible.

Actually I wasn't talking to you hammer, it was for the op.
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Actually I wasn't talking to you hammer, it was for the op.
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My bad. But this is a mixed forum. 1/3 actually use the N10.1-14 as a creation/productivity device as Samsung intended. 1/3 bought if for the high-end h/w, stripped it bare s/w wise, and I guess use it primarily for consumption and gaming. The other 1/3 are somewhere in between. What pleases one group pisses the other off. To each their own.
S Pen and s/w combined are more important to Note purchasers than the h/w. Even the Samsung brand is more important than h/w. Maybe not on XDA but for the rest of the masses that make up 95+% of Note sales. TW won't win any design awards but it does provide a level of functionality, especially on the Note's, that makes having it a positive; at least for me.
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I understand and do enjoy your posts here. I'm looking at it for what it is a Flip board home screen and do not see it being useful for most when you can have the same functionality already. Yes my tablet is a luxury device to me that I wanted but don't need. If it bums you guys out that it's missing then I apologize, but I'm glad I don't have it running...
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Itchiee said:
I understand and do enjoy your posts here. I'm looking at it for what it is a Flip board home screen and do not see it being useful for most when you can have the same functionality already. Yes my tablet is a luxury device to me that I wanted but don't need. If it bums you guys out that it's missing then I apologize, but I'm glad I don't have it running...
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Just to Add , I would love any extra software functionality as long as the "frame rate" is maintained as stock .

Itchiee said:
I understand and do enjoy your posts here. I'm looking at it for what it is a Flip board home screen and do not see it being useful for most when you can have the same functionality already. Yes my tablet is a luxury device to me that I wanted but don't need. If it bums you guys out that it's missing then I apologize, but I'm glad I don't have it running.
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We actually agree. Before M-UX got neutered I was cautiously excited. Mostly for the interactive widgets that could be potential productivity boosters and getting more content on each page. As it stands now it's just a space wasting news feed. The Pro's also lost Samsung Hub which we'll retain. Samsung's videos can be stored on external SD and played back in Pop-up-play which is great for long trips.

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We actually agree. Before M-UX got neutered I was cautiously excited. Mostly for the interactive widgets that could be potential productivity boosters and getting more content on each page. As it stands now it's just a space wasting news feed. The Pro's also lost Samsung Hub which we'll retain. Samsung's videos can be stored on external SD and played back in Pop-up-play which is great for long trips.
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I will pull magazineUX from a p900 rom and test it out may include as an option in next rom release. V1 due out in 13mins

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I will pull magazineUX from a p900 rom and test it out may include as an option in next rom release. V1 due out in 13mins
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The version of M-UX in the N12 is crippled like described above. Here's a thread from the N12 forum that discusses what's missing along with a kind of schizophrenic discussion on how to (theoretically) get the missing components back. People in the N12 forum are trying to figure out how to disable/remove M-UX so they can get a normal home page back. The grass is always greener...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663940

It should be switchable between normal TW UI and MagazineUX
(If it possible)

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It should be switchable between normal TW UI and MagazineUX
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if its just two different launchers and a few other apks, i dont see why not. its like how i have blinkfeed and lg home flashed on top of my nexus 5 which is also running the GEL and nova lol

I'm in the "who gives a ****" crowd. It's a bloated gimmick that'd be used one time and abandoned.

Hancom Office
The only thing I'm hoping for when the 4.4 is eleased for U.S. is the Hancom Office software. Won't loose any sleep if they exclude the Magazine UX. I had a Pro 8.4 and a Note 12.2(to big) and really didn't like it.

I have the note 12.2 and I dont use magazine ux. Actually bought nova prime finally for it. Like barry said if it had been released like it was at ces I would have loved it. But as it is it is nuetered and boring. It is still pretty sexy looking imo.
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Rogers Lollipop 5.1.1 Update "Coming Soon"

Rogers has updated their rollout schedule to state 5.1.1 is coming soon, previously it was simply June.
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Follow me @ootpapps for more timely Android updated for the S6!

Coming soon sounds worse than a definite month like June.

No, they set it to coming soon when it's near approach date. This happened with the Nexus 5 update.
Coming soon means within days or a couple weeks at most, it's their lowest date range.

autom8r said:
No, they set it to coming soon when it's near approach date. This happened with the Nexus 5 update.
Coming soon means within days or a couple weeks at most, it's their lowest date range.
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Why did Rogers have anything to do with a Nexus update?

Seriously? They issue the update to customers with Nexus 5's. I'm referring to Rogers update schedule... It was the same case with the Nexus 5 update from Rogers, it was previously a month, then it said coming soon...

Nice! Cant w8 (hehe, name of our model)

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Coming soon sounds worse than a definite month like June.
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Coming soon = Coming late

How long before this phone is stuck with some horribly out-of-date version of Android? You know there's a problem Microsoft is beating you on updates.

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How long before this phone is stuck with some horribly out-of-date version of Android? You know there's a problem Microsoft is beating you on updates.
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If you're asking this question seriously, I would say probably right around when the S8 rolls out. The S4 got 5.0.1 a few days after the S6 was released - so it seems like we get about 2 years of update coverage. That seems pretty reasonable to me for a two year old flagship (or more than reasonable, given that I last about 6 months per phone).

looking forward to it , i just hope pinpong root will be supposed

does the Rogers S6 have the ram management issue as well?

oxxshadow said:
does the Rogers S6 have the ram management issue as well?
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Yes

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Yes
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How do you know that?
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Orginator said:
How do you know that?
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All galaxy s6 models have the ram management issue. Search around there's plenty of threads on the topic

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All galaxy s6 models have the ram management issue. Search around there's plenty of threads on the topic
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I think they may mean whether or not the new ROM has it... I don't think Rogers does anything but add their bloat to the ROM, so, chances are it's got the bug.

autom8r said:
I think they may mean whether or not the new ROM has it... I don't think Rogers does anything but add their bloat to the ROM, so, chances are it's got the bug.
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Would you think its still worth getting an S6 even with this flaw? I have an upgrade on Rogers, and the S6 seems like the best option. However, I feel this bug may drive me crazy.

Seems like the international variant 920F and T-Mobile 920T had their updates.... still waiting for the canadian variant!!!!

oxxshadow said:
Would you think its still worth getting an S6 even with this flaw? I have an upgrade on Rogers, and the S6 seems like the best option. However, I feel this bug may drive me crazy.
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I honestly don't understand all the rage over this. I don't have an issue with the memory management, however I don't flip between apps like a spaz or fret over five different memory managers like some people seem to do.

creaturemachine said:
I honestly don't understand all the rage over this. I don't have an issue with the memory management, however I don't flip between apps like a spaz or fret over five different memory managers like some people seem to do.
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The issue is that the S6 has to keep reloading apps, Say you open a webpage on chrome, then exit to another app. switching back to chrome will reload the page, when the page was supposed to be stored in memory.
The problem is that for a premium device which costs 600+, there should be flaws like this.

Att note 7 update on 1st day 8/18/16

I hit the update on it for shts and giggle and it was one for 138megabits, lol wonder what it was for, but i love the battery life wow.

Yeah found it weird, mine is updating as we speak.. I just got the phone a few hours ago..

hou32guy said:
I hit the update on it for shts and giggle and it was one for 138megabits, lol wonder what it was for, but i love the battery life wow.
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I'm not sure what's going on with my battery life but it's less than five hours... I've had since noon today and it's already been charged once and taken off around 9pm tonight and I'm already down to 55%. Any ideas? I've hardly done anything other than texting and web browsing, all on wifi. I'm also not getting detailed battery stats. See below... Also, how the hell do you take a screenshot other than using screen write? Oh and i never got an update...
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I normally hit the left button and close all apps, get ram back up,

Screen shot is power button and home button at the same time momentarily

I keep my bright down to about a 1/4

hou32guy said:
Screen shot is power button and home button at the same time momentarily
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Yeah that's what it's always been on other phones, but my phone will not do it.
Edit: Guess i want holding it long enough. I just switched back to Android from iOS after 3 years. On the iPhone is instant lol.
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did the device reboot into a recovery to install the update? curious is someone dropped the ball and left a open bootloader on the released device OR its just the monthly security patch, prob the latter...
further investigations...it did include a new bootloader. i would hold of on installing this if you want root. you never know

Lol yeah not rooting, leaving it alone

I did not install the update. I just love that they say that ATT wants to install an update and give no more information as to what or why. After my upgrade experience I'm not real trusting and was hoping someone could report what it is. Want to compare?

Sadly, it's probably a bunch of good fixes bundled in with some unwanted bloatware and security "enhancements". Lol
BUT... that's just pure conjecture on my part, as I watch the N7 forums and live vicariously through you all. I'm still happy with my rooted Note 3, can't justify the upgrade cost, can't live without my IR blaster, and so will wait.

So, anyone know whats in the update(is it just the Android Aug security update)? Any chance it really would affect root? For me, the only reason to not root is Samsung Pay and since it doesn't support either one of my cards, not worried about that "feature".

Phredeee said:
I did not install the update. I just love that they say that ATT wants to install an update and give no more information as to what or why. After my upgrade experience I'm not real trusting and was hoping someone could report what it is. Want to compare?
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It does contain a new Bootloader, and the update was prob forced upon you. Yesterday my device buzzed in my pocket, heard the ATT ding ding dong sound. Pulled my Note out and it was optimizing apps (about 50 of them). Seems they forced the update to my Note, even though I had clicked "install later" many times through-out the day. bastards!

I believe it's just a security update.

I did not get update. Do you have to have a att simcard in phone to see update.

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It does contain a new Bootloader, and the update was prob forced upon you. Yesterday my device buzzed in my pocket, heard the ATT ding ding dong sound. Pulled my Note out and it was optimizing apps (about 50 of them). Seems they forced the update to my Note, even though I had clicked "install later" many times through-out the day. bastards!
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The only way to keep from downloading an update is to have Wi-Fi turned off or disable the update totally with package disabler pro. The phone automatically downloads any update if you are connected to Wi-Fi and will install it even if you hit install later. The phone does the install after the third time you decline it. All of my Samsung phones have done this.

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It does contain a new Bootloader, and the update was prob forced upon you. Yesterday my device buzzed in my pocket, heard the ATT ding ding dong sound. Pulled my Note out and it was optimizing apps (about 50 of them). Seems they forced the update to my Note, even though I had clicked "install later" many times through-out the day. bastards!
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Okay i sh*t you not, I read this on lunch and said in my head there's no way it forced itself, or maybe it's an option to disable under developer settings. Got off lunch and felt my phone vibrate because it was turning back on. Pulled my phone out and saw that it was optimizing apps and I'm like like wtfffffff out really forced itself. I wasnt on Wi-Fi or anything and my phones battery was at like 30% so i honestly couldn't believe it did the update as such a low battery without asking, crazy. ?
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Just got the update an hour ago. Would like to know what it is . Just hope it improves the phone.

i did the update. battery improvement definitely. stability of apps also

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i did the update. battery improvement definitely. stability of apps also
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i did the update. battery improvement definitely. stability of apps also
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The device is brand new. You can expect battery improvements over the next few days, no matter what you do. It takes 3-7 days of charging and use for the battery to reach maximum efficiency.

HTC bolt half screen black

Wanting to know if anyone else is experiencing this issue of half of the screen going black and then back to normal wanting to know if it's due to the last update ( didn't start happening until I took the new ota few days ago) anyway to go backwards without complete format not rooted yet or else wouldn't care but unsure of worth rooting or nor due to not enough information nor roms or kernels yet so anyway anyone let me know of there experienced the same issue after the last update thanks

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Wanting to know if anyone else is experiencing this issue of half of the screen going black and then back to normal wanting to know if it's due to the last update ( didn't start happening until I took the new ota few days ago) anyway to go backwards without complete format not rooted yet or else wouldn't care but unsure of worth rooting or nor due to not enough information nor roms or kernels yet so anyway anyone let me know of there experienced the same issue after the last update thanks
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only way to go back is being s-off....can u post a screenshot? u sure it's not the split screen feature?

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It's not the split screen feature it's str8 black on right side and it seems to only happen after the update google on it and you will c

The same issue
I have just the same problem . To be honest, I was "5 minutes away" to go the store as my HTC 10 Evo/Bolt is 5 days old only. But if that not "my unique case" then the update may be the reason.
Did you post any info directly to the HTC?
Please stay in touch as I'll do.

Black Screen
I started experiencing the same issue in December, in addition eventually the issue progresses to screen artifacting and flickering. I am on my second phone and about to send that one in for a replacement due to re-occurrence of the issue.
HTC has about a four week turn around time, so beware. If you have really bad issues ask to speak to the escalations supervisor.

Many people are experiencing this issue. Some have gone through 3-4 replacements already with each new one having the same issue. My BOLT only experiences this when I pull it out of my pocket and unlock. Can be fixed temporarily by giving the right hand side of screen a firm tap. Anybody have any ideas on a fix?

I'm on my 3rd phone due to that issue. You just have to exchange it. No way to fix it.

Mine just started jumping around only on the right side has not blacked out yet
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Mine just started jumping around only on the right side has not blacked out yet View attachment 4113882
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my Bolt is not currently active, so I haven't been using much, but I do recall the screen jumping around once when I pulled it out to check something...just checked it again and it's fine...weird

I wonder if anyone has a perfectly working (for months) and not overheating bolt. I've gone through 3. Should be recalled.

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I wonder if anyone has a perfectly working (for months) and not overheating bolt. I've gone through 3. Should be recalled.
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I have had my bolt since the Black Friday sale and I have had zero issues and I hope it never does.

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I have had my bolt since the Black Friday sale and I have had zero issues and I hope it never does.
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Im curious if you have taken all the OTA updates? My Bolt was fine for about 3 months before i had severy lag issues but not the screen problem. I took it back yesterday and got a new one. My new one is on an old software version 1.15.651.11 and there have been 3 updates since this version. I have not updated yet.
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Yes, def it was after the Android OTA updates. Curious if anyone experience the problem with updating.

Just got bolt #3 let's hope this one stays good
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Just got bolt #3 let's hope this one stays good
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Im on number 2 since Tuesday. I had bad lag issue. new phone fine so far, took too OTA updates from .11 to .15 and .22. its not alerting me to the latest 1.32.651.6 however yet?? So far no issues and phone is not running hot either.

I should also mention that I am out 3 screen savers. Think Sprint will give me a bill credit on those
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4puttaz said:
Im curious if you have taken all the OTA updates? My Bolt was fine for about 3 months before i had severy lag issues but not the screen problem. I took it back yesterday and got a new one. My new one is on an old software version 1.15.651.11 and there have been 3 updates since this version. I have not updated yet.
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I have taken all updates and so far have had no complaints the only time I've had it get warm was when I was charging and playing Pokemon go. No unusual lagging or screen problems so far I am also unlocked and s off I have flashed bb rom and am currently stock right now between the two I have had I good experience so far I hope htc gets the kinks out because this phone even though has an older processor is a good device.

I took .6 so far so good haven't noticed excessive heat
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rylip said:
I have taken all updates and so far have had no complaints the only time I've had it get warm was when I was charging and playing Pokemon go. No unusual lagging or screen problems so far I am also unlocked and s off I have flashed bb rom and am currently stock right now between the two I have had I good experience so far I hope htc gets the kinks out because this phone even though has an older processor is a good device.
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I too like the phone except for the kinks. I have taken OTA for .15 anc .22 without any issues. Then after about another day it is telling me to update to the new 1.32.651.6. everything is good but i guess i will take the update and hope for the best.

Recently I've been having trouble with the screen staying black with key pad lit on wake on gesture or power button. That may have been caused by my case... But more concerning is the screen flickering. It seems to come about more as the day goes on. When it starts to happen I tried rebooting, and it does it during boot too. I wonder about the longevity of this phone

OTA of 47.1.A.12.75

I woke up this morning to an OTA update of .12.75. I have never heard or seen this update before. It's not even on Sony's website: https://support.sonymobile.com/us/xperiaxzpremiumdualsim/kb/80193074318fc728015f3fe5d5df007ced/
Any ideas what this is? Maybe just a security update, but there was one just released the first of the year.
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bWZ3lsidTbQMkhTvzChxKvRAylN7gexY/view?usp=sharing

I do not know, what details this fw has got, but at least it seems to now have shown up at xpericheck:
https://xpericheck.com/device/G8142
Perhaps check the security updates, I think 5.Jan+ should have the spectre(?)/meldtdown(?) fixes.

Tornlogic said:
I woke up this morning to an OTA update of .12.75. I have never heard or seen this update before. It's not even on Sony's website: https://support.sonymobile.com/us/xperiaxzpremiumdualsim/kb/80193074318fc728015f3fe5d5df007ced/
Any ideas what this is? Maybe just a security update, but there was one just released the first of the year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bWZ3lsidTbQMkhTvzChxKvRAylN7gexY/view?usp=sharing
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nospherato said:
I do not know, what details this fw has got, but at least it seems to now have shown up at xpericheck:
https://xpericheck.com/device/G8142
Perhaps check the security updates, I think 5.Jan+ should have the spectre(?)/meldtdown(?) fixes.
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Oh sweet I didn't know about that xpericheck.com resource, very cool. Thanks
As for my screenshot, is a moot point now, since xpericheck confirms what my screenshot shows.

I recived this update today too. Im in Russia region. Good to install or not, i cant find any info about this frimware.

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I recived this update today too. Im in Russia region. Good to install or not, i cant find any info about this frimware.
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I don't know, I'm going to hold off until I find out more. I'm in North America region.

Tornlogic said:
I woke up this morning to an OTA update of .12.75. I have never heard or seen this update before. It's not even on Sony's website: https://support.sonymobile.com/us/xperiaxzpremiumdualsim/kb/80193074318fc728015f3fe5d5df007ced/
Any ideas what this is? Maybe just a security update, but there was one just released the first of the year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bWZ3lsidTbQMkhTvzChxKvRAylN7gexY/view?usp=sharing
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according to my knowledge this update for some region who didn't get the update 47.1.A.12.34. they got this 47.1.A.12.75 instead of 47.1.A.12.34. i think this update security patch to January.
i think this month Sony will release the android 8.1 with February security patch. will see...

Kanchuka said:
according to my knowledge this update for some region who didn't get the update 47.1.A.12.34. they got this 47.1.A.12.75 instead of 47.1.A.12.34. i think this update security patch to January.
i think this month Sony will release the android 8.1 with February security patch. will see...
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47.1.A.12.75
February security patch

Only for DualSIM, for now.
https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz_premium_patch_meltdown_spectre-news-29510.php
Meltdown and Spectre patches, not much more.
Let's see what this does to the performance and baterry life. Tbh, I'm reluctant to do this update, seeing what those patches did to my Windows PCs. I hope it won't have such a negative impact on Android smartphones.

Atrax2010 said:
Only for DualSIM, for now.
https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz_premium_patch_meltdown_spectre-news-29510.php
Meltdown and Spectre patches, not much more.
Let's see what this does to the performance and baterry life. Tbh, I'm reluctant to do this update, seeing what those patches did to my Windows PCs. I hope it won't have such a negative impact on Android smartphones.
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http://bgr.com/2018/01/05/meltdown-spectre-fix-google-patch-performance/
Based on that article the Meltdown and Spectre patches for Google devices have a “negligible impact on performance.”
Of course they don't mention anything about battery life. *Shrug*
Maybe I'll be the Guinea Pig and install it giving my impressions and observations of performance and battery life.

So I have installed the update and did some quick benchmarks before and after the update. Interesting results. So naturally the benchmarks that happened in the morning were before I installed the update and the ones in the afternoon were after I installed the update.
As for the battery benchmark, I simply ran each test for 1 hour 10 minutes. So yea, the new update provided better battery performance but worse single core... by a little. Multi-core was a tad better with the new update. This of course is not all inclusive results, as I only ran one benchmark, and that has no indication of real-life performance. If I don't notice anything drastic in the next few days, I won't post anything else here, otherwise I will keep you posted.
-Drew

Tornlogic said:
So I have installed the update and did some quick benchmarks before and after the update. Interesting results. So naturally the benchmarks that happened in the morning were before I installed the update and the ones in the afternoon were after I installed the update.
As for the battery benchmark, I simply ran each test for 1 hour 10 minutes. So yea, the new update provided better battery performance but worse single core... by a little. Multi-core was a tad better with the new update. This of course is not all inclusive results, as I only ran one benchmark, and that has no indication of real-life performance. If I don't notice anything drastic in the next few days, I won't post anything else here, otherwise I will keep you posted.
-Drew
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have you tried playing videos in landscape? and have you tried browsing pictures using the Album app?
after updating, mine shows a weird flickering line when doing the above mentioned.
did not notice that prior to the update.

rawisace said:
have you tried playing videos in landscape? and have you tried browsing pictures using the Album app?
after updating, mine shows a weird flickering line when doing the above mentioned.
did not notice that prior to the update.
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No problems with album or video playing. The backlight oversensitive problem appears to be fixed.

Got the update this morning on my simple SIM XZ Premium.
I also noticed some changes like in the "appearance" settings where it now look like on the XA2 series.

FRiC_xda said:
The backlight oversensitive problem appears to be fixed.
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Big if true.

AtomicSymphonic said:
Big if true.
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Yup, it' a lot less twitchy now, it adjusts gradually and a bit slower on response, just as it should be.
I have to check if they fixed it on the XZ as well, the issue was even more noticable on it after Oreo upgrade, the screen would literally flicker rapidly while auto-adjusting the brightness, it wasn't that bad on the XZP when I got it.

With this new update they have disabled the "swipe up with finger" gesture on the homescreen that opens up the app drawer.
I really liked that feature.

lebigmac said:
With this new update they have disabled the "swipe up with finger" gesture on the homescreen that opens up the app drawer.
I really liked that feature.
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You sure about that? Cause I still have it. What version of XperiaHome are you running? I'm on 11.2.A.09, got it from the beta program.

lebigmac said:
With this new update they have disabled the "swipe up with finger" gesture on the homescreen that opens up the app drawer.
I really liked that feature.
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Mine is still here but I noticed a new transition when swiping, don't know if it's due to this update or a Play Store one.
Also the Clock icon has changed.

Ellio74 said:
Also the Clock icon has changed.
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can you post some screenshots about the new Clock icon and appearance setting. thank you ^^