Just checked the update centre on my z2 and it says there is a system update, but it says it's the same number as the firmware I'm already running? 17.1.2.A.0.314
Any idea why?
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kotton666 said:
Just checked the update centre on my z2 and it says there is a system update, but it says it's the same number as the firmware I'm already running? 17.1.2.A.0.314
Any idea why?
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sometimes sony pc companion does that, usualy it will fail updating
reinstalling sony pc companion worked for me
It wasn't through pc companion, I checked the update on the phone itself.
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It wasn't through pc companion, I checked the update on the phone itself.
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i had this simular on my Z2 as well
its caused by the device either being rooted or bootloader unlocked, somtimes sonys wierd update system just glitches out if your neither root or UB
None of the above. Sony had rolled out a minor patch (~25MB) on the existing. 314 firmware. nothing to worry about.
Only minor inconvenience would be to root again.
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unease said:
None of the above. Sony had rolled out a minor patch (~25MB) on the existing. 314 firmware. nothing to worry about.
Only minor inconvenience would be to root again.
Ok thanks. Getting root again is simple enough.
Any ideas what the minor patch is?
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Might be a bug fix (performance improvement etc. etc.). No clue. May be check with Sony! Doesn't really matter though.
May be to patch root exploit?
small updates from sony are usualy bug fixes or performance increase.
security seems to be a big problem for sony because they always try to patch exploits
generaly bigger things would come with new android versions,
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In my downloaded apps there is app called Diagnostics, which has almost.all permisions, I think vroot install it.. any idea..
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Diagnostics is a stock Sony app.
Better be careful before calling something suspicious.
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Diagnostics is a stock Sony app.
Better be careful before calling something suspicious.
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How should I know, its my first Sony phone after x1, also its not system app.. and thnx for your answer but your advice is not good...
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It's just an app that allows you to test the device for hardware and software errors
I have D6503 from Taiwan. I'm running the FW 17.1.A.2.69 and I'm trying to figure out why I don't get the option to update the Walkman or Album apps to the latest version. For example, my Album app is currently at 5.4.A.0.24 however a newer version 6.0.A.0.26 is already available (with the new layout). The Walkman app is stuck on version 5.x as well.
Is there something I can do to force the update ? What am I missing here.
Have you tried launching the Update Center app and search for updates?
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I have D6503 from Taiwan. I'm running the FW 17.1.A.2.69 and I'm trying to figure out why I don't get the option to update the Walkman or Album apps to the latest version. For example, my Album app is currently at 5.4.A.0.24 however a newer version 6.0.A.0.26 is already available (with the new layout). The Walkman app is stuck on version 5.x as well.
Is there something I can do to force the update ? What am I missing here.
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I had the same issue with my Z2, from Taiwan also. I was able to update the album app but I wouldn't see any updates for the walkman app. I was able to update the walkman app by downloading the appropriate apk though.
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Have you tried launching the Update Center app and search for updates?
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Yes, several times.
napkun said:
I had the same issue with my Z2, from Taiwan also. I was able to update the album app but I wouldn't see any updates for the walkman app. I was able to update the walkman app by downloading the appropriate apk though.
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Yes, I'm sure I can get the APKs easy enough I just don't get why I have to jump thru hoops for what should be an OTA app update. Can anyone shed some light on this ?
One thing I seem to remember is that when I first turned the phone on, I think there was a pending app update and a system update. The system update seemed to go thru first, the apps obviously did not complete.
I had the same issue TW device on 69. Waited two days for walkman update and ended up downloading apk. It was updating fine on 55.
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Very interesting. So perhaps its something with this update. I think I'll post a thread on the Sony Mobile forums to hopefully put this on their radar.
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I had the same issue TW device on 69. Waited two days for walkman update and ended up downloading apk. It was updating fine on 55.
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In Canada I'm still on the .55 update and am not able to update using the ota update section in the settings, it says no update available. Is there anyway to update to the new firmware? I'm having a few bugs and was hoping this would fix it.
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I am on TW .69 firmware and I also don't have any updates for Album or Walkman. Album is on 5.4.A.0.24 and Walkman on 8.1.A.0.7.
What are the latest versions and where can I get them from?
Thank you.
Album 6.0.A.0.26
Walkman 8.3.A.0.5
Search, they are on XDA somewhere.
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Found them. It's strange because on .55 one of the first things to update are the Album and Walkman but on .69 ... nothing.
I'm waiting for a UK .69 (or Central Europe)
Have any of you tried to force ART by changing
Code:
persist.sys.dalvik.vm.lib=libdvm.so
to
Code:
persist.sys.dalvik.vm.lib=libart.so
??? Did it work?
I'm kind of a noob and don't want to edit my build.prop and end up going into a boot loop or something as I don't have a custom recovery installed, I'm only rooted, using .402 firmware.
It doesnt work
Ive tried several methods of forcing art
Either it doesnt work or it causes a bootloop
I say just wait for Android 5 to come with Art by default
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Do you think Android 4.4 includes ART?
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Do you think Android 4.4 includes ART?
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It includes art just the sony distribution of 4.4 does not have just because sony apps dont work wirh art
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Sony framework don't work with the Art runtime.
Ament said:
Sony framework don't work with the Art runtime.
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Not too sure, some important process that is needed for the system to boot
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Ament said:
Sony framework don't work with the Art runtime.
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Uh-oh... So that means Android L update for Sony smartphones (such as Z2) will be delayed for a good amount of time.
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Uh-oh... So that means Android L update for Sony smartphones (such as Z2) will be delayed for a good amount of time.
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Yes, this is because they have to rewrite about 200 apps within the system
I do believe they are working on android 5.0 but im sure it wont be ready for another few months at the least
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Does anyone have this issue? I'm on a stock ROM, rooted with some Xposed modules.
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Yeah I also get this error all the time. Really annoying and i don't know what causes it. I'm on stock ROM, not rooted.
Have it also..
Videos play on wifi but not when connected to mobile network, seems like its blocked..
I am also having this problem as we have heard several people complaining too, but so far not found a solution.
Please help those who can!
I've had this problem on wifi when noticed. I've read that if you uninstall the Xperia for Facebook account it solves it.
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ZPaul2Fresh8 said:
I've had this problem on wifi when noticed. I've read that if you uninstall the Xperia for Facebook account it solves it.
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I've done this and not solved.
The problem continues ..
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Very well may be a Facebook issue.
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Very well may be a Facebook issue.
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I don't believe that.. I think it's a software (rom) issues!
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I don't believe that.. I think it's a software (rom) issues!
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Well the problem would be solved the easiest by updating the Facebook app to accommodate the "faulty" ROM. This is why I'm sure the app is at fault because essentially it will be getting update to address this issue
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Hi
I've been using bit torrent to download albums and paste them in to my Walkman player.
I do know that using p2p softwares can be harmful. However I scan my phone using the clean master app from the play store and the results are always "no harm found"
But for a strange reason my phone suddenly won't send or receive texts or calls. I have written another post asking for people help on that.
My question is could it be because of bit torrent and clean master can't detect it.
It is a coincidence that my phone stopped working properly after a few days of using bit torrent l. ( I have around 4gb of music on my phone that I've downloaded from bit torrent)
Thank you...
Haroon
HaroonZ2 said:
Hi
I've been using bit torrent to download albums and paste them in to my Walkman player.
I do know that using p2p softwares can be harmful. However I scan my phone using the clean master app from the play store and the results are always "no harm found"
But for a strange reason my phone suddenly won't send or receive texts or calls. I have written another post asking for people help on that.
My question is could it be because of bit torrent and clean master can't detect it.
It is a coincidence that my phone stopped working properly after a few days of using bit torrent l. ( I have around 4gb of music on my phone that I've downloaded from bit torrent)
Thank you...
Haroon
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There is no such thing as viruses on android, 99% of anti~virus and security crap is usualy a placebo
Bittorrent is official bittorent so its safe
And the Z2 FW is a bit buggy, stuff can stop working so try factory resetting
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There is no such thing as viruses on android, 99% of anti~virus and security crap is usualy a placebo
Bittorrent is official bittorent so its safe
And the Z2 FW is a bit buggy, stuff can stop working so try factory resetting
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Oh right thanks a lot. I guess I can still use bit torrent happily!
Oh well that's a terrible bug on firmware, i will reset after I try a few more methods I found on the Internet. Thank you
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Oh right thanks a lot. I guess I can still use bit torrent happily!
Oh well that's a terrible bug on firmware, i will reset after I try a few more methods I found on the Internet. Thank you
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Just to be clear when i say factory reset i mean via flashtool or Sony PC companion (support zone>repair device)
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Just to be clear when i say factory reset i mean via flashtool or Sony PC companion (support zone>repair device)
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Understood. I just reset my phone by using."back up and reset" in the settings menu. Nothing changed. As I have just read what you said I'm going to look into using Sony PC companion.
P.S is flashtool and Sony PC companion legit. Meaning will they mess up my phone or my computer with malware?
What's the easier and safest tool to use?
Thanks..
Haroon
Sony PC companion is official, it will download firmware through the app and install it to your phone. Flashtool isn't official but is trusted - although you do need to source and download the relevant firmware yourself to flash to the device (making it more difficult and maybe less secure than the official Sony software.)
Neither will install malware on your phone (just don't download it from a dodgy website).
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Sony PC companion is official, it will download firmware through the app and install it to your phone. Flashtool isn't official but is trusted - although you do need to source and download the relevant firmware yourself to flash to the device (making it more difficult and maybe less secure than the official Sony software.)
Neither will install malware on your phone (just don't download it from a dodgy website).
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Okay brilliant. That's helpful! I wouldn't want to take any risks on.my phone I've had it barely 10 days, paid.top price and it's already malfunctioning. Such a pain!!!
Thanks again
Haroon.
Well just a side note, quite a few of the issues with the Z2 are caused by google because 4.4.2 isnt the most stable android release ever and neither it being bugless
Alot of wifi,data and system stability issues are caused by 4.4.2 android not sonys rendition (of course sony tried patching)
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Envious_Data said:
Well just a side note, quite a few of the issues with the Z2 are caused by google because 4.4.2 isnt the most stable android release ever and neither it being bugless
Alot of wifi,data and system stability issues are caused by 4.4.2 android not sonys rendition (of course sony tried patching)
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Yeah 4.4.2 is pretty bad. Google should make a new update!
One of the worst thing of the 4.4.2 update is definitely the fact you cant move your apps to your SD card, unless you flash your phone. Ive tried apps like app2sd and it wont work on 4.4.2. Its so limited in how you can spread and balance your data. I have a 128gb SD card and have trouble copying my music and videos from the phone to the SD card all the time.
Damn GOOGLE
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Yeah 4.4.2 is pretty bad. Google should make a new update!
One of the worst thing of the 4.4.2 update is definitely the fact you cant move your apps to your SD card, unless you flash your phone. Ive tried apps like app2sd and it wont work on 4.4.2. Its so limited in how you can spread and balance your data. I have a 128gb SD card and have trouble copying my music and videos from the phone to the SD card all the time.
Damn GOOGLE
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Well 4.4.3 fixed alot of issues and 4.4.4 was a small security patch
Z2 Is still waiting for 4.4.4, Z1 ZU n them lot have 4.4.4 from sony
As for SDcard use we are kinda stuck without use unless we root
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Well 4.4.3 fixed alot of issues and 4.4.4 was a small security patch
Z2 Is still waiting for 4.4.4, Z1 ZU n them lot have 4.4.4 from sony
As for SDcard use we are kinda stuck without use unless we root
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Yea that's a shame about the SD cards.
I just factory reset my phone using Sony PC companion to figure out why my calls and texts don't work and factory reset did not help... What a bummer'
What do you mean there is 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 I never knew there were higher updates for Z2 on kitkat 4.4.2
HaroonZ2 said:
Yea that's a shame about the SD cards.
I just factory reset my phone using Sony PC companion to figure out why my calls and texts don't work and factory reset did not help... What a bummer'
What do you mean there is 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 I never knew there were higher updates for Z2 on kitkat 4.4.2
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Android is made by google, you should keep up with it, you may find useful info
However the android in xperias in sonys hands to take android and update their phones
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Android is made by google, you should keep up with it, you may find useful info
However the android in xperias in sonys hands to take android and update their phones
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Okay yea I should actually.
Thanks for all the help mate.