[Survey] Android 4.1 vs 4.3

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mrjraider

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Jul 1, 2012

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• Jul 10, 2014

• #1

Hi,

Because we all have diffrent opninion about our Sony Xperia SP I would like to do a very small reseach.
With this very easy poll I just want the next question answered:

• Are you running official 4.1.2 or 4.3.x?

If you are running a custom ROM (CM, PA or even stockbased) answer Custom ROM..

If you have answerd the question please let me know in a comment:
Tell which one you have chosen (perhaps even the build number of the version you run) and wheter you are happy with it or not!

Thanks!


OP will kickoff:

I have chosen for Stock Sony 4.3.x. I am not that happy with it because it still has a few bugs. I do however am happy because Sony finnaly took the time to update it after delay and more delay. Now we are just waiting for KitKat.

 

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Levered

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Feb 11, 2012

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Malaysia

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• Jul 10, 2014

• #2

I still choose 4.3 because camera feature and others.

205 fw

 

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zincir

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Feb 18, 2014

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• Jul 10, 2014

• #3

I'm running 4.3, without much talk it's just the best choice right now since many bugs have been fixed and it does come with some pretty nice features

 

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QBerto

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Sep 30, 2013

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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

• Jul 10, 2014

• #4

I'm in 4.3.... every OS have bugs, but at least with 4.3 you have more features here and there and thats why is better that stay in a old OS version

Also last update just let me little visual bugs (install app bar), GPS (not the big deal) and Wifi (well Wifi range sucks since 4.1)

 

MixoMaxoViper

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Jan 23, 2014

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Somewhere...

• Jul 10, 2014

• #5

I am on stock 4.3,and i am happy!
Nearly all bugs are fixed,only ram is failing in some moments

 

NestorC

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Nov 11, 2013

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• Jul 10, 2014

• #6

Happy with stock 4.3 latest fw, much better than previous updates. No lag here, so its good for me after all those laggy updates.

 

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penn.gwyn

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Jun 12, 2014

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• Jul 10, 2014

• #7

I had lag issues with all versions of the stock ROM I've tried. After testing a whole bunch of custom ROMs I've settled on CM 10.1. While it is not exactly cutting edge, it has been out of active development for many months, it is rock solid and stable.

 

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rents1977

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Apr 2, 2014

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• Jul 10, 2014

• #8

I use stock 4.3 as camera is important to me. I found PA 4.4.4 to be the fastest rom for me, but I want to be able to control ISO manually on my camera. I tried various versions of 4.3 and decided to stick with my carrier version (O2 UK). Once towel rooted and debloated I find it to be very fast and stable. More so than the various deodex stock roms on the forum.

 

ShinOrochiX

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Mar 7, 2012

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London

• Jul 10, 2014

• #9

Yea I am also on the .205 4.3 firmware, I am UK customised, one of the last to get it but it is good. I fixed the uninstall glitch with a fixed package installer apk, only issue I have experienced is battery drain due to location services and lower ram (compared with 4.1.2).

 

pepoluan

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Jul 31, 2012

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Jakarta

• Jul 11, 2014

• #10

I'm using 4.3, with eXistenZ Ultra. Couldn't be happier [emoji1]

 

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alvlin

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Aug 11, 2014

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• Aug 11, 2014

• #11

Stock 4.1.2 is the best

 

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igorass91

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Aug 18, 2011

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• Aug 11, 2014

• #12

I'm using stock 4.1.2 with swap on stock kernel

 

classicalpunk

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Aug 2, 2014

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Saint-Omer

• Aug 12, 2014

• #13

Was on latest stock every time a new firmware was released, then switched to eXistenZ when it seemed like we'd never have KK, but I've never been deceived with either stock firmware or eXistenZ, both have always been very fast and I've never experienced any lag or disconfort on this phone.

 

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paulux2

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May 15, 2013

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• Aug 12, 2014

• #14

EXistenZ is perfect. 4.3 is better than 4.1 imho

Inviato da Sony Xperia SP

 

TechnoSparks

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Mar 9, 2014

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Selangor

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Sony Xperia SP

Nokia 6

• Aug 12, 2014

• #15

Cyanogenmod 11 by FXP

I personally favours CM 11 because of a few flaws present in the stock ROM. Not to be lying, I really like Sony's UI (framework-res.apk) and some aspects of the stock ROM. As per to my experience, the stock ROM is not that heavily modified as I can somehow use some things that are meant for AOSP-based ROMs, which is a huge plus for me. However, when it comes to support and RAM, it fails to meet my requirement, and that is what forced me to use CM.

 

Gamm86

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Sep 5, 2013

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• Aug 13, 2014

• #16

classicalpunk said:

Was on latest stock every time a new firmware was released, then switched to eXistenZ when it seemed like we'd never have KK, but I've never been deceived with either stock firmware or eXistenZ, both have always been very fast and I've never experienced any lag or disconfort on this phone.

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Hah, you must be joking...

 

classicalpunk

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Aug 2, 2014

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Saint-Omer

• Aug 13, 2014

• #17

Gamm86 said:

Hah, you must be joking...

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Nope, I can assure you, maybe I've just been lucky but all of the bugs and lags that have been blamed on it ? I've never had them. The only bad point for me is the pretty average camera.

 

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Th3B1ff

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Aug 11, 2014

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Cape Town

• Aug 13, 2014

• #18

I'm on stock 4.3 (.205 fw). Best I've experience by far, both feature-wise and usability. RAm management could be better though.