Experience with lollipop firmware

Its nice for sure.

-Eye candy
-Very good battery life
-Xperia stuff (Camera, widgets etc) not available on other ROMs
-Rooted and applied sound mod and I am happy (almost as good as fauxsound).

datagubben said:

Its nice for sure.

-Eye candy
-Very good battery life
-Xperia stuff (Camera, widgets etc) not available on other ROMs
-Rooted and applied sound mod and I am happy.

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battery draining a bit fast here. maybe a setting i'm missing.
What's you setup, if you don't mind me asking please?
I have stamina mode and extended use enabled, disabled adaptive brightness, and unistalled almost all the sony bloatware.

My Experience:
1. UI is so smooth
2. Battery life more or less the same with KitKat, need more testing.
3. Device seems a bit warmer. Don't know why.
4. PS Remote Play is available for XZU now (at least in Indonesian version) unfortunately no PS4 so boo hoo for me
5. Camera.. Yes still the same, no improvement
6. Small App getting closed on Back Button (shame that originally in Kitkat it didn't but because Z3 does close the small app on back button)

Overall very happy for it Feels like having new phone all over again

halifage said:

battery draining a bit fast here. maybe a setting i'm missing.
What's you setup, if you don't mind me asking please?
I have stamina mode and extended use enabled, disabled adaptive brightness, and unistalled almost all the sony bloatware.

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Im comparing to other Lollipop ROMs (eg CM12.1) for our Togari which don´t have Stamina mode, stock with stamina is way better than any other ROM.
But of course rooted now!!!

How were you guys able to root?
What procedure did you use? I lost root when I updated to L using PC Companion.
I have a locked bootloader btw.
Thanks!

BragaisG said:

How were you guys able to root?
What procedure did you use? I lost root when I updated to L using PC Companion.
I have a locked bootloader btw.
Thanks!

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At the moment no root for locked bootloader, have you checked if you are able to unlock the bootloader?

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At the moment no root for locked bootloader, have you checked if you are able to unlock the bootloader?

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I have not tried unlocking the bootloader since all I am after is root.
As I understand, unlocking the BL is required only if you are flashing a custom ROM?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

BragaisG said:

I have not tried unlocking the bootloader since all I am after is root.
As I understand, unlocking the BL is required only if you are flashing a custom ROM?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Not really, unlocking gives you the possibility to root and install recovery and the optional possibility to install ROM.

Unlock your bootloader man! :good:

datagubben said:

Not really, unlocking gives you the possibility to root and install recovery and the optional possibility to install ROM.

Unlock your bootloader man! :good:

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Wait... at least in 4.4.4 many users (including me) with LOCKED bootloader were rooted, with recovery and had the optional possibility to instal LB ROMs... and it seems in Lollipop some people are getting the same also if they update to Lollipop following certain steps. Anyway, soon we'll probably have root for all locked bootloader users, so this is a matter of preference! :good:

@datagubben

Do you have write access to /system? Asking because I have also rooted but any app that tries to write to system partition (busybox installer, viperFX and so on) fails
Regards

teddy74eva said:

@datagubben

Do you have write access to /system? Asking because I have also rooted but any app that tries to write to system partition (busybox installer, viperFX and so on) fails
Regards

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Flash nuts dual recovery first, then supersu.
All good.

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Andre Verissimo said:

Wait... at least in 4.4.4 many users (including me) with LOCKED bootloader were rooted, with recovery and had the optional possibility to instal LB ROMs... and it seems in Lollipop some people are getting the same also if they update to Lollipop following certain steps. Anyway, soon we'll probably have root for all locked bootloader users, so this is a matter of preference! :good:

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I had a handset with unlockable bootloader before with my mobile operator, I never do that again.

BragaisG said:

I have not tried unlocking the bootloader since all I am after is root.
As I understand, unlocking the BL is required only if you are flashing a custom ROM?
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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I would consider trying to downgrade to 4.4.4 first where you can root without unlocking bootloader. That will allow you to back up TA partition before unlocking bootloader.

I dont care about warranty really.

Once I get lolipop for Z ultra, if I ask for bootloader unlock, would I lose the DRM keys for the camera and sony TM features?

I dont care about custom roms ever since my last phone.

I never unlocked but I've been rooted since almost D1, and I know all LP bells and whistles are a way to keep me wanting for (root) more, but soon I'll be waiting for a way to root. I'm not a fan of unlocking simply because every time you have to keep up with backup, restore, wipe etc.
I unfortunately have little to no time for this kind of tinkering these days, and I can't afford to pass a single day without phone (because you possibly mess up once in a while).
I'll root when the time comes, in the mean time:
*I don't care about the launcher, if you want there's plenty of themes (including several here on XDA) that resemble the stock LP launcher, so if you're into it, go for it
*UI is EXTRA smooth, not one time the launcher refreshed or had me waiting 1 sec to go back to. *Multitasking is super fast, and thank to God (for my toddler) I'm able to pin one single app to stay until I say so
*Smart unlock works a charm and my SW3 is paired and set as trusted so I seldom have the need to unlock with a pin or pattern
*Battery is fine, seems to drain like 15% less than KK
*Multi user is finally here, so my daughter can play with games without messing with my progress in them or snooping around
*Ultra stamina mode is one thing I'll rarely use, but it's a welcome addition, who knows, maybe it'll save my Ass when I'll need it the most
*Couldn't care less about PS4 remote play (and on my C6833 it still shows as not compatible), because I have a Vita and I like to play on my 55" Bravia TV anyway
*really welcome to the "restart, screenshot and record screen" buttons on the power menu, one thing they added straight from Gravitybox

I still don't understand why the hell Sony doesn't give us tap to Wake, it will make a lot of people happy...

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teddy74eva said:

@datagubben

Do you have write access to /system? Asking because I have also rooted but any app that tries to write to system partition (busybox installer, viperFX and so on) fails
Regards

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Okay, working fine now, just install 2.8.10 version of nut's dual recovery ?

I would probably wait for a way to root Lollipop without unlocking the bootloader since doing so does not mean I gain root access.
I am not seeing any post from where I looked as to how to root this firmware even with an unlocked bootloader.

Thanks and regards everyone!

I also have some more testing to do but while I love the update I have noticed:

-Battery life seems worse (I had to recharge a couple of times yesterday)
-UI speed is inconsistent. Sometimes it is really fast and others it bogs down.
-I have been getting home launcher reloads which is unfortunate.


I love the new design though. Overall the phone definitely seems to chug on me more though.

Very bad bug In audio settings. While playing music In walkman app the audio settings are lost and the sound feels like lower resolution and without bass when playing next song!

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