This is a brilliant device. Unfortunately so few development going on...
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yuan_1202 said:
This is a brilliant device. Unfortunately so few development going on...
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It is brilliant, so brilliant that I moved to this from my Nexus 4. Sony UI is something I can live with for a very long time due to everything being minimalistic and close to stock but better than stock in every way. If I wanted better development I would move back to Nexus 4 in a heart beat but I don't think I will ever go back to Nexus.
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I agree
Its so bad that this device hasnt got the attention it deserves. I have pm krabbapel and he said he was going to make his carbon rom in the future, and doomlord said he didnt have the device so he wont be developing for it
FXP are already developing an CM rom for the ZR so this is a good start
I do agree even though SONY has its flagship Z1 Z and Z ultra, this is the sleeping giant workhorse that they need to highlight.
Starlith said:
It is brilliant, so brilliant that I moved to this from my Nexus 4. Sony UI is something I can live with for a very long time due to everything being minimalistic and close to stock but better than stock in every way. If I wanted better development I would move back to Nexus 4 in a heart beat but I don't think I will ever go back to Nexus.
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Same here, I came from a Galaxy Nexus (Nexus S, Nexus One, and HTC G1 before that) and although I prefer stock Android, it lacks so many features. I found Sony's UI clean and refreshing without trying too hard. I haven't found a need to root this baby yet. My ZR on 4.1 does way more than my GNexus on 4.3 (minus the root features of course) out of the box. The small apps and killer camera are the icing on the cake. With that said, I like Sony's design and UI that I'm willing to upgrade my nexus 7 to an Xperia Tablet Z in the near future.
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zytres said:
Its so bad that this device hasnt got the attention it deserves. I have pm krabbapel and he said he was going to make his carbon rom in the future, and doomlord said he didnt have the device so he wont be developing for it
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It might be a long shot, but it was successfully done with the Oppo find 5 and the Faux Kernal...(I think!)
What they did was organise a donation fund to get Faux the phone...after that he was happy to develop his kernal for the phone.
Perhaps you could give Doomlord a poke to see if he would be willing to accept such a thing and then ask the ZR community to take part? (Or maybe ask the ZR people first to see if they would do it...then see if Doomlord would accept...)
Random idea, could work...
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It might be a long shot, but it was successfully done with the Oppo find 5 and the Faux Kernal...(I think!)
What they did was organise a donation fund to get Faux the phone...after that he was happy to develop his kernal for the phone.
Perhaps you could give Doomlord a poke to see if he would be willing to accept such a thing and then ask the ZR community to take part? (Or maybe ask the ZR people first to see if they would do it...then see if Doomlord would accept...)
Random idea, could work...
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xperia sp forum members donated funds to doomlord, and he developed for xSP maybe you could ask him first if he's on to the idea
+1.
Nice idea for our future.
I remember DoomLord replied that he probably won't be developing for XZR since he doesn't own the device.
Not sure if donation can help that though...
with such good specs at a low price i dont get why this is a low activity device...:crying:
yeah.. i think we can blame sony itself for this problem... I really like the ZR and I have it now.. been so satisfied with it... but, yeah, too few development.. and it will get only worst because sony will be launching the z1 mini.. which is really comparable to the zr... sony is trying to follow samsung - flooding the market with too many models that are closely similar to one another..
if someone heads up a donation box for Doomlord for him to buy the zr, I would gladly donate 50 dollars...
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I remember DoomLord replied that he probably won't be developing for XZR since he doesn't own the device.
Not sure if donation can help that though...
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well try pm-ing doomlord about "donating" him a phone maybe its okay with him
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with such good specs at a low price i dont get why this is a low activity device...:crying:
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its not available everywhere, if this continues (very few users and low development) the device will end up like the acro S look at the Acro S forums+ the fact that almost no RC or RD or RT are present in XZR forum makes it more likely that development will die after fxp supports ends
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well try pm-ing doomlord about "donating" him a phone maybe its okay with him
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its not available everywhere, if this continues (very few users and low development) the device will end up like the acro S look at the Acro S forums+ the fact that almost no RC or RD or RT are present in XZR forum makes it more likely that development will die after fxp supports ends
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there's 4 page development on Acro S! It's not much but still for a phone that expensive yet doesn't seem to have any great hardware it's quite much developments!
but for this phone that runs smoothly and better comparing to Xperia Z, ZL and has less size and less resolution (about 1/4 times which makes battery run double times) and less mass I think this device get fairly low attention comparing to others!! even for a developer this one must be much more exciting than Xperia Z!
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there's 4 page development on Acro S! It's not much but still for a phone that expensive yet doesn't seem to have any great hardware it's quite much developments!
but for this phone that runs smoothly and better comparing to Xperia Z, ZL and has less size and less resolution (about 1/4 times which makes battery run double times) and less mass I think this device get fairly low attention comparing to others!! even for a developer this one must be much more exciting than Xperia Z!
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sort of, however, sony priced the zr as if a flagship. truth to be told, it's marketed as a flagship in japan (xperia a), and it's no slug. still, with the relatively small price difference between z and zr, it's easy to see why people will get the z instead. the z is also released 6 month earlier.
besides, zr isn't released in as many markets as z.
as i've said before, since zr shares much with z, as long as development for z is there, zr will likely be supported as well, but without a dedicated dev using zr him/herself, it's hard to picture a very good development environment.
unless sony discount the zr significantly very soon. this is likely to continue.
(before you ask, japanese seem to have their own commnity and aren't participating in xda, so their large nos. mean nothing to us)
Why worry.. as long as there is Z development, we can port almost EVERYTHING to ZR (including ROM's an Kernels)
One more reason is that people who do contribute are not thanked properly I think.
totally agree
well i had a few devices before and now i have htc one s S4, galaxy s4, xperia ZR, iphone 5
before xperia ZR between all of my phone i would stand and say htc one s and iphone 5 have best batteries between my devices, between xperia x8, xperia acro S, Xperia go, xperia V, galaxy S3, iphone 5, galaxy s4, but now i can say ZR beat my one S battery and not only on battery it beats the battery on my one s it beats the performance of S4 it beats the options of all of my previous xperia phones, and when it comes to heat it even beats the hell out of my iphone too it hardly produce any heat in my hands specially compared to xperia V and galaxy s4.
this is an amazing device guys no doubt about it but why were we looking for development in the first place? when we had good hardware and sh**** software with cra*** software support we would come here and look for help, but we still have updates and support and this device is almost (not fully) complete it doesnt need overclock it doesnt need more battery saving options it doesnt need so much bug fixes.
the only thing it need is a better front camera which is impossible with firmware and kernels so most of all a few ports and customizations remains which is not totally important right?
when i first had my xperia acro S it didnt have any custom firmware for a very long time the only thing was available = rooting my device! believe me for a very long time it was like this.
so my advice is to take your time guys relax if something came out use it if not dont be disappointed you wont miss so much you still have a great device with so many good things on it.
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this is an amazing device guys no doubt about it but why were we looking for development in the first place?
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I absolutely agree!! Even I found nothing in the kernel to tweak
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well i had a few devices before and now i have htc one s S4, galaxy s4, xperia ZR, iphone 5
before xperia ZR between all of my phone i would stand and say htc one s and iphone 5 have best batteries between my devices, between xperia x8, xperia acro S, Xperia go, xperia V, galaxy S3, iphone 5, galaxy s4, but now i can say ZR beat my one S battery and not only on battery it beats the battery on my one s it beats the performance of S4 it beats the options of all of my previous xperia phones, and when it comes to heat it even beats the hell out of my iphone too it hardly produce any heat in my hands specially compared to xperia V and galaxy s4.
this is an amazing device guys no doubt about it but why were we looking for development in the first place? when we had good hardware and sh**** software with cra*** software support we would come here and look for help, but we still have updates and support and this device is almost (not fully) complete it doesnt need overclock it doesnt need more battery saving options it doesnt need so much bug fixes.
the only thing it need is a better front camera which is impossible with firmware and kernels so most of all a few ports and customizations remains which is not totally important right?
when i first had my xperia acro S it didnt have any custom firmware for a very long time the only thing was available = rooting my device! believe me for a very long time it was like this.
so my advice is to take your time guys relax if something came out use it if not dont be disappointed you wont miss so much you still have a great device with so many good things on it.
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This is EXACTLY why I'm still on locked BL! but anyway our device has lack of roms like Cyanogen Mod, AOSP, PAC MAN, AOSPA (Paranoid) and also bug free miui port! (which I like Pranoid and miui so much) I'm currently working on a port for miui (stock based one) but this is something hard to get! currently I'm getting bootloop at kernel and as I don't want to unlock my bootloader (I love BE2 ) it's really hard to get it booting, and I'm not sure if any developer wants to contribute or if I get any further than this but I'm trying to make it bookable at least
EDIT: good news is I just saw the miui boot screen, bad news is it's not more than 2 sec and still I don't have adb
EDIT: Do you guys have made or downloaded any rom based on stock 4.2.2? would you mind give me updater-script in your zip file /META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
Thanks
EDIT: another good news is, got logcat ( have permission problems ) it would be great if anyone can give me an updater-script from downloaded or made stock rom (both 4.1.2 and 4.2.2 are welcome) please pm me
So guys I am actually a Sony fan
and I really love xperia z1.
but after reading this forum I feel like z1 isn't a good device
there was a time i thought that z1 is carp but the 6 way camera shootout at gsmarena put my faith back in z1.
so I am now considering buying this device.
but some things I wanted to know...
1) is z1 screen really defective with that yellow hue. what are the chances to get a defective piece in India
2) is camera that bad. at gsmarena it looked fine.
3) free ram?.LG g2 has 350 mb free ram always. does z1 do any better.
4) have u ever dropped ur phone. what was the result.
5) antutu and quadrant results.
5) what are the chances to get a good (no camera or screen issue ) built of z1 here in India and what precaution should I take.
Bro dt worry...its an amazing fone... no complaints so far... amazing batt life..amazing cam...n super premium finish jst go for it...few customers hv hd bad experience like i had with ultra...bt i used note 3 (octa) bt trashed it with z1 m very very happy....go for it....u will nt regret
M frm india too and got build of october only...n so far its been amazing...n also we get a bunch full of spoiling goodies... go grab ur pre diwali gift....
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wow, not just 1 question in the wrong sub forum, but 5!
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Finally Sony bothered to release the Lifelong app, about two weeks after the smartband was available to buy. To everybody's surprise, it's xperia exclusive...
Before I return it, can somebody with an z1 (KitKat) or z2 share the apks for testing? APK downloader fails (I have a nexus 5)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.lifelog
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.smartconnect.hostapp.ellis
Thanks.
Apparently, they are for the Z2 only at the moment.
Perhaps ask in the Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.
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kingvortex said:
Apparently, they are for the Z2 only at the moment.
Perhaps ask in the Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum.
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To be precise they are available for any Sony xperia with 4.4. Although optimal usage is guaranteed only on the Z2. I figured I had better odds on this forum.
See full description in previous links.
All I need are the apks.
Thanks.
Yes you are correct on the compatibility. I read an article on Android Central that incorrectly stated they were for the Z2 only. I see now that they are for all Xperia devices officially on 4.4.
The Z hasn't officially got KitKat yet, therefore nobody that has a Z is able to download the apps for you.
Even though there may be people that own one of the compatible devices here, you would probably get a faster result asking on one of the forums for the devices that have KitKat. That's all I meant.
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lellobello said:
Finally Sony bothered to release the Lifelong app, about two weeks after the smartband was available to buy. To everybody's surprise, it's xperia exclusive...
Before I return it, can somebody with an z1 (KitKat) or z2 share the apks for testing? APK downloader fails (I have a nexus 5)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.lifelog
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.smartconnect.hostapp.ellis
Thanks.
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Hey guys!
So there is Android N preview available for the z3. Anyone knows how to get the sources without a z3 and how to get it on a z3c?
Hardware is basically the same so it shouldn't be that big of a problem, should it?
I am more than willing to try it with my basic knowledge and phone but so far the only way i found to get the android n version for the z3 would be with a z3 and sony xperia companion :/
I have just started messing with Android and my phone again so correct me if i am wrong
Edit: Nevermind, found it in the z3 subsection I am now off bricking my phone XD
Cheers
One I misspelled the rom, and I put z3 rom on z3c and it got bootlooped, so probably it is not the same hardware
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lamale78 said:
One I misspelled the rom, and I put z3 rom on z3c and it got bootlooped, so probably it is not the same hardware
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Different kernels mate, you will always get bootloops
i read somewhere that you can get the z3c software the same way as for the z3. connect the z3c and use repair function while holding a button
As far as i get it android n preview is only available for z3 officially. Will set up an windows environment in the next days and check anyways
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I love my Z3c and I hope than Sony or someone else will make a ROM *.*
I think if will be released only for Z3, it will be possible to port to Z3C in future. So is not a thing to hurry. Recently we got a Marshmallow with some bugs, so N preview by now is something unnecessary because probably will be unstable and with much more bugs than MM (althrough would be cool to test).
There is a port for the Z2 of the Z3 android N. Hope in a port for the Z3c too