about an hour ago, my galaxy had only been rooted. between then and now, i've backed up my apps, flashed a faster kernel, and flashed it up to a gingerbread rom.
something strange has happened during this, and now not only did a lot of things no longer when restored (root explorer), but my phone seems to have a problem with background music, strangely enough.
speedx and fruit ninja seem to play fine with all the sound effects, but no background music plays! i mean, that's definitely something i can live with, but it just hints at lots of other hidden things wrong. has anyone else experienced this?
If it was ok before you flashed then its the flash/rom .
Even though Gingerbread is BETA not heard of your problem so far .
best is factory reset .
#Followed by a new flash if still wrong.
You do not mention any details regarding what you flashed
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the4d said:
about an hour ago, my galaxy had only been rooted. between then and now, i've backed up my apps, flashed a faster kernel, and flashed it up to a gingerbread rom.
something strange has happened during this, and now not only did a lot of things no longer when restored (root explorer), but my phone seems to have a problem with background music, strangely enough.
speedx and fruit ninja seem to play fine with all the sound effects, but no background music plays! i mean, that's definitely something i can live with, but it just hints at lots of other hidden things wrong. has anyone else experienced this?
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Aha. Finally someone with the same issue. I am missing the background music in fruit ninja too. Reinstalling does not fix the problem either. I would try reflashing, but I am having my first exam on Monday, so I can't spare the time at the moment.
I'm running debusrom g1. I'll maybe try flashing another rom and see what happens. Good to know I'm not alone with this.
so basically my Z1 was having problem multitasking (memory leak here i guess) on 4.2.2
so decided to factory reset and went ahead updated it to 4.3. (only reason i was still on 4.2.2 was pure laziness lol)
i think, surprisingly, multitasking is working better than on 4.2.2, still get restarts on apps and games when i switch but less frequently.
i performed factory reset twice after installation, and i don't see any problems people mentioned other than multitasking
battery seems to be better especially when i do simple stuff like web surfing. it was about the same when i played games.
I have no idea why they removed task app tho.. I was using it a lot then i had to download other app because they got rid of it,
but browser removal wasn't my concern as i was using chrome anyways.
overall i am very satisfied. I should've moved on earlier.
if anyone still hesitating on updating, you should really give it a try, you can always go back!
OH i want the old key-tone back.. it's so lame that i turn it off
it is ok if my apps keep restarting like this
i dont have this problem when using 4.1.2
the important for me is Viper4android, but sometime it restarting itself
any solution please...
Sony has some problems with RAM management.
There is one application that might help a bit: FastReboot..
Right now i considering to back for 4.1.2,
Just wait for a few time, if still no conclusion, say good by to 4.3
p/s: should i sold this phone
Hi there, i am looking to see if anyone can help me with a Sony SP. I got this phone as an "upgrade" just over a year ago. Since then the quality of the software and the phone in general as deteriorated to such an extent that i am considering just using the phone as a door step! I am constantly faced with error messages such as "xperia home not responding" " process not responding" etc and also apps not responding. This happens on pre installed and installed apps. Whenever people try to ring me it goes straight to answer phone, i cant connect to anyone when i try to ring them. When i am lucky enough to actually open a received message the lag time is a couple of mins between trying to open the message and to actually reading the message.
I have been to the store and the phone has been given a factory reset twice and software reset as well and if anything its made it worse. Any ideas or if anyone is experiencing the misery of this happening to them would be great!
Cheers
I tried a lot of roms and i can tell you that stock rom is the worst... I am now on stock rom and it is terrible... Facebook app lags, google chrome is in the most of time unresponsive, heavy games that theoretically can be played on Xperia SP are force closing , etc... Our phone has RAM issue that can be solved with custom rom with minimal and just important apps installed... I love sony stock design of software but i think that i am going on cyanogenmod and will never return to stock again
I have Xperia Z1 and wife has Nexus 5. I am happy with Sony's apps and functionality, but performance glitches are so annoying that I even consider buying Nexus 5, which seems to me like a downgrade due camera specs and inability to extend memory. Is it possible to tweak any settings or use any ROM, that would give similar smooth performance, but leave intact Sony's camera/album and smart connect apps, stamina mode, Xperia lounge lotteries?
This is strange, what version do you have? try to install the last update 5.1.1. and do a factory reset. This phone should be faster than the nexus 5
Yeah Z1 is much smoother than N5... I like N5 only because of its closest to stock android ! Sonys UI is second!
It has recently updated to 5.1.1. Strange, for example I always have moments of unresponsiveness using Wechat, slow switching to another app or even momentarily freezes while typing text.
the lag could be due to the apps you've installed.have you tried debloating? and if that doesn't work unlock the BL,install CM12.1 and a minimal GApps package and feel the wind in your face!
Xperia z1 is much smoother and faster than nexus 5, lg g2/3, lg g4,galaxy s4,galaxy s5, which all of them had stuttering and lag and sometimes become unresponsive for few seconds, it's even faster than z2/z3 in day to day usage(app oppening speed and switching between apps). My Z1 even became lag stutter free after lollipop update(little stutter in kitkat when switching between heavy apps and ram is low, now it's gone). The only lag i get is when using chrome and visit websites that has too many ads. To fix that i use adaway
My z1 is stock, rooted,deodexed and has superusermod. with all stock bloatware and all available mods you can think of including xposed and ui is heavily modded.
Dont say this is bullshet, i know what i am talking about because i use many phones, and moat of them should be faster than z1
wilkas said:
It has recently updated to 5.1.1. Strange, for example I always have moments of unresponsiveness using Wechat, slow switching to another app or even momentarily freezes while typing text.
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I think you should just factory reset the phone. It is really easy, in settings click on "backup and recovery" or something like that and there click on factory reset. It'll erase the memory of the phone so save all you have to save before doing this. The phone we'll reboot, it takes around 5-10 min but then it'll be fresh as new.
Yeah it's very true. From my experience, i've compared my Z1 and my friend's Nexus 5. Noticeably Z1 is faster than Nexus 5 in terms of overall user interface responsiveness. Especially when you have a lot of tasks going on, Nexus 5 did stutters a little than Z1. This is just my opinion and some, i don't know about the others. You have to monitor your phone, might be software or hardware's fault.
Thank you all for answers and giving hope. I'll try resetting factory settings first, though I did that about 2 months ago to resolve low volume recording issue with Wechat with no avail. I am not yet a power user of Android and after reading just few tuts only came to a point where Flashtool successfully recognizes connected phone.
masterofnocrack: Could you give any tips on debloating? Do you mean removing unnecessary apps (I don't have such and also no games). Or removing default apps installed by Sony (I don't use some of them). Also you mentioned installing CM12.1 and a minimal GApps package. Would I loose Sony's camera app, stamina mode. And if I dont like CM, can I revert to Sonys default Android and still get updates from Sony?
Gamer4Life: To my understanding only changes you made to default Sony's Android were " rooted, deodexed and has superusermod". Could you explain / give link to what is deodexing and superuser mod?
Have you ever considered that the lag is because of one your apps? bcoz 5.1.1 was fine when i tried it.
Debloating>> Just remove all the preloaded apps you dont use either by disabling it in the settings>apps or by removing them with a root explorer after rooting the phone(ES File Explorer is cool)
CM>> Yep you can revert to stock and get updates.
If you are going to switch to CM then remember to BACKUP YOUR TA Partition before you unlock your bootloader cuz you will loose all your DRM keys on BL unlock(which means Xreality and BIONZ wont work anymore)hence you need to back up the keys if you want to switch back to stock.
Unfortunately the camera quality is inferior on CM roms and you wont get sony's camera or stamina.
PS:does your phone feel hot to the touch like its overheating?
Unlock your bootloader and try flashing some of the ROMS based on stock sony. This way, you'll get to keep the awesome camera app , at the same time getting rid of bloatware.
Something you might want to look at :
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440565
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z1/development
Check my siggy :v (As i'm not sure if i can post links to roms)