[Q] new to smart phones - Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi all !
first of all i just want to say that this site is awesome, ive been surfing the net alot but this one is perfect!!
now
am new to smartphones in general so bare with me if i asked alot of question in the near future xD!
ive just bought an sony xperia Z1 and so fat it is great. so my questions is
1st: do i need to factory reset the phone befor using it since i just bought it and looked at it but never yet start using it so do i need to factory reset it ?
2nd: after starting the phone it says there is a new system update is available which is 14.2.A1.136 should i download it ?
3rd:since am new to these kind of things what apps do u guys recommend for a first time user like me
4th:i heard that u can turn some apps off to free up some ram just like in pc that u can end process and stuff . how can i do that and do how often do u recommend me do that?
5th: about he led notification light what are the defult colors? i know that when am charging it it will stay orange until it is 100 charged but what about when it is on sleep should the led flashlight flashes coz when i was using an old htc phone i remember that when it is asleep the light flash like green or red every couple of secnds ( ther e was no notification ) but now with the z1 it is on standbuy ( sleep mode ( screen is off)) and there is no light flashing at all , but when i receve a msg on facbook it start flash green so is the non flashing part normal ?and how do i change the color of the light?
thats all for now, and sry if am asking so many questions coz as i said am new to this kind of smartphones!

gungrave47 said:
hi all !
first of all i just want to say that this site is awesome, ive been surfing the net alot but this one is perfect!!
now
am new to smartphones in general so bare with me if i asked alot of question in the near future xD!
ive just bought an sony xperia Z1 and so fat it is great. so my questions is
1st: do i need to factory reset the phone befor using it since i just bought it and looked at it but never yet start using it so do i need to factory reset it ?
2nd: after starting the phone it says there is a new system update is available which is 14.2.A1.136 should i download it ?
3rd:since am new to these kind of things what apps do u guys recommend for a first time user like me
4th:i heard that u can turn some apps off to free up some ram just like in pc that u can end process and stuff . how can i do that and do how often do u recommend me do that?
5th: about he led notification light what are the defult colors? i know that when am charging it it will stay orange until it is 100 charged but what about when it is on sleep should the led flashlight flashes coz when i was using an old htc phone i remember that when it is asleep the light flash like green or red every couple of secnds ( ther e was no notification ) but now with the z1 it is on standbuy ( sleep mode ( screen is off)) and there is no light flashing at all , but when i receve a msg on facbook it start flash green so is the non flashing part normal ?and how do i change the color of the light?
thats all for now, and sry if am asking so many questions coz as i said am new to this kind of smartphones!
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I can answer your first 2 questions.
1. If you bought used, you should do a factory reset to clear all previous owner data if it's possible. However, with a rooted already phone, you may have to learn how to use flashtool later on to completely wipe it out.
2. It is an official newest firmware at this moment, so it's up to you.
However, if you want root later, then read other posts about it before execute the update.
Sent from my SGP312 using Tapatalk

1st: You don't have to but do it.
2nd: Definietly.
3rd: Games?
4th: You don't have to. Android will manage Ram and processing when needed.
5th: White Yellow, Greeen, Blue, Red. When it will be in sleep and a notification will come, you will have Blue intermittent. You cannot Change color until you will get Root and use an App to customize Lights.

aha ok thx for the help !
about the root thing can u explain what is it and what are the advantages for it ?
and about the last question so in other words if i have an notification it will flash but so far the only lights i saw was blue when a missed call and green for facebook msg and but other than that if i ididnt receve any notifications at all the LED will not flash any colurs ? coz right now it is been like an 4 hrs with no notifications and no flashing colour indicat that the phone is accutally running in sleep mode so is this normal ?

gungrave47 said:
about the root thing can u explain what is it and what are the advantages for it ?
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Root is like Jbreak on iPhones but it's more easy than Jbreak. It give you full control of your phone, that mean everything on it. You don't like a letter, you can change it in the system (only for experienced), but also customize the phone like you like, transparent iconbar, overclokking, downvolting CPU for save battery. Just everything what is possible. Many Apps on Play Store need Root as well. Without it they will not work.
gungrave47 said:
and about the last question so in other words if i have an notification it will flash but so far the only lights i saw was blue when a missed call and green for facebook msg and but other than that if i ididnt receve any notifications at all the LED will not flash any colurs ?
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Only Red if you are low of battery, other than that, nothing.
gungrave47 said:
coz right now it is been like an 4 hrs with no notifications and no flashing colour indicat that the phone is accutally running in sleep mode so is this normal ?
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It's normal but actually when you will receive a sms, facebook notification or call, it will blink Green or Blue, don't worry.

thx again for the help
for the time being ill pass on the rooting since my phone is still new and i dont want to void the warranty since it is 2 years.
and also there is on thing cought my eye which is that my phone is already using the 4.3 android version out of the box is this legit ? coz i read that the default is 4. 2 then u must upgraded to the 4.3 and also
when i go to settings ....>display i dont see the pulse notification tick insted there is the notification light tick is it the same thing since i was serching the net and most of them mention the pulse notification
and one last weird question : how can i tell between a real z1 phone and a fake z1 phone ( copy) in an hardware and software aspect!! xD

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[Q] Is there anyway to get the notification LED to flash for more than 5 minutes?

HI everyone.
I have just owned my Incredible S for a week now and theres one big issue with it that makes me crazy.
And it´s the notification LED and that it stops flashing after 5 minutes.
I have been able to get around this problem for missed calls and recieved messages after rooting my phone and install the app lightflow.
But the problem still remains with reminders. I use an app called "COL Reminder" and I can´t get that to flash the way I want. I want it to flash until I unlock the screen.
Can you guys help me?
Is there an other app maybe or can you get in to the scripts handling the LED in the phone and do some changes?
My phone is (as I wrote) rooted and I run the stock 2.3 Gingerbread ROM.
Please anybody??
Miui Rom maybe can do that.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk
Unfortunately not.
i remember having this issue with Hero as well.
In fact HTC got back then saying that this is a hardware issue & the programming is such that the blinking is for 5 minutes or until the user checks the notification, whichever comes first.
The LED type in the Hero is very similar to the IncS.
not sure why!

Z notification LED

Guys,
got my Z this morning but the notification LED does not notify on SMS or emails, It does work and go solid when charging but that's it.
Am I missing something, is there a setting for it on the phone
Thanks
tarkuk said:
Guys,
got my Z this morning but the notification LED does not notify on SMS or emails, It does work and go solid when charging but that's it.
Am I missing something, is there a setting for it on the phone
Thanks
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Don't know if it's gonna make any difference but...have you connected the phone to the pc to check for updates?
The French version did not come with the last version, 350 I think.
just done a full phone reset and made no difference.
the phone says no other update is available, if I connect phone to PC I guess the same will be said
tarkuk said:
Guys,
got my Z this morning but the notification LED does not notify on SMS or emails, It does work and go solid when charging but that's it.
Am I missing something, is there a setting for it on the phone
Thanks
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Hello,
I got my Xperia this monday, it came from Germany. With the notification led it happened just the same until I did a factory reset and then the led started working perfectly.
Hope this helps.
The LED works for me when getting whatsapp messages. I have not yet noticed if it lid up when I got an SMS/email. Will report back when I have more info.
I'm on that latest update which ends with .350
I am on 350 as well
Are you using STAMINA?
Led wont work with it on.
STAMINA mode is off
rttnpig] said:
Are you using STAMINA?
Led wont work with it on.
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rttnpig] said:
Are you using STAMINA?
Led wont work with it on.
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Really? Doesn't make sense!
At least for phone calls and sms it should notify you...
Got the same thing here, also did a reset and I'm not in stamina.
Must be a setting or something that we're "missing".
Done a full phone reset 3 times and still no fix
I am gonna just throw this out here, cause I dont actually have the phone, but are light notifications activated within the apps of themselves by default?
in messaging in you go into setting there is options to tick or un tick LED notification but in my case it is ticked.
tried unticking reboot and then reticking and reboot but made no difference
I should be one of the bugs Docomo has fixed today on their version - notification led not notifying during sleep, there's no Extended Stamina Mode
I guess Sony will do the same for operator-free firmware really soon.
hopefully its very soon, its very annoying not knowing if a sms or a missed call has happened
I had the same problem, but 'fixed' it by installing Lightflow...
Hope they will bring update soon.
My led is not working either, is there a option in settings to enable it that I haven't come across?
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Factory reset will fix everything.
do it.
Right i did a factory reset, it worked for a while Until i installed lightflow and go sms, if anyone got it working with lightflow can u let me know what settings you used?
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium
so strange, I installed light flow and still nothing no notification nothing.
I cant be a broken LED because it lights up when charging the battery

Notification LED

Hi,
is there a possibility to change the notification-led settings? Like that the LED should shine instantly or blink so long till i unlock the phone?
Thanks...
(I´ve the One for 2 days now and want to install TrickDroid)
There's not much you can do with the led
And you should flash trickdroid
Hmm, but why? Is it not possible to change the kernel "a little bit" so you can config the led?
You can download a led app from Google play but you got to be rooted it doesn't work very well
There's also LightFlow, but apparently there's some serious compatibility issues with the One at the moment. Perhaps when there's an update.
so as of right now, there is no way to extend the duration of the flashing led notification without rooting? it really doesn't make sense that it would turn off after a few minutes. it seems obvious that it should remain blinking until you've viewed the notification...or is it just me? can this be done if the phone has been rooted?

XPERIA TX bugs on android 4.3( 9.2.A.0.295)

1. when u want to install new app the installing line is drop on the name of app (like leaked version),
2.Although u activate the NFC ,it didnt show N LOGO on the notification bar,
3. when u want adjust the volume ,button of volume in the screen is black line and it cant show it,
4.when u want to call some one the pic of the recipient drops on the number of that person,
5.In lock screen mode if u want to change the volume, the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
6.If u want to set XPERIA global keybord as your default keybord like part 5 the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
7.Battery take lots of time to fully charged,
8. Noise in camera app, the picture quality has become pathetic from what it was before. the update,
9. IF ONE PRESSES THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON WHILST THE PHONE IS CHARGING, THE PHONE ENTERS A NEVER ENDING BOOT LOOP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REINSTALL THE UPDATE VIA PC COMPANION TO USE THE PHONE AGAIN.
10. Mobile Bravia engine only works on video playback and not on pictures.
11. Walkman volume is inconsistent in between tracks. It gets louder on the next track, then returns to normal, and then louder again on the next track.
12. In the message app if u want to type the name of recipient it couldnt find the name of the person and u should manually write it,
13.phone turns off when charge reaches 100%
rezasat said:
1. when u want to install new app the installing line is drop on the name of app (like leaked version),
2.Although u activate the NFC ,it didnt show N LOGO on the notification bar,
3. when u want adjust the volume ,button of volume in the screen is black line and it cant show it,
4.when u want to call some one the pic of the recipient drops on the number of that person,
5.In lock screen mode if u want to change the volume, the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
6.If u want to set XPERIA global keybord as your default keybord like part 5 the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
7.Battery take lots of time to fully charged,
8. Noise in camera app, the picture quality has become pathetic from what it was before. the update,
9. IF ONE PRESSES THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON WHILST THE PHONE IS CHARGING, THE PHONE ENTERS A NEVER ENDING BOOT LOOP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REINSTALL THE UPDATE VIA PC COMPANION TO USE THE PHONE AGAIN.
10. Mobile Bravia engine only works on video playback and not on pictures.
11. Walkman volume is inconsistent in between tracks. It gets louder on the next track, then returns to normal, and then louder again on the next track.
12. In the message app if u want to type the name of recipient it couldnt find the name of the person and u should manually write it,
13.phone turns off when charge reaches 100%
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Point two is not a bug. In my customization "N" mark was not present on previous android versions too.
I can also confirm point 13 which is real pain in the ass.
Ive noticed that camera flickers in low light conditions which is also present on recorded video but pictures have less noise in my opinion.
(Xperia T Lt30p)
I also encountered all except 9 and 12 hope they will fix this soon
Hi,
I have a TX with update 4.3 (the USA firmware that was posted here at XDA), and about the 100% charge reboot problem, it only occured to me after rooting the phone (First fastboot kernel with CWM, then install SU and after restorting the kernel from the 4.3 ROM).
When I flash again 4.3 (wipping everything) and staying like that (no root) I don't have the 100% charge reboot problem.
So I think that the 100% charge reboot problem is related to the root process.
nilsburg said:
So I think that the 100% charge reboot problem is related to the root process.
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Can't be. I haven't rooted just installed the generic CE and left my phone on overnight and this morning was up late as a consequence.
See my post on Sony Support http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-T-TX/Xperia-T-also-got-charging-bug-4-3/td-p/562469
I am starting to really lose my patience with this company now.
nilsburg said:
Hi,
I have a TX with update 4.3 (the USA firmware that was posted here at XDA), and about the 100% charge reboot problem, it only occured to me after rooting the phone (First fastboot kernel with CWM, then install SU and after restorting the kernel from the 4.3 ROM).
When I flash again 4.3 (wipping everything) and staying like that (no root) I don't have the 100% charge reboot problem.
So I think that the 100% charge reboot problem is related to the root process.
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I have not rooted phone and problem occurs.
Sent from my LT30p using xda app-developers app
rezasat said:
1. when u want to install new app the installing line is drop on the name of app (like leaked version),
2.Although u activate the NFC ,it didnt show N LOGO on the notification bar,
3. when u want adjust the volume ,button of volume in the screen is black line and it cant show it,
4.when u want to call some one the pic of the recipient drops on the number of that person,
5.In lock screen mode if u want to change the volume, the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
6.If u want to set XPERIA global keybord as your default keybord like part 5 the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
7.Battery take lots of time to fully charged,
8. Noise in camera app, the picture quality has become pathetic from what it was before. the update,
9. IF ONE PRESSES THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON WHILST THE PHONE IS CHARGING, THE PHONE ENTERS A NEVER ENDING BOOT LOOP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REINSTALL THE UPDATE VIA PC COMPANION TO USE THE PHONE AGAIN.
10. Mobile Bravia engine only works on video playback and not on pictures.
11. Walkman volume is inconsistent in between tracks. It gets louder on the next track, then returns to normal, and then louder again on the next track.
12. In the message app if u want to type the name of recipient it couldnt find the name of the person and u should manually write it,
13.phone turns off when charge reaches 100%
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I dont have these problems with my LT29iUSA version)
4.when u want to call some one the pic of the recipient drops on the number of that person,
6.If u want to set XPERIA global keybord as your default keybord like part 5 the page went black and shows XPERIA logo and finally rebooted,
9. IF ONE PRESSES THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON WHILST THE PHONE IS CHARGING, THE PHONE ENTERS A NEVER ENDING BOOT LOOP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REINSTALL THE UPDATE VIA PC COMPANION TO USE THE PHONE AGAIN.
11. Walkman volume is inconsistent in between tracks. It gets louder on the next track, then returns to normal, and then louder again on the next track.
13.phone turns off when charge reaches 100
It eccentric that you had these problems
my exchange email is showing blank messages. Gmail is working fine, just the email app since I've upgraded to 4.3
kingstonxl said:
Point two is not a bug. In my customization "N" mark was not present on previous android versions too.
I can also confirm point 13 which is real pain in the ass.
Ive noticed that camera flickers in low light conditions which is also present on recorded video but pictures have less noise in my opinion.
(Xperia T Lt30p)
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you wrong too, N logo display when active on 4.1.2. in 4.3 it dont show, why ? it's really a bug
WHY SONY ? all of us waited for so long and you release a full of bugs 4.3 ? very disappointed.
I didn't have this bug my only bug are my celular signal flickering all time every minute.
The update still hasn't come for my XT running genetic firmware I'm still waiting and wow can't wait to update !
hi
add 1 more bug.
when use small app, an notification display at notification bar but if i touch to show or minimize the small app i've just open dont open again . and i can't turn off this annoy notification message.
rezasat said:
9. IF ONE PRESSES THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON WHILST THE PHONE IS CHARGING, THE PHONE ENTERS A NEVER ENDING BOOT LOOP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REINSTALL THE UPDATE VIA PC COMPANION TO USE THE PHONE AGAIN.
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I stuckup with this bug.
And i have problem with SEMC flash driver.
What is it Smart Screen?
Sent from my LT29i using xda app-developers app
devilmaycry2020 said:
hi
add 1 more bug.
when use small app, an notification display at notification bar but if i touch to show or minimize the small app i've just open dont open again . and i can't turn off this annoy notification message.
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You might want to give this a go :good:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/easily-fine-tune-status-bar-notifications-with-notification-clean/
2.Although u activate the NFC ,it didnt show N LOGO on the notification bar,
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ro.nfc.icon.enable=fasle => ro.nfc.icon.enable=true
3. when u want adjust the volume ,button of volume in the screen is black line and it cant show it,
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find and del system/vector/android-res.apk
10. Mobile Bravia engine only works on video playback and not on pictures.
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it working in my xperia
About 13 - phone turns off after charged to 100%.
I haven't yet experienced it.. Are there people who doesn't have that issue? Maybe it's related to previous bootloader unlocking/flashing kernels/mods/doing some risky stuff without any practical knowledge about it?
In other words - if you have that issue please report - have you flashed custom kernels in the past/done some major modifications ? Maybe you have phone from second hand and previous owner put there not original battery? Let's gather all the info we can.
4.3 bugs
NO NFC ICON WHEN ON-BUT WORKS
NO ICON WHEN PLUG EARPHONES-BUT WORKS
100% CHARGES..REBOOT-experience 2 times,phone not rooted,flash USA region firmware,
BLACK BOX VOLUME-SOLUTION-APPLY ANOTHER THEME AND RESTART PHONE.
4 main bugs seen from now
PS:which region firmware are you using plz?
Point 3: the volume bar is black because you used theme that dowloaded from play store. Just apply stock theme and reboot, the volume bar will show correctly
dodo1515 said:
NO NFC ICON WHEN ON-BUT WORKS
NO ICON WHEN PLUG EARPHONES-BUT WORKS
100% CHARGES..REBOOT-experience 2 times,phone not rooted,flash USA region firmware,
BLACK BOX VOLUME-SOLUTION-APPLY ANOTHER THEME AND RESTART PHONE.
4 main bugs seen from now
PS:which region firmware are you using plz?
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No NFC icon or earphone icon is not a bug.Android system itself removed them in 4.3(or the system doesn't show them at all - Sony adds it). CM10.2 and CM11 don't show the icons either.
The earphone icon in 4.1 is shown by an Sony-made app,not the Android system.

Enable your notificación led for MM STOCK without any app

Hi people, i'm MIKIVILA and sorry for my bad english,
I made a mod for enable notificatión led for (sms,watsapp.etc) i working very along time with this mod for me and finally have that,
The zip by me work on MARSMALLOW STOCK,
only we need two steeps, download zip and the flash the zip, never all things
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1255603
Your tell me
Great Work!!! - This shows the led even when the phone is not plugged in (XT1093 - MM).
Works with miui8 mm too. Thanks for share.
proxuser said:
Works with miui8 mm too. Thanks for share.
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Hi, i don't now my friend, make a backup and flash then ,is possible work on miui
@mikivila - Do you suppose there is a way to cancel the led when one swipes away the notification on the lock screen? Currently, it seems you have to use the power button (unlock device) to cancel the led.
No
No disrespect to the op, but with the moto x' awesome active display, I'm finding it kinda hard to see the need to activate the led for notifications and I've always thought the notification LED makes ur phone look like it's something out of the 90's

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