Posted on June 17, 2014
Sony has been giving away some hints about Xperia owners can expect when KitKat 4.4.3 heads their way and 4.4.2 for the Xperia X, SP, T, TX and V. It has been suggested that features will be along the lines of those of the Xperia Sirius and the Z1 and features could also include two brand new user interfaces, along with camera modes and battery managers.
The interface for the Sony Sirius did get leaked and with it came a simple homescreen along with the Xperia one. In the leak you could see changes to the icons along with the addition of new status bar icons and battery icon.
With the release of Jelly Bean 4.3 Sony offered Smart Social apps along with new camera modes and user interface. The Sony Xperia Z1, Ultra X and other devices in the Z series may have features that are exclusive from Sirius. These may include Timeshift video and Background Defocus.
The Smart app was updated with a new look and it features a Close All button. This is a part of the Recent Apps and comes with Smart Backlight. This is somewhat similar to what owners of the Samsung handsets have with Smart Stay. The KitKat 4.4.3 update comes with support for call handling, double tap to wake and white balance.
The Xperia Sirius has some sound options that are new and this includes audio accessory support along with high resolution audio USB. It is to get S Force audio and Clear Audio along with xLoud engine.
It offers owners customisation choices when it comes to notification along with status bar. This includes My Xperia themes. Right now those with Jelly Bean 4.3 cannot apply a lot of customisation with My Xperia Themes.
Along with this KitKat has brought with it stamina mode, better power management, low battery, location based Wi-Fi and it allows the background data to be queued so as to save on the battery.
The Sony Xperia Z will get updated first to KitKat, followed by the Xperia SP, T, TX and V, which could have to wait for some time for Android 4.4.3.
Nice
Nice to dream... but... Seriously? What's the source of all this info?? :cyclops:
themis0009 said:
Posted on June 17, 2014
Sony has been giving away some hints about Xperia owners can expect when KitKat 4.4.3 heads their way and 4.4.2 for the Xperia X, SP, T, TX and V. It has been suggested that features will be along the lines of those of the Xperia Sirius and the Z1 and features could also include two brand new user interfaces, along with camera modes and battery managers.
The interface for the Sony Sirius did get leaked and with it came a simple homescreen along with the Xperia one. In the leak you could see changes to the icons along with the addition of new status bar icons and battery icon.
With the release of Jelly Bean 4.3 Sony offered Smart Social apps along with new camera modes and user interface. The Sony Xperia Z1, Ultra X and other devices in the Z series may have features that are exclusive from Sirius. These may include Timeshift video and Background Defocus.
The Smart app was updated with a new look and it features a Close All button. This is a part of the Recent Apps and comes with Smart Backlight. This is somewhat similar to what owners of the Samsung handsets have with Smart Stay. The KitKat 4.4.3 update comes with support for call handling, double tap to wake and white balance.
The Xperia Sirius has some sound options that are new and this includes audio accessory support along with high resolution audio USB. It is to get S Force audio and Clear Audio along with xLoud engine.
It offers owners customisation choices when it comes to notification along with status bar. This includes My Xperia themes. Right now those with Jelly Bean 4.3 cannot apply a lot of customisation with My Xperia Themes.
Along with this KitKat has brought with it stamina mode, better power management, low battery, location based Wi-Fi and it allows the background data to be queued so as to save on the battery.
The Sony Xperia Z will get updated first to KitKat, followed by the Xperia SP, T, TX and V, which could have to wait for some time for Android 4.4.3.
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Hope for that...
How about these features for example?
- lower memory requirements and better memory management
- user-customizable setup / debloat-able, not one size fits it all
- sort of semi-administrator rights out of the box, for example kind of which makes the owner rooted temporary to allow removal of items definitely not needed
- day and night UI setting (EvolveSMS and some other apps have this, it's brilliant)
- colour accents choosable
- navigation button user adjustable right out of the box
- a power menu with reboot option included
- bring back the screenshot option to the power menu
- a numbering of the volume and brightness adjuster scales for easier remembering, or on-screen number pop-up
- reliable repeat notifications for calendar, sms and other occurrences, even when the phone is sleeping
- adjustable LED colours for different notification types
- more reliable syncing for calendar + phone book, and not binding sync function to the presence of the latest version Play Services
- a user control of which metadata may be synced
- setting for combining camera pixels together lowering their total number and increasing effective pixel size, therefore actually achieving a better image quality
- thoroughly cleaning up the Play Store
- not binding paid apps functioning to the presence of Play Store
- clearer descriptions of what has been changed when upgrades are presented, not just "performance enhancements"
- revise the user rating system to actually provide useful information
- stop counting the number of features as the benchmark, but to highlight and promote other features such as efficiency, ease of use, or battery friendliness
- stop removing setup and preference options, many apps actually have become less user friendly and crippled
- give the user always a choice.
fedemyth said:
Nice to dream... but... Seriously? What's the source of all this info?? :cyclops:
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http://motoringcrunch.com/news/sony-xperia-phones-to-get-exclusive-4-4-3-kitkat-features/10018444/
Is this guy reliable?
Looks like a serious info leaked by a Sony dev but its not.lolz
If 4.4.2 arrives for my XV, i will try stickin with sony and my XV.
If not i will go for S5
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sony site still says under investigation
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-t/
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-v/
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/software/phones/xperia-sp/
so maybe there is hope but im not too worried we have great roms available as it is
istux said:
http://motoringcrunch.com/news/sony-xperia-phones-to-get-exclusive-4-4-3-kitkat-features/10018444/
Is this guy reliable?
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No sources
dreams on! :victory:
It's hard to believe but phonearena.com confirmed it, we will get kitkat upgrade
"gadgets need love too"
harrymason37 said:
It's hard to believe but phonearena.com confirmed it, we will get kitkat upgrade
"gadgets need love too"
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Where and when? I can't really find anything about that...
harrymason37 said:
It's hard to believe but phonearena.com confirmed it, we will get kitkat upgrade
"gadgets need love too"
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Here is what they know so far: http://www.phonearena.com/news/When-will-my-phone-get-the-Android-4.4-KitKat-update-here-is-what-we-know_id48960
So, where did you get your info?
Link please.
This can help too http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony...KitKat-Xperia-T-TX-V-ZR-might-be-next_id49597
daniel090588 said:
This can help too http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony...KitKat-Xperia-T-TX-V-ZR-might-be-next_id49597
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22 Nov 2013 - old news
Oh man... I'm so excited I didn't notice the date. Shame on me
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http://www.kdramastars.com/articles...ve-kitkat-features-starts-release-android.htm
i think this is where he got all those infos
I think you no longer need to wait for 4.4, plenty of expired 18 months ....
Mircinko96 said:
I think you no longer need to wait for 4.4, plenty of expired 18 months ....
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the xperia t have 2 years support bcs the t was sony's flagship right ?
LOL?
http://www.christiantoday.com/artic...update.rolls.out.sony.xperia.phones/38514.htm
I wouldn't believe that because it didn't say anything about Xperia Z,it looks like a fake,just my opinion.
Hello,
I used to run CyanogenMod 10.2 on my Ascend Y300. I recently bought an Xperia Z3 Compact. Would rooting it be enough, or would I need to install a custom rom to do the following:
-Reduce grid size of quick settings menu to 3 tiles wide, not 4
-CM volume options: ringer volume by default, but with pop-down button for media & alarm volumes
-Swap Sony's keyboard with CM stock keyboard - to reduce latency for long presses & the size of the keyboard.
-Map touch zones to my gamepad (Phonejoy - games support is rubbish)
Also, is there a way to unlock the bootloader & root the phone without losing all my installed apps/settings (I am aware of losing DRM keys/camera performance and don't mind that)?
Many thanks,
ttouchpadd
Edit: Please be aware that I have Googled these questions, but found conflicting answers. I have little experience in modding on Android - so I'd like to read answers from a credible source. Thanks in advance.
Hi yall,
tis my first post, so please have mercy!
I'd like to know if stock android oreo on my huawei p10 is worth it.
I'd also like to know if I could retain the button based navigation I got used to (came from iOS after many years) while having stock android as well.
Plus, if there's a way to keep the bokeh effects of the cameras (front/back) on stock android (default camera app, unless there's a way to configure the lock-screen shortcuts )
Thanks a lot in advance for your answers!
peace:good:
pansss said:
Hi yall,
tis my first post, so please have mercy!
I'd like to know if stock android oreo on my huawei p10 is worth it.
I'd also like to know if I could retain the button based navigation I got used to (came from iOS after many years) while having stock android as well.
Plus, if there's a way to keep the bokeh effects of the cameras (front/back) on stock android (default camera app, unless there's a way to configure the lock-screen shortcuts )
Thanks a lot in advance for your answers!
peace:good:
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hey, it's pretty safe to say that all of the functions featured above (home button navigation, portrait mode, etc.) will not be present when installing stock android because huawei is the one responsible for them being in your phone. Unless you are committed to losing these features, it's not worth installing stock android oreo.
Hello guys.
There some way to use gesture as AOSP Rom on Stock Android 10? Like another launcher.
Thx.
"Off topic vent"
I don't know why sony release a new Android without 'choose gesture option' like Motorola does. Looks like a incomplete port ( since Pie ). Maybe to force XZ2 and XZ3 looks like an older device.
Found an app to do It!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xda.nobar.premium
Still search for best settings.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...-apps/pie-xperia-10-10-plus-launcher-t3905699
I haven't upgraded to 10 yet, but on 9 I've been using FNG and I prefer it over the AOSP pill gestures.
I think if I'm not wrong that gestures features should be enabled with Android 10, but they are not on xperia xz3. And the funny thing is that there are some apps inside that should do the job, but we have to ask Sony
Here
Same for my XZ3
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Here
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This is very strange for SONY to do that because everything is there, they just decided to disable this feature for XZ3 users.
I will try to look into it maybe we can activate it through adb just like with pie.
ZayedCom said:
This is very strange for SONY to do that because everything is there, they just decided to disable this feature for XZ3 users.
I will try to look into it maybe we can activate it through adb just like with pie.
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hi yes it's really a shame I personally searched everywhere to activate navigation by gesture but it was impossible I tried with the adb code provided by nreuge but it does not work; the middle bar appears but it does not move there is that the sweeping on the right or on the right which works so was useless
Hello Everyone.
I am about to buy this phone but still having some doubts because of the OriginOS. I live in New Zealand. Just would like to ask a couple of questions:
- does it allow to install and use Nova Launcher with gestures?
- is this notification bar and settings bar changeable or at least can set up some gestures for that? Otherwise it requires to touch the top edge of the phone which is not perfect for me
- notifications are visible in Always on Display from FB, whats up, non stock phone or messages apps or not at all?
- does anyone use that with company portal and MS Authenticator? and its working fine? Quite important to me.
- how is the battery life - roughly SOT?
I will be really grateful for any help!
Thank you!
Peter