Does unlocking the XA Ultra bootloader is breaking the camera as seen on the Z3 ?
Yooooomi said:
Does unlocking the XA Ultra bootloader is breaking the camera as seen on the Z3 ?
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Yep it certainly does due to loss of the ta keys probably more so on the ultra than the normal xa due to the bigger mp camera's it's mainly low light photos I do believe.
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aidy.lucas said:
Yep it certainly does due to loss of the ta keys probably more so on the ultra than the normal xa due to the bigger mp camera's it's mainly low light photos I do believe.
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Is there any way that the mod here "forum.xda-developers[dot]com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672" works on the XA Ultra ? It's written that it's only for the Z series but can it work on the XA serie ? :fingers-crossed:
Yooooomi said:
Is there any way that the mod here "forum.xda-developers[dot]com/crossdevice-dev/sony/xperia-z1-z2-z3-series-devices-drm-t2930672" works on the XA Ultra ? It's written that it's only for the Z series but can it work on the XA serie ? :fingers-crossed:
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Yes use the z3+ version
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aidy.lucas said:
Yes use the z3+ version
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I dont risk anything about bricking my phone ? I have the Ultra dual sim. And to be honest i dont see clearly what's the difference between pictures before and after unlocking... Where can i check if my drm keys are still there ?
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Do I need to sell my Sola for Xperia J? is it worth it?
not worth it. sola is better
J is just like xperia 2011 devices. Old hardware, laggy ics. Also the rom on it is like ics for xperia11 not like ics for p/s. Sola is much better, dualcore hardware and will get ics with the latest sony ui and much smoother.
Go for sola!
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I totally agree the Sola is much better.
Why the Sola is better
1. The CPU is dual core and much stronger on the Sola
2. Sola has a higher pixel density
3. Sola has 8GB internal storage, double the Xperia J 4GB
4. Data rates on Sola are faster, see them compared below
5. Newer bluetooth on Sola
6. GPU (graphics capacity) is MUCH stronger on the Sola
7. More advanced multtouch on Sola
8. Sola is thinner and lighter IF you like that
Why the Xperia J is better
1. Larger screen - IF you want that
2. Much stronger battery
Phones compared
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4408&idPhone2=4930
Thanks for all the information! I've decided to wait for Xperia V!!
capthor said:
Do I need to sell my Sola for Xperia J? is it worth it?
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It is worth it if most of the time you will be checking email and browse internet on your phone (just like me). The battery life is good and the screen is good too. And last but not least, the design is beautiful.
Sola is better and faster phone, J is low budget single core phone with bigger, but not better screen.
And V is a beast phone but with much higher price.
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neoxx3m said:
Sola is better and faster phone, J is low budget single core phone with bigger, but not better screen.
And V is a beast phone but with much higher price.
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Agree with you. Spec wise Xperia Sola is better (and cheaper, in my country). But if a user have the same use case as me, Xperia J might be better. Don't forget about the battery life too.
nakTT said:
Agree with you. Spec wise Xperia Sola is better (and cheaper, in my country). But if a user have the same use case as me, Xperia J might be better. Don't forget about the battery life too.
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But he allready have sola. Why to sell better phone and buy slower?
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capthor said:
Do I need to sell my Sola for Xperia J? is it worth it?
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As in my opinion,Sola is better than J in terms of performance and also in terms of battery.
Remember our devices use NovaThor SOCs so they have reduced power consumption.
And J uses a ancient CPU as well as GPU.(Cortex A5 :silly: and Adreno 200:silly
These specs are similar to my Galaxy Mini which is nearly 1 year old.
This is just my opinion,rest depends on you.
Regards,
acervenky,
XPT
sola
Sola is better than J
neoxx3m said:
But he allready have sola. Why to sell better phone and buy slower?
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Agree with you bro.
Only if his use case is the same as mine, perhaps Xperia J might suit him a bit better.
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Hello everyone.
I have just recently purchased the Xperia Z Ultra and it's a pretty big phone.
When I press the sleep/wake button to unlock the phone, there is a slight delay before the screen lights up. Is it normal? Do you guys have it on your device as well? I didn't expect it to be like this since Z Ultra has very powerful hardware, so I don't get why there should be a delay.
Another thing I noticed in the promo video for Xperia Z Ultra by Sony was that the settings background was like a white colour, but on my Z Ultra it has black background and text in white. I have the latest software version available.
Looking forward to your answers.
Thanks.
Have you updated to. 471 yet? There's no lag at my end.
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No lag with mine... I have seen reports of the screen turning grey for a split second before turning on tho.
if you installed bunch of crap apps it will be like that
Yes I've already updated to the latest software. The lag isn't that much but it's still noticeable, especially compared to my iPhone 5.
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I haven't installed a bunch of crap applications. I tried hard resetting it a couple of times but the slight lag is still there. Maybe an android thing?
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My ZU also has a really noticeable screen wake delay. It was similar the the Z on it's earlier firmware releases.
So I think everyone has it, they just don't realize it.
I am on firmware .471 (which is the latest I think). Pretty unhappy about this but oh well.
gunblazer said:
My ZU also has a really noticeable screen wake delay. It was similar the the Z on it's earlier firmware releases.
So I think everyone has it, they just don't realize it.
I am on firmware .471 (which is the latest I think). Pretty unhappy about this but oh well.
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Thanks for that. I'm also on firmware 471.
So I'm assuming Sony fixed the delay in Xperia Z with a firmware update, right. Hopefully they'll do the same with the Xperia Z Ultra as well, and soon.
And I don't think the current firmware on the Z ultra is market ready yet. It's quite different from the one they showed during the launch. I'm hoping we'll get the update along with the global release (LTE) next month.
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Tarzan- said:
Have you updated to. 471 yet? There's no lag at my end.
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I am seeing in the phone it said 4.2.2 where do you look at for the .471?
Also where do you go to update that?
Thank you in advance!
kingrichards said:
I am seeing in the phone it said 4.2.2 where do you look at for the .471?
Also where do you go to update that?
Thank you in advance!
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Go to Settings - About Phone and look at build number at the end. If your last 3 digits not 471 then download Sony pc companion and update.
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Tarzan- said:
Go to Settings - About Phone and look at build number at the end. If your last 3 digits not 471 then download Sony pc companion and update.
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Just updated the firmware.. Don't have anymore black screen freeze hope everything is good
Screen is a bit sensitive tho
jack1192 said:
Hello everyone.
I have just recently purchased the Xperia Z Ultra and it's a pretty big phone.
When I press the sleep/wake button to unlock the phone, there is a slight delay before the screen lights up. Is it normal? Do you guys have it on your device as well? I didn't expect it to be like this since Z Ultra has very powerful hardware, so I don't get why there should be a delay.
Another thing I noticed in the promo video for Xperia Z Ultra by Sony was that the settings background was like a white colour, but on my Z Ultra it has black background and text in white. I have the latest software version available.
Looking forward to your answers.
Thanks.
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I don't have the delay on mine, but I did watch a review on Youtube, and he mentioned that and how annoying it is. So maybe some have it and some don't.. Mine has brutal battery life, and the sim door pops open a few times a day.. others have other issues. Not sure what to say there.
Hey guys
Is there any method/guide for better performance/quality in in uz?
I am wondering about this under average quality photos in this phone even with a powerful ximor rs sensor at indoor conditions!
Uz takes very bad noisy photos in low light conditions that i have never seen in each other 8 mp phones.
I have tried all options for gaining better results but unfortunately this camera disappointed me at all.
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That's true. ZU camera is not the best one.
But try Cemre Zoom FX. It takes much better photos.
I'm happy with that.
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The lack of an LED should have tipped you off straight away, and the fact that the ZU uses the same camera as the Z (correct me if i'm wrong), but without an LED. You can of course install a different camera app from the Play Store, or wait until devs have ported the Z1 camera app to the ZU (still no guarantee that it will produce better photos though).
LordManhattan said:
The lack of an LED should have tipped you off straight away, and the fact that the ZU uses the same camera as the Z (correct me if i'm wrong), but without an LED. You can of course install a different camera app from the Play Store, or wait until devs have ported the Z1 camera app to the ZU (still no guarantee that it will produce better photos though).
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It's not really clear whether zu has the same camera module as the z, actually. Zu is only 8mp, while z has 13mp, so no guarantee the hardware is the same. And zu is far thinner than z to contain the same module, but this is just a wild guess.
babakmaham said:
Hey guys
Is there any method/guide for better performance/quality in in uz?
I am wondering about this under average quality photos in this phone even with a powerful ximor rs sensor at indoor conditions!
Uz takes very bad noisy photos in low light conditions that i have never seen in each other 8 mp phones.
I have tried all options for gaining better results but unfortunately this camera disappointed me at all.
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Anyway, there's a thread that ported SuperCamera app from lenovo k900 for zu, too. Maybe you can check it out.
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unk_damnation said:
It's not really clear whether zu has the same camera module as the z, actually. Zu is only 8mp, while z has 13mp, so no guarantee the hardware is the same. And zu is far thinner than z to contain the same module, but this is just a wild guess.
Anyway, there's a thread that ported SuperCamera app from lenovo k900 for zu, too. Maybe you can check it out.
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Yah
I have tried that app but i seems there is no big differences between original app from sony with that app!
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Hey everyone,
I unlocked my bootloader 2 days ago and reflash everything from scratch.Today, I restored my camera fv5 and noticed that the noise level is incredibly high as compared to previously. (Both firmware before and after is .257)
Did anyone encountered this ?
Nope, my camera is still bad
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Nope, my camera is still bad
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lol
avetny said:
lol
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Both you guys crack me up!
Yeah the camera is average.
Unlocking the blootloader should not effect the ultra at all. No keys stored in the TA partition are used in the stock camera app. Well.. actually that's not entirelly correct. The keys are read but only when you want to preview an image. I'm assuming that that's the x-reality engine kicking in... I haven't looked any further than that. but it should not make a difference.
so does our camera is not useable?
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Im feeling the same with you, i have xzu unlocked bootloader and taking image in low light area make the black area look abit purple noise , compared with the one on store the noise is different.
Sorry for my bad english
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Update to the latest 4.3 rom.. All the noises are gone
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Hey friends I found this and wander off we can use this for our zu and what to use from all the mods because I see most of them are for xperias before zu and if we can change this in 4.4.2
Thanks
P.s.hope we can take better pictures with the Z ultra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718100
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mr.joshuanice said:
Hey friends I found this and wander off we can use this for our zu and what to use from all the mods because I see most of them are for xperias before zu and if we can change this in 4.4.2
Thanks
P.s.hope we can take better pictures with the Z ultra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718100
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To be honest, such an improvement is only skin deep. The more problematic issue is the native code where all the image post processing is done. Plus with the latest 757 version, the Superior Auto is pretty good actually, the first time ever that i have confidence in Superior Auto Mode. It's like they have reduced the standard ISO level on the Superior Auto just like Manual, so the resulting image is less filled with artifact. So please try it again
mr.joshuanice said:
Hey friends I found this and wander off we can use this for our zu and what to use from all the mods because I see most of them are for xperias before zu and if we can change this in 4.4.2
Thanks
P.s.hope we can take better pictures with the Z ultra
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718100
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That is interesting. The camera is really sad indeed. Even though I do photography as a hobbie with a Sony NEX! (great cameras which makes it even sadder that the Ultra is so lame), so the built in camera is not crucial but now that I got my GF the Note 2 I can see how bad it is really is lol