topic Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs in XPERIA archive

4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

ghani667 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:04:56 GMT

here is the changlog for 4.4.3 if sony provides 4.4.3 them major problems will be solved

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_443_features_leaked-news-8166.php

•Frequent data connection dropout fix

•mm-qcamera-daemon crash and optimization fixes

•Camera focus in regular and HDR modes fixes

•Power Manager display wakelock fix

•Multiple Bluetooth fixes

•Fix for a random reboot

•App shortcuts sometimes got removed from launcher after update

•USB debugging security fix

•App shortcuts security fix

•Wi-Fi auto-connect fix

•Other camera fixes

•MMS, Email/Exchange, Calendar, People/Dialer/Contacts, DSP, IPv6, VPN fixes

•Stuck in activation screen fix

•Missed call LED fix

•Subtitle fixes

•Data usage graph fix

•Internet telephony fix

•FCC compliance fix

•Miscellaneous fixes

so when are the z zl zr z1 z1c z2 t2 ultra t3 and others getting 4.4.3

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

Thommo — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:18:27 GMT

Suggested and leaked info - Not official - So this thread is pointless.

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

ghani667 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:27:42 GMT

leak hahahah and u call urself a master do some research

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_443_now_available_on_all_google_play_edition_phones-news-8697.php

read this and

http://blog.gsmarena.com/google-releases-android-4-4-3-factory-images-pushes-aosp/

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

_alexdon_ — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:23:04 GMT

Ghani,when the info will be available here ,you can be sure of an update.

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

Memo-azizi — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 02:21:17 GMT

its just for the google edition phones right?

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

SergioPL1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:51:11 GMT

Those are bug fix for Google's devices. It may or may not apply to other hardware since OEM's are doing their drivers to tailor the OS to their hardware.

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

lcs01 — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 05:39:15 GMT

In any case, some problems on that list are present in the Sony Xperia z1 since upgrading to 4.4.2 and it is very annoying to have bought an expensive Bluetooth headset that became useless when upgrading to 4.4.2 on Sony's recommendation and find that in best case there will be a fix for it 6 months later.I'm moving back to iPhone.

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

Mac1982 — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:23:38 GMT

The list of fixes is very interesting and will not only apply to google devices, because not everything is hardware related.

Found this list also here:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/03/28/first-android-4-4-3-details-come-to-light-here-is-what-you-should-expect-to-see-fixed/

But it could have the same source. According to german wikipedia the update is available since 2nd June. So very fresh. The message in this thread can be: Sony we have seen the update and it sounds interesting. Please do not forget to fix "older" devices. The Sony forum is one point to make a public statement to Sony which will hopefolly be noticed. Contacting Support often gives default answers.

This seems to be mandatory because Google and the hardware manufacturer have not yet worked out a short bug fix process. Google tries to solve problems to update some major apps using the play store. But there are still some things which can not be updated using the playstore and as one update for every device.

The Sony blog is nice but it only gives information about if an update is already available. This is clearly the best information. But Sony could do better. They already mention which major release will be delivered to a device. They could also announce if a minor release is planned. This is my first Sony device. I had bad experiences with other devices. For example I never knew if my HTC device would get an update at all. I think they also changed their policies.

My last device was a Galaxy Nexus. As Google announced they will not release an update anymore I had all information needed to decide if I just deal with the situation or buy new update by purchasing another device. I could make better plans when to do a hardware exchange.

For some unknown reasons I think the update will come. Sony did this before for older devices. But it could be a littler faster.

Re: 4.4.3 can save xperia phones from bugs

ghani667 — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:52:05 GMT

if sony use this 4.4.3 itll be easier to them to make the update bugless well lets see what sony is doing but the latest 757 update is still buggy bluetooth and wifi issues and battery drain and heating issue are annoying plus the main big issue is the camera software its bad when taking low light pictures really bad