We should let SONY know that the current Android 9 Pie is the worst lazy treatment since the SONY upgrade system.
Xperia XZ3,Xperia XZ2, XZ2 Premium, XZ2 Compact, Xperia XZ Premium, XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, XA2, XA2 Ultra and XA2 Plus, which can be upgraded to Android 9 Pie, should be displayed to tell SONY about the Android 9 Pie experience.
For details, please go to the Xperia Support Forum.
XPERIA XZ3 Discussion - Article title: SONY Bad Android 9 Pie
xperken1402 said:
We should let SONY know that the current Android 9 Pie is the worst lazy treatment since the SONY upgrade system.
Xperia XZ3,Xperia XZ2, XZ2 Premium, XZ2 Compact, Xperia XZ Premium, XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, XA2, XA2 Ultra and XA2 Plus, which can be upgraded to Android 9 Pie, should be displayed to tell SONY about the Android 9 Pie experience.
For details, please go to the Xperia Support Forum.
XPERIA XZ3 Discussion - Article title: SONY Bad Android 9 Pie
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Whats so bad about the experience? Explain yourself here, you took the time to post here.
Pie has better battery than Oreo, faster boot/smoother running, camera works without drm patch, root works on stock kernel, should I go on? Slight rotation glitch is about all ive found wrong.
Beetle84 said:
Whats so bad about the experience? Explain yourself here, you took the time to post here.
Pie has better battery than Oreo, faster boot/smoother running, camera works without drm patch, root works on stock kernel, should I go on? Slight rotation glitch is about all ive found wrong.
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Let the user wait for a long time, Pie is finally updated.
The update found that it is very different from the Android 9 Pie we know.
SONY's Android 9 Pie seems to be android oreo 8.1 experience
We lack many important features
No New-System-Navigation & Digital Wellbeing & Slice & actions
There is no change in the Setting UI.
Perhaps SONY developers should refer to what is Android 9 Pie
This is just a waste of time for the XPERIA XZ2 participating in the Android 9 Pie test.
Other complaints
1.Always on display Why not do a unified drop to all Android 9 models only XZ2 series
2.No. There is still no port Systemui with new clock (XZ Premium, XZ1, XZ1 Compact)
3.GOOGLE active marketing developers should have a dark theme
The dark theme that our sony music APP and Sony Album APP already have.
But should the apps used by Sony Phone, Sony Contacts, and Sony Mobile SupportXperia keyboards also include the dark theme option?
Beetle84 said:
Whats so bad about the experience? Explain yourself here, you took the time to post here.
Pie has better battery than Oreo, faster boot/smoother running, camera works without drm patch, root works on stock kernel, should I go on? Slight rotation glitch is about all ive found wrong.
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I agree, pie is good, in terms of technical stuff.
In terms of user experience its not smoother than oreo. Rotation isnt smooth, neither is going back and forth in apps especially whatsapp, and lil more smoothness problems.
Do I prefer oreo? Probably not, is pie alot better? Also not.
If this update is as smooth as oreo, id say yes it is a lot better.
But its not, plus we aint got recents panel like other pie running devices, no navigation bar, no change in UI, smoothness got worse, i cant seem to find a difference between HDR photo and non HDR phone in camera app, battery isnt better, there are some more glitches like some notifications get cut in half when sliding the notification bar, thats what i can remember, im sure there is more that I forgot.
Again Pie isnt bad and in some cases like the technical stuff its better than oreo, but in most cases especially the UX, its worse.
Either that or your device is super xz premium and not a normal one or some of us got bad xz premium devices from sony.
madshark2009 said:
I agree, pie is good, in terms of technical stuff.
In terms of user experience its not smoother than oreo. Rotation isnt smooth, neither is going back and forth in apps especially whatsapp, and lil more smoothness problems.
Do I prefer oreo? Probably not, is pie alot better? Also not.
If this update is as smooth as oreo, id say yes it is a lot better.
But its not, plus we aint got recents panel like other pie running devices, no navigation bar, no change in UI, smoothness got worse, i cant seem to find a difference between HDR photo and non HDR phone in camera app, battery isnt better, there are some more glitches like some notifications get cut in half when sliding the notification bar, thats what i can remember, im sure there is more that I forgot.
Again Pie isnt bad and in some cases like the technical stuff its better than oreo, but in most cases especially the UX, its worse.
Either that or your device is super xz premium and not a normal one or some of us got bad xz premium devices from sony.
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I don't understand why people are complaining, oreo had problems and after updates they we're fixed so just wait
LukeyWolf said:
I don't understand why people are complaining, oreo had problems and after updates they we're fixed so just wait
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You asked for why people think its not good i gave an answer, im pretty sure sony will do its best to deliver the best for us through future updates.
Still disappointed with the fact that we dont have android pie nav bar or recents panel...
Pie 9 - best
After I received android 9 PIE, my Sony Xz1 dual sim G8342 works more quickly, smoothly and battery saving energy.
What I like very much about PIE it is transition on diplay from one screen to another in apps or settings, power off menu, volume menu, clock on top left side.
Beetle84 said:
Whats so bad about the experience? Explain yourself here, you took the time to post here.
Pie has better battery than Oreo, faster boot/smoother running
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You are wrong, don't agree with you,because battery on pie MORE faster loses a charge, and may be in some place pie interface looks some faster then oreo, for example widget of business calendar on desktop on oreo already appeared on a desktop and in pie he load 30 sec or more....
upd: may be pie firmware only for xzp is worst, and on other new sony models pie firmware better...
On my side the battery can be used around 3 days with Pie
Hello, I hope this doesn't breaks the rules. I'm having troubles choosing the right Gcam port for my stock s7 edge exy, since the ones I tried were all laggy and buggy (freezes, force closes, etc.).
I do know there are many versions (where Gcam 5 seems to be faster and more reliable than 6, that indeed has more functions) what can you suggest me as a daily driver? What are the ones I should try?
Currently I'm using xgcam 0.25 by newwb. The colors are splendid, but there is a loooot of noise, and the app crashes very often
Up(?)
i am using Gcam Exynos 5.1.018.177624777 (idans) work best for me on both oreo and pie with Google AR stickers too
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i am using Gcam Exynos 5.1.018.177624777 (idans) work best for me on both oreo and pie with Google AR stickers too
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can't find a DL link, can you provide me it? why did you choose this version in particular?
i'm not really that interested in AR stickers; should I choose this version too anyway?
the_cr0w said:
can't find a DL link, can you provide me it? why did you choose this version in particular?
i'm not really that interested in AR stickers; should I choose this version too anyway?
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t.me/exynosgooglecamera
Try this telegram link, it will lead you to the
[S7/S8] Google camera support
You will find all latest versions of modded Gcam.
I choose this version because it's the latest stable version by idans in that group, but maybe it's now updated, you have to enter and see.
P.S there is a competitor version of this Gcam and can be installed separately so you can decide which one is best for you.
hey guys
i have tested many gcam for s7 edge exynos and currently using idan 4.7 test 2 gcam. do you know any port better than that?
Gcam port.
LGN2_bsg-test-8.1.apk
Works for Galaxy S7 Edge
Where can I find all these above mentioned gcam APKs?
For some reason I decided to check the Pixel Experience ROM's website and found out it's available for the 1, 5, and 10. Is anyone using this? How does the fingerprint scanner work?
https://download.pixelexperience.org/devices
Dammit i just went back to stock software and locked bootloader. Eagerly waiting one someone's review!
I have a Poco F1 with Pixel Experience 10 installed. The ROM is a lot more responsive than MIUI. My last Xperia device was the X Performance F8132 and last time I installed a Pixel based ROM before ditching it. To compare the experience, Pixel ROMs really do well. It can be used as daily drivers
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I have a Poco F1 with Pixel Experience 10 installed. The ROM is a lot more responsive than MIUI. My last Xperia device was the X Performance F8132 and last time I installed a Pixel based ROM before ditching it. To compare the experience, Pixel ROMs really do well. It can be used as daily drivers
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That's a different phone. Who knows how it runs on the 5. Is really no one using it? If it fixes the FP sensor, I'm buying one immediately.
android_fury said:
That's a different phone. Who knows how it runs on the 5. Is really no one using it? If it fixes the FP sensor, I'm buying one immediately.
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Uhm, how do You want to use it? Or to be clear, how do You want to install it? Total Non Sense to make Zipped ROMs for Devices that can't flash a single Zip... :laugh: Very amused about this One. If You wonder, check latest Post about TWRP on Android 10...
Hi!
I'm getting OnePlus 6 as a replacement for my old 5T. I wonder what is the best firmware for it right now? I don't want to dabble into custom ROMs, I just want an official OxygenOS. From quick search I got very confusing reports, with people bashing any version after 9.0.9 it seems - be that Android 10 or Android 11 - be that any specific version number - for bugs with GPS, Gmail, battery drain, overheat issues, other issues...
So should I just stick with last 9.0 version (that would be 9.0.9, correct)?
Or is there a good more recent version available which has no issues?
i've never had your model but i think the latest version is best for you. You do not want mods, so definitely the latest version. New versions are built to be better than the old. if you like looking at other versions then you can just go to the oneplus website. https://onepluscommunityserver.com/list/Manuals/ good luck.
v9 has better battery, less bugs and is more stable than 10 and 10 is better than 11
so latest = worst in this case, but to be fare latest has more features and more security
Personally v9.0.3 is the best in my opinion but you can try yourself and find out based on your needs and likings , that includes lineageOS
Hey guys.
Im interesting to buy 12s ultra. I have already saw it with unbox firmware but I wasn't surprised on camera performance.
If you got any update since then pls upload some unedited Day - Night fotos..
Thnk you all..
Look at the thread with the modded camera apk.....that project updates the camera on our EU rom with the latest instead of the 6 month old versions.
Software is much better now IMO.