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Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact announced at IFA
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What about rooting it and doing all that? I'd like to have mine rooted to make the most of some apps such as cerberus anti theft.
So I'd be happy with:
Rooted
Free of bloatware
updateable OTA
simple android launcher
all the while without losing quality of camera etc..
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I've the Z3. My customisation was to do the following.
1: I uninstalled any apps I could. A surprising amount could be uninstalled. I've come from Samsung which is getting a bit Appley in that they want you to do a lot of stuff their way and most of the stuff on it can't be removed without rooting.
2: I went into the App Info for any apps I couldn't uninstall and disabled them.
3: I installed Nova Launcher. This allows you to get an extra row or two of icons on the screen if you want. On a 5" phone I always add one extra row. Nova Launcher allows you to hide any apps from the app drawer that you will never use. Handy for keeping it tidy. Nova also allows you to remove the icon names from your apps on the home screen. I've attached a screenshot of what mine looks like.
4: I followed the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689155&page=3 to remove the Whats New button from the Google Now space and to remove the small launcher app too. If you know what they are and they annoy you then the instructions are easy to follow. If you don't know what they are and they don't annoy you then you've nothing to do.
That's it. I installed the update that popped down last week and haven't noticed any difference. The notifications are louder but they didn't bother me before anyway. I thought it would undo the stuff I did in step 4 but it didn't so that was handy.
Really happy with this phone. I've had it for about a month now and it's had no hassle at all.
Edit: Just saw stoksyXLs post. I checked for pink hue (I presume taking a picture of a white page and checking that out is good enough) and it doesn't have that problem.
Try taking a pic on a dark background, easier to spot the pink hue issue.
Here's one I made earlier...
The jacket is jet black, but looks dreadful in the pic.
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That must be a pain, but thankfully I don't think it will affect me as I always have data roaming on (Vodafone red roaming, great value!)
I'm going to be rightly peeved if I find out I have that pink hue
So what about rooting, does anyone know is there an easy way to root the Z3c?0 -
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What about rooting it and doing all that? I'd like to have mine rooted to make the most of some apps such as cerberus anti theft.
So I'd be happy with:
Rooted
Free of bloatware
updateable OTA
simple android launcher
all the while without losing quality of camera etc..
Does anyone know what this means and if it would suit my requirements above: http://fxpblog.co/releases/aosp-lollipop-release-from-fxp-just-in-time-for-christmas/0 -
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I'm finally over the hurdle of transfer of switching to my Z3c and it's really sweet to use and the battery life is very impressive!
I ran into a problem backing up my app data. My previous phone a Motorola Razr i XT890 was rooted, but of course I didn't want to root the Z3c as it would mess up the camera. It seemed the only non root backup/restore of app data option for android is helium or through the pc. The pc route didn't work and as luck would have it, Motorola seems to be the only make that helium doesn't support so I just had to start from scratch with any apps that didn't have a backup option themselves.
I've been testing out the included apps for basic tasks such as viewing photos but I think I'll need another app. On my old phone you could open the gallery through the camera, pinch out and you can see/delete photos and videos easy and it only showed files in the actual camera folder. The sony app seems to show every image on the phone including what's app media, album covers etc and there doesn't seem to be an option to exclude locations either?
Is there a way to get app shortcuts on the lockscreen by the way? I'd like to put a button to turn the torch on from the lock screen if possible
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I've been experiencing a few little annoyances too with mine since I started using it.
I haven't really had the chance to test this, but it seems a lot of the time when you're on a call, if you take the phone away from your ear, the screen stays black, on my old phone as soon as the phone was taken away from your ear, the screen would come back on.
Attaching the aux cable to one car, there is a very distorted sound along with the music, as if it's being played through a tin can and there's interference coming from somewhere too on the line and it may be related to the acceleration level in the vehicle, I've had similar issues before, but only when the phone is plugged in charging and there's an interference loops, but the vehicle that it's problematic in now, was always fine before.
Interference again, there seems to be that traditional mobile/speaker interference sound a lot more than my old phone, even when there's no call or anything coming through, this happens when close to speakers/radio.
And if anyone knows how to put widgets on the lock screen please share 0 -
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I've been experiencing a few little annoyances too with mine since I started using it.
I haven't really had the chance to test this, but it seems a lot of the time when you're on a call, if you take the phone away from your ear, the screen stays black, on my old phone as soon as the phone was taken away from your ear, the screen would come back on.
Attaching the aux cable to one car, there is a very distorted sound along with the music, as if it's being played through a tin can and there's interference coming from somewhere too on the line and it may be related to the acceleration level in the vehicle, I've had similar issues before, but only when the phone is plugged in charging and there's an interference loops, but the vehicle that it's problematic in now, was always fine before.
Interference again, there seems to be that traditional mobile/speaker interference sound a lot more than my old phone, even when there's no call or anything coming through, this happens when close to speakers/radio.
And if anyone knows how to put widgets on the lock screen please share
Just go to the lock screen and keep sweeping to the right until you see a plus symbol. Press said symbol...et voila!0 -
Brilliant, thanks a lot for that. I added a torch button through creating a lock screen widget with widgetsoid
Was testing the audio in that car again and the audio isn't clear with either aux or bluetooth, but it's fine with other audio players, but then the Z3c is playing now with no problems on my speakers at home so I wonder what's going on there
Another issue I've noticed is while I'm on calls, I have to hold the bottom of the phone very close to my mouth for the caller to hear me. I'm guessing this is something to do with the background noise cancellation feature? When I hold it closer to my mouth, I can be heard ok.0 -
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