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AcidBurn

So I just got Lollipop on my Z1C and had alot of expectations. Sadly it has more downsides for me at the moment.

The interface is pretty inconsistent and the white color ... oh my god I need to wear sunglasses now when operating on my phone. The autobrightness that had same flukes in Kitkat seems to be here as well (it's increasing the brightness when the background has white or any light colors in it and not based on the ambient light). Basically I can't use the phone during nighttime if I want to read something without disabling autobrightness or else my eyes bleed. Speaking about inconsistencies what is this Sony on the right the "thing" there was just slapped on in the last seconds? I bet is isn't hard to use same design you used to clear the dropdown notifications, something similar to what I "painted" on the left.

Next up some other inconsistencies. Though our phone can do 4K video recording (yes it can, it's not a hardware limitation ... just Sony limitation and I don't need to prove this you already know) I was happy we at least got 1080p@60FPS on Lollipop. Or did we? The screen below is from a video shot at 1080p@60FPS, or well at least that's what the camera app thinks so.

Oh yes that is 30FPS and I'm not the only one reporting this issue, XDA threads started to notice this too.

Next up some benchmarkings that I thought would at least be as good as Kitkat if not better. Well I guess I was wrong again. I ran the test 3 times to be sure and got similar results, nothing over 40k and that runtime ... well something is wrong there for sure.

I'm not trying to make a hate thread here since I stuck with Sony since my first smartphone but some stuff here kind of demonstrates someone is not doing his job right and for sure it isn't me.

Since 5.0.2 will probably be the last update for Z1C I'm dissapointed a bit but I also have nothing to worry about in the same time since the lovely devs and mods on XDA will do better. I do feel sorry for the average users though that doesn't tinker with his phone. They will just have to manage with this.

Galij

Album in lollipop cannot mark timeshift burst photo from kitkat and can't view timeshift burst kitkat photo in burst view mode.

How fix it?

Newtrail

just the same problem after updating to lollipop. It's a shame, to have problems with a device which was OK before updating.

Uliwooly

re-install lollipop, it will smooth things out

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komilAD

http://m.androidcentral.com/smart-lock-body-detection-now-rolling-out-lollipop-devices

This feature suddenly popped up in my device. Did anyone notice? So if Google can include features without notifying us then it can take private information from our device as well. Sneaky Google.

PaoloZ1Compact

Thank you for the reply!

The Smart Lock item was not visible because in the "Trust agent" menu was disabled.

I don't know why during the upgrade process has been disabled.

zerodddd

The system is Android 5.0.

If I turn off wifi and data, during standby the battery consumption is normal, usually 1% per hour or less.

If wifi OR data stays on, during standby AND normal using, it becomes very hot, almost 40 degree celsius, and battery drops for 10-20% per hour.

(no games, no videos, just SNS or Internet exploring!)

There must be something wrong.

Awake bar in battery option shows it is always awake.

Uliwooly

It gets hot when you send/receive sms/mms and use the browser? if it does, the it is normal.

Jai36

I recently updated and am quite dissapointed. Firstly I cannot get my notifications to appear without unlocking my phone. Also there is no button for turning the phone on silent without using the volume key. Furthermore I feel as if I have to unlock my phone twice just to get into it, once for the general unlock and then again to put in my password.

smilzaccio

Hi i m Davide...anyone have my same problem With lollipop charges battery
How can i do

neilc

After upgrading to Lollipop I find the clock screen before the lock screen so annoying. Is there a way to remove this so I go straight to the lock pattern?