4.1 straight to 4.3?
finally

Any kind soul willing to upload the local ftf file for 4.3?

Battery drain can be different if you are running different apps. If you are running 3D games with high brightness and sound, sure it will drain faster. If you are running a lot of background apps such as Facebook, Whatsapp, LINE, WeChat you phone battery will also drain fast. If you come to a place where you have weak network, your phone battery also drain faster because it tries to search for 3G. You can enable STAMINA mode to save battery but you may miss social apps notification when the phone screen is off.

About the LED notification, during charging the light is orange. When it reaches 90% or more, the light change to green until the battery is fully charged.

You can show the battery percentage by checking the box in Settings -> Power Management (POWER INFORMATION).


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I see. I've enabled the stamina mode and tried testing it. I left it on standby mode with 39% at around 11pm and when I woke up at 9.30am it was down to 22%. Is that normal?

And how will you know if the game your playing is classified as a "heavy game" because they say it drains a lot of battery. And does the app still run when for example you left your facebook without logging it out and switch off the wifi.

Sorry if I have too many questions.

I think it is normal that your phone only drain 17% for 10 hours standby. You can use Smart Connect to turn off the mobile data, silent mode and brightness at Night by plugging in your charger. This also may save some battery.

A heavy game which is more complicated such as Need for Speed, Asphalt, Minion Rush with high graphical detail can use more CPU and GPU processing power. Game which requires Internet connection also may drain more battery juice. Even you are set STAMINA mode, some apps like LINE also can prevent it from standby completely.

I have manually updated my C5503 to 4.3 with Russian ftf using Androxyde's flashtool. Everything seems fine except I lost my Sony keyboard with Chinese input. I just downloaded Google Pinyin as replacement.

A little bit regret for the update however my AnTuTu scores has improved from 20,773 (4.2.2) to 21,675 (4.3). I need to monitor the battery drain after this update.

I see, I think I can understand now little by little. Oh I saw the Smart Connect you were talking about I saw the Night button. So at night, particularly at 10pm (that's what it says there) I'll turn the button on plugging in my charger until 7am? Will it not damage the battery if you leave it plugged in for 9 hrs?

I have a problem.. i paired with my Sony Ericsson BT headset and after about 2 minutes listening music with the headset the bt connection is lost and cant be paired back. Only after repairing with the bt headset will it connect again but connection will be lost due to the same condition again and again...

This post has been edited by nixonyang: Dec 28 2013, 12:39 AM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0eC0W3KWc...dit?usp=sharing

SONY Xperia ZR 4.3 MY edition

Hmm.. Not sure why, but I've known ZR's bluetooth can be quite problematic, have experience it myself.. Sometimes have to be rough a bit with the phone.. They say sonething might be loose.. In my case, even re-pairing can't solve, brute force only..

On another note, successfully updated to 4.3 and rooted and still have locked bootloader.. Loving the new themes, appearance and functionality..

hows battery life on 4.3?any improvements?

THANK GOD ..

finally my android had be updated ..

is little bit funny .. from 4.1 jump to 4.3 ..

anyway , it working fine right now .. hopefully no problem laa .. if not xD

Whats your meaning on brute force? shake the phone?

On another note, anyone knows where is selling third party charging dock for ZR?

can get it from here, IPmart for only RM67.71 shipped with poslaju...

this can charge add batt with the back slot...

if you can wait for 2-3 week, can get the same charger from china online store for only usd12 ( free shipping ), which i just did...

This post has been edited by old newspaper: Dec 28 2013, 06:39 PM

Yep.. Good ol' elbow grease.. But it works.. Or they say pushing a bit to the mic place under the cam also can yield good result..

Thanks for the link!! Whats the meaning data sync? means i can transfer file through the dock as well? And output is rated 1A, so i assume it will take a little more time to charge than the standard charger.

Thanks for the tips, my phone bt connection miraculously became stable today.

hello..just wanna ask does the 4.3 update bring AR effect to the camera, just like in Z1 n Z ultra?

XZU people are noticing a slight decrease in battery life

i can say the battery life is not up to par with whats reviewed after the 4.3 update.. battery drain at stanby is alot, even after turning off all data sync