You will lose root,unless you update using OTA . DooMLord has already released a new toolkit to root the 4.2 update so you don't have to worry.

BTW,just updated my XZL to 4.2. It is definitely smoother than before. The multitasking UI is also quite nice. A shame though that the quick settings panel is still styled after the one in 4.1 and not like the one in AOSP 4.2.

AFAIK there's no need to wipe the phone to root it using this new method.

Here's a nice widget for the lockscreen

http://lifehacker.com/supercharge-your-loc...ese-a-493206006

I still use Chrome if I need my bookmarks,but when I don't I use Boat Browser. It's so far the fastest browser I've tried on Android.

Guys,I have a question. How many colours does the notification LED on the ZL can light up in? Mine can flash the LED in magenta,red,green and blue.

I see,guess I need to pay the service center a visit then. Which service center in Klang Valley would you guys recommend?

Aside from the notification LED [which i just noticed after almost 2 months of use ] the phone is working fine. When viewing photos in the stock gallery app the LED just turns magenta with every photo,even ones that do not have that color in it.

On second inspection,it does change,but only to either blue or green or red or magenta.

Just tested,only the colors i stated earlier worked. If I set it to white it turns magenta,light blue/cyan turns into dark blue.

You should be able to flash directly using the .423 ftf and flashtool.

Technically there shouldn't be any problem using the ftf from another region. You might lose region specific apps though. You can also update using PC Companion or the Sony Update Service software,this way you'll get the SG ftf flashed to your phone.

Guys, which service centre would you recommend in KL? I need to send in my ZL.

These are my opinions after using the ZL for a few months

Pros
1-Large screen,compact body,on screen navigation buttons.
2-Low price for the specs you get.
3-Loud speaker,good sound quality through earphones.
4-Mostly lightweight UI skin,runs 4.2.2 already.

Cons
1-Screen's viewing angle is narrow,and the black levels are not low enough
2-No Google Edition available
3-Camera not as good as expected,but still pretty decent
4-Not as smooth [it's fast,but the animations sometimes has dropped frames/not 60fps all the time] as a Nexus 4 running custom kernel + CM10.1 stable but still about on par with HTC One,S4.

Battery life is a bit lower than the Nexus 4

This post has been edited by Racerx: Jun 30 2013, 03:08 PM

I'd keep the butterfly, it's imo better than the zl, except for the os (if already using sense 5 i'd say it's on par or better than the one on the zl).

I'd take a look at the HTC One as well. Great screen.speakers,build quality.

My battery only lasted 12h yesterday,with the cpu being kept awake 7h. BBS showed the rgb led is keeping the cpu awake though i'm not sure what the rgb led refers to,probably the led notification light.