topic Re: August security patch in XZ Series

August security patch

SamiSawani — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:06:22 GMT

Is high ram usage issue fixed?

And what about the battery drain as well as heating issues (especially in the camera app)

Please post ur thoughts and impression on the update so that others(like me) can see if it's worth it to move on from Marshmallow

Thanks

Re: August security patch

100rabh — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:03:53 GMT

Just updated ... will take about a day to review the update... Will give my impressions by tomorrow

Update :

1) Phone idle battery drain still present

2) Ram management improved

3) Battery seem almost same need to observe more

4) No such lags as such

5) device does heat up still maybe 1 or 2 C less now

PS :- Feels like a good update over 1 day of usage... Will update again soon

Re: August security patch

Srijan3194 — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:07:04 GMT

Only if Sony gave us a changelog !! We wouldn't have questions & threads like these.

I really love One+ for this, they give quite detailed changelogs.

My XZ is waiting for changelogs 😕

Re: August security patch

wch — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:39:31 GMT

For me, the problem is solved. Stability is back, and match with Android 6.

Software update 41.2.A.7.53 changelog

Hunaid786 — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 06:03:17 GMT

Received a 300 MB update today for my Xperia-XZ DS F8332.

BUILD updated to 41.2.A.7.53, includes August 1st Security updates.

Did they fix the RAM hog and black screen?

Re: Software update 41.2.A.7.53 changelog

Qatrium — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 06:45:46 GMT

@Hunaid786

Unfortunately, Sony does not include changelogs with their updates, and the only thing we are sure about at the moment is the August security patch. You'll need to test or wait for other users to report their findings.

Re: Software update 41.2.A.7.53 changelog

Tanvn — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:08:31 GMT

Hi, I have updated to version 41.2.A.7.53 and found that the amount of RAM was improved but the battery dropped quite fast

Re: Software update 41.2.A.7.53 changelog

Qatrium — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:10:11 GMT

@Tanvn

It's normal to have excessive battery drain for a while after updating your phone, a lot of background processes and optimization should be happening. It will settle with time.

Re: August security patch

SamiSawani — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:27:04 GMT

@wch

What is your SOT?

No phone idle drain?

Re: August security patch

100rabh — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:56:05 GMT

Updated my review

Re: August security patch

SamiSawani — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:05:21 GMT

Hey 100sailo, i really appreciate ur feedback

It's good to hear that RAM management has beeen improved but on the hand the device still heats up???? Maybe the update needs few days to settle all background processes amd optimizations.

I'll wait to hear more from u

Thanks

Re: August security patch

SamiSawani — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:07:16 GMT

Well that's good to hear! Would you please tell me ur screen on time?

Re: August security patch

wch — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 01:41:30 GMT

@SamiSawani wrote:
@wch
What is your SOT?
No phone idle drain?

I don't really care about SOT and standby time. I use my phone in max performance. My daily usage is estimated 7am to 12am, and SOT around 4-5hr. All of the gps, wifi, data are on except nfc.

Re: August security patch

100rabh — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:47:55 GMT

Maybe .. i m not sure ... i cleared my Cache last night .. So that the update settles down nicely without any errors or problems ...

this by far is the best update i can say ... The phone is running all Smooth ...

As for the Heating issue is concerned .. I will observe it till tonight ... i guess the update has settled by now ... So will update here

Re: August security patch

SamiSawani — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:02:10 GMT

I just went ahead and did the update. It seems like they have fixed most issues and will sure post my review to confirm what others have

Update:

1) Ram management is good

2)the phone is snappy and smooth

3) still heats up

4) phone idle drains about 5 percent of battery per 11 hours which is fine

5) double tap to wake is improved but sometimes requires touching 4 times to wake the screen

6) when taking a picture in the camera app, there is a delay of about 2 seconds to view the photos (when u click on it) which is pathetic. In marshmallow, u tale a picture and can tap to view it immediately.

Overall, it's better than all previous "nougat" updates. Next update should fix the heating issues as well as camera app speed and the phone would literally be perfect

Re: August security patch

Incubus — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:24:51 GMT

I'm still waiting for the August patch to be available in Singapore.

July patch didn't do the RAM any good.

Re: August security patch

SamiSawani — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:51:57 GMT

Is your Xperia unlocked? If it is then you can go to about phone in the settings menu and tap on software update.

If the above method didn't work out maybe you should flash the Russian firmware using the Flash tool. This way you'll have the latest update as soon as it's released

Re: August security patch

100rabh — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:26:07 GMT

Did you update from marshmallow to Nougat

Or you were in previous Nougat ver only before this update?

Re: August security patch

SamiSawani — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:49:02 GMT

I have tried every single nougat build until July security patch. The performance and stability was pathetic especially in the July patch so I switched back to marshmallow. Now I'm using

Nougat august patch because a lot of people said it's the closest to marshmallow in terms of stability.

And i gotta say it again, it's better than all previous nougat updates.

The only issues are camera speed when loading images and heating. But they are not that bad and hopefully they'll be fixed next update.

Re: August security patch

100rabh — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:59:00 GMT

Cool.. So it actually is closest to Marshmallow

For me it's only the heating .. i just hope they make this phone stay 4-5 degrees cooler than it is at the moment ... Will improve the battery drain as well