Sony now seeds Android 4.4.2 KitKat for the Xperia Z1 globally

27 March, 2014
The software update carries a version number 14.3.A.0.681 and brings updates to the camera.

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  • AnonD-268731
  • t7X
  • 29 May 2014

my battery is 67% then after updating to kitkat, wowow!!! its like sh*** without using my phone drains easily from 67% down to 7% in less than an hour????????

sony please fix this ASAP. as in ASAP. or seed back jellybean as this kitkat upgrade isnt good!. pls test first before rolling out! yes kitkat is good but we dont need kitkat is performance isnt good!!!! . guys, lets tweet @sonyxperia to report this issue. pls help ty

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    • R1 nutter
    • mxy
    • 28 May 2014

    I upgraded to KitKat 4.4.2.BAD move my sony xperia z1 gets red hot on the back & battery life is about 6 hours . Sony Ericsson please sort this problems out or loose a lot of customers,my phone was the best but now I'm very unhappy with at the mo .....

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      • mcjbadboy
      • nF}
      • 27 May 2014

      AnonD-256299, 21 Apr 2014Updated to kitkat a few days ago, experiencing a severe acc... moreYou ain't the only one as well, I my self have the Sony xperia Z1 on Orange EE and believe me or not..the battery is worse than before....

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        • A.K
        • 7j@
        • 27 May 2014

        This update has stopped syncing my contacts.
        Battery drains like water in an open tap.
        Tired of this update.
        Need a break from this kit kat......
        Sony please upgrade it or downgrade it as soon as possible

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          • DimmosNadz
          • LaT
          • 27 May 2014

          my update to kitkat was upgraded by sony when i had my screen replaced. mine is working how is should. camera and apps work fine, i do see a battery drain and i have sync off too.

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            • aby
            • 3Ye
            • 24 May 2014

            AnonD-253596, 13 Apr 2014Same here as for many others. My camera got broken in the u... morePlzz do not update that bloody kitkat... My camera is not working since then... Hang always and not able to take photos... I bought z1 just Bcoz of the camera quality... But now it's of no use...

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              • Anonymous
              • vxA
              • 22 May 2014

              AnonD-259764, 02 May 2014My experia is still having sound issues after doing factory... moreI had the same problem a month ago I vaccuumed out the bottom speaker that helped for a little while I found that if you put the headphones in and remove them the main speaker would come back had to do this a few times now my main speaker works

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                • finney.83
                • A%d
                • 21 May 2014

                The new 4.4.2 KitKat for the Xperia Z1 has not worked on my phone. How and when is this update going to have a fix.

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                  • yuilly
                  • XrS
                  • 17 May 2014

                  How long do we have to wait for a fix can't last much longer

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                    • Mr S
                    • vV5
                    • 16 May 2014

                    Wtf for sony z1 after update to kitkat sony please fix the problem about battery drain.. So stupid sony

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                      • Darshan Choudhary
                      • PId
                      • 02 May 2014

                      holly, 30 Apr 2014Awful. Camera takes 30 seconds to open and crashes when I t... moreHey,
                      I had the same problem...try booting your cell in safe mode once and henceforth the problem is gone

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                        • AnonD-259764
                        • TKq
                        • 02 May 2014

                        My experia is still having sound issues after doing factory reset two days ago. Sound comes out of ear piece instead of speaker until I pause and then unpause video or song. When I get phone calls sound is coming out of earpiece as well so can't hear it ringing.
                        Anyone got a fix yet?

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                          • Jacky
                          • 2Gk
                          • 01 May 2014

                          I used to love my xperia z1. But after this update its a really really shit phone. laggy battery drains really fast, freezes camera takes 30 seconds to start then crashes, phone calls disconect all the time sound goes to internal speaker when playing music... sony this is really bad service. fix it or noone will ever buy your shitty software again

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7t{
                            • 30 Apr 2014

                            my phone gets hanged and nothing works i need to restart it again and the battery life is also reduced plz solve this problem or else tell me how to downgrade to 4.3 officially its really urgent plz find out solutions as early as possible.........

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                              • holly
                              • vCC
                              • 30 Apr 2014

                              Awful. Camera takes 30 seconds to open and crashes when I take photos. Snapchat takes 30 seconds to load and crashes constantly aswell as all my other apps. My phone is constantly freezing and even shutting off. Please do a bug fix I can't handle this any longer.

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                                • Condor
                                • xuC
                                • 30 Apr 2014

                                I had/have the same problem!

                                No final solution but it works:
                                Take the SD card out of the phone so that terminates processes that access the SD card and the CPU work all the time.

                                Before this Solution, it drains my battery in 6 hours from 100% to 0%!
                                Now I lose per hour less than 1%!

                                No other choice than to wait for an update!

                                Bye,
                                Condor

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                                  • Bloomer
                                  • 39x
                                  • 28 Apr 2014

                                  Update to Kit Kat was seamless for me.

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                                    • Lorenzo
                                    • 0Ls
                                    • 23 Apr 2014

                                    AnonD-256299, 21 Apr 2014Updated to kitkat a few days ago, experiencing a severe acc... moreI have the same problem. It drains my battery in half a day

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • nEf
                                      • 23 Apr 2014

                                      I upgraded this week and the apps seem to take ages to activate, sometimes getting 'failed to respond' error messages on apps such as facebook... I really wish I could go back to the previous version...not happy, but appear stuck with it till Sony sort out the problems..

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                                        • Dr. Zayed
                                        • ftZ
                                        • 22 Apr 2014

                                        I used to love using my Z1 but after I did this horrible update to what they call KITKAT I feel that I no longer enjoy using it anymore - Even the transition between the different screens (contacts, albums, etc) back to home screen became very jerky and not as before - my phone used to be ULTRASMOOTH, now simply it's not!!! Can someone tell me how to get rid of this rubbish software and to go back to the old version - 4.3 - I want my decent and elegant phone back!!!!