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I heard in the new update there's no screenshot option when you press power button. So now how to take a screenshot?
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Posted: 2013-07-11 17:57:55
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"Powerbutton + Volume Down" should also work.
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Posted: 2013-07-11 18:13:27
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It works.
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Posted: 2013-07-11 18:35:00
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Another alternative is to use the small apps
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Posted: 2013-07-11 20:08:17
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So finally I got time to see why I'm unable to update to 4.2.2 and this is what it says

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/143101

I still don't get it since 4.2.2 is the latest so I should get it!
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Posted: 2013-07-13 18:43:35
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The release they state there is the start of the rollout of the firmware.

For many years Sony have released their handsets in different 'kits' or 'customisations'. These kit numbers are unique to a network and/or region and/or country release. Often there are many different kit numbers (50 or more).

This update, as with all updates from Sony and SE before them, is released to some 'kits' before others, this is due to the FW being approved by those countries and/or networks and customisations being applied to suit.

This is why some Indian users may have already received their update and you haven't yet. Often some regions or customisations won't get the update for many weeks after the first kit has received it and some customisations might not even get a particular update if a network simply isn't happy (a recent example was O2 UK refusing the ICS update for Arc if I remember correctly, because they felt it was underperforming).


As for what you can do, there are three paths you can take whilst waiting for the update:

Wait and be patient
Use a third party flashing tool and download a FW from a different kit
Buy another phone (if you really don't like the way Sony handle updates, you could even buy another brand )


I recommend using flashtool and downloading a FW from another kit. I'm not sure I understand the fear of doing this, it is as safe as using the PCC update, exactly the same risks and no more (i.e. it will only fail if you do something like unplug it in the middle of the flash or your battery dies in the middle of the flash or you spill your coffee on your laptop).

If you use a flashtool to flash a different kit's FW you will still have all the functionality intended for the phone, nothing will break, but depending on the kit your have and the kit you flash there may be some regional specific apps missing or added e.g. the Singapore regional app has a Singaporean app market pre-installed, so I just deleted it as it's not relevant to me, the UK FW has BBC iPlayer pre-installed which I can just download that again from the Play Store. All the rest of the core apps are the same however.

If you want a bit of help getting started with flashing a different FW PM me and I'l layout some instructions.
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Posted: 2013-07-14 10:53:20
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Guys i have a small problem...

Navigation bar doesn't remain transparent.. I mean if i reboot the device, the bar remains transparent for 4-5secs
Then it becomes black... And it remains black forever unless i reboot again
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Posted: 2013-07-18 18:05:14
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Are you running stock 4.2.2?
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Posted: 2013-07-18 19:06:11
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^^^Yes
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Posted: 2013-07-18 21:30:56
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@Ricky_D Thanks a lot bro. I think I'll just wait for the update since I'm in no hurry at all. I might even sell XZ and get XZ Ultra. Let's see.
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Posted: 2013-07-19 18:39:54
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