XZ2 & Android 10 - 52.1.A.0.532

[omoeller]

Just received Andoid upgrade to 10 52.1.A.0.532 - most of the functions seems to work without any hassel. What I recognized is, that the fingerprint reader is responding with a much bigger delay than before - seems to be a high lag time. Anybodey else with same xperience or any other issues?

[Keenjau]

XZ2/XZ3 are just too old to handle Android 10 properly it seems, too many problems. 

Maybe Sony knew beforehand ( if they done some testing then yes , of course they knew how couldn't they with rendering devices almost useless ) 

.......and rolled it out anyway,  banking on people buying new Sony Xperia 1/5 devices. 

But that would be awful behaviour regarding their customers.

[#3]

XZ2 isn't old. Look at specs of the latest mid-range smartphones. They have worse or similar (in terms of different benchmarks) hardware.

It's Sony's fault. Such a shame. And I was assuring people, that Sony smartphones are really good thanks to their "long-term support".

[Keenjau]

ZX2 was build around Android 9 and just works better in this environment it seems 

I hope that the XZ2 works with Android 10 flawless and bugfree in future, too. 

I just wait until 1-2 more updates and keep an eye on forums.

[Shoky]

I am so sad I upgradet to Android 10 since it worked perfectly on 9.

This is unbearable! So laggy like I have 10 Year old phone.

FIX THIS ASAP

[Keenjau]

Android 10 just does not work same as Android 9 on our XZ2.

Downgrade is the ONLY option fo have a fully working mobile.

My work colleague updated his XZ3 to A10 and it's almost unusable , he's close to throw it against a wall. 

[#7]

My recommendation: disable Digital Wellbeing. It helps to make XZ2 slightly faster.

Disable the standard gallery app and install another one, if you've got any problems with it. I can't transfer screenshots to SD card without creating broken copies.

[Shoky]

how can I downgrade? Root is must?

[Keenjau]

No, when you flash a new firmware you write over the whole harddisc ( of a computer so to speak ) So you just overwrite the old firmware 

There are tools think name "New flasher" and some other tool which grabs the firmware over the internet and installs it on your device ( connected via USB to your computer )

You have to Google it, never done it myself but the steps are easy. 

[omoeller]

Downgrade from one major release to another does not work and is NOT recommended unless you risk to trash your device - folks that tell you that a downgrade is possible and easy should pay for your dead device afterwards!

[Pxeone]

I did downgrade without any problems. It took about 15 minutes and everything is OK now