topic Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs in M Series

Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Faisal113 — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:16:16 GMT

Overall: Good update but in need of quick bug fixing update

here are the changelog from what I observed:
- UI has some sort of similar appearance to Xperia X
- Usual marshmallow stuff
- Camera now has predictive autofocus similar to Xperia X
- Image quality stays the same, but I noticed in superior auto the camera shoots in less crazy ISO in low light
- Selfie camera shoots better quality image in low light. Previously the software really likes shooting at ISO 3200 and 1/10s, now it's ISO 1000-1100 on average and 1/14s shutter speed. The colours got better too, previously the colour is a bit desaturated when shooting in low light, now it's nicely punchy

- Fireworks mode doesn't have yellow tint anymore
- Soft keys, status bar colour, app drawer button, slider bars now correspond to new themes. Previously on 5.0.2 & 5.1.1, everytime I change theme to non stock sony theme the soft keys and remains stock xperia style
- Macro focusing is more responsive, previously it was a bit of a pain
- Camera apps opens faster and image processing is faster too

And now to the seriously annoying bugs:
- Frame rate drops occurs quite often when I watch videos on MX Player and Stock Video player, even when I watch 360p & 720p videos. 60fps and higher resolution videos are worse. This is really annoying because I like to watch a lot videos on my phone, and frame rate drops is something i see on cheap and old phones only, not on premium device such as Xperia M5.

- BUG ON THE CLOCK! The clock on the status bar shows inaccurate time but strangely the widget and lockscreen clock shows accurate time. This caused me to nearly come late to the office and work overtime

- Everytime I open my image in the album right after shooting, it takes a while to zoom in, edit, share etc.

- At maximum brightness, the screen is a bit dimmer than before

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

sagar_hm — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 05:06:48 GMT

Mine died few days after bugfull marshmallow update.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

avel — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 17:58:02 GMT

I've noticed:

- bigger overheating, even when talking over the phone or browing the web :/.

- issues with SD card with I didn't have on android 5.1 - photos have gray stripes

- less options in batery save, cannot adjust stamina mode, no power save pode etc. I know that doze was introduced in this updated, however all this options hould be available.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Alvyibnferoz — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:05:15 GMT

I have noticed - (Only after Marshmallow update)
1. Video playback stuttering. Even when playing 720p video. Even the ones recorded with this phone.
2. Phone data auto turns off and on. Gives annoying notification specially with connected to a wifi network or taking photos.
3. Sd card error.
4. After capturing a photo, then i press the preview and shows the photo. But to zoom in i have to wait 5-10 second.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Faisal113 — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:18:16 GMT

Is anyone experiencing any of these issues? I just recently found them:

- MASSIVE Battery Drain from playing music even when the phone is in standby

- Occasional screen flickering on manual brightness (haven't tested auto brightness though)

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Sh84 — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 05:48:05 GMT

Battery draining much faster after marshmallow 6.0 update
Sd card error notification every restart or start
Heating issue
File manager authontication error

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Muchakis1 — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:36:19 GMT

Hello,
The only issue I am facing with the latest marshmallow update for Xperia M5 is that it takes a while for it to connect to my remembered wi-fi network. Before on lollipop 5.1.1 it was connecting instantly. I have stamina turned off, and have a few apps, I'm very sure it is a software issue, because it wasn't there before the update.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

ekapra — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:05:22 GMT

bluetooth stop working in android marshmallows sony m5

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Muchakis1 — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:25:57 GMT

Hello,
Now it seems that the wi-fi bug is becoming unstable, it drops the connection and reconnects again in a loop. Tried restarting didn't work.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Ramesh2016 — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 03:44:57 GMT

WiFi observed by me as well. No option to reject calls with SMS. In do not disturb even when priority mode is set to starred contacts the phone rings for any number. No option to set ring tones for Dual SIM. I have a M5 dual

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

blackdiamond — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 07:48:03 GMT

After Marshmallow update I faced with following critical issues:

- SD becomes corrupted.

- front camera can't focus properly.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

delixis — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:43:50 GMT

SD issue is a very big serious bug for this MM update.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Matcor — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:37:20 GMT

Hello,

- it may happen that the alarm fails to activate. For instance this morning the alarm did not activate and started only when I switched on the monitor by pressing the power button (the phone was on!)

thanks,

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

blackdiamond — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:54:51 GMT

@blackdiamond wrote:
After Marshmallow update I faced with following critical issues:
- SD becomes corrupted.
- front camera can't focus properly.

Fixed in last update (30.2.B.1.21)

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Muchakis1 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 23:41:11 GMT

I have the latest version installed 30.2.B.1.21, everything was going smooth untill today. I restarted the phone and when I tried to input my pin the touchscreen was completely unresponsive. I tried different parts of the screen with no reaction. The side buttons were all working. I couldn't even restart my device. I then opened the sim/sd card slot and pushed the off button for ten seconds. I powered on the phone and the touchscreen was back to normal. The phone is barely two months old, never dropped, no scratch, no water, no excessive heat. Don't know what could have caused it.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Georges98 — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 14:54:18 GMT

I Have a problem with the alarm clock , Its not ring on time

e.x I set to ring at 6:00 , it rings at 6:05 ...
Android version 30.2.A.1.21

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Epicurean — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:18:15 GMT

The ANT+ kernel driver appears to be present, too.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

PeterO1 — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 13:05:10 GMT

Hi, Last thursday my Android 6.0 update finally came trough. Now my phone does not have any Bluetooth posibilities anymore. 'Sharing by Bluetooth stopped', is constantly popping up when I try to activate Bluetooth. So no connection anymore with my car-stereo, so no handsfree calling anymore. Dangerous and very annoying.

Any solution?

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Luisuruguay — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:17:47 GMT

With android 6.0 it stops working fm radio. It asks you for permission to record microphone that does not let you grant.

Re: Xperia M5 Android Marshmallow Bugs and Changelogs

Epicurean — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:51:11 GMT

FM Radio is working fine here, with both Android 6 versions I received so far. In my experience Headphone/microphone access issues usually are no firmware bugs, but caused by other apps camping on the device. If so, it should work when tested in safe mode (where there are no concurrent apps), and you'll have to go through your app list one by one to see what rogue app is stealing the device.