Many Z1S Issues After Lollipop Update

[BelchinBertha]

I've searched the threads, but didn't see anything related to my problems, so please excuse me if I missed it.

Since I updated to Lollipop this weekend I've had the following issues:

1. When the (stock)messaging app is open it doesn't chime when a new message comes in and sometimes when the screen is off I don't receive a notification chime either. I have made sure it's on and set to a tone.
2. MMS messages automatically go to "Queued For Sending" and won't send until I either A. restart my phone or B. delete the MMS and send it again.
3. Web browsers take forever to load or won't load at all until I back out and try again.
4. When the lock screen is on I no longer have the message icon in the upper left corner as before. Now it just says Tmobile. I do have it set to show notifications when the lock screen is on, but I don't like having the message show on the lock screen and if I turn it off I don't see notifcations for messages at all.
5. 'Brightness'  setting doesn't seem to get as bright as it did before the update which isn't that much of an issue until I am in the sunlight and even then it seems the screen isn't bright enough to see everything.

Suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks!

[Meshell]

Mine has a little bar at the top that comes down showing me the call. Instead of the whole screen.

[BelchinBertha]

I haven't even noticed a little screen, maybe I'm just not looking hard enough. lol I prefer it to show up on the screen and interrupt me, even if I don't want to speak to who's calling. ha!

[Uliwooly]

@BelchinBertha

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@BelchinBertha wrote:

I also have to mention that when I am in an app and a call comes in, the call doesn't come on the screen anymore. Before the call would interruopt what I was doing and show me who is calling. Now it doesn't. I've missed quite a few calls in the past few days because of that. 😕

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That's part of Lollipop, not quite Sony. Some people love it, some hate it. 

[BelchinBertha]

Well Boo!

[Phy]

Take a look at Lollipop's new features

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Software-Updates/Lollipop-New-Features/m-p/955490#U955490

[Uliwooly]

@BelchinBertha

You can download third party launchers or perhaps other phone apps that might have the old UI

@Phy

I was about to post that, kudos.  

[BelchinBertha]

Thanks @Phy I read through that earlier.

[BelchinBertha]

@uliwooly can you tell from the info I posted if my singal strength good or poor?

[BelchinBertha]

@uliwooly - as for the notifications not chiming....I never had the issue before the update. I would get a notification even if I was running another app or if I was in another conversation, now I do not.

Also where are the APN settings?

[Uliwooly]

@BelchinBertha

-105 to -100 = Bad/drop call/data might not work or will be really slow

-99 to -90 = Getting bad/signal may break up

-89 to -80 = OK/shouldn't have problems, but maybe

-79 to -65 = Good

-64 and so on = Excellent