Xperia Z1 Compact D5503 14.3.A.0.757 upgrade experience

hi all,
I just want to share my experience with the latest build version 14.3.A.0.757 which has become available in Austria on Friday, 18th of April 2014.
Friday afternoon an OTU I installed the update to Android 4.4.2 which automatically was suggested once my phone learned about its availability.
the upgrade itself worked out fine and everythink seemed to work as it should. later in the evening I recognized, that the phone was unusually warm and that the power from battery quickly drained.
in addition the "Walkman" app didn't find any media - not from internal storage or from the SD card where my music was stored.
I started to investigate if this could be a common, already known issue and found out, that with 4.4.2 SD access has been changed by Google and that other users also have the problems with heating up devices and battery.
I tried to format my SD, because the app which used the battery at most was the "Mediaserver" app. even stopping this app manually didn't change anything. it seems this app kept my phone active all the time, which led to the battery drain.
I also resetted the device from the Settings menu several times, but nothing changed. finally a "Repair" via Sony Campanion software from my PC did the trick. my last resort would have been to downgrade to 4.3 which I could avoid, it seems so far. my phone now is acting as before and battery lifetime is back to normal.
unfortunately Sony takes several weeks to come up with OS upgrades in Austria and even than publishes a buggy version it seems.
I hope my posting could help to solve the issues for others who also faced them.
best regards
Mario

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