As soon as the first orders for the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition began arriving at users' doors, the bug reports started rolling in. While this always happen with a new handset, two of the issues quickly emerged as critical. To be more specific:
- Attempting to access the "Security" area under the phone settings results in a crash of the settings app. This is prohibiting users from doing things like changing the screen lock, enabling installation of non-market apps, and enabling data encryption.

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Sony Z Ultra GPE Bugs Preventing Access To Security Settings And Uninstalling Apps - Google Is Aware And Working On A Fix was written by the awesome team at Android Police.