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[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I don't like when SE use the word ''later''...it can be 3 or 6 month ''later'' :mad:
[Xperia Arc General] george232:
At least we already have 2.3 and the software seems to be relatively stable and snappy. I don't need a custom rom yet.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
It's not only for custom roms but also for mods like camera and audio boost
[Xperia Arc General] bobbanj:
i want bass boost cause the bass isnt that good to be honest :(
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
I think that are your headphones, I have good in-ears from Sony, and I really like the sound of my Arc! Clear, warm sound, at least as good as my Walkman.
[Xperia Arc General] kazuni:
use poweramp =)
[Xperia Arc General] SE-Naz:
I have IE6 earphones and they sound awesome with the phone... better then the iPhone 4
[Xperia Arc General] Mooozer:
stick to topic anyway ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Rubin85:
sorry for dump question but how to connect my phone to fastboot ? :/
[Xperia Arc General] mogstabaguette:
1. download fastboot.zip (www_._share_._cx/files/216783534118/Fastboot.zip.html)

2. unzip fastboot.zip

3. power off phone

4. press and keep pressed menu key and plug in usb cable, notification led should be blue now

5. open cmd.exe

6. cd to the directory where fastboot.exe has been unzipped to

7. type "fastboot devices" and hit return

8. watch what happens

if you see something alphanumeric (see attachment) plus "fastboot" then you're lucky, your bootloader can be unlocked. :)

if nothing happened, try installing PdaNet (www_._junefabrics_._com/android/download.php) and retry. its installer comes with the needed driver files.

still nothing happened, your bootloader cannot been unlocked the official semc method :(

for me it worked, connection to fastboot was successful :)

(sorry about the "_" in the urls, i'be been only a xda-reader all the time, that's my first post, no urls allowed -.-)
[Xperia Arc General] Rubin85:
locked cause nothing show up :/
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Although I wonder how much it's going to matter not that it's got a pretty decent rom on it (i.e. almost stock).

If we can root it (which I'm sure will be possible eventually) like the X10 could be then you can get rid of the lame SE/Rogers apps I think you're laughing.

It was a huge deal on the X10 because it was stock on v2.1 and it was so bloated with SE crap that it crawled. Now with near stock rom, does it matter?
[Xperia Arc General] Rubin85:
im getting error "is not recognized as to the inner or external, operable program or batch file" btw
[Xperia Arc General] Rubin85:
ahh wrong letter and no results :D

now im IN, lets have a look and tell me if is unlocked or not
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
It

can

be unlocked by SE later (in 8 months?) :D
[Xperia Arc General] Meister_Li:
It's apparently coming in "the coming weeks". It btw also worked on my Xperia Play, altho I had to hold down the "search" key here. ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Regii:
And the unlocked bootloader means that also overclocking may become available? Seeing as this is a newer snapdragon ... might be nice to check out.. or do you need the kernel sources for that apart from the bootloader for rooting?

Sent from my Kyrillos Galaxy 3(.0)
[Xperia Arc General] Meister_Li:
Yeah, before we could overclock the device, we'd need the kernel sources. But I'm pretty sure they'll be released soon as well and we can get started. ^^
[Xperia Arc General] AndyD777:
Mines been successfully unlocked. :D
[Xperia Arc General] olipheus:
wooot?

How? :D
[Xperia Arc General] AndyD777:
Using the process described above.
[Xperia Arc General] Regii:
So fastboot not only shows the capability of unlocking but already unlocks the phone if possible? I thought Sony Ericsson will hand out specific instructions and applications for that.
[Xperia Arc General] Mooozer:
it will be unlocked with fastboot as far as i'm concerned, but you'll have to provide unlock key which we do not have atm
[Xperia Arc General] tornado75:
anyone can post guide and complete link to unlock bootloader of Arc??

thanks
[Xperia Arc General] Meister_Li:
There is no way to do it yet, as we have no idea how to calculate the unlock code out of the imei. Sony Ericcson will have to provide that.
[Xperia Arc General] fuchikei:
mine is worked too!!!
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Someone Twitt Paul O Brien to tell him you have unlocked it so he can root your phones and begin to build a marvelous rom
[Xperia Arc General] keijames:
where can I download this fastboot ?

thanks

James
[Xperia Arc General] hush66:
It's in the previous page.
[Xperia Arc General] Golgo:
+1 !

I hope he gets one soon.
[Xperia Arc General] WhiteHartMart:
I sent him a message a couple of days ago to see if he was going to work his magic on the Arc and he said 'not sure yet' :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Perhaps he was deceived to have to wait SE unlock the Arc but btw he has the Play now and it's the same security I think, and now that people here have unlocked the boot loader before SE...it's worth a try, please twitt him again
[Xperia Arc General] Meister_Li:
I think you're reading a little too much into things. The Bootloader is NOT yet unlocked. As you can see in my previous screen, "fastboot oem unlock" (which would unlock the bootloader) fails due to the missing key. "fastboot devices" ONLY SHOWS the devices that reply to the fastboot command, which usually only developer (i.e. unlockable) devices do.
[Xperia Arc General] dzupert:
How to properly connect to fastboot? My pops all the time:

but I have them:

So where is the problem ??
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
I think the ROM's of the Arc, Neo, Pro and Play are almost the same. The only hardware differences are a few buttons, and the camera. Play has Playstation software, but that's it. ROMming these should be extremely easy and fast!
[Xperia Arc General] Rubin85:
do not start fastboot.exe, do it like is here

if you need more help PM me so i can explain you in your language :)
[Xperia Arc General] dzupert:
I managed to basket...

thx
[Xperia Arc General] AtomicKoala:
poor Paul will be broke!
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Maybe but this thing comes on monday for my upgrade, i want ad-free installed as soon as i can,

Also checking to see if iv got fastboot, if not its going back to orange,
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
You won't have - at this stage they've only committed to unbranded phones having the bootloader unlocked - ORANGE will need to approve this unlocking for their branded handsets and they are all branded... HOWEVER.. SE are discussing this with all of the major networks with a view to getting them on board.
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
First thing i asked the guy on the phone, is it lock and branded, he said no as they are the first units we have in stock,

so come monday, im seeing if i can get fastboot, as it states on the SEblog that if you can achieve fastboot it can be unlocked,

other wise it will go back, the same day and ill get the Desire HD,

iv had the little HTC hero for 18 months, and its still great, but only from all the support from rom devs and others like Cyanogen mod etc,

i want be able to do the same as i have been on the Hero on the Arc, as with all of the others in the Arc forum hacking is important to keep it upto date and improve it, other wise we would not be here on this site right ?

im_iceman what came in the box, a few videos and blogs iv seen report different things ? cheers :)
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I just bought the Arc!

I connect the phone using menu button + usb,the light went blue.

I installed the drivers from the Android sdk windows but when typing fastboot devices nothing is occuring :eek:

My Arc is sim free from the EN,FR,PT lot...
[Xperia Arc General] nsourtgr:
Try install PdaNet ...

i had the same problem...

after PdaNet ... i run fastboot... and show me the magic 'word'

Now I just wait... for the big date

:)
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I had an old fastboot since the N1, I tried the one posted in this topic and it worked :D

I must say apart the screen death angles I miss root and custom roms
[Xperia Arc General] diggedy:
no matter what I try I cant get the blue LED. is it definitely the menu key?
[Xperia Arc General] IntMD:
Yep... should come on pretty much straight away when you plug it in if youre holding the menu key. fastboot worked for me after installing pdanet... thanks :)
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
The menu button is on the right, shutdown the phone then keep the menu button pressed while you plug the usb
[Xperia Arc General] cyberwire:
Seems they've already done that. Just got my branded (e.g. O2 Navigation App) Arc from O2 Germany and it is showing up in fastboot.

Cheers
[Xperia Arc General] svenk919:
Worked on my play, used the fastboot with the android sdk, it only worked after i copied my files from the platform-tools folder to the tools folder as apparently fastboot needs some files that got put in the platform-tools folder in a recent update. Just copied all files (don't replace files, when it asks to do that just say not to copy that specific file). And I believe my play is sim-locked although I can not test that.
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Also cant get the Blue led to show, tried it all, its orange branded, but firmware is generic

its

Phone software version:

1241-4324_3.0.A.2.184

GENERIC - user

file system version:

WORLD-1-8_3.0.A.2184

S1 boot version:

1241-3656 R9A021

Any ideas guys, cant get the blue led or anything and pdanet fails to install at

failed to open device
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I don't want to look like the bad news bringer,but if SE locked your phone you can't even get to the service menu (fastboot).
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
If thats the case, its going back, and im canceling my upgrade with them tomorrow and its likely orange not SE

Everytime i try it, just goes straight to a animation of the battery charging up, and thats it

,
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Try to take out the battery for 1 min, re-install it without booting the phone, press the right hardware key under the screen,keep pressing while plugging the USB cable which is already connected to the PC, if still no blue light then it's totally locked
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
:) Looks like mines unlocked then, now i suppose its a waiting game :D
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Yeah its totally locked i think,

Tried reinstalling the software from the Sony Ericsson Update Service app,

it worked fine, so i know that the drivers are all working as they should do.

I really, dont know what to do about it, its a real shame its looks amazing, but i dont like the fact that custom roms and kernals might be a "no no"

Might just trade it in for a Desire HD as i know its hackable but will lose the nice thin design and awesome camera, but least i know "I" can update it,

"Thanks Orange uk to turn a good, phone to crap"
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Perhaps the dudes who unlocked the X10 will help you, ask them if they had the same level of security, if yes offer them an Arc so they unlock it :p
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Think ill stick with it, iv grown attached to it, hopefully in due time the smart people will work out how to open this baby :)
[Xperia Arc General] diggedy:
I still cant get the blue led to show, mines T-mobile so as t-mobile and orange are now a big happy family its likely they both have the phone locked.

Im sure someone will have a workaround, but if not I can live with unrooted
[Xperia Arc General] se_dude:
Do you mean to say the blue light doesnt flash at all? That shouldnt be the case. When you to do it, you are transferring the phone to mass storage mode and should open irrespective of the fact that its locked or unlocked. Maybe your usb cable is ****ed?
[Xperia Arc General] diggedy:
its not the cable, I tried several and they all work with my other phones. I tried for a good half hour holding different buttons, leaving longer delays but I wasnt able to get a blue led
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
No dude, the blue light menu is in Fastboot mode not mass storage, it's a huge difference!

Now having the drivers correctly installed or not doesn't prevent the blue light to appear,it's an internal menu pretty much the same as service menu for other devices,if it's factory locked on purpose then you can't use it unless someone crack it
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Well hopefully it will be by passed somehow, HOPEFULLY.
[Xperia Arc General] robdevil:
Got blue led on my T Mobile ARC. But this one comes from phones4u.
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
Phones 4u phones are normally unlocked my t mobile one was :-)
[Xperia Arc General] 2khong2:
http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions

Any users tried this?

I can get to fastboot but cant get the code aft keying the imei..

Just show error input..
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
Don't forget to remove the last number
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pawces:
I remember reading news some time ago that said the Galaxy Tab 7" would be getting Gingerbread by the 1st Qtr of 2011. Well there's 2 days left and I haven't seen or heard anything about this..not even anything about it getting postponed.

I know we all want Honeycomb on our devices, i'm just being more realistic about what we can get now. A bunch of devices already have 2.3, when will the tab get it?

Does anyone have any news whatsoever about official firmware updates from Samsung?:confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenjcarney:
It's Samsung. Did you REALLY expect to get any form of an update?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ovigt71:
good point.....so 2.2 is a dead end for our TAB ?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
The only rumour I heard came from SamFirmware, and it said end Q1, beginning Q2. However, since it wasn't from Samsung, you can't take it as fact.

See here.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EDV11:
What I think is that Galaxy Tab 7" is an already dead product for Samsung.

So, Samsung is an already dead brand for me. I will never ever buy anything else from them... it's too bad that after buying this product 3 months ago is already forgotten by Samsung
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
IMO, it's too early to say this.

Samsung are supposed to be releasing a WiFi only 7" Tab in April. It remains to be seen what they will do, support wise, after that.

We should also bear in the mind that the vast, vast, majority of recent smartphones haven't had a Gingerbread update yet either (at least not an official release), so I think it is premature to be calling Samsung out on this.

Even the Nexus One has only just had its official Gingerbread update, and that was "supposed" to get it first, but the Nexus S spoilt that party!

Personally, I would never say that I wouldn't buy manufacturer XYZ's devices ever again, because that's just setting yourself up for a fall when they release something really, really unique and desirable! ;)

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waz000000:
id agree with you usually but in the case of the what i like to call "galaxy try it on the consumers and if it sells we will make a proper one"

Im going back to HTC personally soon as I get chance, their lack of silence speaks volumes, they mouth off about new products and the all singing all dancing features, but the tab has to be one of the worst supported devices ive ever owned, the I9000 has had 2 leaks now for gingerbread with the last one said to be the RC

we have had all of what 3 "fixes" this year and one of those was bodged and none where official.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Is it really any surprise that the I9000, which has sold an order of magnitude more and was released several months prior to Tab, is getting more Gingerbread attention?

I'd expect the Tab release of Gingerbread to be built on top of the I9000 build, so this is pretty much what I'd expect.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landroid:
the original Galaxy Tab is no dead product!

Samsung will keep this on the market, as they are ATM the only bigger company which has a 7" Tablet.

And they want to fit all user groups

7" 8.9" 10.1"

so if they are not as dumb as apple they need to bring an update for the tab!

but 2.3 will be dead and, as 3.0 needs an other license from google, and samsung will imho not pay for it...

lets hope too see an update!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoMarK:
How do you mean another license from Google?

Android has always been available for free, and although Honeycomb sourcecode has not been publicly released(yet!!), i'm sure it's available to Samsung.

Although 2.3 is nice(running it at my Nexus One for quite some time now), it's not a big step compared to 2.2, and it's got no advantages for a tablet.

It's very possible that Samsung is working on a HoneyComb release for the Galaxy Tab.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
I tend to agree that whilst a new OS version is always nice, this isn't as big a jump as going from say Cupcake to Eclair, or Eclair to Froyo. Sure, there are some nice features in Gingerbread, and some people will want them more than others.

As has been said before many times, if you bought a device based on what it could do *if* it receives an upgraded OS, you didn't purchase wisely. Buy for what it does today (bug fixes excepted of course!).

However, if a company does come out and say that they will be upgrading the OS to a later version, they should be true to their word.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGrammarFreak:
We'll get it tomorrow
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wackymix:
yes i expect it, becousethe galaxy s have received tha gingerbread update and it has the same specification
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenjcarney:
Mr. Obama has personally emailed me about it. He did state it would not come tomrrow, but the only way for us to receive 2.3 is if we vote him as world leader.

/sarcasm
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icreepin:
You realize that a statement like that is something that would actually come from his camp if he thought it would get him elected for another term. :(
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevenjcarney:
Bahaha I'm sure O has more important things on his plate than making sure we get 2.3 ;)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landroid:
Samsung still needs a license from google (think I read it on android central)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Super-S:
me too...

I told him that hes a dumbass... and he should stop spamming my inbox :mad:.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icreepin:
What google did was require a second license for 3.0 but in that license there is language that states any tablet shipped with android 2.x cant be upgraded to android 3.0 which in effect means that no company will beable to offer an upgrade.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waltibaba:
The Galaxy Tab does seem to be a dead product, judging by the track record of samsung. That's not stopping me from getting one, as its an awesome device (gonna replace my Win7 Tablet PC and Galaxy S).

The Galaxy S is dead too, and the old Omnia I had was also abandoned early on, even while it was still the flagship (there was no replacement yet).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zadnica:
How do i install .apk from my sdcard. I don't find permit uknow sources. Stock Android 2.2.

Thx
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justarookie:
u cant side load apps from sd card unless ur rooted and enable non market apps.

either root ur phone with aRoot or use the adb install method for installing apps on ur atrix
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zadnica:
Nice, very nice( AT&T cool guys!

Thanks for your time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
WP7 UI experience is just plain AWESOME. If only MS gets Mango on all current and future WP7 devices before this year end, its gonna be a real threat to Android and iOS.

-proud owner of a Samsung Focus (7.0.7004.0):(

update::

Ok so why do I think WP7 is awesome compared to Android? Well for starters the concept of Hubs is amazing. The Music Hub has all my songs, videos and even links to 3rd party Music/Video Apps right in one place. The Android Music Player seems like junk compared to the Zune player, it even automatically finds the currently playing songs Artist image and sets it as the background for the entire Zune Hub which although seems trivial but it really adds a nice touch.

The Office Hub does not even have a comparable application on Android. The mango update is gonna make it even better with skydrive integration built rt into the hub.

Xbox live integration with its achievements and gamer points really increases the replay value of games. Although one thing which i currently find annoying is the high minimum price of the xbox live games, some of which cost $2 more than their iPhone counterparts. This may be due in part becoz WP7 is a newer platform so as it matures and the adoption rate increases prices will reduce.

overall the UI really seems to be built for the consumer and is really easy to use. from what I have seen of Android it just seems like a marriage between Symbian/WinMo. Sure you can customize the hell out of it and currently it has a lot of features which WP7 lacks but IMO only features do not determine the success of a platform coz Symbian/WMO had most of these features half a decade ago. And frankly the average consumer does not give a damn about modding/ ROMS/ features etc.

.....hmm have to get back to work now, will update this asap ....unless the thread gets locked:)
[Windows Phone 7 General] kapanak:
Well, I recommend you get your NoDo fix now...it is super easy, and works using either the data method or wifi...
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
yup I'm aware of the Hungarian VPN hack, but am not that desperate for NoDo right now so will wait for ATT to get its act together.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Tried Android emulator on amazon.com and decided that WP7 UI is awesome?

I'm not sure how this works.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Avandor:
Something like humping an ugly fat neighbour to appreciate your slim, beautiful wife even more ?! :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Jesus! :eek:
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
Well I was a former Symbian user and had never used an Android device before, so this was my first time with the Android UI which I must say offers nothing compared to WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
lol rofl :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
fat girls need loving too

but they gotta pay!!!

As for android, best to go look at a device. Sadly, it functions quite similarly to amazon's test...sometimes fast, most times slow
[Windows Phone 7 General] UbiMaiden:
And what does text based WP7 offers, thad android doesn`t?
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
balance

non fragmented hardware

driver specific code to run at optimum

me thinks that's enough
[Windows Phone 7 General] amtrakcn:
Text based? At least WP7 doesn't use any terminal emulator;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] FishFaceMcGee:
A clean, smooth, fast interface?
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
This thread should be closed before it gets out of control.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arkavat:
I have used Windows Mobile before moving to Android.

here is what I feel about Android...

Android is the new Windows Mobile 6.X

very powerful...but lacks cohesiveness. Unusable without custom ROMs

I am thinking of giving Windows phone 7 a try. Perhaps I am getting too old to keep flashing my phone every week.

Anyways... don't completely ignore Android. UI can be improved at any time. Next few years will be interesting to watch.
[Windows Phone 7 General] foxbat121:
^^^^My thoughts exactly. Maybe those Microsoft WM developers jumped ship to Google :)

If you ever played with the Windows Mobile emulator before, it's the same experience. Very plain and boring. That's why OEMs spent so much time skin it and customize it.

What you see on the emulator is not the same on devices.