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[Legend General] thugzie:
Hey,

after official froyo update there's not much to wait for on Legend - there wont be any official Gingerbread that's for sure. So I was wondering if theres any rom which is working flawlessly like official one (I mean that EVERY part of phone is working without problems - wifi, radio, 3g etc) which has newer features than Official Froyo?

bonus question: I want to change sd card for bigger and I was wondering if I can simply transfer all the data to pc and then back to the new card - will that work? - I would like to avoid installation of everything again..
[Legend General] Asovse1:
You can safely transfer SD files back from a computer to the SD. :)
[Legend General] hawkinau:
Like a PC when u reinstall an OS u will have to reinstall programs (apps)on your phone if u put a new Rom on it. I have re Romed my desire 6-7 times in the last 6 months its a pain having to D/L the apps again and install them but not realy a big deal, the best thing to do is download app packs of the net and store them in a folder on your SD card and access them from there for reinstalation rather than searching for them again on the app market.

Oxygen 2. RC7 Rom was the best and smoothest rom I found on the desire except the video cam didnt work which was going to be addressed on the next version RC8, not sure it will work on the legend but worth checking out, I have been running the latest REDUX Rom for the last month and that is pretty good as well
[Legend General] thugzie:
ok thanks :)
[Legend General] MaBlo:
I can recommend Blayos B 0.7, working excellent for me.
[Legend General] raider700:
I use cyanogenmod 7.0 RC4 at the moment.

For me the full hardware is working after the Update on the latest radio.

This means: 3G, Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM-Radio, Compass, G-Sensor, ...

Wait the time for the release of CM-7 and then give them a try.

You will be surprised how fast your Legend can be ;)

---

By this way:

Thx to the devs for the great work!
[Legend General] jamaalbball:
Just use cyanogenmod, it is great :)
[Legend General] rajasyaitan:
Either Blayo's or CM6 for Froyo.

As for your apps, just install Titanium Backup and backup all your apps. Then transfer those backup files to your pc and back to your new SD then restore. But IF I'm not mistaken, you can just simply move the app data around. If those apps are installed on your SD then it might not work.
[Legend General] thugzie:
ok guys thanks for answers :)
[Legend General] stolich:
Hi,

Im currently running on CM7 Nightly Build 32. For me everything is working, only one thing is annoying, the USB transfer rate seems to be USB 1.1.

Data-Transfers are very slow, e.g. CM7 Rom file with 82 MB needs 15 minutes. I'm not sore if it is related to CM7 or Gingerbread Kernel.

Cheers,

Stolich
[Legend General] Ogglord:
I would higly recommend the CM7 Nightlies, I have the 7. 08.35.21 radio and full hardware functions. U can clock it "safely" to 787 mhz, switch to ADWLauncher Pro and the phone feels like a Optimus 2X :D

Write 24 mbit/s

Read 75 mbit/s

its slow, but still usb 2.0, those speeds is probably because my sd card sucks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Foggy79:
Hi,

I was wondering if a taskmanager, to auto kill apps, is still usefull or needed these days with Gingerbread 2.3.3?

Any toughts?

Thx
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
android doesnt need task killers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Foggy79:
Can you explain a little bit more why? The market is full of these apps, but at the other hand I hear they are not needed?

Had WM6.5, so I used to close as much apps in the background as possible to save resources...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jcsy:
android clears them for you

u dont need them :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] THS_23:
Usually you don't need them.

If you have a problem concerning battery drainage on a build you are trying, there are many solutions to that problem depending on the build you are using, and as far as i know Task Managers do not solve them.

Personally I still use them but that is just a force of habit I picked up in WinMo.
[HD7 General] petbede:
PEACE!!! ALL.

Here is a hack that fill force you to get NoDo Update OS:7.0.7390.0.

This Works For ALL Device / Phones.

This Is Not My Hack - Just Thought To Share It Here For ALL.

http://www.wpcentral.com/easy-hack-forces-nodo-update (Thanks To Daniel Rubino)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=101513 (Thanks To Noticed)

To benefit from this hack, be sure that you have Jail Break your phone with Chevron and also use the HACK that PREVENT the phone from RE-LOCKING when you CONNECT to ZUNE.

One good thing about this HACK is that, if you have done the CHEVRON & the PREVENT RELOCKING, you then following the INSTRUCTIONS above, you will end up getting the NoDo Update OS:7.0.7390.0 and still be able to side-loads APPS and GAMES.

PEACE!!!
[HD7 General] Badcam3:
I still can't believe this works XD
[HD7 General] rhn:
Hi petbede, since you have posted about xboxmod's method, can you also post your method where you had mentioned you were able to sideload directly to the device on the nodo rom using the phones browser? Thanks
[HD7 General] petbede:
Sorry, but with all respect I can't do that. My methods are for my keep. Since this works as well then stick with that.

Like I said many are rude and ungrateful online.

PEACE!!!
[HD7 General] gfreek:
Well rumour has it the the guys behind chevron are working on a new unlock method and this time they are working with M$ so when it's released it will be more official however my hunch is this unlock method may not be released anytime soon as there is couple more updates due from M$ including the major one Mango ETA Nov 2011!

So for the short-term this is the best method I'm afraid.

I Respect the fact you don't wish to share your alternative unlock method and frankly speaking it's of no relevance now as this method works a treat!

I hope your last point "many are rude and ungrateful online" is not because you are upset due to several valid points raised by fellow xda members in your closed thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004971
[HD7 General] petbede:
No it has nothing to do with that :D

I got PM that's just so rude and ungrateful.

PEACE!!!
[HD7 General] gfreek:
Ah I see, fairplay!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KingCifer:
Is there any 3rd party youtube app that can play videos that arent allowed on mobiles? ... this is really the most stupid thing ever ... i have to use my android-webbrowser in desktop mode to see them
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] flex00:
did you try the browser skyfire (in desktop mode)?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Adolf1994:
Try JetVD

It's pretty simple to use. enter the name of the video and choose quality of video then tap play

So easy, so cool;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KingCifer:
thx a lot, totally what i was looking for!

now i just need an app that can download youtube videos as mp3 file (best would be to extract it from the flv file, so you dont have any quality loss and its very fast too - like flv extractor for pc did)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] philipp01:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devian.tubemate.zinna&feature=search_result

or

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aaa.tmdsb&feature=search_res

you mean something like that?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KingCifer:
tubemate is crashing my music player .... and easytube doesnt crash my player but somehow the mp3 doesnt get shown in it ... i have to open the file via filemanager ...

any1 got this stuff working properly? i use this firmware: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=947613
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Adolf1994:
here is the sibling of jetVD: jetConverter

I recommend to use this with video files downloaded by jetVD

OR

if you go to http://www.jetvd.com/ and you download the full (not lite) version for free, it'll support download directly in MP3 format

for a 6 min vid it downloaded a 11MB file, so I guess the bitrate could be around 128-196kbps
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knigitz:
Anyone else have difficulties with using your fingertip to drag on the screen? Seems to always miss a spot and drop icons. Thumb works no problem.

Don't recall this happening before the update.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLAC Vest:
Just tried it and I didn't get any problems; might be due to the dropped signal because of the thickness of the skin there.... but it could be from the update; I haven't had any LCD problems yet.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knigitz:
I downloaded a touch test app, it definitely loses touch signal at various parts of the screen, happens on both of my Atrix phones. Pressing with my thumb is better but still not perfect. Happened after the latest update.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amnigo:
I hate noticed if I used my fingertip to drag/scroll and if my fingernail touches, it registers a press. Didn't happen before the update, but I'll just have to get used to it.
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
Hi,

Just received my Arc today (UK Version) - had it running for about 4 hours, so if you have any questions let me know!

Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
Well, I've got a question for you:

Do you like it? :p
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
Yes I do :D - very pleased with it so far, albeit for only a small amount of time.

I didn't want to do my own review etc, just thought I could answer any specific questions for european/UK users.
[Xperia Arc General] hush66:
Is your set branded? If not, perhaps you can check if the bootloader can be unlocked by connecting to the Android SDK's Fastboot tool.

And does it come with a pre-applied screen protector (like the X10)?
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
No it's not branded - I will try in the next hour to connect to Fastboot.

It does come with a pre-applied screen protector and has a spare in the box as well.
[Xperia Arc General] aisback:
ive just got mine but how do you tell if its unbranded
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
If it is not locked to a network, i.e. did you buy it sim free?
[Xperia Arc General] aisback:
on contract but im hoping we can unbrand it soon
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
Hey where did you get it? I pre-ordered mine on carphone warehouse. No news yet from them..
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
Got mine from Gum Mobile (online)
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
If you enter *#*#7378423#*#* in the dialer, you can view more firmware info. Mine is running on GENERIC firmware, which is unbranded and unlocked. Bootloader here is R9A021.

Could you tell me how I can check if my Arc connects to Fastboot? Would love to try it out ^^
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
Did you get the hdmi cable and the 8gig memory card?
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
Yes - 8gb card (pre-installed) and the HDMI cable
[Xperia Arc General] aisback:
t mobile {which it came with} and orange works on it
[Xperia Arc General] aisback:
1241-4324_3.0.a.2.181

GENERIC USER

:)

SO I GUESS IM GOOD
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
Wow, I guess no point sticking to the big names. Just rang them and they were like it's in stock in the warehouse but we can't really say when it will be delivered. :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] r1200gsa:
From what Gum Mobile told me, they had them in stock for a few days but SE said the release date was the 30th March, so they couldn't send until then.

I'm sure yours will turn up pretty soon!
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
Does it have AT&T 3G bands or you are just connected to Edge?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
The UK version from GUM Mobile doesn't support 3G 850 on ATT./ its 900 2100
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Just got mine too... It's frickin awesome!

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Mine is also 3.0.A.2.181 generic user.. R9A021.

Software version, 1241_4324

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] TehFoz:
My SIM-locked model from DoCoMo Japan is 3.0.D.2.79, which is expected, but my bootloader version is the same at R9A021. This appears to me to be a good thing, with SIM-locked models having the same bootloader and allowing the bootloader to be unlocked as soon as the device is SIM unlocked.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
R9A021 is the -version- of the bootloader, but it's the Customversion that matters, I figured out (it's the 2 sets of 4 numbers), mine is 1241-3656.

In any case, I got this from Sony Ericsson:

So, it all depends on fastboot...
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
Tracking mine, should be delivered tomorrow! Can't wait.

Ordered mine from buymobilephones.net and got a Galaxy Tab thrown in for £209.
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
Thanks man.

Just got a text. It's in the post. :D
[Xperia Arc General] Overlord Yuri:
The big question for me is about the HDMI feature.

Can you use it to play HD videos without lag? How about h264 and x264 video files?
[Xperia Arc General] Shutterspark:
The HDMI out doesn't really lag at all regardless of what you're doing, impressively enough. The phone isn't really powerful enough to software decode (no hardware acceleration) x264 files at 720p though.
[Xperia Arc General] Darth Glacious:
Which languages are available for the phone menus and interface?
[Xperia Arc General] JrnyFan4Life:
I've gotta wait until the 18th to get my hands on one. Was gonna go for an O2 branded one but their website still says coming soon, so unlocked it is. For those of you who already have it, what are your first impressions?
[Xperia Arc General] Focal86:
I've had it since monday and I'm just loving it.

My only problem the first day is that you can't remove the SD card without

removing the battery but then I read a post here that you can setup WiFi

connection through PC Companion to access the SD card, PC Companion and

for syncing music, pictures and videos.

But all in all, it is fantastic phone.
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
@Focal86

Why would you need to remove the SD card?
[Xperia Arc General] JrnyFan4Life:
I must admit I fell in love with the phone the moment I knew it was coming. I currently have an X10i and to be honest since knowing about the Arc I've lost interest in it lol
[Xperia Arc General] Focal86:
Personally I don't like connecting and disconnecting my phone with cable

to the computer everytime I want to transfer media from or to the phone.
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
@Focal86

Oh, OK. That WiFi feature will make youhappy then!! :cool:

@JrnyFan4Life

I know EXACTLY what you mean ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Focal86:
@HYPER-X10

Yeah, the WiFi feature is pretty nice.

Although not being able to remove the SD card without removing the battery or

connecting the phone with the cable to transfer media is no major problem,

I wouldn't have a problem living with it if the phone didn't have the WiFi feature.
[Xperia Arc General] umd:
Happy for you. And here you go.

- How is the battery life?

- Does it fell like HTC(solid) or Samsung(crappy) on hand?

- Can you play all heavy games on it?

- How is the screen? Colours are vivid, blacks are real black like AMOLED or colours are washed out, blacks are gray like an LCD?

Short answers would be enough :p
[Xperia Arc General] Shutterspark:
The list is much much too long to reproduce here, but I think it's safe to say that -anyone- buying this phone will find at least one of their spoken languages on the device.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Getting mine on Monday!
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Does it have Arabic language support? It should something like this العربية ?
[Xperia Arc General] rockingx10:
If you had to pick nexus s or arc which one? Lets say you don't have either one :p and why?
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
Got mine. First thought... its so light!
[Xperia Arc General] Darth Glacious:
Would be great if it has Romanian too, mine is coming from Germany, so I was wondering for me and others about having our own countries language. English is certain anyway, so we should all be ok.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Well, my mom only speaks and understands Arabic. So any phone I get must support Arabic. Otherwise, mommy gets really mad if I don't reply to her text! LOL :D :p
[Xperia Arc General] Shutterspark:
It has both :D Really, I mean it when I say the list is huge. It has 20 variations of just Spanish.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Arabic seems fully supported, can read and quote it just fine!
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
I've noticed nobody mentioned that the phone looks quite good even when turned on it's back. Best booty I've seen on a phone.
[Xperia Arc General] sbong:
Whats the default video player used to play your video files? Is there native hardware decoding for video?
[Xperia Arc General] kroosh:
do you know if it uses the standard Exchange email client or something like Moxier in X10 ?
[Xperia Arc General] Gavilaaar:
Agreed. Picked mine up today and hardly knew it was in my pocket!

I don't know what to think of it so far except it is a finger print whore.
[Xperia Arc General] garymontague:
Hi,

I've seen it mentioned elsewhere in these forums that in other European countries a leather pouch/sleeve was included. I did not receive this with mine. Did anybody in the UK receive a leather pouch/sleeve with theirs?
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
No.. in the UK you don't seem to get the HDMI lead either :-(
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
I got the HDMI cable. No pouch of any sort received.
[Xperia Arc General] garymontague:
If you mean the mini hdmi to normal hdmi lead then I did receive this in the box.

On a different note does anybody seem to have problems when scrolling and the phone thinks you are selecting an item. What I mean is that in my list of emails when I start to scroll down sometimes the phone thinks I've selected an email and goes to that email message, likewise in the Market place and contacts list it's selects items when I am scrolling. Maybe it's coming from an iPhone and the scrolling acts slightly different and it's something I will get used to over the coming days.

Anyway loving this phone though.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Not had any "false" selects yet....
[Xperia Arc General] the_weirdweird:
can compare it to the samsung galaxy s ? :)
[Xperia Arc General] Tejstar:
The guys over at XperiaBlog had a final UK retail release arc and they had a HDMI cable.
[Xperia Arc General] Rashkae:
In singapore we get a Mont Blanc pouch for the early birds. :)
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
I have a UK versionand it has a hdmi cable. Works very well.

Only issue is that it does not have auto dim screen. Hopefully on the next os build.
[Xperia Arc General] the_weirdweird:
did u get the mw600 headset?
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I don't think I will wait for the SGS2 which will cost the same in July, this Arc is a piece of art :D

Do you have any infos about devs working to root it and later on release custom roms??
[Xperia Arc General] Awesome_Aleks:
Can anyone say if the music player has Gapless Playback?

I've heard the Xperia Play does, and considering the 2 devices are quite similar I'm hoping this does as well.
[Xperia Arc General] Pixeline:
In Denmark we seem to be quite spoiled ... I got mine Friday - incl. HDMI cable, 16 GB SD card and leather pouche :p

And I love it to bits ...

pix
[Xperia Arc General] george232:
16GB and a pouch...damn. I can't wait to see what'll be in my box. :D
[Xperia Arc General] Retrosid:
Woot, looks like every box have a magic surprise ;D

I'm waiting my lil surprise now
[Xperia Arc General] Rashkae:
Yeah, the Singapore editions only come with an 8GB card and the mont blanc pouch, but we do get the HDMI cable.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Ah I really want the official leather pouch! I'm gonna try mailing Sony Ericsson and ask if they sell them ^^ in any case, I really love my Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] sofia-captivate:
Can you try the iPhone earbuds with mic or any earbuds with mic see if it works with arc. Cause I know with x10 u can't use any third party earbuds with mic on them. No music and no calls
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
No idea, I don't have any... You do get a headset (with in-ears) with the Arc, so I'd be surprised if other ones wouldn't work...
[Xperia Arc General] Ninsassin:
I was wondering if anyone could comment on the flash playback in the browser?

When I play flash on my HTC desire it lags a lot and isnt very smooth.

Would be great if a video recording of the arc playing flash was made.

I just want to see how the arc handles flash. Can you like stretch and zoom the browser with the flash video in it.

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
If you use ADW EX or LauncherPro launchers is it faster?

Are they compatible with all the SE stock apps?
[Xperia Arc General] Zeron.Wong:
Is there Simplified Chinese language option in Locale setting for the UI? If there is, nothing behind me to get Arc from UK.
[Xperia Arc General] Darth Glacious:
Just thought I should ask here too: have you noticed wireless lan connection issues? Mine has the icon on but sometimes the apps report a failure to connect to the network.

Disabling and re-enabling the wireless restores internet access.
[Xperia Arc General] Regii:
Asked before in the other thread but I'll ask again... his about performance in high-end games and emulation? Could you try some games out?

Because I thought about getting it, but it would have to Last me for 2 years to come, don't want anything that's unable to execute everything a week after release

Sent from my Kyrillos Galaxy 3(.0)
[Xperia Arc General] Darth Glacious:
There are 3 types of Chinese I think, but since their name seem to be written using Chinese characters I could not tell you which.
[Xperia Arc General] Zeron.Wong:
Thank you very much. I think I can just order it now.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
why don't you just ask your local supplier what languages it supports?
[Xperia Arc General] Darth Glacious:
Because he is in China and wants to buy from UK.
[Xperia Arc General] ChefChaudart:
Hello,

I join you, just got my ARC from Expansys :D

It will be my first experience on android :eek:

My first impression ;

- it takes a lot of time to boot !

- Very nice screen.

- Much lighter than my HD2.

- Very nice pictures.

Questions ;

1. How can I make appears the device in my PC Explorer ?

2. Where are settings for GPS ?

Cheers
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
So you had HD2 and didn't put android on it?
[Xperia Arc General] flynny:
Ive just got myself an Arc had about 2-3 days of usage and I really am liking it!

Its a tad on the large size but its slimness makes up for that.

The software is pretty top notch but ive found one big mistake so far, theres no lock screen music controls or volume key control like old sony phones used to have.
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
I can confirm I have this problem too.

Am going to update to the new firmware today and see if it makes a difference.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Good thinking.. I had that problem too.. but not had it since I updated to the new firmware earlier.. will keep an eye on that for a few days.
[Xperia Arc General] ChefChaudart:
Why ? Winmo with CHT stuffs are very nice on HD2 !
[Xperia Arc General] DuoM:
Hi,

Could someone please tell me if this phone has notification LEDs.

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc General] wickedrami:
It's got one on the side right next to the charging port. Miss the front facing notification LED from the x10.
[Xperia Arc General] TheAptPupil:
How is your reception on it un out of metro areas, if you ave tested that aspect yet?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
That was totally a weired move from SE part. I would understand if it had two lights one for battery charging on the side and one in the front. Now I won't be able to see if my phone having messages unless I put the side facing me... We are probably lucky that main screen is not on the back or maybe it is:D
[Xperia Arc General] DuoM:
Thanks. It may not be ideal but at least it has one. Perhaps the two LEDs on the front can be adapted to this role.

This plus SE's change of heart makes this phone a possibility for me. Motorola promised but so far have delivered nothing and HTC seem to want to try and emulate them.

Depending on what HTC announce next week and how locked down the new devices are, I may find myself in the SE camp in the near future.