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[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
This is SE Brazil site getting pre-order for arc.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/br/preview/aparelhos/xperia-arc-aparelhos/xperia%E2%84%A2-arc-ja-esta-em-pre-venda

Source"Xperia Blog"

It might be Bootloader unlocked phone, but not sure yet. and assuming its LT15a

Anyone from Brazil?
[Xperia Arc General] LordKitsuna:
I am going to wait for it to come out on att then get it with an upgrade, then i will just install a generic rom assuming one is available.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Yes, Generic rom for LT15a is available as you can find it in Development section. We are not sure about att release yet.

I hope its never, because anything they put their hands on it turns into crap.

Good Luck
[Xperia Arc General] LordKitsuna:
If you stick with their software yea, i (as my post's all state) have an x10 and while most people are stuck on 1.6 still im on 2.1 and waiting for 2.3. Flashed generic a looong time ago and won't ever use a att stock rom again.
[Xperia Arc General] unknown13x:
Nimche, I believe you have received an FOC pre-retail unit. It's exactly the same as retail unit don't get me wrong, it's just units that are meant to be given out for publicity, not for sale. This is also why your IMEI is not in the retail system. It is by no means less stable or work differently than retail, it's exactly the same, but just called differently, similar to my X10, which is also a pre-retail unit. Consider yourself lucky :) Since you got that, its obvious that you got an Generic firmware. Cheers :)
[Xperia Arc General] LordKitsuna:
http://recombu.com/news/xperia-arc-black-hands-on-photos-with-the-orange-only-edition_M14274.html

^OMG DO WANT!! so ****ing sexy i would gladly pay a premium to get a phone that sexy.
[Xperia Arc General] topkop:
That's what happening to Thailand actually. They were supposed to get the Arc this month but it's now pushed back to August!
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Just had a talk with a Sony US employee and he said that there is trace of ARC on employee account. What would be other choices for your guys as far as the phone?
[Xperia Arc General] topkop:
I see a number of people in Thailand have already bought LT15i from ebay while some have decided to go for other phones. Only one carrier in Thailand has 3G anyway, so it doesn't really matter. For me, I'm on T-Mobile in US and on DTAC in Thailand (no 3g yet), so I'm waiting for LT15a, in case I get moved over to AT&T 3g frequency next year.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I think I can hold myself for another 5 days and see what will happen on Rogers ARC kick of celebration on coming Wednesday and see what is going on. They may sell them there?
[Xperia Arc General] topkop:
I really hope Rogers will have them available soon because I'm going crazy here.

Been using Blackberry 9700 for over a year and even though I always knew I'm gonna switch to Android one day, I never really felt the urge to change until I saw the Arc. The most beautiful Android device to date, hands down.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
This guys just got me for a second

LINK

But he has no clue what is going on.... hehe :D
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
i have ordered the device from japan

it uses the 850 3G only

user shutterspark has helped me get the info

Global roaming 3G (850MHz)

GSM / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900MHz)

this info was off sonyericsson japan website

http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/product/docomo/so-01c/spec/spec.html

so basically it will work in the usa im hoping

i will update you when i get the device
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Well, if the area that you are in uses 850MHz then it should work. If it uses the 1900MHz frequency then it may not. In any case, let us know how it turns out. Good luck.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Finally you got something. Do you mind sharing the link to order?

This is the map of ATT for 850 coverage for 2008

http://www.cellularmaps.com/att_850_1900.shtml

But then in 2009 ATT said that they will imrpove 850 nation wide for bigger cities

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/the-engadget-interview-ralph-de-la-vega-ceo-of-atandt-mobility/
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
thanks for the map , it helped me make sure florida was covered by 850mhz, so hopefully it will work.

it is from an seller in Japan that happened to have an ebay account, he doesnt sell xperia usually but i managed to get his help

i ordered today and i am waiting for the tracking number

im happy cause ebay has buyer protection.

i just need to make sure everything is perfect before i release his info
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Just a question came to my mind that Japanese phones are usually locked and they were suppose to unlock new phone after April 2011 which I have not seen any news about it. Was this unlock?
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
yes they are usually locked

but after april 1st things have changed. you can buy them unlocked or you can give them a phone that was purchased before this date and you pay a fee

this is from their website

http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2011/001514.html
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
@the end of article says that:

Did you contact assure you that you get it unlocked? This unlocking needs to be done in Japan in store?
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
"...any DOCOMO wireless device newly marketed on or after April 1, 2011."

looks like the arc doesn't qualify since it's released on the 24th of March.
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
yes the device has been unlocked, any device before april 1st will have to pay a fee to get it unlocked. this is an android sony device and it already has all the firmware in it for a sim card and 3g. so im goping it will work.

i will update once i get the device and if it works i will release the sellers info.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Could you at least share the price for the handset? Just to compare how much you have paid for phone + unlocking +shipping? If you don't mind.
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
ok

i paid for the phone $620

unlocking $40

seller fee $ 80

shipping $ 50

on Ebay

i have told him that if it doesnt work i would return it.

wish me luck
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I have a Japanese neighbor which going back to Japan a lot and probably he should know if it works or not? I will ask them when I find him.

Did he give you an estimate time to receive the phone?

BTW, what color you got?
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
believe me ur neighbor wont know, i have a lot of japanese guys in college and i have asked them but they didnt even know anything about the network thing, and everyone usually will say it will not work but Docomo has changed some policies.

as i said before i dont have an estimate when i recieve it , im currently waiting for the tracking number . japan has a big time zone difference so when im asleep he replies and vice versa
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Thanks for the updates. When I hear about gadgets I become like a 2 years old kiddo. Its kind of hard to resist and probably this is the good time to practice some patience.

I am not really optimistic about Rogers releasing it this month with all that going on in Japan, god know what will happen and actually when the phone will be on ebay for us to buy. This is one of the worst things living in NA. I totally feel like I am in Third world country or we are under sanction :D
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
I think t-mobile and at&t should merge and then a new gsm carrier should come into existence with european 3G 900/2100 bands. And we will be good to go in future :-)
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I like that idea. Vodofon or O2? European mobile carrier comes and get americanized and loses all the good and their store will start to look like crap. Not even spider can resist the force of change here. European carrier sends a satellite up in the air and we can use it in the US, that might be a good idea and I will buy my phone online and no need for me to go to freaggin store no more.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
For whoever doesn't have the phone yet(me included) watch this video and get sick:D lets add to the pain. This phone is really beautiful. Any Canadian on board any news from Rogers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsvSvXsWS-k&NR=1
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
hey guys

this is a japanese online store that proves what i have been saying about the 3G japanese version and that it should work in the usa if it is unlocked.

http://en.item.rakuten.com/riso-sya/243/

check the network section

note: i have not ordered from this site i have ordered from a private seller on ebay

this site has high quality cases and accessories if you are interested
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
Just found this for the SO-01C, it supports UMTS FDD: Band I/Band II/Band V

http://www.ptcrb.com/ctiastaff/complete/view_complete_request.cfm?modelid=18647

which according to the link below is 2100/1900/850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
Well Nimche, sorry buddy but I finally gave in. Just ordered 2 Midnight Blue LT15i's from Handtec. (One for me, one for GF)

Means I will have to stick to the crappy networks here like Vodafone, but with rumors of supplies dwindling I don't want to end up missing out for a few months.

I'll let you all know what I think, and it will be interesting to see what my GF thinks as she (and EVERYONE in her family) is an iphone user.

It's funny but even my GF who is not at all interested in geeking around with a phone is finding herself annoyed at what she can't do with her iphone.
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
Spending an awful lot on your GF! :p
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
well, I feel left out now. No Canadian here to report from Rogers. Japanese phone from Docomo has not found to be a perfect solution YET! and you guys all ordered phone? and I am petting my X10 with OS 2.3 dreaming of silver ARC.

Its Sunday and I hope on Launch day of ARC with Rogers which is this Wed. we hear some news. My source from Japan hasn't told me anything yet and he is trying to figure out in case that is the only alternative I have...

i guess future will tell...
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
thanks

thanks for the links they were helpful and further proves that the 3G for the japanese phone will work in the usa (hopefully sice i havent recieved the phone yet)

it is monday now in japan and the seller should ship it out in the morning

i just hope he uses the fastest shipping cause im excited to see how it works
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Monday 2 in the morning:eek:

Hook us up with this later when you got it. If this works with the new Docomo unlocking thing, we would have an alternative in the US. As far as I saw the map, 850 and 1900 pretty much cover the same thing.

I want my arc now:(
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
based on this site

http://www.ptcrb.com/ctiastaff/complete/view_complete_request.cfm?modelid=18647

it says UMTS FDD: Band I/Band II/Band V

which is 2100/1900/850 based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands

which means it will work on both U.S frequencies

pray for me that it works :)

thanks to jerrytea for sharing the links
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Did you finally get to know when it will arrive?
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
its 10:00am now in japan he should be shipping it today , i have messaged him saying to fast ship it. i am still waiting on his reply
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I am excited for you:D Hopefully it will work. You will be sort of first generation to use Docomo stuff unlocked in the US since they started unlocking after 1st of April this year.
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
Hi all,

I registered to this site just to share the pain of waiting the LT15a version.

I'm From Chile (South America), and the only news around here, is that earthquakes in Japan are just delaying new phones. :confused:

Hope that things get better.... if LT15a doesn't arrive on ebay (anywhere), I think that I'll going for another brand (HTC maybe).

I'm so pissed of that SE is the only brand with no american version (850 - 1900). All others phones and models has their american version :mad:

I need 1900MHz band in here.

Cheers.
[Xperia Arc General] sofia-captivate:
Rogers arc is coming on 14 one of the Rep told me also nexus s is coming to Rogers mmmm hard to decide.
[Xperia Arc General] TheAptPupil:
I have not given up yet, though I fear that the UMTS850 version is going to have a jacked up price tag... It might be better to go for the 2100 model and just settle for 2G on optus every now and then
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
They have launch party on 13 so 14th seems good unless the shipments are delayed. Everything coming out of Japan with SE has been delayed.
[Xperia Arc General] TheAptPupil:
so essentially, in 2-3 days time, the 850MHz model will be available for me to import?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I am not sure about that since we don't have it yet on Rogers website official. All there is pre-orders and no official news of release date yet.

I am hoping like you do but no promise of date yet. Lets see what Rogers has to say soon...
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
This is for ATT user on this board: HEHE - they don't carry arc anymore...

http://forums.att.com/t5/Sony-Ericsson/Sony-Ericson-xperia-arc-launch/m-p/2734643#M46190
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
i dont think they even know there is a new xperia phone out
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Just called Rogers. The phone's not in their system yet. Going to try again after the launch party.

Anxiously waiting....

-Sent from my X10a (EW Jet v005ex)
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Thank you and please update us with any result. Appreciate your help.
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
OK, did a little Googling and some dude says that Rogers "upper management" says that ARC & Play will be released on April 15th (which makes sense since the launch party is the 14th.).

Keep in mind that there's no proof of that April 15th date.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
googleing link would be nice to have here. + I thought launch party is on Wed the 13th
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Here's the link.

http://mobilesyrup.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10348

You're right, the Rogers event is on the 13th.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
That guys seems to know and let us know when the release date is official. Waiting....
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
This is for follows whom actually want to go to the Rogers launch event, you may win a ticket...

http://www.rgbfilter.com/?p=14001

bring us some goodies back.

EDIT:My bad I think this is over already. Where have you been?
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
I tried to enter anyways. :-)

-Sent from my X10a (EW Jet v005ex)
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
If I win, you can have it;) I feel sort of jealous that you get the arc sooner and I don't:D
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Here is another one

http://twitter.com/#!/SonyEricssonCA/status/57172264919109632
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Lol. Ya, already did that one. I had a chance to score a ticket from someone in the X10 forum and missed chance. Doh.

-Sent from my X10a (EW Jet v005ex)
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Adam, is it possible to get me an ARC when it comes out? For a good price? ;)
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
When they start coming out I'll have a look at the various prices. Right now the only price I know of is $549.99 via Rogers. There's place called Pac Mall that has more phone stores per square foot then you can imagine. If there's a place that'll have a good price it'll be there. I go there often. Once the phone is out I'll have a look for you. If I forget, feel free to PM me.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
You are getting one for yourself right? BTW, have you seen or heard anything other that Midnight Blue color? I am more towards the Misty Silver.

Do you think Rogers carrying both? I hope I don't have to wait another 2 months till BestBuy carries it in store...
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
I can't believe that here in chile x10 was released in 3G quad band (850/900/1900/2100). I'm wandering why Xperia arc was not released like so. :(
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
LT15a is on GSM: 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS FDD: Band I(2100)/Band II(1900)/Band V(850)

aren't you guys use 1900 in Chile?
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
In chile bands works at 850 for Claro and Movistar, and 1900 for Entel.

In every web, I see that LT15a only works for 850 and 1900... no other bands, so, it's a joke that "i" version, called "international", works only in Europe, and if the "a" called American had the four bands, then it's called only American... :confused:

I read somewhere that the future of the 4G band is to use two bands at the same time: 1700 for download, and 2100 for upload. so next generations phones will be with those bands inside.
[Xperia Arc General] TheAptPupil:
Please also let me know if its sin free, and debranded, or am I going to have to do it myself? I know there will be a debranded Rom for me to flash to, but is prefer to not go through the process if I can avoid it- plus i despise brand marking on a phone
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Totally getting one. Haven't seen anything on colours though. They carried black & white X10s so I would think they'll have both Arc colours. I think I'm leaning to the black but want to see both before I decide.

-Sent from my X10a (EW Jet v005ex)
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Looks like the Rogers Arc will be out on April 28th.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/04/12/rogers-launching-xperia-play-and-arc-april-28th/
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
crap!

I hope it is not true. Where is my arc?
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
the LT15a and the Docomo SO-01c are the same hardware wise

http://translate.google.com/transla...com.microsoft:en-us&biw=763&bih=422&prmd=ivns

but the only issue is the unlocking of the Docomo devices debate which has not been approved by anyone

has anyone unlocked the Xperia SO-01C from the Docomo store?

has anyone unlocked it using the unlock code?

one user in japan has confirmed what i have said before and what some users are doubting that it can be unlocked at the docomo store

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1031805
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
@alsaqr,

I have contacted an eBay seller last week in Japan and he said that he will go to store and ask but it takes him a few days. I am still waiting to confirm or you may get your phone before that :D
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
New info from Rogers. On their Facebook page they have 3 Android robot outlines with 3 dates; April 12, April 19th and April 26th. These are release dates for the Nexus S, Play and Arc. I think I heard that the Nexus S is the 12th. Just don't know if the Arc is the 19th or 26th.

-Sent from my X10a (EW Jet v005ex)
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
28th? That feels like more than a year further. :mad:
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
If you play with that thing and hit the right arrow there is also a May 3rd and May 6th which apparently no one has noticed yet. Arc on May 6th :D
[Xperia Arc General] fredastere:
Actually I talked with a roger's rep over the phone ( in quebec tho so it might be different for other canadians ) and he told me that the phone would be out before the end of the month for sure but he didn't have any precise date...

Meh...guess the 28th it will be :(
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
From all those rogers release date there is no 28th maybe 26th or May 3rd ;)
[Xperia Arc General] fredastere:
Errr ya my bad ... 26th

still :(
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
http://nttdocomosingapore.blogspot.com/

www.tiffian.com

bennysunarto@hotmail.com

i have contacted this seller via messenger and he says that he can ship the SO-01c for $800 unlocked by docomo

he is in singapore and gets the devices from japan

note: i dont know this seller nor have i ever bought from them. pay at your own risk.

my money is hung with a japanese seller on ebay
[Xperia Arc General] mineralvann:
Sorry if i have misunderstood this thread but as i understand it your looking for a xperia arc without a contract, well in norway we have plenty of those like this for example netonnet.no/art/telefon/mobiltelefon-uten-abonnement/merkevarer/sony-ericsson/sonyericsson-xperiaarclt15i/148942.3213/ or mshop.no/more_info.php?table=Produkter&level1=139200&level2=&selger=hw&offset=&limit=&selger=&visSplash=true it cost about 4300 nok and that is about 780 us dollars. these shops have it in stock, I havent checked if these shops ship abroad but i cant see why not. And it there are any norwegians out there i can tell you that the arc i bought at tele2 with a contract registers in fastboot
[Xperia Arc General] ogdobber:
the "key" is LT15a...I assume the Norwegian phone is LT15i...not applicable
[Xperia Arc General] augie7107:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Sony-Ericss...0572774958?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item2562e21a2e
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
tomorrow @ Rogers we will see when the arc is coming out. $549 would be more reasonable. :D
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
thanks for the links but our issue is that the xperia LT15i (international version) will not allow the 3G in the usa to work . there are many sellers that offer the Lt15i for reasonable prices, but we are looking for the 3G band 850mhz which is used in u.s, canada, and other south american countries and recently japan which was the first to release the arc and this is why we are looking for japanese phones

hope i was clear loooool
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
where did this dude in florida get this phone looool wierd
[Xperia Arc General] mineralvann:
sorry your right the phone i have linked to is the lt15i, i knew it seemed too easy , it does say that it support umts under technical specs but i guess theres more to the lt15a vs lt15i that i dont understand
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
not sure/. I am really anxious to see what will happen in Rogers event tomorrow. They may release the phone on 19th? Not sure but getting more excited.
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
well i hope we see the Lt15a start popping all over ebay. i dont want a locked Rogers or will it be unlocked?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
It is probably lock but you can easily unlock it unlike Docomo.

What happened to your phone? Is it here yet, that is killing me.
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
the seller hasnt responded since sunday night. im getting frustrated.

the phone is for my GF and she wanted the pink color which was only available in japan.

for me im looking for silver

i will see if the japanese phone works , then i will order it. or i will just see if an unlocked LT15a is released.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Silver for me too. I can't wait to get it. Where?How? I don't know.
[Xperia Arc General] AdamUpNorth:
Ok. Those robot outlines on the Rogers Facebook page are not release dates for phones. They're the days that Rogers is going to release clues for the contest they're running. Hopefully we'll find out more after the Launch Party tonight.

-Sent from my X10a (EW Jet v005ex)
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Good finding :D

we are screwed even deeper. Is anyone here attending the launch event tonight?
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
I have to admit that when I saw the Model "LT15a", on the pic about the phone on eBay, I started to run in circles, Hope that this is the begining of the eBay selling for LT15a. :p:p
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
This is the beginning of nothing yet since this guy doesn't say where the heck the phone came from. Only hope that we have @ this point is Rogers in Canada which with their screwed up schedule god knows when they will release the arc or even if they have enough supplies base on all the earthquake in Japan?

The phone on eBay is unlocked and probably unbranded LT15a and I can't think of where it came from unless the SE in US is not giving this to ATT and selling it in Sony Style later? Rogers phone is branded.

Anything in South America? no news?

Keep circling around :D we should all set up a time and circle around and it may help us with our patient limitation. :D:D
[Xperia Arc General] alsaqr:
the xperia play is on sony style

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...Id=8198552921644515844&N=4294953720&Name=Sony Ericsson Phones
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
thanks but it has been there forever. SE NA has put most of advertisements for Play different events and contest for play and not much for arc. I am wondering if SE will sell arc later soon on sonystyle?