yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc General] StickyGeko:
i dont have the wireless issue but i do have an issue with lag... in the home screens and even on basic games, theres also a problem when on calls, it will cut out say every 10 secs and then is fine, its an audible crackle, cant hear anyone then all of sudden alls well..... i defo think ive dodgey unit
[Xperia Arc General] muzzytt:
i have noticed the same thing when in a call it cuts out then comes back mine is a UK unit.
[Xperia Arc General] apy1412:
I have a serious issue with the phone, The phone shuts down by itself at least once a day and never boots up until I repair the firmware by connecting to the PC. The Facebook app, maps, markets just force closes most of the time and then the phone just shuts down. I though this could be a firmware issue but after repairing also I am facing the issue.

I cannot take it to the service center as I bought it from a different country. Let me know if there is a solution.
[Xperia Arc General] leonpeeon:
Did you make it your goal to make those people feel stupid?

This device is brand new. These people are posting about these issues to see maybe they're common problems, or just to let others know.
[Xperia Arc General] george232:
Anyone got problems with the upper left corner of the screen above the chinch coming loose?

I do, and I saw a picture in the GSMArena review that showed that the screen sticks out at that spot on their unit too.
[Xperia Arc General] :
Issue: None of the APN switches (mobile data switches) wrking on xperia arc. If any new widget available plz share, tnx

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] StickyGeko:
nope mines flush
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
Use Gesture Search by Google, Free from Market :) A real Cool app
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
Not supported in Android 2.3 as i know :) Use stock widget for data :)
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
Do you install some apps after installing firmaware or restore data from any backup?
[Xperia Arc General] dallas79:
I have installed Dialer One and now when i have an missed call and i press the notification up in the bar it leads me to dialer one allright(yes i have chosen Dialer one to be the defgault app for calls), but it doesnt automatically delete the notification like it should. I have to press "Clear" i in the bar. The next time i miss a call the count for missed calls will be 2 the next time 3 and so on until i go in to the original Contacts app and look at the call log. Cant i disable call notifications anywhere?
[Xperia Arc General] louis0815:
Sure?

Warranty is warranty, pretty much regardless where you bought the device. Service Center is representing SE, all they should be interested in is date of purchase. Just give it a try (at the official SE service center of course).

Don't mistake the phone seller for the service center, warranty does not depend on the seller but on the manufacturer.
[Xperia Arc General] ludovic.audoin:
Hello, I'm not able to answer directly to your question but, how did you choose Dialer One by default ?

BR
[Xperia Arc General] apy1412:
I installed apps from the market place, I didn't restore.
[Xperia Arc General] apy1412:
Thanks will give it a shot.
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
May be some apps causing this strange problem? :confused: You can try mobile without installing apps.. See if problem is still there
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I noticed that decreasing brightness give better viewing angles!

Also for muffled sound when posing the Arc on a table I suggest to stick a little 1cm X 2mm of stickable rubber under the speaker hole, sound will get more free space and even more resonance making it louder ;)

The arked design should have done this alone but it's not enough.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Desperately need an app/widget to SWITCH OFF MOBILE DATA when not in use, battery is draining very quickly :(
[Xperia Arc General] ronniecross:
There is a widget already, built into the phone It's just called Data Traffic and is a simple On/Off button.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I am using APNdroid since the N1 and it's better and safer than any other widget
[Xperia Arc General] iead1:
I wonder if everyone realizes that the Arc runs Android 2.3 and that many apps may have not been tested fully on newer versions of Android.

I haven't had any issues with my Arc, and I'm pretty sure I've had it longer than most on here. (Going on two weeks.)

The difference between the X10 and Arc are like night and day. Easily the best phone I've ever owned, and the best I've ever used. It may not be a dual-core phone, but it does everything I want extremely well.

Also, HDMI-out is awesomeeeeeee. It's just incredibly convenient. The TV remote can even control the phone!
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Thanks Man, wonder how I missed it :p

the size of this widget is weird but as of now it will serve the purpose :)
[Xperia Arc General] pksparks:
have the Arc now for about a week. coming from win mobile 6.5 (energyrom) on HTC Touch hd, i am getting used to it. so far no problems. sygic aura works like a charm with traffic information added. only thing that i am missing is the fact that on the HTC win mob 6.5 i could sent my own phone number to my contacts from my phone book, and all others would not receive it. this meant that my wife had a special ringtone for me, and knew on forehand that she could pick up the phone. has anybody found anything about this?? would love to have this function again

rgds

Patrick
[Xperia Arc General] ronniecross:
Exactly what I thought when I first saw it. When I got my Arc the widget was already on one of the homescreens... next to the rest of the single-widget power controls... except it was a funny size :S looked really odd lol
[Xperia Arc General] dallas79:
I am not sure, but i think you have to go to settings-Applications->manage applications and then W´"contacts" and choose "clear defaults". Then the next time you check i missed call it will ask you which app you want to use to do this, and then remember to check the box asking if you want it as default.
[Xperia Arc General] :
Arcmedia updated for gingerbread.

Now we can play almost all video formats with subtitles on our Xperia Arc.

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
yess, now we have ArcMedia as well as VitalPlayer which supports all formats with subtitles.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
One more Issue:

Not able to open comics in .pdf formats with the default option.

Solution:

Downloaded eZPDFReader to open those files...
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
The phone is basically brilliant. No issues.

I would like to be able to turn auto backlight off....

So you say Arc player is good?

Some say QQplayer is great too.

Remark:

Looks like Arc battery lasts long when you load it for longer AFTER it shows 100%!!!!!!
[Xperia Arc General] :
Arcmedia is best so far.Vital player is also Ok...i hav tested almost all video apps available :)

Above two supports maximum formats plus subtitles..no lag!!

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
Nice to hear this, thnx
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
I can't connect bluetooth headset MW600 with Arc :( Mobile doesn't detect MW600.. Anyone having this problem?
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
I noticed that the notification and ringtones are changing by themself :eek:
[Xperia Arc General] Harboe:
I haven't seen anything like that. Have you installed any other progs for the things? Handcent and things like that have their own setting, so you have to turn off the default apps notifications. :-)
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Thanks will try it than.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
ISSUE

:

Its been a week now, I am facing one random issue, some times all the icons from the launcher just gets disappered, phn just go into hung state for few seconds, it happened 4-5 times with me, any1 facing such issues, any problem with phone or its coz of gingerbread ??!!??
[Xperia Arc General] sgsgs:
Try one of those power management apps like Green Power Free (which I'm using).

I set to 1-min ON/5-min OFF cycle during phone standby. Background services such as WhatsApp and Gmail sync still works with some delay.
[Xperia Arc General] vincent.hsy:
Same here. It is a Gingerbread bug. Search this forum and the web and you'll find Nexus S having the same problem.
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
Mine hangs for 2-3 secs when returning to the home screen.

I'm monitoring all the apps, and nothing is hogging cpu. System is 1.2% everything else is less than 0.5%. I have 40mb of ram left. If I use a task killer - I know you should not - it runs silky smooth with no lag at all. Must be ram?
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
I am just waiting for Extended Widget to get updates for gingerbread, it was simply best all in one widget !! I am not sure if DEVs have Gingerbread devices yet :P
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
I think android kills the SE launcher to save ram this only happens if i play games.

what about https://market.android.com/details?id=alei.switchpro using it right now and works great.
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Now even the Alarm notification changed by itself :eek:

I wonder if it's because I connect too much my Arc to the USB :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
It's funny.. Everyone complained about the x10 being behind the curve on android versions and that it was holding us back from getting the best apps.. Now us arc owners are facing the same sort of problem because we're ahead of the curve! Go figure!

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] sgsgs:
My ARC mobile data (3G) got disconnected this afternoon for no reason and not able to get a connection. Tried rebooting, checking all the settings, still unable to connect.

Anyone encountered this?
[Xperia Arc General] ronniecross:
I was thinking along those lines. The thing is, people can't have their cake and eat it. Essentially with Gingerbread being the age it is, having an Arc at this point in time pretty much makes you a gingerbread early adopter, and people need to realise that early adopters WILL find problems, and WILL encounter incompatibility issues due to the platform being too new to have received support.
[Xperia Arc General] sgsgs:
For the same unknown reason, the data connection resurrect by itself :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] vegetaleb:
Perhaps it's just your mobile carrier that is having repairing troubles in your city :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] andymnc:
Rock(et) player works ugly on arc, on HD video (see the FF XIV trailer), audio and video out of sync and video with a lot of lag.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Issue: Home Switcher is NOT working :)

Searching for other options..
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Carriers often have problems with connections.

It just happens and it takes them usually few hours to fix it.

I know this because I always call my carrier once I encounter any problems.
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
"Home Switcher For Froyo" works for me :)
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
I got Home Manager by 'Carp'..wrking perfectly !!

I AM USING LAUNCHER PRO, ITS REAL SUPER SMOOTH... far far better than DEFAULT SONY LAUNCHER !!!
[Xperia Arc General] Harboe:
Haven't been using Launcher Pro for a while, even though I bought it (waaaay back in my Galaxy S days (just before I got this lovely thing)). Is the app page changed or is it just the same old long alphabetically list? Love the Sony launcher with the most use, recently install items sorting order. :o
[Xperia Arc General] sgsgs:
That could be the most probable cause, as long as it is not my Xperia Arc problem :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] sgsgs:
It is still the same long alphabetical list, previous versions will remember the last position but the recent update broke it.
[Xperia Arc General] gunawan-1:
Try go launcher ex.new version of go launcher pro.

GN Multimedia-Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] Darth Glacious:
Sony Ericsson PC Companion 2.0 theoretically allows for connection with the phone via WLAN. After wasting over half an hour trying to pair it with the laptop because their stupid software stubbornly refused to find my phone I discovered that transfer rates for files where about a snail's speed.

The solution? Turn to MyPhoneExplorer, it works much better than the crap Sony Ericsson puts out.

Youtube app kills my wireless connection, almost all the times the wireless stops transferring data occurs either in the Youtube applicaton or is closely related to it.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Well this is not an issue but I dont want start a new thread for this..

How to change the icons (when we try to club apps SE has a list of pre-defined icon set) in Arc, lemme know please, tnx in advance !!
[Xperia Arc General] amf:
Just got my Arc today!

My home wifi is a WPA/WPA2 PSK secured network, wifi setting in the Arc shows I'm connected to it BUT nothing happens when I use the browser (built in and Miren Browser) and market apps.

If I connect to an OPEN network, everything' fine. Can anyone please help. TIA.
[Xperia Arc General] KP_:
My wifi is secured the same way and i didn't have any problems connecting or going online (same with my work network).

Therefore i'm inclined to say maybe it's a router setting? Sorry i can't help more :(
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
I have noticed that system forces to froze during watchig youtube comments... it happened twice to me, first after buying, and the second today ( today I made hardreset)
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
suggest you delete the connection and reboot the router, then re-connect.. Mines been fine since day one! You don't have anything running that might be causing problems?? Task killer or Juice defender?
[Xperia Arc General] amf:
Problem sorted.

I disabled QoS in my router and all is well. I'm not so sure though if it really is the solution but it's almost 24 hrs now and my Arc's wifi connection is doing great.

Thanks KP and iceman!
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Issue:

After unplugging my Arc from my laptop, the USB icon still remains in the notification bar!!

Any solution??
[Xperia Arc General] mineralvann:
After a couple of days my arc doesnt show up when i plug it to my computer any more, and if i change to mass storage mode the memory card appears on my computer but i cant access it. Ive been thinking that i have changed some settings i shouldt have but cant understand what those can be. Also i have read that some problems can be fixed with a hard-reboot, what exactly is that?
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
Just had a reboot during a call.

Call goes silent; phone hangs; phone reboots.

Hope SE are on to this, or it's fixed ASAP with 2.3.3 .....
[Xperia Arc General] kishore123:
u cn try yx playerr...a player which doesnt drain ur battery as much as other player like mobo or rock player
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Benchmark..

Any Idea which Benchmark is this??

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...s2-smashes-speed-tests-ahead-of-launch-943455
[Xperia Arc General] punkmonkey1984:
Quadrant app
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
GUYS PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ONLY I AM FACING THIS PROBLEM??

Also when I connect to my laptop, it takes 3-5 minutes to detect my phone :(
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
All these problems are on your stock firmware? Please indicate if you have flashed any other firmware on your phone.

tnx
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
Have updated to latest firmware and today got a random reboot whilst making a call its only happened the once not sure why but thought I would share the info anyway, I think I read its happened to someone else on here too.
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
It takes 3-4 seconds to detect my phone when i connect it to my laptop :)

And about USB-icon in statusbar after disconnecting USB, Yes i have also this issue, but i just click on that & it disappears :p
[Xperia Arc General] :
+1 :-(

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
anyone tried LauncherPro??!!!??

after putting all launcherPro widgets, the phone lagging very badly :(
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
+1. But toggling between modes on the phone solves this immediately.
[Xperia Arc General] NiMH_999:
Yeah, i tried it and it lags badly had to remove its widgets to get it work smootly again.

In the end i decided to use ADW
[Xperia Arc General] alexkalik:
can this VITAL PLAYER support .rmvb?

thz
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
just download the trial version and give it a shot..
[Xperia Arc General] tom_mac24:
Guys I have a problem.

When I make a call and the proximity sensor turns the screen off, it sometimes wont come back on. I can still hear the person on the other end of the call, but when they hang up, my screen wont turn back on, even if i press the physical buttons.

It sometimes takes about 5 minutes for the screen to wake up. Apart from this I love the phone. Is anyone else having this problem?

On stock firmware by the way.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Heh I didn't have any of these issues yet.

237 hours without any reboot, no problems.

I just close backr apps like Twitter or Astro, they eat alot of RAM.

I usually get 100 - 110 MB free....

I just recorded 3 videos. First had stutters, the other were perfect.
[Xperia Arc General] tyrand3:
my arc reboot sometimes when viewing pictures,play game,or just changing brightness setting.

reboot like 5times or more/day ,really anoying :(
[Xperia Arc General] Xajel:
BTW, how fast the reboot is ?

I mean if you manually restarted the phone, how long it take from the time you press the power on to the device being ready to use ?
[Xperia Arc General] vincent.hsy:
Mine is about 50~60 seconds
[Xperia Arc General] daveybaby:
Havent tried LP on the arc yet, but here's something to try: before switching to LP, first remove all widgets from the sony launcher. Something about those widgets all being loaded & running even though the launcher isnt.
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
The phone takes a long time to boot. it's even longer than my nexus what is really weird.

I'm not sure if we can speed this up, because it's not OS related.
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
Are you sure about this? because i noticed that everything on SE home gets killed after a while. i didn't see any changes in the battery life either.
[Xperia Arc General] daveybaby:
One minor problem that i've noticed: the compass occasionally stops working (happened twice now) so stuff like google sky map/streetview/gps status dont work.

A soft reboot brings it back again, so it seems like a software issue.
[Xperia Arc General] daveybaby:
No, not sure at all. It's something i remember from ages ago when using early versions of LP on top of HTC sense, dont know if its still valid for current versions of LP, or for the Arc, or even for gingerbread.

Not a guaranteed fix, just a suggestion of something to try. :)

[edit]

As for the boot issue, i've noticed it seems to boot up much faster from a hard reset (i.e. once the battery's died) than from a soft reset. Weird.
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
On the HTC phones it where the HTC services like peep etc they always started even if you didn't use the widget. But on the arc (Gingerbread) they get killed. the only application that always running is mtapp (or something like that) don't know what it does
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Issue:

Video recording was better on my Xperia X10, y so ???

any settings or my phone is screwed !!!
[Xperia Arc General] :
There are some known issues with video recording, hope SE will provide necessary patch asap.....

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] mineralvann:
Just thought i would come with a update on my problem with my phone not appearing in my computer, i just reflashed it with stock firmware 181 and i havent seen any issues since that, also seemed to have improved the rs when bumped problem but wont know that for sure before i give it the stress test at work
[Xperia Arc General] death.eater:
i have wifi problem, at first it disconnects by itself and now much worse, my arc could not even identify or scan my wifi at home. Anyone also have this issue? or anyone know what to do.
[Xperia Arc General] :
ISSUE:

When I moved some apps from phone to sdcard using APPS2SD some apps are missing from application list...

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] SamarthJain:
Use the widget 2G-3G , avalable from Marketplace or Data Traffic Widget
[Xperia Arc General] SamarthJain:
Problem with Sync with Sony Err,,,

I am not able to Sync my data with Sony Ericson's on line backup option, Every time i set up account, it saves some arbitrary user name and password and then sync fails,,,

any solution? or anyone else facing same problem?
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Just Restart your phone !! :D
[Xperia Arc General] Sanbonmatsu:
No Problems here using LPP. Runs smooth with calendar and message widget enabled. Have u updated to the latest version?
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
I switched back to default launcher, i had latest version and was using following with LPP:

1. Friendstream

2. Calender

3. Simi Folder Widgets

4. Sms Unread Count

5. more widgets (like mobile buzz, zimly, etc)

6. Widget Locker as well (still using)

MY PHONE WAS LAGGING BADLY & BATTERY CONSUMPTION WAS ALSO VERY HIGH.
[Xperia Arc General] :
WTF, thanks.... :-)

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
APPS2SD not working well, some apps are missing [even after the restart]
[Xperia Arc General] barneyrubbleuk:
HI guys n gals. apologies if this has been asked before i did do a search. I have synced my phone with google, however they are not showing up when i go into the phone app or contacts app. But when i go into message someone all my contacts are there what am i doing wrong please? I cant call anyone :mad:
[Xperia Arc General] Mesho Arc:
I have a couple of issues with my Arc.

80+% of ram is always used.

Battery drains fast

I bought it two weeks ago.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
What apps do you use?

You have to say more.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
I had no problems with that.

Maybe you have to find somwhere to display Gmail contacts not the Phone ones.
[Xperia Arc General] Mesho Arc:
I use Advanced tadk killer, Android booster.
[Xperia Arc General] barneyrubbleuk:
Yeah maybe. I've solved it by downloading a different dialer/contacts app.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
Can anyone tell me what is POBox Touch, its using 11+ MB of my phone's internal memory??

U can use DiskUsage to check..
[Xperia Arc General] ArcOnFire:
Have you use your stock camera app? I could go 2 days+ if I never use my stock camera app, but only about 14 hours if I do.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Well if you use things like Android Booster don't be surprised your device is on fire.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
It has nothing to do with camera directly.

I get great battery life using camera very often.

It's rather about the combination of processes.
[Xperia Arc General] mps83:
i was just about to ask the same thing, i've tried googling it but all the results are in chinese
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
I am scared DELETING it :)

read this:

http://translate.google.com.sg/tran...x+Touch&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=530&prmd=ivns
[Xperia Arc General] hush66:
I believe that's the Japanese keyboard.

Edit: Ok, confirmed it's the Japanese keyboard. I froze it using Titanium Backup, and went to Settings but got an error when I click on it in Language & Keyboard. Unfroze it, went back to Settings, and it was working again.
[Xperia Arc General] xperiax10.awesome:
i have deleted it, no side effects :)
[Xperia Arc General] Mesho Arc:
you mean I should not use the original camera app and download another one from Market?