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[Xperia Arc General] bhatchetan:
I'm very satisfied with my Arc(Misty Silver). It has some Pros and Cons attached to it.

Pro

- Super sexy looks, Slim body.

- Light weight.

- Large screen

- Gingerbread OS

- 8meg Camera, HD recording

- Unlocked bootloader (not much use as of now)

- Wonderful ear piece Volume(my previous phone was a X10i which has a stupid ear piece)

- Noise cancellation (its a boon in a noisy place and it works. Believe me)

- HDMI out (Good option to view the videos captured on Arc. Crisp and Clear on Sony LCD)

- Ringer volume is very good.

- Charging is fast. SE has done some change to their changing algorithm. Charged from 44% to 100% is 30 min when connected to my laptop.

Cons

- Plastic body which i don't mind (so the reason for light weight)

- Hard camera shutter key. I prefer to use the touch capture feature.

- Placement of the camera lens. You might block the lens with your finger as its close to the top side of the phone. I took sometime to get adjusted to this.

- Timescape, I hate it.

- Small and hard power key (I wont use it much but still an issue)

- Similar battery backup like X10 (Still can't find a good smartphone which has good battery life)

- Load speaker placement is bad. If placed on the bed, its hard to hear.

- Boot up is slow. Takes almost a minute, sometimes more to boot.

I will keep updating the list as and when i find interesting things as its just been less than 24 hours since it was delivered. And finally... Please note that there is not one perfect phone that has all the features and does not have any issues ;)

SE has somewhat achieved designing a perfect product that will get them back into this market.
[Xperia Arc General] Mano1982:
- You can use touch to capture picture.. 3rd option in camera setting (If you are talking about that.. Sorry if i got it wrong :p)

- It probably because of slimness of device..

- Don't use it :p (I am waiting for root & then root is available, i will delete it)

- AGREE...

- Eh i cam from X10 also, and i think Arc has much much better battery life than X10.. Same usage in 6 hours, Battery on X10 drains 35-40%, while on Arc it drains only 15-20%..

- AGREE :(
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
That settles it, you must be the same diggedy as the T-Mobile forum...

The Defy is actually an extremely quick handset once you move away from MotoBlur.
[Xperia Arc General] diggedy:
Yup thats me. I experimented with rooting then thought sod it. Brand new phone and I had to risk warranty to get what I needed.

Luckily t- mobile came good.
[Xperia Arc General] Step666:
Rooting isn't necessary to get rid of (as in hide) the stock launcher, all you have to do is install a third-party one like LauncherPro.

It's only if you want to completely uninstall the stock launcher that you need to be rooted.

I've done that on my Arc not because the SE launcher is as slow as Blur, merely that I prefer the customisability of LP.

Glad you were able to get everything sorted with T-Mobile.

Legally-speaking, the had to return the phone as it was mis-sold to you. The only problem would have been if they'd decided not to be cooperative about it.
[Xperia Arc General] diggedy:
yeh completely true. Ive tried playing with my brothers defy he recently got and we overclocked it, used autostarts to disable some of the crap as just changing the launcher didnt completely get rid of it all and it was very very fast. The only reason I had to root was to install 2.2, that was where I was taking the risk with the warranty.

but back to the arc, im wondering if the lag is coming from the constant updates to timescape. I know some people say its crap but I actually like it, beats the likes of friends stream and pure messenger in my eyes. Does anyone know a way to change the sync frequency as at present it seems to do it whenever I unlock the phone!

I tried LP tonight, it seems a shame not to use it since I paid for the upgrade as I hated sense... but its just not as nice visually to me as the SE launcher (I thought the same about it compared to blur too) but it was faster. If it could use the SE widgets and be skinned I would probably use it
[Xperia Arc General] se_dude:
With any kind of sync on in the background. The phone will lag.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Yeah I don't use any backr sync and it works very well.
[Xperia Arc General] shohid1234:
None of the "cracked" copies work unfortunately, I have however installed Slideit which, although I have just started using it, might actually be better that swype.

As for CM, it might take a few months for a stable version to be released.
[Xperia Arc General] maaaxi:
will you marry me Sony:D i think am in love with you;)

will this phone will stay with me for 2 years and i love it :cool:
[Xperia Arc General] SnEAkyy:
Im coming from a HTC Dream (G1) and that's an old-timer now. The SE Arc is just great so far, the battery is a lot better than my G1, last night it actually used 1% for like 7 hours (I did use Green Power). The design is just great, the sound is perfect (using it as a radio @ work) and the screen is pretty kewl.

I've had a LG Optimus 2x for a few days, and I returned that one cuz it was faulty.. I didn't want to use my VIP service for a phone that is broken in a few days already. Then the day the Arc came out, I decided to get that one, it's look are so much better than the LG.

It's just a great phone :> Fast, looking good and a great sound output

- SnEAky
[Xperia Arc General] Inferis:
It's definitly the best looking phone out there!

I am satisfied. (x10 was my first android)
[Xperia Arc General] Evil_Sephiroth:
here all perfect

Compared with my old X10, touch feedback is finally similar to IP4 and screen color too..

i like this ARC
[Xperia Arc General] Nishua:
When I get my hands on a LT15a I'll let you know.
[Xperia Arc General] lil_devil:
just got my cell n its plain awesome.....just 1 problem....it heats up very especially near the earpiece
[Xperia Arc General] Evil_Sephiroth:
mine only after 40 app istallation and near the battery
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
Mine did over the first few days it hasn't since and im a week in now
[Xperia Arc General] kkkok8051:
xperia arc sexy body slim<3 i can show offB-)
[Xperia Arc General] aldouz:
today is my 10th day with Archie and so far it never fails me :o
[Xperia Arc General] dawncobra:
6 days with my arc and everything is fine, even with the original rom ;)
[Xperia Arc General] goofyandnerdy:
at times, i noticed that my arc auto reboot by itself. is it a safety thing that it auto reboot by itself? other than that, i love my arc (although dual core would be nice :) ) and this gingerbread 2.3 is awesome
[Xperia Arc General] winnerzero:
after a week of using this phone, i am absolutely in love with it...never thought i could have such feelings for a phone...haha...

been silky smooth, more so than my mates iphone4 i've noticed...the only time it takes a little more than a second to do something is when u pinch zoom on the homescreen for the widget overview but tbh, hardly ever use that anyway.

transferred some HD videos onto the sd card and they look absolutely stunning on the arc. Also, coming from the X10, i installed the japanese SE AmbientTime Home launcher to see if it works and can confirm it works perfectly on the arc. This launcher is beautiful and has something that i really like, the ability to remove the names of shortcuts on the homescreen so the screen is very minimal and great to look at...

i don't really see how a dual core phone can have any advantages over a phone that is this smooth already..i've read comments on some sites that the arc is even smoother than the atrix...
[Xperia Arc General] migsguerra:
i want to root my ARC ! when>??? .... im very satisfied ,but x10 ahh:)
[Xperia Arc General] mtechfan:
The arc is the best phone I have owned yet, just the other day someone I know with an iPhone 4 was drooling over it and was blown away when I showed them the video quality :p So I consider this a cRapple killer.
[Xperia Arc General] jkamilo:
Extremely Happy

I have been using my Xperia ARC for one week and I am extremely happy.

This is my first android device but one of many Sony Ericsson phones on my long run.

I jumped from and X1 with Windows Mobile 6.5 to and Xperia ARC with gingerbread and this is like a new exciting world!!

:)
[Xperia Arc General] Fiercy:
I bought my arc 3 days ago and absolutely love it. I had desire before and I must say the performance the screen the design is better

I only wish they made it out of metal
[Xperia Arc General] MySE:
I've been using Arc for about two weeks already. Well, what can I say . This is the BEST smartphone that I ever had.

The phone is silky smooth. No lag at all. Faster than iphone.

The camera is sooo good. very fast and great picture

The design is sexy, thin, light and feel great in hand

previously with X10, I changed some of the stock apps due to the lag and slow. example : stock sms to handcent sms, gmail apps rather than SE mail, keyboard to 3rd party keyboard.

But with Arc, I'm still using all the stock apps and all of them are great. the sms app is good, the SE mail is good, even the keyboard is nice.

This is a keeper.
[Xperia Arc General] Kalesh:
Its good. Only issue is the battery life, but its moreover same everywhere...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamontryst:
hi all, my wife has been running cm6.1 and lately it has had a few issues, so i go to download through rom manager, it fails downloading several times, download on a computer and transfer it over, boot into recovery through rom manager(i feel retarded for this one... no back up, didnt wipe) and install, well, it goes to the cm boot animation, sits for a long time, then i remember i didnt wipe so i attempt to get back into recovery and wipe, well, some how, the phone managed to go back to the stock recovery... needless to say i became very very confused...

does anyone have any insight?

thanks in advance
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarist5122:
If you havent s-off, then you probably will see stock recovery and need to flash the update.zip to get to clockworkmod. I think i remember that right.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamontryst:
i finally did get cm 7 up and running, and in rom manager it says that i have the latest availible clockwork recovery, but i can only get to it if i rebot to recovery through rom manager, if i go through the boot loader, it takes me to the black screen with the ! in the triangle, then after several button pushes takes me to stock recovery
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaldiar:
This happens because ROM Manager reads the altered 'update.zip' from your SD card and it is recommended you use that program (app) to do all your loading and ROM stuff. Though if your phone is powered off you can hold Volume Down and power then after getting to the Triangle "!" screen pressing volume up and power gets you to altered 'update' screen.
[HTC Inspire 4G] blackburn29:
I know this has been posted before, but I figured I'd make my own version and share it with the community.

2 Images that I made, feel free to use, but please give credit when needed!

​

Requirements: Fastboot/ADB, Root, S-OFF ENG, NBIMG HERE, Photo Editing Software(I use photoshop)

First open up your photo software and create a new image that is 480x800.

Edit the photo to your liking and save as splash1.bmp

[File Format: Windows - 24bit]

Now that your image has been created, extract NBIMG to a new folder on your desktop and move the splash1.bmp that you just created into the folder.

Open up a CMD prompt window by Shift+Right Clicking in blank space inside the folder, then click Open Command Prompt Here.

Type in this command:

nbimg -F splash1.bmp -w 480 -h 800

Inside of the folder, it should have created a file called "splash1.bmp.nb", rename this to "splash1.img"

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CREATED YOUR SPLASH SCREEN! TIME TO FLASH IT!

Okay, so now plug your phone into your PC and enable Debugging. (If you do not know how to do this, I do not recommend going any further..)

Open CMD Prompt once again and type:

adb reboot bootloader

Once your phone reboots, it should be at the Bootloader screen with Fastboot enabled.

Copy your splash1.img into your AndroidSDK folder

Type in this command into CMD Prompt:

fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img

You should get a few messages that Pop-Up saying "OKAY"

Now type in CMD:

fastboot reboot

Enjoy your new SplashScreen :D

I have attached 2 Splash's that I made!

TODO: Add the rest of the pictures.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
This fails for me:

sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY

writing 'splash1'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)

I'm rooted and bootloader shows S-OFF
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
Does your boot loader say eng s-off...

also this should probably be in themes and apps, as it is not a rom.

Good work though.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
No. Just S-Off. Does this require the engineering H-BOOT? I skipped that step in the rooting process (said it was optional).

Edit: I see that it mentions ENG S-OFF specifically in the post.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
Please refer to my new post in the Themes and Apps section.
[HTC Inspire 4G] THEPOGCBR900RR:
Hello everyone,

Im sure someone can confirm what i have found from searching.

That the inspire unlocked will ONLY have edge capabilities due to a hardware limitation?

Reason why I ask, is b.c i just rooted,unlocked, and im only getting Edge.

Can anyone confirm this, or push me in the right direction to making the network be like it should in 4G or H?

Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] newter55:
You have something wired happening as rooting/unlocking does not limit the phone to edge.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
On tmobile in the US or in a country that has different 3g band than at&t.
[HTC Inspire 4G] THEPOGCBR900RR:
Nope worked just fine when it was at&t at 4g and H.

I called tmobile and they have also confirmed that the phone unlocked on t-mobile will only be EDGE due to hardware issues.

Im still looking into it...

Thanks for your input.
[HTC Inspire 4G] THEPOGCBR900RR:
This is the HTC inspire that was being used on USA at&t, but i unlocked it and rooted, and it works great on t-mobile, just only limited to EDGE.

Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] newter55:
Sorry... Skimmed over the tmobile part apparently. That is your issue
[HTC Inspire 4G] frostmore:
People in this forum have been saying that the I4G and DHD have the same hardware,so this is confirmation that the date signal receiver in I4G is different than DHD and no radio,software can allow the I4G from receiving 2100 frequency?

Can someone comfirm this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] doktor buknasty:
You are absolutely correct about no being able to change frequencies. If your carrier is T-Mobile, why don't you get the HTC Sensation?
[HTC Inspire 4G] frostmore:
would love to get sensation.but i jus upgraded to inspire.maybe a few months later.....

besides,i like tinkering with this version of dhd for a little longer,while waiting for sensation to have a cm7 rom...
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] predator21:
New modded theme for sense roms

special request by few friends

special transparent incall arc

plz flash framework.apk with help of Clockworkmod

plz give feedback
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] LeatherFace:
Thanks alot for Aknowledging my Request...:D
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] predator21:
bro try urself also...... i also learnt it frm these forums also...and its free too....
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] LeatherFace:
but how do i make them ? i dont have an apk tool or no knowledge of how to make it.. i recently learned rooting and custom roms....

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0W0PHPR0

this is ur theme with default icons and stuff.. could you do the same transparent in call arc in this one and remove those blue lions from common headers. i will really appreciate it.. many thanks
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] predator21:
all u need bro is few things..

1. Paint.net (Image editor).

2. Winrar and android signing tool and android sdk.

3. rest is jst playing with images and icons.....

follow this likk bro

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3175518&postcount=5
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] LeatherFace:
thanks doode.. but i cant seem to change the in call arc lockscreen in the my posted link theme apk to the one u did in commonsense... anyways thanks alot for your efforts and time
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Maverik DHD:
very nice:D
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Alabai:
Thanks for sharing:D
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] monkeyrasta.702:
Request

Hey lalith can u make a Rasta theme for virtuous unity if is not to much to ask?

Thx in advance
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] predator21:
Bro i do not have dhd anymore now i am firing on sensation mods.....
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] monkeyrasta.702:
Isn't vu base on the sensation? :)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] predator21:
i am on sensation mods bro
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] uomoto:
Thank's . :P
[XPERIA X8 General] ahmadsamhann:
i got this problem when I tried to install certain apps/games into my 2.2.1 MiniCM. is that normal? anyone know how to overcome this issue? :confused:
[XPERIA X8 General] mine247:
It is so strange.Did you see SD card safe to remove before reboot?
[XPERIA X8 General] ahmadsamhann:
Nope. stuck, and reboot.
[XPERIA X8 General] nyirog:
Choose install to internal memory. After install choose move to sd
[XPERIA X8 General] ahmadsamhann:
still :( please help

edit: just noticed :confused:. I can install APK that shows this when installation prompt appear. :eek: see image below

and will reboot if I install APK that showing the empty info at the center when install.. :confused: see image below

can someone explain? thanks
[XPERIA X8 General] lookingpost:
Redownload the apk file or try fix permission in Xrecovery
[XPERIA X8 General] ahmadsamhann:
still occurs. it doesn't occurred with you guys?
[Xoom General] kmalinich:
In the ifixit teardown of the 3G xoom... there is (in step 8) a blank mini-pci board, presumably for the LTE upgrade.

If this is also present in the Wifi Xoom, and this card were placed in it's place, and the appropriate coding was done, would it perhaps ... function?

Just some thoughts...
[Xoom General] Scourge1024:
Damn, serious? I'm kinda curious too now!
[Xoom General] DToX69:
I say buy it and give it a try :) in all honestly it would be pretty cool if you could use it
[Xoom General] Scourge1024:
Where would a sim card go on the wi-fi Xoom if you did this?
[Xoom General] ydaraishy:
If you can get Linux source drivers, it might be doable, but you'd have to figure out a way to get the drivers to link up with the Android data layer (not sure if that's easy or hard)...
[Xoom General] poisike:
Wifi only Xoom has a sim card slot.

But I'm not sure if it has a pci slot.
[Xoom General] Scourge1024:
It does? Damn, I should look more carefully I wonder if you can do anything with it... Like retrieve contacts stored on a SIM.
[Xoom General] freemsk1:
There was a similar thread already here somewhere. It would be great if we could achieve this, but it'll surely require a lot of coding
[Xoom General] kmalinich:
I think the minipci card has its own sim slot. i don't think it would interact with the xoom's own sim slot (although it looks like there is the contacts for a sim on the wifi xoom)
[Xoom General] antiguangenius:
NO the mini pci card communicate with the onboard sim slot through the bus just like in some laptops/netbooks/umpc like in the samsung q1u, I have 2 of these units the cam with onboard sim slots but no radio I bought 2 radios from ebay install them in the minipci slot and the onboard sim slot works.... I'm thinking of removing one and try it in my xoom wifi... they work native in many flavors of linu, in android x86 2.2 is scans mobile network but take forever.... so i still dunno....
[Xoom General] antiguangenius:
DAMN!!!! connector is missing

Back to the drawing board....

well i guess I'm stuck tethering with my iphone 4 via bluetooth
[Xoom General] Thomas1981:
Step 13

It says that xoom has FM tunner....
[Xoom General] antiguangenius:
lol i believe the WiFi Version is like a bentley cousin.... where the 3g version is the Bently Daddy...... lol lol lol lol :D:D:D:D
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
The Broadcom BCM4329 chip that all Xoom models use is WiFi/BT/FM (both receive and transmit).

But that's a moot point if they haven't connected the appropriate I/O pins to those of the CPU.
[Xoom General] Thomas1981:
Is there an app to run on xoom and see what devices are recognised by the operating system and which are recognised but missing the drivers? Kinda like the device manager on windows?
[Epic 4G General] badbeats:
I was looking for a thread to see what kind of speeds people are getting on 3g, 4g, and wifi. I could not find one for the epic (also I wanted to see with ec05). I will downlod speedtest tomorrow so please post your speeds. Thanks
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
At home, 3G usually pulls about 1800-2000 kbps Download and 760 average upload.

On WiFi, I get between 6,000 kbps to 15,000 kbps (depending on server.)

On 4G, I mostly get 1200 mbps (yes, very slow), but in certain areas, I can get up to 8000 kbps and upload is maxed out @ 1000 kbps on 4G.

EDIT: When I get my phone, I'll grab you some screenshots. :)
[Epic 4G General] badbeats:
I am near Chicago.

I took an average of a few readings.

3G

2.18 DL 1.02 UL

4g

6.88 DL 1.13 UL

WIFI

18.38 DL 3.83 UL

I am just wondering if these speeds are good for the new modem. I feel like they are slower then they where before, but maybe others are having better overall numbers with this modem.
[Epic 4G General] mrzood:
Top few are 4g, all the ones under 1mbps are 3g. 3g is absolutely terrible in my area :(
[Epic 4G General] nimaim:
Lol that's like my home internet speed, where are you located that you are getting such insane speeds on 4G? I get sketchy 4G here in Northern NJ.
[Epic 4G General] budderocks:
I live in Yakima, WA and on 3G I get 500-750kbps down and 250-500 kbps up, depending on signal strength. On 4G I get anywhere from 2 mbps to 6 mbps down and 500 kbps up, again depending on signal strength. On Wifi I get what my home internet is, 18 mbps down and 2 mbps up.
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
3g: 630 down, 420 up

4g: not available in my area

Phone Wifi: 8.69 down, 1.77 up

Laptop Wifi: 27.76 down, 1.68 up
[Epic 4G General] Somvang`:
3g: down 496 up 252

4g: down 1394 up 52

Location: la

Anyone know why my speeds are so slow?
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
I'm in Anaheim Hills, and connect to the LA server as well. If I'm up in Brea on 4G, it's up in the 8-9mbps range. I think I'm on the outer area of the tower's reach. Voice still works, which is all I care about when I'm at home.
[Epic 4G General] redram38:
I had been getting 3g speeds anywhere from 1200 down and 400 up but the last few days I gave gone down to 200 down and 100 up on average using speedtest. In Memphis tn. Using slingplayer however it s streams great so I am thinking speed test is screwy. If I can stream video at hd quality it can't be that low
[Epic 4G General] quick99si:
3G without Airave: 400 DL // 100 UL

3G with Airave: 1800 DL // 100-125 UL

I don't understand why the upload is remeniscent of the old days! (running Syndicate Frozen EC05, on Twilight/Vision kernels)
[Epic 4G General] zvonkorp:
At my house I get about

16mbps wifi down, 1.5mbps wifi up

8mbps 4G down, 4.5mbps 4gup

never tested 3g >_>
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I posted on the second post that I'd update w/ screenies. Here it goes.

First screenie is on 3G @ my house.

Second screenie is my Comcast ISP via WiFi.

I don't have 4G at my house, so I cannot test it there.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Did you get stock EC05 first from OTA? I get 500 upload now that I did. Odin'ing the EC05 modem is apparently not the same. I was only getting 100 up before.

Do you BONSAI?
[Epic 4G General] chuhsi:
WOW. my phone is crazy slow.

i usually get 200 download on 3g and 500 download on 4g. i'm in silicon valley. my 4g can hit 8k, but my 4g connection stability is poor.

maybe i need a modem and rom reflash?
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Nope, I've got MidNIGHT rom v5.2 and it's by far the most stable. You can try to reflash the ROM, but I think it's just that 4G signal in your area is poor.