yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Thanks bro, it sucks that after I changed this device to Xperia S and going through all the hassle of doing it and figuring out we see this now.

But at least its better than never, thanks for your effort.

Do you mind if I put it on the first post?
[Xperia Arc General] meyourchum:
You are welcome always ... :)

After all we are here in this forum for helping each other rather than boasting about our gadgets ...

Nice meeting you !!!:)
[Xperia Arc General] sonyarcs:
digitizer replacement

Has anybody changed display on SE Arc S? I've seen pictures how to remove display but putting back new display requires some kind of press tool. Is it possible to press display back only with hand and will it hold. Do i need some kind of glue between display and display holder?. Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] jaysmoke:
I have done the same here I will post a pick to show where it is placed, I need to know part number to order a replacement for it but have not had any luck finding part number, do have broken part here still but to small to read any info off of it

can you please re upload these files somewhere?
[Xperia Arc General] jaysmoke:
Here is the location circled in red of what I believe to be the wifi antenna as I have broke mine off and experienced wifi issues the same as you, check this area for solid connections.

Does anyone know what the part number for the item circled in red?

Credits to pierreti for posting the pic
[Xperia Arc General] lawgone:
Would you mind re-uploading the files?
[Xperia Arc General] dinesh690:
How tricky is this for a noob when it comes to this type of work? Going to try and change the housing, want to try white
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
I guess it's quite tricky if you never disassembled a phone before. And even if you did, it gets more complicated with every new generation of phones. There is a lot of removable parts, sticky parts, unplug parts, sensitive parts, etc...

I think I disassembled like 80% of my past phones, in certain moment of their life, just for the sake of cleaning, or for housing change, or for keypad change. But I think I will need much more courage for this one, if I ever decide to disassemble it. I was also thinking about white housing, but I don't think I will do it untill (and if) I'm forced to do that.

And the only thing that could force me, is that infamous housing crack, which didn't happen yet.

I don't want to discourage you, not at all. If you decide to do that, just go for it. If you have gentle and precise hands, just do it slowly, step by step, and I believe everything will be ok.
[Xperia Arc General] capridream:
hi . i ve brocked camera flex (only camera button) the phone i still working but dont work the menu button. Is the flax or the keypad ?
[Xperia Arc General] kingserpent:
Thanks for the info mate :D
[Xperia Arc General] jade master:
Hey the file seems to be deleted... :crying:
[Xperia Arc General] boskonja:
Can anybody tell me if it is possible to change the camera lens? I have scratched it and it really looks bad, so I was wondering if I could do it myself..
[Xperia Arc General] mr_esmit:
Any change the file with the digitizer replacement instructions can be uploaded again?? Thanks.
[Xperia Arc General] Destroyedbeauty:
The USB / charging port on my old Arc S is acting weird thanks to that I dropped the phone in the floor while moving ZIP files PC <-> Arc S, it doesn't take any kind of Electric charge or USB interaction with my computer.

Can I use this guide to proper and in a safe way repair the mini-USB port so my Arc S will be fully funtional again or is it game over?
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
Like I said few months earlier...

...I'm about to buy a new white housing, since my silver Arc S is wearing crack above sensor, for half a year already.

It's not a big deal really, as it doesn't affect functionality in any way, and as the rest of the phone is still looking like the first day I bought it, without a single scratch.

However, I want to change its housing, because I'm already a little bit bored with silver one, and I saw few white Arcs in some mobile shops, and I think they look gorgeous in person, even more than on pictures.

Well, now goes the tricky part. I want to buy housing from eBay, and there are quite a few sellers, with different prices, as well as different housings (judging by pictures), and I'm not sure with which one I should go.

I'm undecided between these few:

This one is among most expensive ones (20 pounds) and is titled as Original Full Housing. Judging by pictures and those blue protection covers over sensors, it looks like a good quality indeed. However, it doesn't come with buttons, which is not a big deal.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281116829912?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

This one is a little bit cheaper (17 pounds), but it also says OEM Housing Cover in title, which suggests it's original too. This one comes with opening tools and buttons, and is obviously different, since there are no those blue sticker protections over sensors and camera.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171066183...me=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

This one is 15.50 pounds and it also says ORIGINAL Housing Cover in title. This one also comes with buttons and opening tools, but on pictures there is no XPERIA logo on battery cover which is strange. I don't know is it removed from pictures or what.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281055252469?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

This is the cheapest one, with 15 pounds price. It also comes with opening tools and buttons.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181148209687?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

And this one is most expensive, with 20,22 pounds, and on pictures it looks nicely manufactured. It comes with buttons and opening tools too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271061353...me=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

Now to conclude, I'm undecided between first and second one. But I must say that presentation is very very bad on each of them. Very low quality pictures, from very few angles, that you can't judge build quality at all. It all comes down to guesswork, based on prices.
[Xperia Arc General] raillpl:
in my experience, one of signs you can recognize non-original housing is by silver color paint of XPERIA logo and HD sign beside of camera - original are always in two different levels of "grey", non-original are made of same color.

another sign is a quality of sony-ericsson green spherical logo - non-originals are ugly and not well made. also have darker green color. but very dificult to recognize on photos without comparing to original model...
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
Yeah, I saw that there is a difference in color shades, on Xperia and HD signs, on battery cover.

I will probably go with second one I posted. It says it's OEM housing (although I know this could easily be a lie), and judging by feedback of this concrete housing, everyone is saying that it is of great quality, without single one neutral or negative feedback.
[Xperia Arc General] mr_torture:
[GUIDE] How To Replicate Your Arc/S Info Sticker

Here is a little help for anyone who is planning to replace Xperia Arc/S housing (because old one is cracked, or you simply want to give your Arc/S fresh new look).

As most of you probably know, the most tricky part in exchanging Arc/S housing, is how to safely remove that under-battery info sticker, with phone identification/information, without destroying it, or wrinkling it.

Well, if you know some basics about Photoshop, here is a little help for you.

I created fully editable psd template, where you can input your phone info and serials, as well as barcodes.

Then you can print it on a sticky paper and have a brand new sticker, that you can stick on your new housing, and forget about heating the old sticker, and trying to safely peel it off.

Preview of how the template looks like:

And here is a link to psd file:

https://app.box.com/s/t2i8welt5qyfvjpqmaxg

So, all you have to do is:

1. Open this psd file in your photoshop;

2. Take a look at your sticker, and input your information into template;

3. Go to a website: http://www.barcode-generator.org and input your serials from the sticker, to get proper barcodes. First barcode on the sticker is generated from your S/N number, and second (longer) bar code is generated from the longer serial on the right side of S/N one. Save your barcodes as png images, and open them in photoshop. Cut them out, resize them if needed, and paste them in their places on a sticker;

4. After you finish everything, save this file as png image and go to your nearest print-shop and print it on a sticky paper. You don't need to resize it as it is already set in proper dimensions (5cmx5,5cm), with 300dpi density.

And that's it. You will get new HQ sticker, and you won't need to go through troubles with old one.

Now stick it on your brand new housing, and have a brand new Arc/S again.
[Xperia Arc General] sisqoboy:
many thanks!
[Xperia Arc General] KianM:
Dead link

Nevermind.
[Xperia Arc General] LT15x:
removed
[Xperia Arc General] sisqoboy:
I have the docs if someone needs it.
[Xperia Arc General] komar_666:
Tnx

Ty this rly helped
[Xperia Arc General] Kshitiz.gautam:
Camera not working after replacing the housing

I replaced the housing..everything works fine except the camera :( can anybody help ??
[Xperia Arc General] :
Well, my Arc S was completely dead and I decided to fix it myself. I did know that the mainboard was thr issue so I bought a new Arc S with broken screen which was in a really bad condition.

I took the mainboard from that phone and put it in my phone with broken mainboard.

Took 10 minutes max to open both phones and swap mainboard and was a really easy thing to do.

Now my phone works just fine and I have no issues with it.
[Xperia Arc General] sisqoboy:
U are awesome. :)
[Xperia Arc General] cbd dvd:
hello, how I can edit the. pds to put my serial numbers and the same font and font size? I know how to open it with photoshop but how do I put the same font and size?

Enviado desde mi Xperia Arc S usando Tapatalk
[HD7 General] VizagDude:
I am not sure if there is an existing thread similar to this. If there is, please feel free to remove this one.

I thought it would be nice for members to share the Apps that they are using and review them. I would start off with the ones I'm sporting in my device.

My Apps:

Amazon.com (It is what it says)

Associated Press (AP nice start, needs a lot improvement)

Bank of America (Must have if you bank with them)

Cocktail Flow (I can make any cocktail, thanks for this app)

eBay

ESPN Score Center (A must have if you follow any sports)

Flixster (I LOVE this app, prefer this over IMDB)

Google Serach (Not a big fan. Bing is just fine)

Grupon

History Here (Very useful if you want to know what is around)

Home Depot (Just for the heck of it)

Huffington Post (Needs a LOT of work)

KBB.com (Well, does what it is suppose to)

My Stocks (The BEST stocks app ever)

Prime TV (Good to keep track of your shows)

Realtor.com (Perfect if you want to check out the real estate prices)

Shazam (A must have)

Tag Reader (Never used it)

The Daily Show (I'm a fan of this show, not everyone might like it)

USA Today (First News app that took advantage of the Metro UI)

XDA-Developers (Needs a lot of performance tweaks)

My Games:

Assassin's Creed

Fruit Ninja

Full House Poker

Need For Speed: Undercover

Pocket God (I did not like this game very kiddish)

Raise Of Glory

UNO

I would Love to have a good Weather App. I currently use the HTC one, but I'm not really that happy with it. Any recommendations...
[HD7 General] sandrax2020:
Where is that ANGRY BIRD app on wp7? people said its there but i search and nothing there.

How about SOUNDHOUND where you can detect what that song is and tells your the name of the song if you dont no the name of the song your listerning to on tv or radio ?

MARKETPLACE WP7 is lack.....
[HD7 General] VizagDude:
Angry Birds is coming out on the 29th June. I don't know about SoundHound. Shazam is very popular and I use that.
[HD7 General] CyK1:
well i basically use the same apps. Those are the popular ones.

i also play harbor master(2.99$ i think?)/ilomilo(kind of challenging, not free)/shuriken ninja(free)

how are you liking fruit ninja? i hate it on my HD7. it's just not as smooth as on my ipod touch/iphones!!
[HD7 General] sandrax2020:
When i click HTC HUB there is 3 apps below it under the big clock.

2 of the apps there are not funtionble anymore.. and when i click it it directly goes to the markerplace for that app. I allready downloaded it ages ago..

its been 1 week since these 2 apps doesnt work or doesnt funtion anymore. Any ideas?

they are: COMPASS app

HIDDEN WI-FI app

these 2 apps just shows a wave logo in blue... doesnt work. i click it just goes to the marketplace but i allready downloaded it and it work before tho.

Unless WP7 have deleted these apps or are not funtionable ? because they still there in the marketplace
[HD7 General] VizagDude:
@ SandraX2020

Looks like you already own a HD7 from two posts above. So why don't you check yourself if the listed Apps are available in the Market place.

I did not hear/see most of the apps you listed. But I'm sure MS will catch up soon enough. iPhone and Apple and the developers had 4 years to have the number of apps they have now in the market place.

Where as in less than 7 months, WP7 has over 17,000 apps. I'm sure in no time we would have all of them if not more. So, tight until then.
[HD7 General] jojosplace:
I hope you don't mind me asking VizagDude but are you based in the states? If not how did you install the Amazon app, did you side load it? I had it on my HD2 running WP7 (side loaded the app) but since moving to an actual HD7 I haven't been able to find it (I'm based in the UK)? Cheers for any help!
[HD7 General] R1ryda14:
Good morning all!!

First time poster, long time lurker.

I have a few apps that I love, some I like, and some that are just soso.

But here's my list anyways.

Amazon Kindle:confused: Not sure why I have this, I never use it

Army Creeds:)

Compass:rolleyes: Decent, user once or twice.

Connection Setup:rolleyes: Decent, user once or twice.

Facebook:D

Flashlight:D

Flixster:D

Games:D

HTC YouTube:confused: Not really sure the difference in this and the other YouTube

iheartradio:) Decent used once maybe twice

Imazing:confused:

iMDb:)

Mobiletag:)

NetFlix:D Love this!!!

Office:)

Photo Enhancer:rolleyes: This could be so much better

Prime TV:confused: NEVER, deleting as soon as I am done with this post

Radio Hub:)

Rhapsody:)

Shazam:)

ShopSavvy:confused:

Sound Enhancer:confused: This also could be so much better

Stopwatch 4.4 :)

TeleNav GPS Nav:confused: Subscription ran out

T-Mobile TV:confused: Subscription ran out

Yahoo! Mail:D

YouTube:D

But the real ? for me is, does anyone have a good way to use music files are ring tones?

Thanks for the help
[HD7 General] VizagDude:
The mp3 ringtones feature is coming in Mango.
[HD7 General] VizagDude:
Yes, I'm from United States.
[HD7 General] sandrax2020:
I can not simply believe enough how all of the apps names ive meantion obove this in this colon list and yet you say there is 15,000 apps on the qp7 and non of the apps ive meantion are not available or doesnt exsist on wp7 between the 15,000 apps thats available there.

These apps are on itunes and on android. I can not imagine more how wp7 doesnt have these apps at all. Sounds like wp7 15,000 apps are more useless apps and basic apps and nothing more then lots of apps design for other countrys. Most of the apps you find will be useless to use it in other countries....

I give you an example. you find lots of apps in relation to the the train metros... your not seriously going to download on of these if your living in a country nwith no train stations around your state. Then again all the 15,000 apps may as well be just useless apps. 80% from all i can see.

I just cant believe all the name apps ive meantion are not available. Considering there is 15,000 apps.

Then whats all this 15,000 apps? doesnt look like there is really 15,000 apps.

When i click SOCIAL i keep on scrolling it down and down and down i go.... and the further you go down and down as you scroll the page there is just 80% useless apps and not very interesting or no one using it to beging with.

But if you keep scrolling and look at all the scroll you did on the SOCIAL apps areas it sure doesnt look there isnt enough.. looks like there was only just 200 apps in there.. Yet interesting 15,000 apps on wp7 all of its content ? interesting.

Anyways WP7 marketplace should wake up and do something decent. It is lacking. I heard friends where i do go to california that wp7 is slowly dyeing from all they are concern about. And wont be popular until 3 years time.
[HD7 General] af974:
Sandrax, are you able to stay on topic in one thread without that someone report me? Eh?
[HD7 General] yiannisthegreek:
Sounds like a flaming fanboy to me... If you dont like WP7 the DONT BUY WP7... It is as simple as that...
[HD7 General] TEKHD:
Well, I have to agree... At the moment WP7 is simply not the best choice unless you are a gamer. Games are awesome under WP7 thanks to XBOX Live. With android you have a bunch of free useful apps as well as great paid apps and is a growing platform with a huge future in the smartphone & tablet market with Android 3. Now with iOS, you have a bunch of slave apps hanging around iTunes and a phone with no battery to swap and no SD slot. Just telling the truth, don't get me wrong. I have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS, an HTC HD7 chevron unlocked and a rooted HTC Inspire 4G with mike's 1986 Revolution ROM. So I have all 3 OS and in my opinion, Android is by far the best, Apple in 2nd place, and in a distant, very distant 3rd place is WP7. And again I have not one but 2 HD2 (both with custom roms) and was the owner of the HTC Tilt 1 & 2. So I am also a huge fan of windows mobile 6.x. etc... but reality is reality. And WP7 is at this precise moment still in pampers. Hope the mango update really delivers not some but many new features like multitasking as well as many others. (Hotspot, usb tethering) Flash should be priority one too, so at least they have something that iOS still don't have. Anyway, isn't this a post about new homebrew apps for WP7? LOL... take care everyone!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzozafra:
Hello, I have tried rooting using GladRoot but even though it says "Rooting Success" (something like that) I still cannot get root rights using Titanium Backup. I followed all the instructions and it wouldn't work. So my question is, is there anyway to root my phone without losing all my memory? Also, do i need an external SD card for GladRoot? Thanks in advance.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjjensen23:
When I gingerbroke it never wiped and data, internal sd or ext sd. Do you have superuser on your phone? Have you tried anothet root app such as root explorer?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzozafra:
I thought gingerbreak doesnt work for Bell Atrix. Do you have bell? The GladRoot program automatically installed SuperUser for me and no I have never tried them because I just followed the instructions thinking that was the only thing I needed to do.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D_one:
Gladroot worked for me, make sure you have all the usual stuff installed, adb, drivers, if you go to your adb folder and type

Adb shell

Su

And get a #, you are rooted, also make sure you granted TB super user access.

Gingerbreak should work as well.

Stock Bell Atrix on Rogers with updated radio, Rooted, deodexed, Honeycomb theme, and frozen!
[Continuum General] jakeschweinz:
hey guys, I've been having a lot of problems with what appears to be a partial wakelock from "android system" (according to Spare Parts) It says that my phone is running 100% of the time, even when the screen is off.

I do not have my background data on, nor do I have Facebook or Twitter set to auto sync. I've read every thread I could find on this, and tried every suggestion to no avail.

is anyone else having this problem, and possibly have any suggestions?

thanks in advance.
[Continuum General] imnuts:
Use adb logcat to look for the wakelock and see what is causing it. On the Fascinate with Froyo, GPS seems to cause a wakelock if left on.
[Continuum General] jakeschweinz:
thanks for the quick reply. I'm getting things like this:

I/AlarmManager( 2421): mWakeLock.acquire(500);

I/Z7Service(23911): wakelock acquired: 1

any ideas? I hardly ever use my GPS, and I only use wifi when I need it.

EDIT: My phone had started going into deep sleep again, but stopped as soon as I put my phone in airplane mode. Maybe that has something to do with it? I've also been running more logcats and finding stuff in power manager service, things like:

W/PowerManagerService( 2438): type=PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK 'AlarmManager'

active (mS=0) activeT=509

W/PowerManagerService( 2438): type=PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK 'WaitingScreen

Off' active (mS=0) activeT=15

W/PowerManagerService( 2438): mPokeLocks.size=1:

W/PowerManagerService( 2438): pokeLock 1 'PhoneApp'

D/PowerManagerService( 2438): sendNotificationLocked on=false

I/PowerManagerService( 2438): release mScreenOffWakeLock
[Continuum General] imnuts:
You'd have to scroll through and see if apps are properly releasing wake locks. The first couple lines above for the z7 service makes me think that it could be the ticker causing problems. Not sure why the phone app could create a lock and not release it if you put it in airplane mode, but anything is possible.
[Xperia Arc General] MouthTalker:
Hey, I was thinking about getting the Arc, but I' wondering how good the battery life is, and just in genera; how good the phone is? Once it's rooted, what else can you do on it without being able to load custom roms?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
It is a smart phone and battery life differs from a person to another. Do you want me to say its good? On my side, I like the battery life and I think it is totally enough for me.

+PS there are more threads about this and next time try to search before posting a new one.

Cheers
[Xperia Arc General] MouthTalker:
Sorry, I pressed enter while typing the title and it submitted the post for me. I was also wondering about the usefulness of rooting the phone as I mentioned in my edit.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
from what I have seen and experienced from Android, root is a nice feature to get rid of unwanted extra stuff, system files and files came from your carrier and even SE stuff that you don't need. Without them, phone runs faster and battery is better.

Rooting process is easy and no risk in it at least for me but you have to be sure that you know what is going on and how to fix if anything happens instead of freakin out.

+ custom ROM won't happen on rooted devices, you need a unbranded device which can have a unlocked booloader later for custom ROMs/
[Xperia Arc General] MouthTalker:
So I take it that just unbranding the phone following the guides on here isn't enough to get SE to unlock the Bootloader?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
well no.

Your phone needs to be bootloader unlockable. It means that phone it self has to come unbranded from Sony Ericsson factory, means no carrier every put their hands on the phone then bootloader on your phone may get unlocked.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
hi..you don't necessarily need boot loader unlocked devices for custom roms.. they managed it on x10 for 6 months or so..

Sent from The Arc!
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Right, I meant more like full functional ROM including kernel tweaks but I guess they are achieving that as well. I am running "J" 2.3 on my X10 too with bunch of WLODs