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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micks_address:
Hi There,

I have the Arc, when i bought i also looked at the Sensation and S2..

I use the Arc a fair bit for web browsing and instant messaging and I have to be honest and say i would struggle to get the day out of it. I usually find myself topping it up at my PC during the day. I would only imaging the Sensation is worse though. I had a HTC Desire before the Arc and it drained a lot quicker than the Arc and ran a lot hotter. A few niggles I find with the Arc -

1) Keyboard entry - for some reason its not always 100% accurate.. this improves if i clean the screen so could be down to the screen protector thats factory fitted to the Arc

2) Reboot times - no consistency with my Arc - could be 30 seconds could be 2 minutes

3) I have seem some slowdowns screen redraws slowly etc but nothing that would be put me off using the phone.

Anyway they are my negatives - there are plenty of positives but im sure you are aware of those already

Cheers,

Mick
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancerfq:
I also looked at the sensation and desire s but after using my stepdads desire s and my brothers sensation I settled for the arc, I use it heavily for web browsing and some gaming during the day and mine lasts from about 8am til around 11pm the screen is very sharp and clear as im sure youve noticed
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rYuuk:
One advantage of Xperia arc is that it is recently rooted and you will witness everything from the first succesful rom (CM7) which is coming soon to many custom roms. Basically you will witness xperia arc's developer timeline :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimilde:
I bought an arc in June, and afterwards I had the chance to fiddle a bit with a friend's Sensation. I have to say, I was not that impressed with the latter.

The display is not that great and the overall build quality seems much poorer than other non-HTC phones.

For example, after barely one month of use, my friend's Sensation had the colour faded on the housing at the corners, so it have off a really cheap plastic feeling. He also managed to drop it once to the floor from ~1m and it had a nice dent on the edge...

Whereas my arc still looks brand new! I also dropped it a few times but no visible marks were left. :P

The only thing I'm a bit disappointed in is the screen. Sony Ericsson say it's scratch resistant, but it's not Gorilla glass. :D A little extra care is required. Or a screen protector, for that matter.

Overall, I'm glad I got an arc. Rooted, OC'd to 1.6GHz and with v6Supercharger script running, it's lightning fast and smooth, it doesn't lag (and I'm quite a heavy multitasker) and even after ~150 uptime hours, I still have around 150MB of free RAM.

So if you're happy with a single-core, I definitely recommend the arc. If you want dual, the Galaxy S II is the best choice, in my opinion.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shtreber:
Hello,

You said good display, I definately reccomend Arc, I was today comparing display with Optimus 2x ( I know it's not Sensation) and image at arc got crispness and it shows ALOT better darker colours image is brighter(or got more contrast)-i dont know.

Although O2x got higher illuminated screen. And I dont think that S-LCD is better than just LCD.

About battery in Sensation I've read that HTC set battery to charge to 80% (it will show 100%) for security reasons, and more lifetime. It's possible to fix it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukesjeans:
Ive tried both and they both have the pros and cons but i still love the arc for what its worth. HTC just includes alot of widgets and animation. I think that is why alot of people like there phones.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 22VIN:
Well, the fact is that I don't really want to mod my next phone. I want to buy a phone that's good as it is.

The only reason I modded my P500 is becuase it's crappy with the stock ROM.

About Sense UI: it's something I really like (although many people say it's just visual crap), we have 2 sense ROMs ported to P500 but sadly GSM doesn't work (those were the ROMs I was looking most forward to). The Arc's UI is pretty elegant but I don't like the fact that it's pretty poor in colors (I like colourful icons on black backgrounds). And I really hate the fact that it's missing smart dialling, that's a feature I use all the time. But there's no perfect device.

@crimilde: I don't want the SGS2; in my opinion, an expensive phone must have a high quality housing to justify its money and the SGS2 is made out of crappy plastic. For me the build quality is very important and I don't want to spend 1600RON on a crappy-plastic toy.

Thanks for your help, my 5 thanks per day limit kicked in on this thread :))
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_B204:
Well I used to have a Desire and rooted and installed numerous custom roms.

My 2 penneth... with the Sensation there will soon be numerous roms and you will be able to sort out any battery issues. The screen isn't as good as the Arc BUT when app devs start to take advantage of dual core you'll see the benefits.

I ultimately went for the Arc as the screen is fantastic, battery life is pretty good (of course you should use auto screen brightness as well as oother power tweaks to get more than 1 days usage - I can get more than I could with my desire)

For those talking about keyboard accuracy, just install the gingerbread keyboard from the market and your accuracy probs will be sorted.

Ultimately my advice, go for the Arc, looks great, is fast enough and the screen is brilliant (oh and audio is good too)

Hope this helps!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squalldua:
keyboard entry was a problem from x10, i think they have fixed it for the arc(x12). so far it seems to be fine. try update to the latest fw.

i apply another screen protection on top of the factory default screen protector. it doesn't bother me with the input at all.

i recommend to put another screen protection, couse the factory default screen protector is a little bit tricky to replace.

about batery life, it improves a lot after around 10 full-cycle charges. when i first bought it, it rarely past 24 hour. updated to the latest fw, deleted unwanted bloadware, and optimize batery setting (brightness, timeout time, etc) and now :

it can past 48 hours with normal use (texting, little gaming and wifi)

it can past 24 hours with moderate use (fare gaming and wifi)

it can past 12 hours with heavy use (lots of gaming and wifi)

ps. i use live wallpaper all the time, couse static wallpaper is boring :rolleyes:

well, i still haven't mod my arc, still impressed with the oficial fw updates by SE :)

yeah, i've tried arc and S2, playing around with them before finally diceded arc is better suited for me.

reasons :

- the scroling animation seems to be faster, and it was still with 2.3.2 fw.

- the design.. arc owns s2. s2 is big, fat, and box like. arc is more sexy :rolleyes:

- it's a sony, they have good camera reputation, i previously own a k750i
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punkmonkey1984:
Also id like to add.

The first batch of xperia Arcs are not so great build quality.

I had one, since April, the back made noises, and the buttons got stuck. Camera button was really stiff.

Now that could just of been a one off.

But i recently got a replacement and i have to say this handset feels alot better.

All the problems are gone which i had before.

I actually really enjoy this phone.

It's really nice to hold. I find it fast for my needs.

Which is mostly, emailing, calls, texts and Internet.

A few games which all run smoothly.

Even the more top end games like galaxy on fire 2 runs fine.

I use SwiftKey, which I don't think I could live without now.

It's a amazing keyboard.

I used to like sense, had it on my htc hero.

Looking back at it now, it looks and feels bad.

I used to love it.

They are so much more home screen replacements that do things better.

I don't use the default sonyericsson home.. Why,,, well I don't like it.

What I'm saying is if there is something that you don't like. I'm sure they are a replacement in the market to fill your needs.

I also think htc phones all look the same, boring design in my eyes.

As for battery life all depends on screen brightness, down to how much you use it.

Mine lasts easy a whole day at work.

Also have to hand it to sonyericsson they have keep the updates coming for this device. It's a real treat to receive so many improvements.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XeqtR0:
You should choose the ARC. With the latest 2.3.3 FW (Generic UK) the phone is fastest, battery life is the best. After about 5 charges (my phone) with moderate use battery lasts abour 40 hours; Heavy use - 10-12 hours; constant use - I managed to get about 5 hours with Wi-Fi, BT, GPS, Auto-Sync on at 75% Brightness. As for internal memory... there is included app2sd with the phone. Any phone has bloatware, things you don't want, you don't need... so root is not actualy modding. I'm also from Romania, Bucharest, I have an Arc and i'm very happy with my choice. Hope you will be with yours. Cheers
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Super Chimp:
What and the Arc's plastic is high quality, the crack problem would seem to put that in doubt. Speaking as an Arc owner I do not expect the front fascia to crack after only about three months, especially for the money paid. The GS2 plastic is pretty darn tough & at least I haven't read reports of it cracking.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 22VIN:
I think I'll buy the Sensation afterall. I'm gonna get a bigger contract because I need more traffic and I'll get the Sensation for 210eur. Or I'll change my mind again, I can never know :))

Thanks very much for your help :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhyke13ph:
I hope you are prepared for this kind of problems in HTC Sensation

but i think if you are going to get HTC Sensation XE, these problems are fixed

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Goodluck!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] realfelix:
The Xperia Arc is definitely better than the sensation in my opinion..

the sensation has a dualcore yeah and the arc just a single-core, but there is no OS out there that supports dualcore yet. so i would go for the xperia arc when it comes to user experience!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 22VIN:
Well I got the Sensation afterall :)

About the display issue: a friend has the Sensation and he has but problems, phones in shop displays don't have problems, in fact I never met anybody with display issues. If it happens to me, well, tough luck :)

The deathgrip issues don't bother me, I never hold my phone that way.

Yes, I know that for now there's no real support for dual-core phones, but there will be starting with ICS and I bought this phone to keep it for at least 1 year and dual-core is the future. I was afraid that single core phones will soon be left behind...

In a way I regret the Arc, it's an awesome phone and a classy device but in another way I don't, for now I love this phone. And if I don't like it I can always exchange it with another phone, this is a pretty expensive device, so I have many options.

Thanks again very much for all your help!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShyamSasi:
You might wanna wait for Sensation XE with Beats Audio the death grip issues are resolved in that model .. It has much better audio performance and speed,

Edit: Oops you already got it. Congrats Mate.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
I think the latest Android Revolution HD ROM has all the features from the new Sensation including "overclock" to 1.5GHz.

Sensation's CPU is a 1.5GHz dualcore but HTC downclocked it to 1.2GHz from what I've heart.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 22VIN:
Yep, that's true, it's underclocked. But HTC will release an update which brings 1.5ghz. Btw, I played a YouTube 1080p clip and it worked very nice (after the 2.3.4 update and flash player update).
[General Questions and Answers] TheMaverick:
Not sure if it's just my phone but certain apps refuse to let me log in/or just fail to login.

Not sure what the problem is.

For example;

Seesmic - I clicked add an account and choose twitter and it says "authentication failed"

Tweetcaster - Pretty much the same problem, it just says "login failed" after I've tried to add an account.

The new Flickr app for Android - I click log in and it tells me login failed too!

Pulse also doesn't let me sign into my Twitter account when I want to share content.

Anyone know why it's doing this, I find it very strange :confused:

Thanks

Chris

P.S. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S running MIUI 1.9
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
I would try to wipe cache and fix permissions
[Desire General] burnsy1:
Hello All,

I did a search for this but was unable to find a clear resolution..

Last night I attempted to load the aces rom. I tried to do so by using clockwork mod recovery and then chose the zip file on my sdcard. The process appeared to start out normally.... it wiped my phone and tried to load but then I got the following error:

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "bravo"

||getprop("ro.build.product") =="bravo" e:error in /sdcard/c30-aces-d2ext-v0.5.zip(status 7)

installation aborted

I thought it may have been an issue with the rom so I tried loading several others like insertcoin and pyramid. Any rom I try I get the assert failed error or I get e:can't open /sdcard/insertcoin_gb_sense2.1_a2sd+_1.1.3.zip

What stinks is that aces successfully wiped my phone... so now I have no OS :(

Here are some details for my phone:

revolutionary

bravo dvt2 ship s-off

hboot-6.06.1002

microp-051e

radio-2.15.00.02.17

clockworkmod recovery v2.5.0.9

Thanks for any help
[Desire General] danarama:
You can only flash CDMA roms on a CDMA device. Most ROMS are GSM.

Check the "everything desire is here" sticky thread in the Development forum and look under CDMA for what roms are available for you. Not much I am afraid.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
assert [B]failed[/B]: getprop("ro.product.[B]device") == "bravo[/B]"

what makes u think that? i read ur device is not bravo

ur hboot confirm that too (dvt2, ur hboot version and ur radio are only for bravoc)..ur device is a bravoc

bravo = htc desire gsm

bravoc = htc desire cdma

so u need a rom compatible with ur desire cdma..most of roms are only gsm, thats why that assertion failed..the rom check if ur device is bravo, instead ur device is bravoc
[Desire General] burnsy1:
Thanks for the info guys... I tried loading some more roms and found one that at least loaded, but it's pretty weak. I wish I had been smart enough to realize the cdma vs gsm issue earlier...at a glance it looked like I had tons of roms to chose from... now not so much.
[Desire General] burnsy1:
SO I'm playing around with the cm7 rom but I've found the data connection doesn't work... can't seem to figure this one out.
[Desire General] danarama:
Checked apns? If it has any...
[Desire General] burnsy1:
I found a somewhat related post and a user put together a zip with the correct mms settings and apn's. It fixed the data connection... but mms is broken. I'm in the process of trying other roms but all of them so far seem to have at least one relatively large issue... On one of the roms the camera doesnt work, another one bluetooth loses connectivity every 3 minutes and so on... So I'm searching through the pile of cm builds and nightlys in hopes of finding something more stable.
[Blade General] lenny_333:
heei guys .

half a year before I bought the zte blade, and so far it worked well.

but suddenly it stops working ..

whenever I try my cell phone goes immediately to start the red "back" button on (bright red) and then there's the green robot android, then the blue zte intro and then it all over again ..

I have not changed my zte (clockwork, rom)

I know myself well not so good ..

would be really nice if someone could help me ..

I do not know what to do ..!!!

or is it maybe bricked ?!

thanks ..
[Blade General] flshg:
Its not bricked as it still boots up.

When exactly does the phone crash - when you make a call, start an app, or just automatically reboots?

Did you install a new app just before this started happening?

Is the phone rooted?

Are you sure the battery is ok? Try starting phone with charger plugged in.
[Blade General] lenny_333:
ouh ..

yes when i switch the phone on the android boot logo cames then the (blue) zte intro .. and then the zte intro comes again and again ...

noo ..

aahm ? i dont do anything with the pc and the zte ..

so i think i dont root it or something ..

one time there was "ftm" on the screen (after it had this problem).. but i didnt know what this is ..

thank you in front off !!!
[Blade General] lenny_333:
but i didnt came anymore to the homescreen , or lock screen :(
[Blade General] NTpspE:
Try booting into recovery and clear the cache? I remember my old G1 did the same thing, and after clearing the system cache it worked.

To boot into recovery i think you keep hold of volume down when turning the device on.

If that doesn't work you could wipe the device, but you'll loose everything on it then.
[Blade General] Aef 101:
The issue you have is this, the rom that has been flashed to the phone is for Gen 2, but the phone is still set on Gen 1.

You'll need to boot into recovery and perform a restore, or flash Ginger stir Fry Rom, then the phone will work.

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[Blade General] bx19:
Solutions depend on

-- whether or not u have custom recovery installed ,

-- whether or not fastboot is enabled in your device. (It isn't enabled only in stock gen2 firmware)

-- whether or not u have rooted and made changes to system partition.

Possible solutions

-- If u have custom recovery installed then format (= wipe data/factory reset) the device from the recovery.

Power off the device. Then by holding volume down power on the device. This takes u into custom recovery menu if it is installed. If custom recovery isn't installed this takes you to FTM MODE.

-- If u have fastboot enabled then use this method to format ur device. Power off the device. Then hold volume up and power on the device. Here the device should stay at green android logo forever if fastboot is enabled. This is fastboot mode. Now install zte USB drivers in PC and connect phone in fastboot mode to PC. It will install the software. Now in device manager u shouldn't see any android named devices with yellow unrecognised format. Then use fastboot windows tools from command prompt. The command to format tthe device is

fastboot erase userdata

-- if the above processes didn't work then using tpt is recommended way. U can flash complete low level device firmware using tpt. U can flash either a recovery alone to hard reset. Or u can flash a complete rom. On bit searching at modaco u will get more information regarding everything.
[Blade General] lenny_333:
THANK YOU !!

but i dont understand that things .. ?!

can you explain me your answer for people do not understand much of it ?
[Blade General] Aef 101:
Download gen1 to gen2 (there is a download link in this section) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1258855

Unzip the file and place the image ( the image is called image, not gen1 to gen2) on the root of your sd card (ideally it is best to do this on a pc)

Also download and place the Rom you wish to use on the root of your SD card (cyanogenMod 7.1.0 stable release works well) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297776

DO NOT UNZIP THE ROM at this stage.

Put the SD card back into the phone.

Power off the phone, hold menu & vol + (up) & power at the same time, you should see some green writing, wait until it is finished (well done your phone is now gen2)

You should now arrive at the clockwork recovery screen, if not power off the phone, then hold vol - (down) and power (together), clockwork will boot.

Now using clockwork recovery, clear data/factory reset, then install your rom from the zip, that is all there is to it, obviously you'll have to enter your login details to use the market and sync your contacts etc, but your phone should now be working.

Don't forget to make a nandroid backup.

Goodluck :)

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[Blade General] lenny_333:
THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUUCHH !!!!

it works perfect !!!!!!!

thanks (((((:
[Blade General] Aef 101:
You are very welcome :)

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jprovan1:
Does anyone know of some info or is willing to teach me how to build my own Rom. i have ideas on what I want to build but dont know how to
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Look at main xda forum there is a forum listed as chef go to android there is alot of info there
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bliss81:
Hi all,

what have u guys found is the optimal formatting options for using the 32gb microSD card on your Galaxy S2?

I'm wondering if you get better all around performance formatting the card with 64kb cluster sizes vs anything smaller.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bliss81:
am i on the only one with a 32gb sd card? if not, how is everyone formatting this thing?

thanks guys.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ghost77:
There is no special method or need , if you got windows 7 use default settings, i don't remember its either 32k or 64k.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Techvir:
There is lot of discussion about formatting in various sizes. There are apps in the market too that will do it for u .

U can try various sizes and see what is best for ur use.

Ultimately it does not matter much
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bliss81:
thanks..i've been reading around and there are those who prefer 64kb over 32kb and vice versa so was a bit confused and wanted to know what the experience of galaxy s2 users were.

i ended up doing a overwrite format (not quick) using 32kb cluster size. write speeds are apparently slower but i'm more concerned about reading speed. having said that, i have no idea what the reading speed difference is btw 32kb and 64kb...:confused:

oh well i guess it's not that important just wanted to get the most out of my card.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cedricm:
Hi,

I intend to purchase an HTC Titan but it is not specified in which language it will be delivered.

Is the HTC Titan or Mango multilingual?

I would like to have it in English but chances are it will be delivered in German.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkkame:
Hi, I'm new to android and I recently signed up with Mobilicity for a Nexus S 4G.

I've figured out how to root my phone but for some reasons every custom rom I tried is not picking up any signals at all. (except WIFI)

So I am starting to think that it might be the type of signal (UMTS) that Mobilicity offers that doesnt work with custom roms?

Correct me if I'm wrong, and please help me with solutions, Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
Mobilicity is a GSM carrier. Do you actually have a Nexus S 4G (a CDMA device) or have you been flashing Nexus S 4G Roms onto your device (in which case you are flashing a rom/radio for a CDMA device onto a GSM device)?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkkame:
hmm, on the box it saids Nexus S but when I try flashing Miui for Nexus S, it wouldn't work unless I'm using the 4G version so i assumed that my phone is 4G.

And the phone status says that my "Mobile network type" is UMTS.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krohnjw:
If you got it from Mobilicity it's the GSM version (AWS frequency, i9020 or i9020T by model number).

If you've flashed a radio for the NS4G (a CDMA device) or the i9020a this is going to break things.

What radio are you currently running? If you can't get service flash back to a stock i9020t ROM and see what you get. You can grab a full stock ROM here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1063664