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[Xperia Arc General] tyrand3:
great news but,i think SE will keep the xperia style not pure ICS style.:D
[Xperia Arc General] himanthaj:
I agree with this :)
[Xperia Arc General] jtc42:
Better just hope we get root then. It would be a shame, the Xperia style is just so bog-standard and unremarkable. I don't see how any group of UI engineers could possibly look at the ICS styles and decide that their faux-3D-everywhere, 90's looking UI is the better option.

But then I don't work for Sony, so what do I know? :p
[Xperia Arc General] doomed151:
But still, I bet it'll look very different than how it looks like right now. It's more "SE adapts to ICS" than "ICS adapts to SE", if you get what I mean.
[Xperia Arc General] tyrand3:
yes just like x10>arc:D
[Xperia Arc General] jtc42:
It's an interesting point because if you look at their modifications they made to Honeycomb on the Sony Tablets, it's more just a sprinkling of SE. If they keep the mods tasteful like that, I think they'll be on to a winner.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
****ing great news I'd say.
[Xperia Arc General] Flo95:
+1 :)
[Xperia Arc General] MarcSinger:
..............

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Hope it doesn't create issues for my rooted, bootloader-unlocked 4.0.1.A.0.283, because I had recently read about someone having had his rooted phone go into a boot loop after updating through PC Companion. Still, I would hate to lose root, so I hope somebody comes up with a rooted ICS image that can be directly flashed to the phone.

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Hope with the new Ice Cream Sandwich, there's a new XPERIA experience, because the current XPERIA UI is plain, old boring.
[Xperia Arc General] Felimenta97:
I don't think the XPERIA UI is boring. For me, right behind the new ICS UI, is the most beutiful UI for android I ever seen.
[Xperia Arc General] realfelix:
oh my god that's so damn good news !! :O

as said earlier, I don't really understand why people say things like : " the XPERIA UI is boring, plain etc.. " if you don't like the styles of sony, why did you buy an xperia phone first away, and second .. you could have seen how the xperia ui(TS UI) looks like before purchasing the phone imo. so stop complaining about things like that and just be happy that we're all getting ICS on our arcs ! :)
[Xperia Arc General] jtc42:
I'm not saying it's a bad UI. I think it's FAR better than stock Gingerbread. HOWEVER, I think most people will agree the ICS UI is much sleeker and generally nicer than the Gingerbread SE interface. I find it hard to imagine Sony being able to significantly improve the ICS interface, but we'll see :)
[Xperia Arc General] realfelix:
you didn't say that? :D

doesn't matter to me :P as we know sony won't even provide the new FW before CM9 so i'll be using that one instead i think :D
[Xperia Arc General] gravityng:
Yes, waiting for that. A completely new SE's style for ICS :D.

I tried several launcher: Launcher Pro, Go, Launcher 7, but finally I return to "Sony Ericsson Home" and stick with it.

But still hope that SE will let us customize the UI more. the current theme function is quite useless.

And also waiting for an upgrade on Sound quality of Music player, add support flac/ape too, want to use the default music player too:D

Fix the noise for camera :(:(:(
[Xperia Arc General] sebasgl1:
but is an ui that dont combine with the style of our phone, plus the ICS ui is based in amoled screen, black color all the way to save battery and super LCD likes the ones on the arc consume more battery trying to display black color
[Xperia Arc General] jtc42:
Why then have SE made all the apps dark greys and blacks? The stock ICS UI is largely white and light blue. Look at the stock apps. There is FAR more light styling in stock ICS than there is in any of the SE custom apps.

Edit: Also, an LCD displaying black uses no more power than white. I have no idea where you got that from.
[Xperia Arc General] realfelix:
what a conclusion lol. totally fail .. it's true that superAMOLED displays black colors better and save battery, but that doesn't mean that LCD can't do so LOL
[Xperia Arc General] gabimx:
great news. wating for the ARC realese.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] monkeydrufy:
Sorry guys for using this section but it is the only one for the 8.9

I would like to buy one tablet but I'm wavering between the 8.9 and the new 7 plus

the 8.9 is cheaper but the 7 plus can make phone call and got a microsd slot

help me to make this choice :p

thanks
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] varsas:
For what will the tablet be used? Will you still carry a separate phone?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] monkeydrufy:
usually I carry another phone but in summer a bring on beach just the galaxy tab 7
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
If you plan using it as an extension then I think you already have made your mind.

Sent from my GT-P7310
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] zeema:
+1 i will go for 8.9 for it bigger screen
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] konceptz:
I use my Nokia n9 as a phone, my MacBook air as a laptop, my tab 8.9 as a reference material viewer. I think I wouldn't be happy with a 7" screen, my physics books won't view well.

Then again I can't tell until I try it :-D
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] monkeydrufy:
make phone call is a good features sd the sd slot

I think I will take the 7 plus (7.7 would be perfect but probably will be out on 2012)
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] bill.allrobots.org:
I had a 10.1, but sold it for a 7.0 plus, and highly recommend it. The Exynos is screaming fast compared to the Tegra 2. This is especially obvious while playing video.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] guthrien:
Video is truly night and day, I can't believe how lousy the Tegra is for that. The 7+ will play any and all video I threw at it. But dang, the size of the 8.9 is perfect. Hopefully Samsung will give it the upgrade and the best of both worlds.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] bill.allrobots.org:
I agree on all counts. That would be the perfect tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Palary:
Does it play RMVB videos well? esp those >800MB?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] koreanschoolkid:
I am a happy owner of an unrooted 7+ and I have yet to run into a 720p video in any codec or bitrate that the little bastard could not run perfectly smooth. I have no RMVB videos but I can't imagine it will have huge issues but if you send me a link for such a video then I will be happy to test it out for you.

As for the topic of the thread:

I have the 10.1 as well and the Tegra 2 is a travesty. It is a horrid and terrible product which should never have been allowed to be used as the reference chip for Honeycomb. For this reason I went with the 7+. If anyone thinks everyone with a 10.1 is cheerful with a Tegra 2 running then you have not watched the threads prior to the nation wide USA release of the 10.1. Even after the 10.1v was confirmed as using the Tegra 2 we still held out a glimmer of hope for the Exynos 4210 and a MicroSD slot. The 7+ has both of these and I even found it at 350$ with 3.5% sales tax at Microcenter.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] ykphuah:
Does this issue only happen during video playback or any graphics in general? I thought Tegra 2 is supposed to be very good! :|

I do notice some lag even when using the homescreen in 10.1, din test 7+ enough to tell, after I have tested 10.1 and 8.9, the 7+ seems just too small! And I am worrying about the future support (ICS) for 7+ as it seems the odd tab with that resolution. As with Samsung products, the ones that gets updated are those that are popular, and looking at how thing goes, seems like 10.1/8.9 is (going to be) more popular.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] koreanschoolkid:
10.1 with the HW accelerated homescreen roms works fairly well unless you want to watch video. Honestly I only want a tablet that can play the stuff on my computer while I lay in bed and the B&N Nook Tablet almost managed it but the 7+ got it down 100%. Holding my 10.1 after using the 7+ was fun though. So huge in comparison.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] notphilip:
I feel the exact same way about my (ex) NT. But the locked bootloader killed it for me, and I'm back to the search for the optimal tablet for me. How would you say the 7+'s screen compares to the NT? I really loved that I could sit outside and see everything perfectly on that screen. Would you say it's worth the extra cash and not waiting for the 7.7 (assuming the 7.7 isn't actually $700, as speculated)?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] theundeadelvis:
I just returned my NT and picked up the 7+. No regrets at all! I was betting on the 7.7 not being out for a while and being too expensive. so I went ahead and took the plunge. If the 7.7 comes out soon and is reasonably priced, I'll throw the 7+ on eBay, and eat the difference.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] notphilip:
Not to be annoying and reiterate my question, but how does the screen compare? More specifically, how does it look outdoors? I really want to buy a replacement tablet, but great visibility in all lighting conditions is a huge factor. Reviews that I've read so far haven't really addressed this, with even some mildly negative comments about the 7+ screen.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] guthrien:
It's a gloss screen so I doubt it would be perfect outdoors but it's not horrible in my limited experience. It's a bit darker than the screen in the 8.9 or 10.1 but it doesn't have viewing angle problems it's still a Samsung screen. Just naturally a tad darker at default.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Palary:
I used to own the 1st Galaxy TAB P1000; it has no problem handling *.MKV files even with size more than 2 GB. Likewise for the 8.9. But for RMVB files it is a challenge. I tried the same files on a IPAD2. It faces the same problem . There are jerkiness . Try to get the files from www.33md.com

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Using MOBOPLAYER, I don't find that the 8.9 is having problem handling most videos. I still do not understand why all of you are saying it can't play videos well?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] bill.allrobots.org:
RealPlayer formats? Seriously? I haven't had a RealPlayer video in years, so I have no idea.

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Maybe your app is better, or maybe your videos are lower resolution. My 10.1 (with a handful of apps I tried) barfed on 1080p pretty hard.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] koreanschoolkid:
I have tried MoboPlayer, MX Player, QQ Player, DicePlayer and whatever else I could find and nothing could smoothly play high profile h.264 video except DicePlayer but with some pretty harsh hiccups. As far as I know the 8.9 uses the same processor as the 10.1 so I just cannot see it performing well for that task. It comes down to an issue of bitrate as some videos, while being 720p, have a lower bitrate and so the Tegra 2 can somewhat handle it (Youtube quality 1080p plays well but HDTV quality 720p will not). Your link is in Chinese and I am only able to read Korean or English.

@bill.allrobots: I think RMVB are still popular in Asia so that may be why he is using them. In the West I think most of us use .mkv or .mp4 in mid/base/high profile h.264.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] guthrien:
Moboplayer was not consistent for me. The only near rock solid player is the alpha build of VLC for Android floating around on the net (the lack of VLC is a whole 'nother gripe). Tegra is fairly well known to have issues with videos not encoded properly for it. There are about a billion different video apps on iPad itch differing capabilities, but GoodPlayer outdoes VLC for me. It plays anything.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Tabletman128:
Just bought the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus, and tested it with HD RMVB (720p and up), and sadly, the answer is no. Have tested MoboPlayer, MX Player and BS Player, all of them cannot play the video in hardware decoding mode. As in the case of software decoding, there will be frequent stutters and such just like Tegra2 tablet does.

Other HD video format in MKV, MP4 etc plays perfectly.

I bought this because my friend has a Galaxy S2, which has exactly the same processor and GPU, and has claimed to play HD RMVB smoothly on that device (albeit only 800x480 resolution). I have also seen cheap $100 China tablet clones running on Android 2.x with lesser processors are able to play HD RMVB smoothly, together with other video formats.

Not sure why Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is unable to render HD RMVB format in hardware mode. How is one video format being so different from other HD format like MKV in 1080p? Or no one bother to optimize the driver?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Palary:
This is really weird. Those make in china media players I bought has no problem playing all the video files I throw at it. Including high bit rate RMVB files. So why can't a expensive tablet like ours...?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] koreanschoolkid:
Probably because its a non-native codec for the 7+

Simple and annoying as that. 7+ was made to sell in America where few use RMVB container so I guess it was never really planned for.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] yagya:
Hi,

This is for those who are crazy about Ice Cream Sandwich and love the transitions animations of Ice Cream Sandwich Rom.

Please Make a Nandroid Backup Before Trying This.

Disclaimer:- I'm in No way responsible for any damage to your device. Do it at Your Own Risk! :D

Follow these steps:

1. Download the File http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45768197/ICS Style Transistions.zip

2. Extract it and get framework-res.apk and Readme.txt

3. Open Readme text and do as said to install it. All you have to do is replace the framework-res.apk file in your /system/framework folder . You can also do it by using root-explorer. :)

4. You are done.

Note: It is not an ICS launcher neither it is a theme of ICS icon pack collections. It only has transitions animations from ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] roofrider:
U went from creating multiple posts to multiple threads

Sent from Mars
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] decalex:
in case someone's not familiar with adb-- and is copying your readme.txt commands exactly, you've got a typo in there

adb push framework-res.apk ... common sense, but just looking out :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Cruonit:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/4f85d9242667a85f

Waiting for a dev to create the

[DEV][AOSP] Andorid ICS 4.0.1 thread

we need an linux kernel 3.0 with USB HOST support i bought an USB OTG Cable two mounts ago for this moment :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1346652

http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html

thread :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
yes we know, there are already multiple posts about it in this section
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nailll:
Greetings,

Just've got my RAZR. Its awesome! Just wondering if I can use web top functionality with only miniHDMI <-> HDMI cable and bluetooth keyboard+mouse? What is the purpose of special web top adapter?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kholk:
It will be possible with a custom APK for WebTop.

The purpose of special webtop adapter is "Money For Motorola". Nothing else.

Or, if you're talking of the lapdock, I've got it (atrix lapdock) and I can tell you it's nice to take with you and use it because it's thin and lightweight.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nailll:
You've proven my point. I'm not going to buy motorola's webtop adapter :)

Could you give more details on special webtop apk I need to install?

Also on clove blog its said:

As I've understood HDMI mirror image is not mandatory. And I should get image on HD panel, just the phone display will be turned off...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rEVOLVE:
I just ordered the smart controller, I'm also very interested in whether I could just plug the phone into the usb&hdmi cables w/o the adapter or dock.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Szadzik:
uHDMI and uUSB on their own will only work with mirror, gallery etc mode, no WebTop afair.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stunno:
I have a minihdmi and can confirm that there is no webtop
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
Hey friends, I wonder if my steps on rooting and installing cmw is correct

Step 1) root phone without unlocking bootloader using freezr method

Step 2) install cmw recovery

Step 3) create a second sd partition via cmw recovery and flash dartremor a2sd or ungaze data2sd?(I will try and experiment this if it work, if it does not work tell me)

Step 4) thats it? And maybe update my phone from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sathish43210:
hi, am new to forum,i want to port my lg p350 ,but i dont have clarity in recovery.plz any body give comple procedure from rootng in step by step order .thank you
[LG Optimus 2x] 047:
I am using LG Optimus 2X , and I want to install/update my phone apps through the internet available on my laptop..Can anyone tell how can I do that? plus I don't know how to ceate an ad hoc, in case that was the solution.please help:(
[LG Optimus 2x] wawyed:
If you go to Network and Sharing Center select your internet conection, properties, sharing, allow other network users..., and then choose your wifi connection. I think that should work
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dereppsteiner:
i use Mikheis777 Android 2.3.5 Sense 3.5 NAND (Runnymede 1.05.401.4).

I want to use RCMix3D. I build in settings.apk and tweaks.apk and works .... but .... no function. what can I do,what needs to update it works???

somebody has an idea or reference???
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
its not as simple as replacing or putting apk files into the rom, you have to modify the services.jar and framework files along with plenty of other stuff
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] seanyuan62:
Try putting this in the Q&A section instead of Themes&Apps....
[XPERIA X10 General] huzi7868:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/15/ice-cream-sandwich-coming-to-full-xperia-lineup-sony-ericsson-c/ :D:D:D:D:D
[XPERIA X10 General] rabetionline:
Ice Cream Sandwich for Sony Ericsson 2011 Xperia™ portfolio

“2011 Xperia™ Portfolio” refers to the following products: Xperia™ arc and arc S, Xperia™ PLAY, Xperia™ neo and neo V, Xperia™ mini and mini pro, Xperia™ pro, Xperia™ active, Xperia™ ray as well as Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman™

X10 not included!

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/produ...gn=Feed:+sonyericsson/products+(Product+Blog)
[XPERIA X10 General] Meraklis56:
well,the more official roms for the xperia 2011 line,the better for us.

it will be easier for our devs ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] aR_ChRiS:
OP please read it more carefully, even the blog entry that you have quoted said that it's only for 2011 devices.
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
Doesn't mean it will even be possible.

They all have adreno 205 gpu..

Have to wait and see
[XPERIA X10 General] hon kin:
Nope, xperia active is almost the same as x8.
[XPERIA X10 General] huzi7868:
sorry everyone for this post my bad got too excited plz delete
[XPERIA X10 General] totalundone:
Nope, not even close

x8: 600 mhz, 168 ram, MSM7227 (Adreno 200)

active: 1000 mhz, 512 ram, MSM8255 (Adreno 205)
[XPERIA X10 General] Mister J:
I hope the x10 doesn't get ics so everyone will be mad and the rest can lol because we told ya so.
[XPERIA X10 General] Z3US911:
this will clarify lot of things for x10 users....:D
[XPERIA X10 General] dorinrockeru:
wtf?...i can't belive this...no x10?...never buy sony ericsson crap:mad:
[XPERIA X10 General] -- X10B --:
it's time to upgrade to a higher spec phone. x10 will never get official ics from SE. admit the fact that x10 is not a smartphone after all. :p
[XPERIA X10 General] ebeinecke:
omg can't w8 till there ... hope x10 hardware can handle ics
[XPERIA X10 General] Pandemic:
Sony is not dumb, i have read there is comin a new SE Xperia with a 1.4 Ghz Dualcore and a high GPU, just google it.

Sony is not walking behind. and you know that mate.

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CRAP :S??

Damn mate X10 is not crap, its a old phone.

buy a phone of 2011 (like me, i buy the Xperia Neo) and you will see;)
[XPERIA X10 General] totalundone:
Really? Even the Google Nexus One isn't getting ICS officially.

Name me *any* phone that came out around the X10 did that's officially getting ICS.

I think the oldest phone officially getting ICS of any manufacturer is the Xperia Arc.
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
htc desire hd..
[XPERIA X10 General] Pandemic:
My homebro having that phone.

oh man what gonna be a happy man when i tell that to him:D
[XPERIA X10 General] scoobysnacks:
That's the rumor anyway, though it came from a reliable source.

Makes sense, it was probably the first phone with the adreno 205.

I had an incredible s with the same specs but it came out nearly a year after hahah
[XPERIA X10 General] Pandemic:
ooh hahaha ok i understandand its a rumor but maybe comes it true like by SE.

i hope so.
[XPERIA X10 General] negrobembon:
I never expected ics, x10 is just to old, no other company supports their phones that long(iphone being the exeption)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ruifung:
Is a ICS port from the ASOP source possible?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nightwing369:
+1 (I'd also like this). By the way, I think it might be if it was trimmed down, in the same way that pfonck trimmed SE's 2.1.1.C.0. rom right down to make his 2.1.1.Clean.0.0 rom. This is so that our X10 mini Pro would be more able to cope with ICS. I just don't know if there's anything trim-able from AOSP, or if that's just the core Android code or not...:confused: (food for thought :p)

Please devs, someone give it a go for our X10 mini Pro's! :p :D :cool: ;)

Thanks so much to every single dev here at XDA ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ruifung:
I dont know... but since he was trimming down a SONY rom with lots of crap in it, thats a different case. This is the stock android app.. unless they want to remove core apps.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nightwing369:
Yeah that's what I was getting at - if it came to it, which core apps from ICS would it be worth removing because they aren't as good as the rest?

(Obviously you'd want to do this as little as possible, only removing what's necessary in order to get ICS working reasonably well on our X10 mini Pro's - of course if ICS worked on our X10 mini Pro's with nothing needing to be removed that would be extra cool! :p )
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Lamner:
We got a huge community of developpers, let's hope they will be able to port ICS to our mp's! If Slade & paul would cooperate I'm sure we would get something :P
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nightwing369:
And if they would co-operate on a joint ICS rom - the rom would be massively amazing too! :p :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] lechuckthepirate:
First is first, we gotta know yet if X10 mp has enough HARDWARE to run ICS... I think its a little low on memory (230mb or so?) and ICS may leech much more than 2.3 ...

I guess we'll have to wait and see...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Cloulu:
I have the same feeling.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nightwing369:
:eek::cool:Right, I've just seen this Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich Custom Rom built straight from Google's AOSP core ICS source code, which if an amazing dev here could port to our x10 mini Pro we could start to see the beginning of an awesome ICS port!!:D;) Now just to wait for awesome dev here to make an attempt at porting it! :D :cool: ;)

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1354263
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sadronis:
Dont worry about hardware specs. We got it working with LG GT540 Optimus that has similar specs so i think you can get too!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] nightwing369:
Wow that is really cool!! :D :cool: And really good news for us! :p :)

Now we just need to the development/porting to begin! :cool: Are any devs interested in giving this a go porting this: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1354263

to our X10 mini Pro's ?? ;)