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[Xperia Arc Android Development] KalleD:
Thanks for all your great feedback, your voices are heard! FYI: Quite a few from our engineering team has been following the discussion and your requests. I think you have all understood that this is not a final release. We have more work to do, and therefor your comments encourage the team to work even harder. Today I can't comment on the kernel version. Will see if I can get a reply out in a couple of days.

Questions regarding Xperia arc (and PLAY):

I still say that you should not flash this on an Xperia arc. Arc S and arc have different partition layouts plus some other component drivers are different which could cause some problems.

Thanks again and for all of you who try out the ROM please provide feedback via this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/STRJKQF

/Kalle

Karl-Johan "Kalle" Dahlström

Sony Ericsson Developer Program
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Flo95:
Thanks, you are awesome, nice work.

I would but no time atm, presentation + test tomorrow.

Just like to hear a quick review from the flashers :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] KalleD:
Hi DooMLoRD

Yes some drivers differ between devices. Not sure which device you are testing on, but Xperia arc S and Xperia arc have some differences in the display driver.

We will release the copyleft archives, usually takes 2 weeks after a release but I will see what we can do to speed things up.

Thanks for your feedback!

/Kalle
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
thank you!

as of now i only have the ARC and PLAY with me to test... i will try n get things working on them...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] azuresystem:
Damn! this raises the probability of me getting an SE once again :D

if you guys just could squeeze in a volume boost as powerful as the sgs1/voodoo combo, with a sturdy cabled headpiece as in :

(workstyle kind, supposed to be able to take an immense amount of beating and dragging in the wires w/o breaking the cable, that kinda stuff. think peltor sturdy)

then just name the phone and ill buy it!

//cheerz SE!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] crimilde:
Wow thank you so much SE, this has made my day! :D

I'm most certainly gonna give it a try on my arc!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] GAME ON:
omg..its so cool!!.. ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] funkyblue04:
You should be able to have the default launcher as an option. ICS default is great. Otherwise it just looks like gingerbread.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
It might just work by putting in system/app and setting permissions

And copy both launcher2.apk and launcher2.odex
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Ambroos:
I like how SE is keeping their own UI, but I do hope we are getting the 'refresh' of the UI that will come with the new devices on our phones too, perhaps later this year.

If you want the default ICS look you should probably go for FXP. It'd be really nice if SE could supply all their drivers etc for all devices for ICS so FXP can get a fully working ROM quite easily. But what they're doing already is already making them amazing.

Thanks a lot guys!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
may be we can check the Galaxy Nexus system dump :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] championswimmer:
or pull it from the sdk
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tyrand3:
or just install this:

http://hotfile.com/dl/132851095/c755a7b/Launcher2.apk.html

works well for me. :D

credit:http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18603099&postcount=3
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
Ok now those who want ICS on screen buttons

Follow this guide
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
thanks works great!!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] funkyblue04:
I meant more in terms of the final release. Give users the option of almost pure ICS. Its great and IMO takes the need out of so much skinning. Most people don't install ROM's.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Bin4ry:
Well i have a package for you, but i cannot post due legal problems.

Let's see how you can suffer from this :D

Regards
[Xperia Arc Android Development] im_iceman:
Has anyone managed to rip the launcher APK out of the system image? I would.. only I haven't got a clue where to start!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sd73ta:
I don't have an SE at the moment but this is awesome on their part. Now if they would release the arc HD ( :

Sent from my Touchpad running CM7
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
this is wht he is referring to:

<NEW>

Device specific GSM, BT, WIFI Enabler!!! (for ARC S, RAY, NEO V) + NEW GAPPS + stock launcher

http://www.multiupload.com/4023LAG6NZ

includes hotbooting recovery which can be used to flash the package

OLD:

GSM, BT, WIFI Enabler!!! (for ARC S, RAY, NEO V) + GAPPS

http://www.multiupload.com/1NN9VHTNOI

includes hotbooting recovery which can be used to flash the package

​

enjoy!

AND DONT FORGET TO SAY THANKS TO Bin4ry!!!

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Tiago Leite:
All I can say to this post is... +1!

Make it happen SE!

"make.believe" ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lil_devil:
Seriously.?? Its not been a day and you got it Pre-rooted and fixed with Modules...

Man you guys are insane..

Thanx to SE developers... and our talented and ingenious Developers(Bin4ry, Doomlord and the FXP team)

Hanging on to my Arc is a treat all coz of ur efforts...Keep it up.!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ani55:
Do you have a launcher.apk for mdpi devices?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] fcb13:
does this mean that once we flash this the rom could basically be used daily now?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dk_zero-cool:
@KalleD

I have been using Sony Ericsson phones since before the Ericsson part was added. They have always been great and I liked the part that they was never sim locked like all other phones. Sadly Sony Ericsson phones did not make a great start on the Smart Phone market as the phones was always really behind both on the hardware and the software. I mean Android 1.6 survived a little to long on those phones, which is why I looked elsewhere when I got mine.

However they have started to make a good comeback. And the part where you offer Alpha testing and unlock software so that we can play with the product we paid for, well that's something I can respect.

So I have a question here. This teamwork thing you have going on, is that gonna be a standard with Sony Ericsson? Because then I could see myself back in the old SE playground.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] M1K3E:
unbelievable!!! well it just shows what you can do when you work together.:D

what the community is all about.:D

fantastic work guys :D:D:D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] thx84:
Could someone post a video of this rom?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
damn will ask Iris for help with this :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Bjidi:
First of, creds to you over at SE for doing this, and i hope this is just the first move in this direction.

I will flash this on my ARC tomorrow and check it out. Got a Galaxy Nexus so i`m already running ICS and i realy love it, and i want it on my Arc.

Best Regards

Will return in a day or so with my feedback :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] adiktz:
It would be great if SE releases kernel with init.d and ext4 support...!!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
we already can make that :)

will do that 2moro... got to sleep... its almost morning now :P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jtc42:
I'm really hoping that by the final release SE de-gingerbread it, and ideally add more options to give a more stock experience. Needless to say it's amazing to see the work so far in getting it running, but it's a pity about the old kernel and the fact that it looks like work has been done making it look like an older ROM O.o Hehe :p

I understand that that's how it works though, and fantastic that they're being so open about the development. Just my ICS wishlist is basically as stock an experience as realistically possible :p
[Xperia Arc Android Development] NeoCream:
Dear SonyEricssson team

I really appreciate this step from you and I'm looking forward for a great ICS realease. I hope the community can contribute to your future success.

Based on your ICS I would really like to see a more polished UI. The current one looks (compared to ICS stock) somehow outdated.

Many things have already been said by other members (like updating to newer kernel version) but additional I would like to see a more improved camera application that REALLY lets you change the compression rate and bump up the bitrate of the movies.

The current camera application (found on the current rom) does not meet the expectations and does not max out the parameters of the hardware-camera-sensor.

Many thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dk_zero-cool:
init.d is placed in the boot.img, not the kernel itself. Takes no time adding it so HERE you go.

I don't have SE phone to test it with, but it should work, otherwise just reflash the boot.img from the original ROM zip.

Use fastboot to flash it.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] guy_smiley:
Is there any reason this isn't being done for the older SE Xperia phones like the X10?

1. The girlfriend has it as her phone.

2. It should help with my Desire; as should require Adreno 200 drivers :P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dvfk:
Are ALL calendars still same color? (purple)

...or do Sony respect that the user has given each calendar its own color in this update?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Used it for a while here is my review:

Overall it's awesome. Great job added new options under Development menu. Good job with the browser and Calendar. Found few bugs especially GPU related when I activated the Holo wallpaper minor bugs. Video playback is little laggy (standard one that was recorded in old firmware)u. Same GPU bug exist even if I turned on force render GPU. New UI I love it SE has really tried not the ruin ICS UI.

One of the request to SE is camera compression it doesn't seem like you folks have done anything yet. A reboot menu would be nice because lot of users will reboot the device without tweaking it. As said before it's nice if you can upgrade the kernel. Sony is well known for it's camera and music so I would expect a little more improvement in terms of the stock music player I hoped you guys would add custom equalizer I know there are lot of applications out there which does it but it's nice to alway use the stock music player and little more added support for video codecs would be nice. I hate to swtich to different video player because of the bravia engine. Well these are my suggestions

Thanks for the release again. If you folks keep up this phase you'll soon become no:1 in Smart phone industry. One thing I can assure is that I would stay with Sony family till I use phone :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Nimche:
I updated in recovery all files including GSM and Google stuff at once. My GSM seems to be working fine with no signal showing but no Data.

I am on Lt15a, anyone else with this issue.

Hello Bin4ry....any fix for this?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pawfyd:
I hope I can have my questions on the first page answered. Thanks in advance, KalleD.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Awesome_Aleks:
Is the music player in this identical to the music player on the V2.3.4 Gingerbread update?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
might be of interest to u guys:

ICS Bootanimation

ICS On-Screen Buttons Enabler!!! (i have modified the ARC/ARC S framework file) [this wont work on other devices as-is]

enjoy!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ooohhh just found some awesome stuff...

go to Settings -> Developer Options

Enable: "Force GPU Rendering"

Change "Windows Animation Scale" to 2x

Change "Transition Animation Scale" to 2x

improves animations a lot!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] JohnKoffee:
Not for Xperia Play, have to wait...:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] KalleD:
Thanks for your comments!

Yes, the goal is to stay on this path.. So we will not stop here.

/Kalle

Head of Sony Ericsson Developer Relations
[Xperia Arc Android Development] maddes1402:
Hi Kalle,

Although it has been mentioned for several times how impressive your community support has become I have the desire to say thank you as well :)

I am really sorry for offtopic. But do you have plans to support the X10 community, too?

I totally understand that capacities are limited and although you prooved very well that you are interested in satisfied customers you also want to sell new devices, I guess. So I don´t ask for an official Ice Cream Samdwich ROM for the X10.

But could you support the X10 community in a way that you publish drivers, etc that devs are able to make their own ICS ports with a working camera, for example?

Again, I am sorry for offtopic and I hope my posting isn´t responsible for hundreds of begging requests.

Thank you :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
hey guys Bin4ry has an updated package for us...

link posted here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20342456#post20342456

be sure to thank him!!! :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lamducthien:
May we have wifi work now on Arc ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Bin4ry:
Wait a little for doomlord

Regards
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lamducthien:
I think we can solve this problem wifi. Here is the answer from poo-tang

us at www.xperiagamer.com tested an arc S first with the sony provided content and bin4ry's nasty tardis.zip flashed with his recovery. wi-fi working fine had problems with power hungry apps. did not try any tweeks with this S just yet.

tested an lt15i arc this time we flashed dooms kernal and his update zip and nasty tardis.zip. then flashed tweeks boot animation and ics softkeys all ran ok. but had no wifi.

we then flashed the lt15i arc with the first method bin4rys and sonys. had wi-fi working was all the same as the arc s. we tested dooms alpha ics kernal with that still had wi-fi then and worked ok.

But then we flashed the 2 tweeks (boot animation and softkeys) and we had force closing just after boot every system app force closing 1 after another.

hope some of are findings mite be of some use.

the first was flashing the arc doomlords way at the begining of this thread using the ( XPERIA-ARC-DooMLoRD-SE-ICS-ALPHA-v01.zip ).

The second was flashing the system.img way that sony provided to us ( http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1393341 ).

looks like there could be wifi modules or something missing for doomslords update.zip (cant say for sure we are not devs just a bunch of sad geeks) only thing can say dooms kernal worked ok for both ways.

You can see this post #91 and #94 in this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393738&page=10
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
THANK YOU!!!

i have found the reason for this and corrected it!!!

now wifi works on ARC!!!

blame the stupid DSIXDA kitchen for not maintaining symlinks :P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lamducthien:
Can you upload the fix and the intruction to flash ? I will test now. Thanks for all
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
yes yes... hold on... ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
The UI is outdated but it's still refreshing, thanks to ICS. I don't mind it staying like this but only after those cosmetic glitches fixed and core functions restored (H.264 playback is laggy as hell, as well as video recording but you sure have already knew about it).

Edit: I love you, Sony Ericsson.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dannejanne:
This thread is a prime example of why I love Android so much. And SE in particular. And not to forget all the devs.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
Forgot something, where did ICS transition animation go?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Kalle did say something about the Arc and the Arc S having a different display driver.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
I don't think what I said is relevant to that. It's just a matter of different xml files. The animation is there in the SE ICS demo video (going back to Home from Settings).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
hello sir,

i want to give some feedback on the ALPHA build that has been posted by SE...

firstly this is really great work by you guys... as one of the users said "this is one of the most complete ALPHA builds out there"...

i understand that SE wants to have their own UI on top of stock android, and this strategy was really good when we had andorid 1.6/2.1/2.3.x, but when it comes to ICS (4.0.x) i am not sure if this is the best strategy as Google has really improved the UI of stock android, A LOT...

what i can suggest is, since SE stock ROMs already have "THEME" support why not have a STOCK ANDROID theme? this should change the launcher, animations, lockscreen, other components to stock android one... if the users want they can shift back to SE UXP UI... i know that this is very much possible as a friend of mine who has a ACER LIQUID METAL, has this sort of toggle... this will be highly appreciated by users who prefer clean stock (AOSP) android look...

also a few other comments on the current ALPHA build:

there is no landscape mode for launcher/home screen/settings application

some of the options are buried deep inside menus (e.g.: USB connection mode)

UI is not very smooth (but thats expected as its an ALPHA build)

and i have a request:

the three test ROMs which you have posted (for ARC S, RAY, NEO V) are all for mogami boards... it would be really great if SE can provide a test build for zeus board (namely, Xperia Play)...

overall this ALPHA build is REALLY impressive BUT i hope the final firmware which gets pushed to everyone is better with respect to UI and allows users to shift to stock android look, if they want to...

finally, this is really impressive initiative by SE to work closely with the user and developer community...

looking forward to a BETA build (if its planned) ;)

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
I can make that

But i can't promise as on Stock 2.3.3 x10 framework ICS transition animation doesn't work

but it worked on CM7

let me mod then i will upload for u to test(i don't have arc)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
dude i am here to test...

fire away ;)

@all

seem the old HC hack, to change LCD density to get into tablet mode, isnt working on this ALPHA build :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
Can u Deodex framework-res.apk and framework-res.odex into framework-res.apk and upload?:o
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
aZuZu knows this!!!

please ask him
[Xperia Arc Android Development] poo-tang:
managed to get some power hungry apps running ok like onlive app with no freeze with chainfire3d with the Qualcomm plugin.

.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
Apk manager is not De-compiling framework-res.apk looks like its not optimized for ICS .apk's(or my laptop is gone mad)

Here is the guide for Porting ICS transition animations

And here is the De-odexed framework-res.apk(thanks aZuZu:p)

U can try this on FXP50 of x10
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
i could decompile framework-res.apk using some mix of files... thats how i made that "on screen buttons enabler" ;)

if anyone wants i can upload the modded apk_manager_4.9 package
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
And for Facebook app problem contact the OP of this thread;)

Great if u can upload the modded apk manager:D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
APK Manager 4.9 (compatible with XPERIA ICS ALPHA)

APK Manager 4.9 (compatible with XPERIA ICS ALPHA)

hey guys i have attached a modified version "APK Manager 4.9" which is compatible with Xperia ICS Alpha build...

i have tested and it worked for modifying framework-res.apk for ARC..

may be it will help other users too.. :)

All credits for APK Manager 4.9 goes to: Daneshm90 (thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695701)

Credits for the modded files (apktool.jar & aapt.exe) go to evilisto (thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364757)

best of luck creating new mods!!!

regards,

DooMLoRD
[Xperia Arc Android Development] depulle87:
thanks a lot doom, and think this is a ver good step from SE
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
ICS transition animations

Not tested and no idea if working or not

Download attached zip and flash from CWM recovery

And if it doesn't work or if its working and u don't like the animations then flash back2stock.zip from CWM recovery
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
i have a request...

those users who are expert at modding framework kindly find a way to modify the system files to get:

stock AOSP lockscreen

reboot options in power menu

i already have made modifications for "on-screen buttons" (ARC)...

thanks for all ur help!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
thanks will test out and let u know asap...

this is for ARC framework right?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
Yes

and please delete or remake a zip for deleting the file framework-res.odex

i forgot:p
[Xperia Arc Android Development] donghungx:
You guys think have any way to change all app to stock app, sony app is killing me :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
yes i am doing that for the ROM i have posted (ARC ONLY)...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
the CWM package u posted is incorrectly made... i have made corrections but the device doesnt fully boot... it keeps rebooting (from bootanimation) after a minute or so of bootup (after the "android is upgrading" prompt)...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] donghungx:
Hope hear good news soon :)

Im using your rom too, sometime dont know why phone restart, but I still can live with it :p. I just tried copy the google music app too system/app. It running good but have some graphic error (green screen show up) :eek:.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sahibunlimited:
Sorry:o

Their can be 2 reasons for this:

The guide was originally meant for gingerbread

Framework-res.apk should be odexed:confused: and we flashed the de-odexed

I made a amend update.zip and converted it to edfiy i might have done a n00b mistake:o
[Xperia Arc Android Development] steryman:
All we need now(the 0% battery problem Arcs users) is the kernel source... so we can patch the battery driver to make it run without charger...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] muz2000:
The launcher works flawlessly, but the widget give error.. "unfortunately launcher has stop"
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
got touchscreen to work partially on my custom kernel ;)

will continue work/testing and let u guys know when i get it fully working :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Is it stuck in pointer mode?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] DooMLoRD:
nope that issue was only there in SDK port, not official ICS
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lil_devil:
Heck...everything's working great..including the built in screenshot taker..

Although I am having a problem with my message notifications...whenever I get a message it shows for that moment...but a few seconds later there is no symbol on the top notifying me..that's really strange..am I da onli one wid da problem.?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hellocng:
Yes, I have the same problem. No notification icon on status bar.

Another problem I have is that I cannot add new contacts.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lil_devil:
I am not having that problem. I am able to save and edit contacts properly.

But then i save all my contacts on the phone. Are u saving it in your google account.?