yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] spiritofcat:
I'm having a similar problem with mine.

I'm on FXP115 and my wifi has been working fine, then suddenly yesterday it just started doing the what you're describing. It sits on "Obtaining IP Address", flashed through "Saved" or something and then goes back ot "Obtaining IP Address" over and over again until it gives up and shows "Avoided poor Internet connection".

I'm inclined to update to FXP124 and see if that solves the problem, but from the comments I've read it looks like the 124 kernel is broken and I can't find a link to the 123 kernel.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tanwg:
oh wow, I can see FXP125 coming with camera fix and other good fixes! Can't wait to try! thanks Free Xperia team!

CM9.0 RC0

- latest cm 9.0 fixes

- new kernel (2011 devices)

- new camera libs (2011 devices)

- camera preview fix (2011 devices)

- video recorder fix (2011 devices)

- video playback fix (2011 devices)

- new wifi fw (2011 devices)

- GSM/DATA fix(R800x)

- better battery management

http://code.google.com/p/freexperia/
[Xperia Arc Android Development] civi309:
dear my friend,

I really really wanna try your rom, and i tried it around ten times. However i faced some problems, not only your rom but also miui base on CM9. I will explain the problems here, hope somebody can help me. ~.~

Everything i do step by step correctly, with any baseband and kernel that is acceptable in your post.

1. Flash kernel via fasboot, then go into recovery.

2. Wipe everything and install rom

3. Stuck on boot: It appeared sony logo, then a still image of boot animation in around 2 second, later than that it back to sony logo, then another still image of boot animation, and got loop with this process.

4. I tried to reflash the kernel, then reboot. If i do that, it can boot. However, it show error on screen (com.phone... and one more), and my phone get stuck with those errors without signal.

Any one can help me please? One point is that, i bought korea version arc. is that the prob?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Riyal:
The problem is you own an arc and this one is for Pro. Although FXP has already a account where all roms are uploaded in 1 folder. Do you by chance know what's the codename of arc?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] RamEsRock:
You need CM 9 for Anzu, which is Arc.

If you downloaded any other which isn't Anzu, won't work on your Arc.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cevin333:
And I was so looking forward to FXP125. But it hast the same bug that FXP124 hat. Black screen and no boot logo. :( So I will try how FXP125 looks with the boot.img from FXP123.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] naveen88:
Thanks for the release....flashing now...will post the results soon
[Xperia Arc Android Development] naveen88:
FXP 125

Things which are working now compared to previous release

1) Camera Preview

2) Video Recording

3) Front Camera

4) Low in call volume bug fixed

Things which are still not working

1) Panorama Mode

2) Face Unlock

Overall this is a good release. Expecting the above quirks to be fixed in next release.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
where did you get the zip file, when I follow the download link I only see

FXP125-cm-9-20120616-UNOFFICIAL-anzu.zip, which I believe is for the ARC, but will this also work for the xperia pro ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] naveen88:
Fxp for iyokan is uploaded in fiberupload download link. PFA screenshot.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
Thanks for the tip
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
if you still have sony logo then you did not flash our kernel !

rom will never boot in this case !
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kamikatze004:
Hey Guys!

I'm running FXP119 on my XperiaPro. I didn't updated to 124 because of the Camera, but now i want to update to Fxp125, because the Camera works.

Do i need to update the Baseband [MK16i_4.1.B.0.431_BB72.ftf]?

And how do i do it?

My baseband: 8x55A-AAABQOAZM-203028D-66

Thanks guys! FreeXperia rocks!

(Im using CM9)

Edit: Just flashed it, Camera didn't work for me!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
Flash provided kernel !
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
hy there I just flashed the FXP 125 and everything went fine, but for some reason, when I restart the device it ask for sim unlock code twice, in two different ways, I can unlock the first one with my pin, but I cant unlock the second one and have to choose dismiss, and now I cant connect to my carrier network.

the screen om stock at writes something like, "pin for unlocking of network"

does anyone know what I can do?

I didn't flash the new radio, could this be it ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Benni:):
Compass seems to be still broken - at least in Google-Maps
[Xperia Arc Android Development] RamEsRock:
Physical hardware backlight leds aren't working.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Silvermatrix:
A nooob Here..

please tell me What To Flash First ..(BaseBand ?)

and What To Secondly ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dexxmor:
First baseband > kernel > rom
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kamikatze004:
1. Flash Baseband (.ftf) via Flashtool

2. Flash Kernel (boot.img from the .zip) via fastboot

3. Flash fxp125.zip via recovery

All right? Then everything will work fine? (=
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cevin333:
Okay, I should have waited. The FXP125 I downloaded today works like a charm. If the battery runtime is as good as everybody says I have finaly found a ROM I realy like. Thx guys!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] goce.nakov:
Panorama camera works?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cevin333:
No, it doesn't. But just about everything else does and I don't care that much about panorama mode.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] KeiranFTW:
At the moment, if we have video recording working, panorama will not work, and I think video recording is more important.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tanwg:
Anyone got Shadowgun working? I could not get it to work.. but seems more like an ICS issue than CM9 issue... but would just like to know if anyone got it working.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kamikatze004:
Installed everything, works fine for me.

BUGS

- Hardware Keyboard Background LED won't work.

- Can't use a SIM with a Pin.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mrlucky16:
did anyone find a fix to the keyboard led lights ?? & i cant change the hw keyb mapping to arabic ... its like remplacing @ with : .... and : with & ... help plz
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
Ran into the exact same things, at the other side, it was no problem changing the layout to danish (Nordic) via CWM and zip-file.

by the way, can anyone tell me if it is possible to export the SE-calender and email client from the official ICS update, since I really liked their way of showing the information.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ameer1234567890:
Here is the link to relevant thread for zip files. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1690889
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
in settings you have an menu specilay designed for this

remaping keyboard layout!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
Yeah I actually found the keyboard changer later on, when I went through the settings menu. But everything works well anyway. Just still missing the backlight.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cevin333:
If I read the changelog correctly and "button light" meens the backlight of all buttons including those on the hw keyboard it will be fixed in FXP126:

CM9.0 RC0

- latest cm 9.0 fixes

- key vibrate fix (ST15/SK17)

- hostpot (R800)

- home key (ST17)

- button light (all affected)

- torch flickering (all affected)

- offline charger (all)

- swap enable (all)

- zram (all)

- recovery usb mount (SK17)

- module cleanup (all)

- accelerometer permission (all)

- compass permission (all)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mrlucky16:
yea its true but the arabic keymap doesnt exist there :/ & i cant find a way to flash it ! cz even when i flash it from the cmw nothing happens ... any1 can help me out ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] okeeblow:
125 is working very well here on an MK16a.

Does anybody have a link for the newest baseband (72?) for MK16a? Ours is running baseband 64, and I might just end up extracting my own from the Sony ICS ftf if somebody else hasn't already.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rec71:
From the first page:

http://uploaded.to/folder/um2ivw

Links to BB72.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] okeeblow:
Yes, with baseband for MK16i. Eveverything I've read warns against flashing MK16i basebands on MK16a lest you lose network access.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ameer1234567890:
Actually it all depends on what Sony has bundled inside the baseband file. The last time I checked, ICS baseband for MK16i (I think it is 72) was working fine on MK16a. However, do not take this as confirmed as I have not done any detailed tests. On another note, there is no harm in flashing a wrong baseband. You can flash the correct one later.

Edit:

This is the ONLY difference between the basebands.

HSDPA 900 / 2100 - MK16i

HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - MK16a

So, unless your operator's HSDPA (3G) does not support 2100 band, there would not be any visible affect. Except US, most other countries use 2100 (and some few 900) band.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] okeeblow:
That's good to know, thanks. I'll give it a shot some time as long as I can flash back to the working baseband I have now.

Edit: replied before your edit

Yeah, I'm in the US on AT&T, so that may be a no-go after all. They use 850/1900 for HSPA. There's an MK16a ICS ROM in this thread (of yours!), though, so I'll try to pull the baseband files out of that after work tonight and flash back to 64 if I'm not successful.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Snoe II:
have a question here ..

sorry to ask ..

but i'm kinda new with the cm9 ..

i actually managed to flash all the file ..

and had it work ..

but later i notice that my wifi MAC address change ..

is it normal ??

thanks in advance ..

:)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] okeeblow:
MK16i_4.1.B.0.431_BB72.ftf seems to work fine on EDGE and 3G on AT&T US, for any fellow MK16a owners.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ameer1234567890:
Yes, it is perfectly normal!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Snoe II:
really ?

thanks ..

:)

if i flash stock rom , then it will change to first one ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ameer1234567890:
I just checked the baseband files inside ftf for ICS and GB. All of them are identical between MK16a and MK16i. Thus, it is obvious that Sony is bundling code/files required for both basebands in any given baseband file. This is of-course, easier for them and less trouble for us users.

One more point supporting the above conclusion is that I have seen no one on the forums having and issue because of flashing a wrong baseband.

PS: Sorry for the off-topic, but this needed to be laid out loud and clear.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nandakalyan:
Few questions...

First up - The best custom ROM (am running CM9 FXP125) I have used on my Pro till now!! All the small and big niceties built into the OS itself eliminating need for additional apps is just great.

1. How do I make volume loud (like the Xloud option)? The DSP manager doesn't seem to do much about the volume levels...tried the Xloud enhancements available in the forum, but they don't seem to impact the volume setting. This is really important to me since I am in noisy environments most of the time, and because of the low speaker volume, I have already missed a few calls/notifications in the last few hours.

2. This one is a weird :confused: issue, could not find any posts similar to this in the forum - When I lock my screen and just leave the phone around, it keeps waking up intermittently and shows the lock screen, turns off again in the next few seconds....have no idea why it does that. I have set screen brightness to 30% and turned off the light sensor, so any help here is much appreciated.

Thanks for the wonderful work already and a big THANK YOU to let you guys know how much we appreciate your work!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
FXP126 released
[Xperia Arc Android Development] miixxii:
FX126 looks fine but still has some small bugs.

-	HW keyboard lights are not working correctly. Lights are lighting once when I setup brightness. After sleep mode hw lights are again not working.

-	panorama mode in camera not working
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
hmn :( was really hoping the keyboard backlight would be fixed, I think ill wait for the next release then. since everything seams to be working nicely on FXP 125
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
well thats a bummer, I actually thought that they did, at least some device specific fixes and changes. but of cause that would take a lot of work I can imagine. so the way you explain make perfectly sense.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Barleyman:
This is a bit light on instructions :D

I assume the "guide" from CM 7.2 is valid. I also probably have to extract the boot.img from the zip separately and flash via flashtool. Ditto for baseband.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Barleyman:
What's with the constant-on kernel wakelock? No wonder battery drain is bad since the phone never sleeps. There's a "mediaserver" in battery, according to betterbatterystats this is "audio in" and a partial wakelock. You're polling user plugging in headphones constantly?

Second wakelock is ironically a power management according to BBS. this is a full wakelock so it keeps phone awake.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cLeAv0:
youtube app does not work.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kamikatze004:
Hey I've got another question.

I use the hardware keyboard to write. (German Layout - QWERTZ).

Ok - LED Background doesn't work but i also want an auto-correct like for the on-screen-keyboard. So that it automatically corrects "Tur" to "Tür" (Replaces a with ä - when needed).

It just underlines "Tur" red and i have to do it manually. Ist there a workaround, fix, etc.:cowboy:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Snoe II:
question guys ...

how to use phonepad instead of qwerty in potrait mode ?

:confused:

since i can't use h/w keyboard because of the backlight problem ..
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Allen Hu:
Xperia keyboard

Anyone knows how to make the xperia keyboard work here???

There is no problem with the old one, but I really like the xperia keyboard much more better. And plus you could use gesture input, so I really want it back!!!

Some people suggest me to install swype, but I still like xperia keyboard better. Anyone who knows how to do this please help me!!!:crying:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] VortexDK:
well I don't know if it covers the function you want but there are some settings for replacing words.

it's located in: Settings -> language and input -> physical keyboard (scroll down)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kamikatze004:
Yeah, i know them, but the didn't solve the problem. but thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikramnm:
OMG Big Issue

In Call mute is not working,:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cLeAv0:
Odd my hardware keyboard lights are working? Lol

*edit*

oh yeah i was using this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695236 sorry :P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
there is an bug in sony bootloader that prevents some kernels to boot

use on cm9 rc1 FXP126 kernel!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Barleyman:
Does skype work properly for everyone else? I have failed to make it work right since updating to CM. Yes, wiped data/dalvik, wiped and reinstalled skype.

Won't login properly and/or receive messages.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikramnm:
In call mute not working

I am currently on FXP 125 flashed kernel and wiped cache before flashing zip.

Is In Call mute option working on FXP 126

Thanks for the help..
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Steven Seagal:
This latest ROM (CM9.0 RC0 FXP126) consumes much less battery?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dexxmor:
Syncing/Wifi seems to be buggy
[Xperia Arc Android Development] beelzeboss666:
I am on CM9, RC1 since yesterday night. Come from 4.04 stock and stock baseband 72. aparat from known issues (no backlight, hdmi etc) everything seems to work well. wifi/3g/bt work very fine. launcher and apps run smoothly so far. great work. Hope that stays stable until official stable release. battery drain seemd to be as similar as with stock 4.04. a pitty that juice defender is not working well at the moment (what is a JD issue not a CM/ICS).

many thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vikramnm:
Smooth..

Just flashed with fxp126 kernel everything works fine but wifi is not turning on...odd any one faces the same issue
[Xperia Arc Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Wipe data, flash again :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] beelzeboss666:
same suggest like preposter. actually it works very well. baseband correct etc? anything strange, too?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Benni:):
Does the compass work correctly for you within Google-Maps?

because mine keeps spinning around.

And Swiftkey3 seems to interfere with the hardware keyboard, as shift and fn seem to "stuck"

(FXP 126)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] beelzeboss666:
I used google navigation yesterday nite, compass & gps worked correctly, no spinning compass. but i am on RC1, not FXP126
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tanwg:
Can someone explain to me what is the difference between FXP's version and the official version? I haven't tried the official one for CM9 but i know that for CM7.2 both official and FXP's version show the FreeXperia Project bootscreen. What's inside also seem to be the same to me.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] beelzeboss666:
I don´t have the link, but there was a blogpost on cyanogenmod who explained this situation cleary. frankly speaking, as far as i remeber, there is no difference.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] khodos:
My compass also spins if I'm not in movement.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jerpelea:
FXP127 released
[Xperia Arc Android Development] RamEsRock:
Still no backlight for keyboard/home/back/menu buttons :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] krish225:
Still no Hardware keyboard backlight :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] GentZu:
fm radio is working?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Splog:
Shame. I take it you both flashed the latest kernel?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] M Junaid:
How to Install??

wen i extracted the CM9 zip file... theres 2 folders "system" n "META-INF"... i jus wanted to knw where to put those folder?? in the fastboot directory or the firmware directory to somewhere else???

Mj
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dexxmor:
You must flash the komplett zip in the CWM, only extract the boot.img and flash it via fastboot.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] M Junaid:
ok mate... thanx for ur help...:good:

gona try this ryt now...

Mj

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one more thing mate... shud i have to flash baseband first or the kernel ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dexxmor:
Flash first the baseband, here a mirror for the xx72 baseband http://min.us/mqy7gaa9M
[Xperia Arc Android Development] M Junaid:
ok thanx mate

Mj
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nagarajsv:
Video playback is not working ( youtube as well as the videos in galary)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Riyal:
To those who uses CM9. Anybody wanna check the files in

/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/ using either a filemanager or terminal?

Would like to know the contents I might help solve the keyboard backlight. (I need those files while keyboard is open)

Also if anybody is willing to share the latest kernel. Will try to look into some of the problems myself.

Also for video playback. Anybody willing to see if /dev/video* exists? I'm not sure what's the exact file in there but I'm sure it should start with video. On stock ROM it's /dev/video20
[Xperia Arc Android Development] coxicomans:
hello, i've checked this file. it appears to be a lot of folder and sub folder infinite.

i explain:

/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/ after you have a folder named subsystem, you enter the folder and you have the thame than before etc....

so you can have /sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/subsystem/keyboard-backlight/subsystem//keyboard-backlight/subsystem/keyboard-backlight/subsystem/keyboard-backlight/subsystem/keyboard-backlight/subsystem/ ....

i don't know if it'a a es file explorer bug, or a firmware bug

you have the same problem with other folder.

there are 134203 files and 39878 folder in keyboard-backlight folder an it weights 384,64MB !!!!!!!

i've tried with astro and the same problem appears !
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Riyal:
Hi! Could you pack the whole backlight folder for me? Or just ignore the subsystem folder I need to see those values

Also if you change the value of

/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/brightness

to 255 and save it does the keyboard backlight work?

if you have terminal or on adb you could do that by typing the command

echo 255 > /sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/brightness

as root or just edit it using any file manager with root feature

this one is just normal. That folder is a shortcut to it's previous folder so it's just an infinite loop of paths :p
[Xperia Arc Android Development] coxicomans:
Ok i have done what you said, that works. But i need change rights to rwx everywhere otherwise the value 255 not saved. But when i reboot, the value is 0 even if i put the rights like before and then, the keyboard doesn't work again.

2nd problem, the keyboard is always on even if the screen is off and even if i push on/off button

How can i zip the full folder i can only do that from my mk16i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lurkerPL:
Waiting for keyboard backlight on rom, no rom flash until then ;]
[Xperia Arc Android Development] char101:
There is a service app that handles keyboard open/close event and modify the brightness value in

/sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/

here

https://bitbucket.org/Gottox/keyboardled/src/81f22a75b697/bin
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Riyal:
That's exactly the problem! ;) Congrats you found it :D

Now all I need is the FXP127 kernel and I think I will be able to fix the keyboard backlight issue.

Or if you guys wanna do it yourself Just decompile the kernel and alter the ramdisk

Edit

init.semc.rc & init.rc

set the proper permissions or give correct ownership on the brightness.

On default stock ROM it was done using this line.

chown system system /sys/class/leds/keyboard-backlight/brightness
[Xperia Arc Android Development] coxicomans:
ok it's become difficult for me, i'm not a dev ;)

so i've mp you the kernel pour mk16i

thank you for your help. tell us if you find the problem

good luck

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it's for milestone 2

does it works on mk16i ICS cm9?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] char101:
No, it force closed, but it did make the backlight on/off before FC.

Looking at the source, I think there's nothing model specific about it. The algorithm is simple, listen to keyboard pulled out event, then set brightness to 255. Listen to keyboard pulled in event, then set brightness to 0.

EDIT: The app works. After installing the apk, run the app, set to enabled and restart the phone. The keyboard backlight is on when the keyboard is out and off when the keyboard is in. But running the application front end causes it to FC, but other that that, it works.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] coxicomans:
Ok i prefer wait thank you for the link
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Barleyman:
There's no EXT4FS support? Does ICS ultimate kernel work properly with CM9?

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Can't you get it from their github site? These guys seem to have issues with anyone else building their source, though..
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Dexxmor:
Here the Pdroid patch, for FXP127 http://ubuntuone.com/1rFVT0UsoBnEVGK8iDcnPu flash via Recovery and download this from the play store : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid&hl=de