yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Features:

Complete rebuild from scratch

Deodexed ROM

ScrollCache disabled much smoother

Lot of ICS specific tweaks is added (More than 6 to 7 different init.d tweaks)

Removed some more junk apps

Custom Host files and updated

WiFi Modules by zdzihu

Zipaligned for better Memory management

Applied SuperCharger script to services.jar for stability

Battery % Mod added

Complied new GPU drivers (HD Games works without lags)

Got rid of CPU rendering (egl)

Enabled tile rendering

Qualcomm specific tweaks added

Improved Scrolling FPS (By adjusting SurfaceFlinger)

Loopy Smoothness Tweak by st@matis (works only with SE Home Launcher)

Noatime and Nodiratime flags to save battery and CPU cycles

New SuperCharger script added by Default (haven't removed the routine so you can change it)

SQLite Database optimization

Note: I'm not responsible for any bricked phones .. test it upon your risk.

Steps:

1, Copy the package to SD card

2, Flash Kernel from any one of these thread

[ARC/ARC S] DooMKernel

[ARC/ARC S] Advanced Stock Kernel - This Kernel is Recommended seems to be more stable with this ROM

[Kernel][Arc S] Stock ICS Beta Kernel with CWM 5.5.0.

Note: If your DooMKernel you might experience some graphics glitches since it's based on ICS Alpha Kernel.

3, Go into Recovery

4 Wipe everything (system, cache, etc...)

5, Flash the ROM

6, Reboot the device

This package is customized for Xperia Arc

Change Log:

Release Candidate 2

1, Fixed the crashing in some Kernel
2, Updated the Market to Google Play Store
3, Few bug fixed

Release Candidate 1

1, Complete rebuild from scratch
2, Deodexed ROM - (There were about 8 frameworks that was odex)
3, Scroll Cache disabled much smoother
4, Lot of ICS specific tweaks is added (More than 6 to 7 different init.d tweaks)
5, Removed some more junk apps
6, Custom Host files and updated sqllite files and libraries
7, WiFi Modules by zdzihu - (I didn't notice much differences though)
8, Zipaligned for better Memory management
9, Applied SuperCharger script to services.jar for stability
10, Battery % Mod added

Beta3
Removed few junk apps like Timescale, Widgets etc.

Beta2

Initial release based on Official Sony's beta based on 4.1.C.0.7
Few tweaked added

Xperia Mod™ v1 [Stable] | [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/?usa5s893pmq28hb"]MediaFire Mirror

[/URL]

Patch for Arc S

Older version:

Xperia Mod™ ICS RC1

Xperia Mod Beta 3(Lite version)

Additional Patch for Arc S

Xperia Mod Beta 2

Facts:

Baseband version 56 or 58or 64 is recommended

You need the latest version of Titanium backup to restore the apps

Google Chrome doesn't work from Market. Try the patched version from here I didn't patch it. Credit for original poster

Having some Lagging issue? Reduce the Windows Animation to .5x from 1x

Thanks to DoomLord, Diamond666, cobrato, doomed151, zeppelinrox, Eybee, Pikachu, GadgetCheck, BrainMaster, AndroidON, zdzihu, st@matis, iPwn and Wolfbreak
[Xperia Arc Android Development] davibs:
Can't wait ! :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] le_manhpro:
Hi !

Pls PM Me, when you are done :D tks
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Done. .....
[Xperia Arc Android Development] liti15:
pls pm me

Please pm me i want to install this thnx
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tiltyu:
anyone succeeded in booting?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Not sure .. One user reported it's stuck at boot "Xperia" screen.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Project on hold till tomorrow ..
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
I would love to test... But I think i will wait for the official release... And then wait for your mod :-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Released...!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] davibs:
Wich Tweaks?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Network tweaks, 3G, dalvik tweaks, Performance etc.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] davibs:
I will install this when we can have Overclock with the kernel :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Nope until cobrato implement it we can't overclock or we have to wait till DoomLord releases his version.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cthulhu501:
Excellent news :) I'm going to trying this ;) I must wait until my phone is fully charged.

I hope you make a version without bloatware.

Nova launcher works fine on ICS Beta

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&feature=search_result
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Flo95:
What would happen if I install it without wiping my data?

I hate setting everything up again :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
It should be fine ... I haven't applied any script to wipe data. But backup the data before you apply it.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
oh well... what the.... i will try it :D my superuser in v6 failed anyways.. even with the fix... so lets go :D thanks mate.

now i have it installed.. works okay... :) no superuser fail at least...

a few minor fixes wanted :D

1) additional fix for arc s... (just for the view of it)

2) a little more free ram would be nice... mine uses over 200mb when i just installed it.

but i dont know if you can use your tweaks from the beta in the final version... so i can live with it if it is to much of a hassle :) but works great.. and thanks for the fast posting :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] le_manhpro:
work for me:D, but wifi is very weak and unstable, pls fixx it's :eek: up too much ram:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lunn84:
i can't install. when i flash it notice that " Installation aborted" Anyone could help me? Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Make sure you use the correct Kernel and Wipe everything.

@Other .. Does anyone know that is the memory usage of stock ICS ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lunn84:
Hi ShyamSasi, I use the stock ICS Beta Kernal from this page and I also wipe everything. My baseband is 66. Is it okay? :confused:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Check if you flash other packages. Does it say install it aborted anyother errors? Try to remove the battery and put it back and go into Recovery and try to flash again.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
It is quite slow... And some things are stupid made by sony... Example.. When the keyboard is up it shows in the top bar..

I would love an status bar like in the other mod :-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lunn84:
I got it. Thank u so much. Have good day ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Flo95:
Is it usable as a daily driver or not in your opinion?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
It's difficult I think because I was trying to deodex some files for tweaking and it gave me hell finally gave up. I have to wait until someone figures it out.

But it's pretty stable for me not very slow. Yeah I agree about the Keyboard thing I didn't like that either. But i'm testing a private version with few widgets, Timescale etc. removed
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
No problem :-) i know it will take some time to make it good :-) mine does not laag now but i will love to get it tweaked :-)

Do you have any changes planned?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Not now ... As if now I'm just to make it smooth and less lag so we can use it daily. I'll start tweaking once the official version comes out. I'll upload a version with few junks apps striped out
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
Sounds great... I have used it for some hours now and sometimes mine just stops... That could be nice to be without...

But you are doing a great job... :-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ronyscomparim:
works well for me however present LT15i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
If you're using Arc S I have just upload an additional package.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ronyscomparim:
what link?

---------- Post added at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:33 PM ----------

found thank you!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Your Welcome mate.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ronyscomparim:
exists for battery icons with percentage?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Try add in later release.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Beta 3 released. Nothing special just couple of junk apps remove. It takes about 2 reboot for all the tweaks to kick in.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] lunn84:
Hi ShyamSasi , can u add reboot option mod on the next update. I'm updating to Beta3....Many thanks :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ExterminalPT:
Add reboot option mod in beta 3 plz
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cthulhu501:
Works fine for me.

Thanks for your work :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
Seems like it was swiftkey being the reason for laags...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Thanks for reporting back mate.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] 36VAN:
Thanks for the hard work!

I installed chrome beta from market and when I opened the app, it said

"Chrome is not supported for your version of Android.

Version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is the minimal supported version."

Does anyone know what goes wrong? Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
maybe because this is 4.0 beta.. not official,,;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Boywunda44:
The latest update for Chrome made it so that it only works on official google approved builds. It doesn't even work on any CM9 builds at the moment.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
I don't remember who posted thing but here http://www.mediafire.com/?4df8r5djnahde60 this version should work but it's not worth it 43 MB after installation.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ArmorD:
Looks good to me. Do you have a list of working/non-working functions?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Most of the functions but you can report any issues.

Sent from my LT15i using Xperia MOD
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ArmorD:
Super, I'll try it tomorrow.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
After hours it has begun to almost stop again ... Mostly when using the market. Performance is really poor... And i have an arc s... :'(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
Hey ShyamSasi,

testing this new great rom, works well:cool:

a TT back-up doesn't work on this Rom, so had to install all my apps fresh:D

anyone else got this problem?

Also;

Could you implement

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1295254

Ulta 2vb power widgets?

can this work on 4.03?

and

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1432483

this theme..+> can this work on 4.0.3?

and a fancy lockscreen would be great..

Good work

:rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nasos95:
Hello guys :)

With the stock beta ROM by SE, I have a problem that I can't find Google Goggles in the Market. But when I used this ROM for only a bit( because it performed very slow for me) it could find it.

Could somebody please provide me with a build.prop of the LT15i with which I will be able to find Goggles in the Market?

I would appreciate it. Thank you very much in advance ^_^
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
Is it just me or does it not always save the settings??? Text size, Max background apps etc
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
There is a trick. Open Market in the your PC and search for Google Goggles

Make sure Internet is connected on your device

Then on desktop click on Install and select the device

Google Goggles will download automatically on your phone and install it.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nasos95:
It says in the Market(on PC) that this item is not compatible with my device.... :/
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Wow that's weird because I just installed it. There is no build.prop modification required for that one. :confused: Let me check something.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nasos95:
But I am not in your ROM ShyamSasi...

I am in the stock ICS beta by SE...

That's why I think I cannot download it...

(When I was in your rom, I could...

But now that I returned to the stock, it just doesn't find it, and on PC it says it is incompatible..)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] hesamodin:
weather widget for this rom please.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] everb00b:
is there a status bar toggles and battery %?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rustynuts34:
@ Duvel999;23019983 Hey ShyamSasi,

testing this new great rom, works well:cool:

a TT back-up doesn't work on this Rom, so had to install all my apps fresh:D

anyone else got this problem?

I did until I installed the latest version of titanium then it worked ok
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Yup old version of Titanium backup doesn't work. You need the latest version of Market.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
how about

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1295254

Ulta 2vb power widgets?

and a fancy lockscreen would be great..
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
Not yet... :-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Updated the OP with few tips.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
I have to contact the creator of that mod.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] estuardo4:
Hello. I don't have the latest version for Titanium Backup. However, I restored all my apps with this old version with no problems (4.6 I believe).

Great ROM. Thank you very much. It is really really fast.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Thanks for the feedback. ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
i was just thinking... there is enough space for the ROM...

to save the space for the user memory... could you add maps... in the system apps.. :)

everyone uses maps from time to time... just a suggestion :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
I want to make the ROM as lite as possible so I removed these program coz you can download them from Market. If you want i'll try to make like an additional package with few removed applications like Timescale, Facebook, Maps etc.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
I was just thinking maps since almost everyone use it... But i would hate the other apps :'(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Ok let me see what I can do. ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
thanks alot :)

btw. now i am using doomkernel v2 for the ICS beta... i have had 2x random reboots in one hour without overclock... have any of you experienced this ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] estuardo4:
Yes I have. And I couldn't use wifi, even after I installed the modules in recovery. I believe this ROM is not compatible with Doom's v02 kernel for ICS beta. I use the one posted by cobrato and everything runs as it should.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
That kernel is based on ICS Alpha it's not recommended
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
I will flash back to stock kernel then :-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] estuardo4:
Our use cobrato's. Just to have a kernel with recovery included. Works really fine.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sinkster:
Been using dooms kernel with Z's rom, no reboot. I'll try this rom later(it's on my sd)

sinkster©
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Doom's Advance Stock is good but the Overclocked one has issues.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
Well i am back to xperia mod v7... It is super fast... I had too many laags with the ics one... Will try again when it gets better :-)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kenjichui:
i found the home button not working.

seems like can only use the back button to go back to the previous page.

pls advise. tks.

LT15I
[Xperia Arc Android Development] wilsonchuchu:
Working on Neo v?

Find me at Gtalk

Gmail:find at pm
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
any update's about the mod?

are there any powerwidgets who work in ICS?

;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Nothing yet mate .. I believe he is still trying to port them.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
thx. hope he gets it right.

really miss that great mod

using this rom now for 2 days wit dooms stock kernel & apex launcher

works well

some small lags, no spont. reboots.

further no problems

good work

;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Silverstarjigar:
port this for play....
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Sorry Mate I don't have a device to test :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
New version will release tomorrow. Currently in testing phase.

1, Complete rebuild from scratch

2, Lot of ICS specific tweaks is added (More than 6 to 7 different init.d tweaks)

3, Removed some more junk apps

4, Much smoother than previous build

5, Around 190 MB of free RAM

6, Custom Host files and updated sqllite files and libraries

7, WiFi Modules by zdzihu - (I didn't notice much differences though)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
Great.. can't wait ..LOL:D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] finbaar:
Oh bum. I was hoping to stick with your 2.3 ROM. I tried v3 of this and found it a bit laggy but this sounds too tempting. ICS all the way and never mind all the jobs Mrs finbaar has got lined up.

Cheers ShyamSasi.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
I think i Will try the ICS again :-D. With stock kernel this time :-P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
I been working on this for sometime now. It's a major Updated lot of changes. I managed to Deodex ROM it's theme friendly now, applied smoothness fixes and applied SuperCharger script to services.jar for more stability. Also disabled the Scroll cache for smooth scrolling. It's should a lot smoother now.

Uploading the ROM now.

1, Complete rebuild from scratch

2, Deodexed ROM - (There were about 8 frameworks that was odex)

3, Scroll Cache disabled much smoother

4, Lot of ICS specific tweaks is added (More than 6 to 7 different init.d tweaks)

5, Removed some more junk apps

6, Custom Host files and updated sqllite files and libraries

7, WiFi Modules by zdzihu - (I didn't notice much differences though)

8, Zipaligned for better Memory management

9, Applied SuperCharger script to services.jar for stability

10, Battery % Mod added

Thanks:

Eybee, Pikachu, GadgetCheck, BrainMaster, AndroidON and zdzihu
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Link is up and running. :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
it says that the file is bad... am i the only one this unlucky ?

edit: the recovery has difficulties with my 32GB sd card... with an 8GB it is no problem...sorry for saying the file is bad :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] scorpionSE:
going to flash it now =)=)=)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
The downloaded file? When does it get the error?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
when i tried to install the zip file.... i used a smaller sd card and then it worked... but... now after alle the optimizations all the processes stops... so cant get any further... will try another kernel..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520518

by using that one it works... but the one you linked does not work :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
installed succesfull after 2-3 times, gonna test it

:cool:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] nagarajsv:
Hey , nice work ...

I installed ur rom without any issues...

The UI is much smoother :)

But the apps are taking ages to load :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
It takes time to cache each apps. But I believe it should be better once it's loaded once.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
problems here, doesn't run good here:cool:

needs some testing, I believe
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
after trying it for a little while i must say.

it is alot better than before.. even though i still get total slowdowns.. (like the CPU goes to 1xxmHz..)

the battery life is not very good... but i hope future kernels will help with this :)

what i really miss... is the status bar.. how is it going with that? i hate going in to all settings to turn on data etc.

but other than that i must say.. good job... it works so much better than before. thanks alot.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] slimmer2:
It's very smooth and no lags after 25 minutes in use,

I like your Rom
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Andre1178:
Has anyone else problems with Facebook Calendar sync? there is always error message when syncronize.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] S L A Y E R:
can you pls update the kernel that support AD2SDX like doomkernel but its buggy
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bladesuk1:
i've done a full wipe (including dalvik cache), am running baseband 64, and the stock ics kernel, but when the initialisation completes, i get a pop-up saying 'unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped.' if i clear it by clicking 'ok' it just keeps coming back.

i'm going to try pulling the rom down again in case it's gone wrong somewhere along the way, but just thought you ought to know.

EDIT: no, no difference. kernel in use is "Stock ICS beta kernel with CWM 5.5.0.4" for what it's worth, and i'm on an arc s (and yes, i've applied the arc s patch, too).
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
Use the kernel that i link to in a previous post... It works :-D i had the same problem
[Xperia Arc Android Development] starsunali:
any mirror plz ? link is down and too slow:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] bladesuk1:
no, the advanced stock kernel that you linked to also had exactly the same effect. maybe this release just doesn't like my phone? ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] oojjii:
Hi,

I did everything in the instruction.

Baseband 56 and I'm using Stock ICS Beta Kernel with CWM 5.5.0.

I wiped everything and clean flashed. But after Xperia Logo It says

Everything has stopped. And keep saying it for everything. com.android.process has stopped etc.. and it is spamming so i can't use phone. What did i miss ?

Best Regards.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SS4Serebii:
Can you add some ScreenShots aswell?

Will be helpful

Thanks :)

Base android is ICS Beta right?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Duvel999:
I also encounterd these problems =>

i've done a full wipe (including dalvik cache), am running baseband 64, and the stock ics kernel, but when the initialisation completes, i get a pop-up saying 'unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped.' if i clear it by clicking 'ok' it just keeps coming back.

tried several kernels, nothing worked..

:(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] doomed151:
I've got the same problem. Once it boots, everything FCs such as com.sonyericsson.customization and com.android.phone.

Baseband 64 using stock kernel + CWM.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SS4Serebii:
Same problem

Once it boots, everything crashes

com.sonyericsson.customization

com.android.phone

on Baseband 64 and AdvancedStock kernel
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
That is weird.. Mine works with the advanced kernel but not the ones that is linked... Could you others try my link in a previous post ?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] HellRoot:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1520518

[KERNEL][ARC/ARC S] Advanced Stock (recovery+init.d) [Rel:v01][Dt:28/FEB][FW:ICSBeta]

This one... Hope it works for you also... Works for me.. I had same problems as you guys
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Hmmm this is really weird ... I'll check the files again. :confused: I was testing out some trial versions maybe that got messed up with my Upload manager I used. I'll upload the files again in MediaFire and see if that version works.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] .redber.:
I also had same problems as you guys

Once it boots, everything crashes: com.sonyericsson.customization, com.android.phone, ...

But with [KERNEL][ARC/ARC S] Advanced Stock (recovery+init.d) [Rel:v01][Dt:28/FEB][FW:ICSBeta] ALL WORK OK in my ARC with Baseband -56.

Highly optimized internal memory and rom memory.

Much smoother. Works very fine for me.

Thanks for your work.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] cthulhu501:
Work with the kernel above.

But i've problems with applications. I can use only 100 mb of my internal card, after it say "incorrect package"
[Xperia Arc Android Development] paulinodf:
Even with the kernel above, didn't work in my arc s
[Xperia Arc Android Development] ShyamSasi:
For those who have issue flash this hotfix after applying the ROM before the first boot.

Hotfix for ICS
[Xperia Arc Android Development] julio_ton:
Still does not work :(

LT18a BB64 stockkernel+cwm5