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[Xperia Arc General] MetaBolic0:
I install this way and works great. The only problem is i that handcent sms don´t show contacts photos that are sync on facebook :(

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FOR SOLVE THE PHOTO PROBLEMS IN GOSMS OR HANDECENT SMS USE THIS FIX
[Xperia Arc General] hollytom:
yes you have right, but 4.0.3 its "beta" i wait on upgrade to 4.0.4
[Xperia Arc General] sblar:
If ever!
[Xperia Arc General] arc_u:
Take a look here guys

http://blogs.sonymobile.com/product...ream-sandwich-rollout-for-xperia-smartphones/
[Xperia Arc General] frankie99969:
good news for everyone but play users, i would be pissed if i was them right now
[Xperia Arc General] gerickjohn:
Indeed, all that hype for nothing for them. I for one am very excited, basicly, My 1 year warranty on my Arc expires when the official ICS update gets released, hopefully the said bugs on this thread are all fixed.
[Xperia Arc General] bashar.enjarini:
It seems it will come very soon, what is your saying on releasing 4.0.4 for all xperia 2011.
[Xperia Arc General] nitzero:
I am having major issues with my Xperia Arc S after upgrading to ICS yesterday with a factory reset, most of them are listed here but I'm probably going back to GB:

* Sometimes I can't answer a call, the phone glitches the notification and lock buttons

* The phone is really slow to open basic apps such as the phone dialpad itself, camera, gallery, keyboard or even the calculator! Everything is a lot slower.

* Many games that used to run fine no longer works and others are really laggy such as Temple Run, the touch screen is responsive but the game freezes all the time

* Camera quality is worse compared to GB

* Wifi signal is worse for some reason, I can't even browse the web at places I used to just fine with GB

On the plus side the battery lasts a lot longer, I only need to recharge it every couple of days of average use but the phone is really choppy now, it was supposed to be an upgrade but it now feels like those cheap phones that can barely run Android.
[Xperia Arc General] sblar:
I had the same experience and went back to gb. Maybe I'll try again when 4.0.4 is out.

How can you tell that you only need to charge every other day if you upgraded yesterday? ;-)
[Xperia Arc General] ang1000:
xperia arc ics will be roll out starting next week.

Sent from my Xperia S running Google Android 1.5 Cupcake
[Xperia Arc General] nitzero:
I meant 3-4 days ago with "yesterday" hahaha.

But seems like something to do with the wifi because GB would drain really quick with wifi on and last about the same with it completely disabled, wifi energy saving was probably bogus.
[Xperia Arc General] chandoliasnikos:
I used this method yesterday and upgraded and everything seems to work great so far. No lags, the apps open fast, the dialer works great. The only problem (if it's a problem, I'm not sure) is the battery, it seems to drain a bit faster than GB, but it's only the second day and I'll wait for a few days, maybe after 3-4 full charges the problem will be solved. I'll try Supercharger now. So far, so good.
[Xperia Arc General] nerevarine0201:
Let's try shantusingh's step with upcoming 4.0.4 ICS update.

Hopefully this will be much better than last 4.0.3
[Xperia Arc General] boyq:
I would like to quote my post.

My Question:

-Any Arc/Arc S user/s here who have debranded their phones via Flashtool(flashing another firmware region),Wotan,or editing their build.prop?

-Did you return to your original phone branding after updating to ICS 4.0.3/4.0.4?
[Xperia Arc General] nit3wolf:
+1 fo this question. Can anyone confirm this?
[Xperia Arc General] xtacy!:
Now that 4.0.4 is out for the arc, I'd like to hear about the user experience.

How is it compared to 4.0.3? Better than GB?

It's got a new baseband too .72; better than .70?

Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Arc General] Morpheus90:
I did it editing my build.prop and flashing a different firmware with flashtool, too.

No, the firmware SEUS or PC Companion flashes depends from the CDF in the build.prop file, not the SWID contained in the default.prop.

It returns to the original brand firmware only if you change the CDF to the original one.
[Xperia Arc General] nit3wolf:
You meant CDA, right?
[Xperia Arc General] Morpheus90:
Yes, CDA == CDF ;)
[Xperia Arc General] boyq:
So you can confirm that the 4.0.4 update roll out is still reading the CDA values in your build.prop? If that's the case, Sony is just releasing SIs instead of CDAs then to cover up which country/region/brand already got the update. That way, they can somehow prevent people from other regions from changing their CDAs to get the updates meant for another country/region/brand. So, it's just for bandwidth control then.

EDIT: Also for people who only know how to open their battery cover?:p
[Xperia Arc General] Croudy:
I flashed 4.0.4 to my Arc yesterday. My Arc was on 4.0.3 (ICS for Arc S) and it was very laggy and unsmooth.

With the new ICS it was much better. The homescreen is very smooth, the whole feeling with this update is great!

Now I wait for an easy working rooting method, in order to kill 25 - 30 junk apps...
[Xperia Arc General] duridian:
If you have an unlocked bootloader, then rooting by recovery is the easiest way.

See tutorial in the first post of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1330314
[Xperia Arc General] zezoassiri:
Guys please answer me

I want to try ICS update that recently released but what i see here there is a lot of bugs and problems

the question is : Can I go back to GB without any problems ?? for example 0% pattery problem or any kind of problem ???
[Xperia Arc General] duridian:
Yes, provided you go back to a firmware which is 2.3.4. The 0% battery issue occurs if you downgrade to older firmwares running on 2.3.3, 2.3.2 etc.

I myself have downgraded from ICS to the following Sony firmwares without any problems encountered:

LT15i 4.0.2.A.0.42 Generic Global World (Gingerbread 2.3.4)

LT15i 4.0.2.A.0.62 Generic Global World (Gingerbread 2.3.4)

N.B. If you have a locked bootloader

then you should downgrade only to the 0.42 firmware.

This is because it is

not

possible to root the 0.62 firmware on a locked bootloader.

So for locked bootloader the recommended procedure is to downgrade first to the 0.42 and root that firmware. (see here for how to root)

Once you have got the 0.42 rooted you can then use the OTA update from Sony to upgrade to the 0.62. The OTA will keep the phone rooted and you will then have a phone with locked bootloader, but with a rooted version of the latest official Gingerbread firmware.
[Xperia Arc General] buzzinkeegs:
not a dev but tried this flashed 404 lt 15i no root fklashed only kernal from 403 used thr root 403 package root fone on locked bootloader root explorer working recovery instaled via naa cwm instaler remove bloat ware / unwanted apps flash kernal back from 404 only no wipe user data etc =) not a perminant solution but 1 that works
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
Is it just me or did Sony remove the notification light for SMS messages in 4.0.4?

Whenever I get a SMS, the light no longer blinks. When I go into the SMS settings page, I don't see an option to enable it (could have sworn it was there in 4.0.3).

Anyone else?
[Xperia Arc General] madelarbo:
hello

when will be the ICE CREAM SANDWICH update to be release? i don't like the rooted one..

HTC DESIRE S user :)
[Xperia Arc General] xtacy!:
What are you talking about??!! o_O

The official ICS 4.0.4 is already rolling out for Xperia 2011 lineup.

If you don't want root, then don't root it.

Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Arc General] buzzinkeegs:
lol yer wat he said ??? dont like the rooted 1 lol that will keep me laughing for a while
[Xperia Arc General] morenoro:
:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Xperia Arc General] xtacy!:
And you might want to check out the HTC Desire S forums. I think you might have strayed a bit too far. LOL! :D
[Xperia Arc General] duridian:
Xperia arc rom on a Desire S. Umm. yeah, rooting is the cause of the problem. :rolleyes:

Sensation XE users will have similar problems with the rooted Xperia S rom next month. LOL :D
[Xperia Arc General] chandoliasnikos:
I have a question for any Greek Arc S owner: is the 4.0.4 an OTA update or only through SEUS or PCcompanion? I'm on stock 4.0.3, with root and I read in a greek tech forum that Neo V owners updated OTA, keeping root. Has anyone yet updated?
[Xperia Arc General] spidermoon:
I'm on 4.0.3 and don't see this setting, only notification status bar, sound and vibrate, nothing about notification light.
[Xperia Arc General] nacho_libre:
I have a LT18a with unlocked bootloader. Can I flash the 4.0.4 Global 1254-2184 for LT18i on it? I can't find the .ftf for lt18a anywhere (1254-0639).
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
Yes you can load it onto your LT18a. Have you tried updating using PCC or SEUS as I see that 4.0.4 has been released for the LT18a.
[Xperia Arc General] nacho_libre:
I've tried and it doesn't work. SEUS says that the phone uses altered firmware and can't repair or update it...

I only asked about the lt18a and lt18i firmware because I know there's some difference in the radio for the US version, and I was afraid I would get some signals problems.
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
It won't affect the radios at all. I was running the ICS 4.0.3 for the LT18i on LT15a and I was still getting 3G here in Canada.
[Xperia Arc General] JRBT24:
Not Satisfied

I updated mine and I immediately felt the slowness compared to GB. That became the reason for me to discover things like rooting and unlocking.

I am now happily running Arconium ICS 2.4 on ArcKnight Kernel, and my Arc S is now significantly faster ;)
[Xperia Arc General] Lusterboi:
Just upgraded from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 yesterday following a official upgrade notice from PC Companionship. Right after the upgrade was done, I did a immediate repair to reset phone to completely new setting. Very smooth and fast in my opinion and free rams are running around 168-170 now compared to 100-130 in 4.0.3. Will use it for a couple of days and come back with more feedbacks. Non rooted by the way, pure stock.

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anybody noticed that on 4.0.4 when you first open the camera app, it makes weird beeping noises? and then if you make any change in settings, it will make that noise again? or is it just me?
[Xperia Arc General] SFU11:
yes me too.. but its look like 'click' sound.

maybe its related to auto focus camera.
[Xperia Arc General] sanandreas12:
any1 got problem with playing games ? it freeze every 30s ingame,but don't crash,after about 10s freeze i can resume the game :confused:every game :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] hungragezone:
I used MooDeD 80.7 with DooM Kernel baseband 70 and 4.0.4 works perfectly
[Xperia Arc General] memoHDCV:
I just got ICS 4.0.4 on my LT15i so I haven't tested all the issues i saw in the other posts here but in my case the first problem I saw is that in 4.1.B.0.431 Generic World FR there is a LOT of trash Apps, so I rooted my ARC and installed Titanium backup so I could uninstall all the trash apps but with some Apps (like Let's Golf, or TrackID) Titanium says "Failed to locate apk file", so i'm not able to uninstall certains trash apps so I want to know if its just me or if some one knows the reason, and if someone knows how i can uninstall them.

Sorry for my english.
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Titanium will not work anymore, use root explorer and delete the pesky apps in vendor/app/ :p:p:cool:
[Xperia Arc General] God_:
Same were , and xperia 4.0.4 problem , Neo and Ray the same problem..:(
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
Works fine on my arc S running the 4.0.4 update - removed the junk without complaint.
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
That is because in the Arc S 4.0.4, all bloat is located in the system/app. There is nothing in the /vendor directory.

For the Arc, there are quite a few .apk files in the vendor/app directory.
[Xperia Arc General] memoHDCV:
Actually, when I wasn't able to uninstall the apps with Titanium I used Root Explorer and found the apps in the vendor folder so I deleted them as datagubben said but the apps are still installed and using space, it's not much space but with the low Memory of the Arc, I would prefer not to waste that space. :P

Regards
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Maybe you did some mistake? Cause when I delete from vendor/app/ the apps are gone. But there are also some apps in system/app that you can remove. ;)
[Xperia Arc General] memoHDCV:
Maybe you're right :D , it's just that the first time I deleted the Let's Golf app vía Root Explorer but when I saw the apps menú it still was there and I was able to run it, I flashed my phone again and this time it worked deleting the app ... the only diference is that I frozen all the apps in TB before unintall them, but I cannot say it was the solution, so maybe as you said the first time I did something wrong. xD

THANKS!!!

And sorry for my english. :P
[Xperia Arc General] zed011:
When I try to open google chrome it says that it does not support this version of android. Does anyone else get that problem?
[Xperia Arc General] buzzinkeegs:
do u mean chrome beta if u do that works fine on the arc
[Xperia Arc General] noob from Serbia:
is this problem also present in arc with 4.0.4???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewNHqRSO8Y

video is sucks...
[Xperia Arc General] buzzinkeegs:
it seems to be on mine if i try to pan too quickly but slow sturdy movemnts are ok if i went too fast the it would look to have jump frame almost
[Xperia Arc General] enrique71:
Yep - Definately not working in 4.0.4 - Lightflow, the app I use to control my LED notifications is not working. Several others on 4.0.4 report the same problem.

I'm going back to 4.0.3 - LED's not working is a deal breaker for me!! :mad:
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
Yes it is if you have video stabilization set to ON. Disable it and you will get better results.
[Xperia Arc General] noob from Serbia:
when you say "better" that means still not like a video from GB? or its on the pair with gingerbread?

cheers
[Xperia Arc General] bigdirtyjase:
I think it's tempermental...I did a test SMS send to my phone and saw the light flash but that was it (normally it blinks) even the LED notifications for Facebook is not working...

I wonder why it's not enabled??
[Xperia Arc General] frankie99969:
anyone know if the responsible people for this update are working today? In the uk today and tomorrow are public holidays...
[Xperia Arc General] blackhats:
I'm already upgraded my LT15i with 4.0.4 Generic France firmware but why the UI isn"t smooth like on this video??

[YOUTUBE]Obm14iKWvYM[/YOUTUBE]

do anyone have smooth UI like that??
[Xperia Arc General] Croudy:
Yes, my arc is as smooth as it is in this video.
[Xperia Arc General] blackhats:
Could.you explain how do you update your Arc to 4.0.4??

Before updating,i'm already formatted my MicroSD,wipe cache and data,but still not smooth as it
[Xperia Arc General] Croudy:
I deleted the SD Card completly, after that I flashed 4.0.4 with Flashtool 0.8 with wiping cache and data.

I runs as smooth as you can see then. I had to flash it some times more, because I tried to root it. After every flash it was smooth.
[Xperia Arc General] buzzinkeegs:
quick question befor i updated to ics 4.0.4 on the arc i was running the ics beta for the arc s and on the facebook for android app when i went to view my profile it displayed my full timeline like the cover pic plus my profile pic and now it doesnt just the profile pic is it normal pls any 1 know
[Xperia Arc General] ^eLipS#:
Today I got option to do official update to 4.0.4 on my Arc S, but I'm still waiting for some good rooting method (DoomLord please help :D), because I don't wanna flash my phone. Hope some good rooting method will be available soon!

P.S. Since I already rooted my Arc S on 4.0.3, is it possible that root will stay if I update to 4.0.4?
[Xperia Arc General] Jabe:
I flashed the Mobitel - Slovenian version of 4.04 ICS on my phone and have a little bit of a problem. The ringer volume is LOUD. Even when set on minimum (the next stage is mute). Is this a problem with all ICS versions (specially interested in generic world) or just this one.
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
I get that too now on 4.0.4 but I believe it is a FB thing on their end. This starting happening to me ever since their last app update which was on May 31st.
[Xperia Arc General] jools2001:
Noticed that since upgrading to ICS

After suffering the annoying Singtel apps on my phone

when i delete them now, they dont automatically download

themselves again, as they did on earlier software versions

anyone know if Sony have purposly changed the software to allow this,

because if they have,this will save me the bother of having to root the phone

as i previously had to, to get rid of the bloatware?:D
[Xperia Arc General] elnitrox:
is it really worth it upgrading to ics?

gb for is just fine..

is there a big difference?

im 50 / 50 on upgrading i don't wanna regret it later like downgrading again

but having something new in your phone is really refreshing..
[Xperia Arc General] bradgh:
i dwongrad to 2.3.4 from 62 becuz in ic 4.0.4 vpn never work and problem in contact.whwn restore contact and comback there isnt any contact. in all rom
[Xperia Arc General] safc:
hi,

my xperia arc used to be locked to a o2 monthly contract i got it unlocked by o2 and paid up contract, i now use a 3uk ayce payg sim and got my number moved to three, will i still get the ics update?
[Xperia Arc General] _mysiak_:
I'm on "generic world Greece" ICS 4.0.4. and I had to disable "xLoud" in Sounds settings, almost got a heart attack with alarm on minimum volume with xLoud. Sound volume is ok without it.
[Xperia Arc General] Jabe:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! That worked.
[Xperia Arc General] maverick29:
hi, same problem here.... with the Blue&Me car system on the Fiat Linea :(

Arc (LT15i) on 4.0.4 ICS
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
Are you still seeing this on your device? I still am. Funny is that my tablet running CM9 4.0.4 and same FB version (latest one), however I do not see this happening there. It works as it should on the tablet but not on my arc.
[Xperia Arc General] mr_esmit:
My HD gameloft games are not working!!!!! :(
[Xperia Arc General] davird:
wifi is screwed up. bluetooth is screwed up.

looks like going back to GB is best.

Don't sony have an RND team to test this crap before releasing it?

and wats up with having astro file manager packaged together???
[Xperia Arc General] devil28:
well

to me there are 2 major problems with new 4.1.B.0.431 Generic FR rooted arc (locked bootloader+stock kernel flashed after rooting)

1. battery drains like hell! i'm really worried about that and donno the reason! in battery option, i just see that now android is consuming 4% of battery (instead of 2% in GB)

2. most times when wifi is on, phone says my router is not in range!!! :|

(a reboot fixes this problem though!)

btw ppl who are complaining about games functionality, should notice that wiping the data in flashtools may solve the problem!
[Xperia Arc General] nachordez:
For me everything works like a charm!

LT15i upgraded to 4.0.4 through the rooting process (first flashing 4.0.4 with the previous Kernel, rooting thanks a Doomlord, new kernel flashed).

Just about to unninstall some bloatware, but by now, after some days of use, nearly as smooth as GB (a bit less sometimes, but nothing important), similar battery draining, much cleaner interface (to my taste, at least)... I'm very happy with the upgrading!!
[Xperia Arc General] abrarabbu:
I have flashed almost all firmwares posted here.

For mr Generic Global World is best. No third party apps.

Have rooted and deleted some unwanted apps.

Phone is smooth and it feels good to be on ICS. battery life is good.

I am on stock kernal.

Will enjoy stockiness till stable cm9 is released.
[Xperia Arc General] bradgh:
after root with lock bootloader:

when lt15i is turn off nothing charg

any idea???????????
[Xperia Arc General] gounadive:
I'm getting the same problem. Switch off phone, plug in charger and the word "SONY" keeps appearing and disappearing :confused: If I power it on it does seem to be charging in standby mode ok.
[Xperia Arc General] liquified:
Updated to ICS 4.0.4 from 2.3.4 today.

1.Seems to me that the default music player is able to play FLAC lossless format now.

2.Also, I noticed that the updated phone is able to play .mkv using Hardware Decoding mode but the performance is really laggy compared to Soft Decoding mode. Don't understand why though, since the CPU is decoding with the help from the graphic chip in Hardware Decoding mode.
[Xperia Arc General] paulinho90:
dissapointment

I updated my Arc a few days ago to official ICS. The first impression was good, but could have been bettter, they should have change the UI a little more, not just the icons..The battery seems to drain a little faster then the GB. But the biggest letdown for me was the camera, the quality is very very low compared to GB camera and this was the main reason I returned to GB. I hope Sony will improve ICS because they didn't bring anything new with this update, that could make me leave GB
[Xperia Arc General] safc:
updated today through flashtool lt15i 4.0.4 ics its like having a new phone eveything is smooth much better than 2.3.4 for me anyway
[Xperia Arc General] faiz5200:
so far, ICS is better than GB.

really nice graphic and so smooth.

but some game still not compatible with ICS yet.

Always got touch problem when playing games.

:D android gamer***
[Xperia Arc General] squalldua:
it seems to me, after reading this thread, things doesn't sound too good for ICS.

camera quality, gaming, bluetooth..

and i also read about it not as smooth as GB and some of you guys even flash back to GB.

all this makes me thingking to stay on GB. well, untill i'm sure all the above issues are solved.
[Xperia Arc General] bashar.enjarini:
I updated to 4.0.4 and after two days went back tp GB. rolling back to GB is a pain in the ass.... It is like get used to windows 7 and go back to xp :-(

I rolled back for one simple reason, my phone freezed a lot, and only solved with removing the battery!!!
[Xperia Arc General] ArcOnFire:
It looks like not only Xperia Arc which has gotten downgrade in performance and other various issue.

What I found Ironic is Samsung Nexus S got worse performance after upgrading

And so far only HTC (forgot the model name) reported a good performance boost from upgrading to ICS.

I really hope they will fix the ICS ASAP :(
[Xperia Arc General] d3tr0:
this is true, notification LED is not working on 4.0.4 but if you install Handcent SMS the LED will work again
[Xperia Arc General] szymon247:
Does anyone know why the camera quality has gotten so much worse? The compression is much, much lower now and pictures are 200% bigger (the picture size went from 700-900kb to 2-3mb) yet the quality is much worse.
[Xperia Arc General] squalldua:
cons :

reduce camera quality, increase file size (200%).

gaming, several(or most) not working or lags so bad it's not fun anymore.

bluetooth connection problem.

notification LED is not working (wt#, that's one of the unique features of XArc).

maybe more..

pros :

ICS, Androuid 4.0, sounds cool.

better looking, like Win7 compare to WinXP @_@

err, that's all :P

very disapointed with the reports on this thread.

i see no advantages besides better looking.

will sony fix this, or 2011 xperias are just not meant to have ICS and should stick with GB. and let the 2012 xperias have ICS.