yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cx_:
IIRC the media on your internal storage won't be lost, but your apps and data will.

You don't need to unlock the bootloader or anything for flashing stock Sony firmware. You can get the B.1.564 FTF for Xperia P here (look for a faster mirror in the thread if you don't have a Rapidshare account).

Flash the .ftf with Flashtool (you can get that here -- first install 0.8.0.0, then apply the 0.8.6.0 patch).

Don't forget to install the necessary drivers after installing Flashtool. A setup will be located in C:\Flashtool\drivers, you need to select the Xperia P drivers and Flashmode drivers for FTF flashing.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hpsauce37:
Can i also ask is this the general question thread for the xperia p now?

I have an issue with the standard email application in that for whatever reason the unread email notification on the lockscreen always shows the incorrect amount of unread emails. It also has a habit of remarking mail that i have previously read as unread...almost like it has downloaded them again.

I am using btinternet for my email, i have 2 email accounts this happens with and dont have my mail sent to any other device or anything and only occasionally read my mail on my computer via the bt yahoo mail.

any ideas?

The other thing is that i dont get twitter notification tone when i get new tweets on people i am following. I think i have it set up correctly and have also changed my twitter notification tone.

any ideas?

thanks

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thanks for such a thorough answer, i will give it a go in a bit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wisnuhadi23:
.171 is not even released yet and sony is now coming with another firmware. I just hope this time Sony fixed the network problem. It has been difficult time for me having .162
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] halfmanhalfmachine:
I have a similar issue with the mail client and Hotmail. The application shortcut icon always shows the incorrect unread count and it never marks items read on the phone as read on the server. Not sure if this app is a Sony one or stock, but I didn't have this issue on MIUI and their bundled mail client.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Why don't you use the Hotmail app? Works way better!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
I don't have any such problems with any of my mail apps, be it hotmail, gmail, stock one or yahoo. Try factory reset... That might help
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] M_247:
Which one is good to buy?

Xperia p or Atrix 2?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] NABENDU1:
motorola as you knw doesnt have a gr8 service centre network in india as well as it is not prompt with itz firmware update policies ! and xperia p has some better features when compared to atrix2 but also come around 2 or 3k higher !! itz a matter of personal preference but i can vouch dat xperia p is not at all a bad phone !! i would nt like to influence ur decision as i think that motorola atrix 2 also delivers good all round package but somewhere i love my xperia p !! hope u find my post useful !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Both are good, and it's about the personal choices, but Motorola has a bigger screen, a better battery and processer but Xperia's screen quality is a lot better and it also has NFC support.. The only thing I fear about Motorola is bugs, I used to own a Motorola Phone and it had lots of bugs.. So before buying google for bugs, as far as I know Atrix have some but Xperia doesn't.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] halfmanhalfmachine:
Shouldn't have to and don't want to install another app :)

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Ummm if you Google "Xperia P bugs" (or look in this thread or http://talk.sonymobile.com/community/support/xperia_2012_family/xperia_p) you will also get plenty of results for issues with the Xperia P.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Yes. There are some, but not major bugs, I mean Atrix's WiFi switches off immediately etc..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hpsauce37:
biggest problem this phone has in my opinion is the fact that its just not reliable as a phone!

I mean the drop signal issue is a major thing to me, when however when it does have signal the call quality/speaker quality is excellent, design is fantastic...just the usual sony issues of being let down by poor software/firmware...they really need to get a grip with this.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Well the Hotmail app hasn't been made for nothing. It's supposed to be better than a standard client else it would've been a waste of time creating it.

It's reliable, but only on the old firmware. The new firmware is just bad. And I agree that they're doing a bad job on helping people with that, but it's not a phone issue (as in hardware).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tttony:
Xperia P

hey, I'm thinking to buy this phone but the problem is in the battery

I found ebay.com/itm/2430MAH-HIGH-CAPACITY-BA750-GOLD-BATTERY-SONY-XPERIA-P-/160830965115?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item257245c57b on ebay, what do you think?

Has someone changed the battery?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
The battery is not removable!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Non removable battery 3-4 hours on heavy use
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] IROC_69:
howz the camera flash is it any good ???

i have to take alot of snaps on low light conditions and i dont like to carry another device just for snaps
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] onlinegaming1821:
hi! i just want to ask if someone here is experiencing signal loss on the stock firmware (build number 6.0.B.1.564)?? i'm experiencing it almost once a day and i need to restart my phone to return the signal. the signal here in my place is 3-4bars..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Camera is pretty good, colours are lively, it also performs good in low-light conditions, the Macro feature is good. The only flaw according to me is that after zooming in, some pictures showed noise and distortion, but only after the full zoom. I'm showing you some samples I clicked with this device
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Very little signal loss, only when I restart my phone... Try factory reset.. It might help
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Now I've got a new problem. The WiFi turns on automatically, & no icon is displayed in the notification bar. So, it runs in background and sometimes drains the battery... Any ideas? How to fix it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
Did you install any app recently that controls your WiFi, it can be any battery saver too.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mas143forever:
Well I have been using this phone for approx one month now, still on stock firmware. 564 and have experienced the signal loss issue just once, just a few days back. So, I guess the stock firmware is pretty okay with no such issue.

And since I came to read about the signal loss in the updated firmware, I chose not to update mine. ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hpsauce37:
I am on Orange in the uk and have this problem all the time. Phone will drop signal from 4 bars to 0 and often really struggels to hold on to a signal almost to the point where it is completley impractical as a phone. Such a shame as when i do have signal and make calls the quality is better than any other phone i have ever had.

Really wish Sony would get an release a statement on this issue so that we can know if it is hardware or software related....i dont want to be holding onto this phone in some hope that the ics update will solve all my problems when infact its hardware problem like the iphone had.

In every other way this is my perfect phone.

By the way i have had this issue on both versions of the fimware and at the moment on the old version as i was advised this was problem free however this is not the case.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
What a shame Sony. If they don't fix the signal drop on the next update I will sell it. Signal loss puts me in really embarrassing situations!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Yes. Wefi Pro. Is it because of that?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
Yep, most probably that may be the cause. Just clear it's data from applications & uninstall it & see the results. I think that WiFi management is pretty sleek on droid. Just turn on from the toggle when you need it then & turn off when you leave from that place.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Uninstalled. Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Miss@80:
I have strange issue with my Xperia P. I use as much Wifi as possible and hub from my house network, to the one at the office without any issues. When I want to use the WIFI from my friends which I setup (in most of the cases) myself, I receive 'limited connectivity'. I'm not sure what the issue is as I never encountered this problem with my previous phone. Does anyone here have a suggestion? While typing this, I'm wondering if special characters maybe the issue. I've googled a lot of sites and never read anything that would suggest that, but....:confused:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Adux:
Xperia Auto rotate issue

Gents,

I have just bought a brand new Xperia P as a gift for my little sis, I havent put any sim in it, as I am awaiting the micro sim, nor have i added any google accounts or anything. I have switiched it on and started taking pics, but when I hold the phone on landscape, the pictures or videos, dont autorotate. What should i do, I even tried the factory reset; It is still showing the same problem.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dygen:
Battery Woes

Hi Guyz,

Just wanted to know more about this strange behavior of my XP. As XP doesn't have any built in app to show battery percentage I installed the Widgetsoid app from play store to show battery percentage on my home screen. It was then that I noticed my battery percentage is showing weird values at times. Like once it was showing 38% and just after 5 mins of standby it was showing 42% with out charging! :eek: . I thought this was something caused by the app, which messed up my battery stats. I uninstalled it 2 days ago, but still when I check the battery use chart it's clearly showing the spikes at multiple points. Is there something wrong with my battery or the firmware? Or is it just normal? I'm new to android.

Let me try whether I can upload screenshots.

PS: Only Gmail app is set to auto sync and pretty much everything else is set to update manually.

PPS: I'm on stock ROM (v6.0.B.3.162)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Go to settings > appearance > auto rotate: on/off

Try using the pull-battery-method. Fully charge your phone. After that, hold the Power Button + Volume Up button at the same time until you feel it vibrating 3 times in a row (not 1 time). Reboot the phone, and charge it to full again.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Adux:
Isnt it, Settings>Display>Auto rotate : on/off, and it is ON, that is the first thing I did. I even tried using QuikPic, in which I tried the 3 view methods (screen orientation), that is, by system settings (didnt work) , by orientation sensor (didnt work), and then by image size (didnt work, though it changed to landscape mode on that app)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Ah display/appearance, same. My phone is in dutch anyways.

Does your browser turn into landscape mode when you tilt it?

The accelerometer might be broken/not working correctly.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mas143forever:
After reading the posts regarding XP in this forum and specially the ones concerning the signal drop issue, I think it is quite evident that the signal drop issue started creating a mess for those who updated their firmware(irrespective of their geographical location) and the ones still with the stock firmware are very much free of this issue. Though, in this very thread, I recall reading a few people who updated but didnt face this issue, while most did.

So I guess this is indeed more of a firmware glitch than a hardware one. Though, some hardware issue in a few individual handsets cannot be ruled out as well, as told by you that you faced it in both firmwares.

I guess a new firmware was certified recently probably cayying the fix. I dont know if it is available for update yet or not. You might like to check that out.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Adux:
Nope, I just checked, its not working. Guess I will have to take it to the service center tomorrow. What a mess.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kelvin.lct909:
re

very nice. is it good?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hpsauce37:
yeah im sure i have seen on here somewhere someone saying new firmware was around but not yet certified, sure it was a week or 2 ago, dont know how long certification takes or even if it will be release or if they will just hang on for ics and incorporate the fix into that (if indeed they can fix it with firmware)

problem i have is the fact that ics is still a good few weeks away and i dont know if i can continue to put up with a phone that is so unreliable with call making.

Another thing i have noticed is that there have been times when i have full signal and i try to make a call and it just shows 'connecting' and then hangs up. Another observation is that when i go onto a service that requires data (facebook for instance) that although i have full signal and am in a hsdpa area that the little arrows show no connection happening and nothing loads....any ideas?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
I'm facing the same problem and tried every thing but nothing worked out. A firmware update is a must but it is really weird that they haven't release one yet!

I don't think that ics will solve it. A special update is required and we have nothing but to wait.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sonic254:
Hey I jst got my Xperia p tommorow and its accelerometer is. Not working I cant play games like doodle jump temple run etc

I hav not even rooted it yet

Plzz if some one can help

Sent from my SK17i from a galaxy far far way
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Try a factory reset. If it doesn't works go to the service center.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
So, the xda app got an update few hours ago. Now replies of threads is shown in the notification bar. Just what I wanted :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sonic254:
I didn't work :(

Im gonna go to da service center to get it fixed

Hope they gonna fix it asap..

Sent from my SK17i from a galaxy far far away......
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
Ok. Do tell us if they can figure out the problem
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mas143forever:
Yeah, the guys at Sony should have released a fix as soon as they got to know about it, since the problem is such that it almost renders the phone worthless, without signal and data connection! It would be plain idiotic from them to try to merge the fix in ICS or a future firmware instead of bringing out the fix with utmost urgency!

The worst thing is that nobody seems to have managed a way around this issue, leaving all the hopes on Sony for the fix, which now I really feel has been too long to not be with a solution yet.

Newbie from India using LT22i surfing on a 2G connection! :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hpsauce37:
It's for all the reasons you mention that I actually think They can't fix it as it's hardware related. Either way they need to get on and take ownership of the problem rather than leaving for owners just to summarise or hope the fix is coming.

Maybe they need to be 'outed ' by the likes of engadget or gsm arena or someone like that to highlight there failing!

See what kind of response we get then
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kaliberx:
Hey, well i got my Device some Days ago, and i have to say i like it more and more (except the green magic feature, which is annoying me a bit).

But all in all it's much nicer then my prevoius Device "Desire S". I dont care much about Battery Life atm..it holds with my using around 1 Day and 5 to 6 Hours. (Email, Checking XDA, and my Websites are the primary things i do.).

The Design is nice too, i like the modern minimalistic Stuff..because it looks somehow expansive).

Camera is ok to, for Snapshots..hell i still try to figure out the right Setting :) to get the most of it.

About the Signal, UTMS/HSPA capable Towers are rare around my House, so the Signal is Bad all in all, but that changes directly if i go into the City or to my "Work".

I'm very excited and looking forward to the 4.04 Firmware, and more to the Costoms made from teh 4.x Kernels.

In my Eyes is the Xperia P a very nice Device, with just one great flaw...the Green Magic Feature (Feature because it's a Sony ;) )
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mas143forever:
Green Magic? Are you talking of White Magic Display? If you are, then I beg to disagree. It is simply a very good feature which works great in adjusting brightness according to the lighting conditions, especially when outdoor!

Newbie from India using LT22i surfing on a 2G connection! :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AnkurTri:
It is good, the good thing is that the sunlight legibility is awesome with White Magic

Well, I've written my own review of the phone read it if you are interested!

versatilevagabond.wordpress.com

:beer:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pinga144:
I wonder, when we will see first custom Roms (CM etc.) for this device. I think it will start, when ICS will be released!?

What do you think?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] topazonic:
But I think that ICS is long time due. It should have been released long time ago.

Other OEMs are talking about jelly bean & here we are still waiting for ice cream sandwich.

About the white magic technology it is just awesome. Check Sony India's recent facebook posts, they have shown very good comparison video's.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pinga144:
Yeah, right!

But rumor say that ICS-update will Start in early August.

Time will tell! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cx_:
I agree, I think we'll see ROMs when ICS and the 3.x kernel sources are released
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
Well I actually agree with Kaliberx about the "Green Magic Display".

Come on, it isn't that hard to see that if you go above 75% of brightness yellow will turn greenish and green will turn yellowish.

Whatsapp Messenger is a good app you can test it with, take a good look at the colors of the emoticons. It's really ugly, in my opinion.

It's a huge flaw of the phone. Nevertheless I love the way we can read stuff easily in bright sunlight, even if the colors look horrible.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hulkhaugen:
Really like this phone, and want to make a purchase. Just hoping it won't be let out of development, CM9/10 and/or MIUI. What about FXP, doesn't they support this device?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilBlinx:
Finally proud user of xperia p. Its nice phone, but even better with ics update. I heard that there is ics update for this phone but it has network issues :-S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] draugaz:
Somehow I fail to see how this can be a huge flaw. At a maximum brightness of 900 to 1000nits it is twice as bright as iphone and three to four times as bright as samsung galaxies. It delivers you insane brightness levels, beyond good and evil.

Sony could simply limit the brightness to some 50-60% of the current levels and give you an accurate color but worse sunlight readability, and would still be head and shoulders above most of the competition.

Instead they chose to give their users even more brightness reserve for situations where they need it and suddenly it is a huge flaw. Go figure. It is like buying a 4WD and then complaining that ride offroad was not so smooth as on the highway :)

Magic or not, technology has it's limitations. Traditional LCD's have color filters over each of their subpixels. Those filters let only something like 20-30% of the light through, the rest (over 70%) is just wasted. This is horribly inefficent even before we factor in the crystal matrix (another 50% waste on top), diffusor, polarizers, cover glass etc.

What Sony did is to put a fourth subpixel without filter alongside of three others. Without filter it is 3 times more efficient as others and additionaly has better spectral purity. Every color is a mix of three primary colors. Like for example violet is 31% Red, 18% Green and 31% Blue. Or 18% white plus 13% red and 13% blue. So you could reduce background illumination and still get the same brightness.

Of course it is not as simple as it sounds, because for solid colors (or colors with 0% of R, G or B) white pixel is useless. And if you have such pixels on the screen then you actually can't save anything unless you do a selective dimming of backlight illumination.

You still can cheat and add some white anyway, but the result will be a shift in colors and light bleeding. But our eyes are not perfect, so Sony can probably get away with it to the certain levels.

You start to notice only when getting close to the limits, like those 75%, where colored pixels can't keep up anymore. Remember - they are three times darker as white ones. Sony could either stop there and refuse to mix even more white for additional brightness, or they can mix a bit more and give additional brithness at the cost of color accuracy. I glad they did, I can opt to limit the maximum brightness myself.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pinga144:
Well, now I know my stock rom and it says that I am not allowed to unlock Boatlooder....hope, in future there will be an unofficial way to unlock it...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bed-boy11:
No. It is just gingerbread minor update. I hope ICS will be released soon. :mad:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mas143forever:
I too agree that it has great brightness levels!! In fact, while indoors at home (which most of the time I am), I keep the brightness at 0 % and I find it pretty comfortable. Not to mention, saves the battery as well!

When going out, I simply switch on automatic WhiteMagic in PowerSaver Mode and it does a great work at adjusting the screen readability! Pretty satisfied, to say the least.

Newbie from India using LT22i surfing on a 2G connection! :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
Sudden signal loss is driving me crazy. Before it happens whenever I enable data traffic. Now, it happens even when that option is not allowed
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hpsauce37:
just had to get rid of my xperia p for this very reason, had the phone for 2 weeks and never had a signal for at least half of that time!

such a shame as its a fantastic phone with loads of potential and yet again let down by sonys inability to sort the bugs and worst of all say nothing about it.

I actually think its more of a hardware issue and infact they cant fix it and thats why they are being so quiet about it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
My last hope is the ics update. If the problem continues, I will sadly sell it!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pinga144:
It seems that you have .162 Firmware. Could that be? I have heard in some forums that this firmware is a bit laggy about signal.

I have still inital firmware .564 and no probs.

I hope with ICS update this issue will be solved!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] MajestyZ:
A huge flaw, because that's the "main" feature Sony advertises this phone with. When I see Xperia P commercials or advertisements, "The White Magic Display" is one of the prime selling points.

Thank you for your clear and thorough explanation of the "why" and the "how" of the White Magic Screen.

Saying that it's a huge flaw might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I sure think it's a point of attention.

After all, the signal loss issue is a bigger problem now, which has been around for over a month and still no fix has been released or any response from Sony whatsoever.

I'm still happy with my phone though, even while it might not sound like it :).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] M_247:
Guys, is there any fb group of our phone?

Or we should make it...

This will help us connecting easily...

Previously I've Samsung galaxy 3 and it has it's own group...

Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bed-boy11:
Look at first post on this page. If he speak truth fix should be relesed soon.

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/43345?start=180&tstart=0
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] dohanotoha:
Is there a way to go back to the older version?