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[Xperia Arc General] symbianz107@gmail.com:
help about boot unlocking

i have xperia pro my xperia not going to fastboot mode i connect usb and turn n ith menu key its nit going to fastboot mode its going to charging the battery charging icon appers what i do please help offical update xperia pro mk16i andriod 4.0.4 4.0.4.b.b.587 help
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
Slightly dissapointed with the little lag found in the launcher. Other than that. LOVED IT!
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Try trebuchet..

Btw I think those screenies are from cm9
[Xperia Arc General] I.Am.J:
yeah... it takes about 4 second to load... but only in the first time for me... for the 2nd and then its works fast like GB... :D
[Xperia Arc General] Ztrindberg:
Its feels faster then I thought it would be.

The only disappointing thing is that I thought I would be able to disable apps. I know Sony said they made an app for that but in mine its empty. Can't disable anything to get better performance.

Skickat från min MK16i via Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Arc General] ICUDeadNow:
Got rooted phone with stock ROM, waiting for official update for my SI. Anyone who already got it - please tell us if there are any issues with 4.0.4 on mk16i? For some phones of another model they've got Wi-Fi not working, so issue like that will make me to wait till fix before upgrading.

In other words, is anyone upgraded already is thinking of switching back?

BTW, anfish screenshot:
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
No way.. I'm loving this.. WiFi works fine for me..
[Xperia Arc General] Dmitry Paskal:
Please point me to some page with SI explanation. If I'll change my SI, I will able to get this update right now, what's the disadvantages? By the way, first bug in 4.0.4 on xperia pro: ht_p://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38817
[Xperia Arc General] AeonWorld:
there s no bug like that in my phone, and if your bootloader is locked one root it with some simple steps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684009
[Xperia Arc General] Dmitry Paskal:
I want to get update by official way, this any futher. So, I don't want to unlock bootloader.
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
It's smoother than 4.0.3 on my arc S and games are running better for me. Temple Run no longer lags or stutters for example.
[Xperia Arc General] mikhail69:
The dialer and the messaging app is still slow the first time you launch it after every system reboot.. But after the first launch.. It becomes faster.. But of course thats pretty annoying..

Well.. The wifi for me seems to be working flawlessly.. So it could just be some specific SI models.. I am very satisfied with the ICS update..

Wait.. What?.. Correct me if im wrong but i dont think you can change the SI..

your right.. Temple Run seems to be running even better on the ICS update compared to the previous GB.. even other games are functioning quite well..

even other GooglePlay apps are running buttery smooth.. even the transitional effects are amazing.. :D
[Xperia Arc General] hiepa2:
My Love SEX-Pro

I'm a student and it's hard to buy an expensive phone

Pro was my chosen one after consider a lot of phone. It's hardware is not so strong, but it has an unreplaceable QWERTY keyboard. I think, if there is a stronger QWERTY phone, i will choose it, but right now? SEX-Pro is the best!

About IceCreamSachwich, first time i found it slow, after root the Pro (and doing nothing), it's fast like GB!

By the way, it takes me almost one day to restore my data:confused:
[Xperia Arc General] Dmitry Paskal:
What's about restoring the data after update? I've got sms and contacts backed up, and apps backed up with some app from SE support forum. Which data I'll lose after upgrade?

BTW, you able to change your SI, google it.

Pros and cons of new Android on pro thread: ht_p://talk.sonymobile.com/message/204156#204156
[Xperia Arc General] hiepa2:
HELP!!!!!

Can anyone help me?

Yesterday, i rooted my Pro using Europe fw 4.0.4. I recognized the QWERTY keyboard has changed the arrange in Special Key, such as @( & ) become nothing( : ) or ,( ; ) become nothing( / ) :confused:

I tried to repair my phone using PCCompanion but it still the same :mad:

Please help me :(
[Xperia Arc General] heolongvang:
Flash firmware BALTIC if you have keyboard layout like this (@ key is in the left)

xperia.cz/galerie/albums/userpics/10002/DSC_0057~0.JPG

Flash firmware AFRICA if @ key is in the right

i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac47/OoO_EmO-BoY_OoO/DSC04600.jpg

Hope this help
[Xperia Arc General] cccs1:
i flashed the ics 4.0.4 and compare it with riyals last gb, if done some mods on gb rom and for me gb is smoother and fast as ics.

on ics the camera is a bit better.

by the way both overclocked to 1,2 ghz the benchmarktest said both have the same speed as finalpoints but where they get the points, is different.

so for gamer ics is the better choice
[Xperia Arc General] dindia:
Hebrew keyboard?

Hi All,

Can you please check if Hebrew keyboard is available in Baltic ICS?

International Keyboard settings > Writing Languages > Hebrew

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Arc General] Barleyman:
You need to modify keyprint.xml which is located in /system/usr/keyboard-config

Replace the latin layout with your language, you can see what's available in layouts-folder.

I made small CWM-flashable file which does the change for finnish keyboard, it shouldn't be too hard to make similar for each keyboard layout.. There are also device id-lines in build.prop but changing those didn't fix my problem with smartkeyboard pro.

I also failed to convince pc companion to flash my phone with "real" finnish firmware, at least with gingerbread smart keyboard worked OK with it.
[Xperia Arc General] ameer1234567890:
For all those having keyboard mapping issues, I have made a thread with CWM flashable zips for each keyboard layout.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1690889
[Xperia Arc General] Steven Seagal:
I wanted to put this LockScreen for my Ice Cream Sandwich Official , someone has a specific zip for this LockScreen ICS official :

Pd: It looked in NXT Xperia Transformation and it is not LockScreen for my Ice Cream Sandwich Official ... Help please ¡¡¡
[Xperia Arc General] pigsboss:
Me either. It takes about 1 second to load the dial interface, which is not good for a phone...

But the keymap works fine. My pro is shipped with a chinese keyboard which is a qwerty one. I picked up the baltic ftf.

And after the upgrade the original PlayNow! turned into something with a filename de.arvatom. I can neither start nor uninstall it. This is really annoying.

Sometimes I just wanted to unlock my pro and flash a 3rdbi party ftf to it.
[Xperia Arc General] Dmitry Paskal:
New stats, 2% -> 7%. Still no updates in SI list since 30.05.12, so - mostly self-installed firmware I guess.

06/06/2012 18:30 9,6% 4.0.4.

08/06/2012 12:30 12,6% 4.0.4. And, what's funny, 0.7% 2.3.7 - people installing anything just to migrate from 2.3.4:) Other dropped to 0.3%
[Xperia Arc General] RobbH:
About the ICS update: I am surprised to find battery life much improved. After 12 hours of light use, charge is 84%. I think it would have been about 70% before the upgrade.

Of course, I have no way of knowing if this is really a change in performance, or simply a change in metering!
[Xperia Arc General] Eugene1991:
My sister's Xperia Pro seems to suffer lots of lag spikes after updating to ICS 4.0.4. Already repaired with fresh install via SUS.

Just web browsing and facebook will make the phone freeze and auto restart as well..

Don't know what to do with it now..
[Xperia Arc General] Riyal:
Hi guys! Would like to inquire if it's just my phone setup or it's common on all ICS Pro users.

The question is if you have Flash Player installed and open it on the default browser how is the performance? Cause on mine it's almost unuseable. The phone hangs for seconds can't even scroll and hardware buttons doesn't even respond.

By the way here's the page I tried loading with flash player. It's a streaming site for anime videos.

www.animecrazy.net/one-piece-episode-551/

most of the time there's a couple of flash files embedded on the page mostly ads.
[Xperia Arc General] bigzy:
ICS upgrade

hey guys i unlocked my bootloader on xperia pro now i can't update my phone through the update service so i'm waiting for the ICS here for the middle east version

cause the US and Europe different keyboard layout for the "&" and "@" if anyone see the ICS middle east version plz let me know i'm waiting:D
[Xperia Arc General] ameer1234567890:
Flash any ftf and try this for fixing keyboard. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1690889
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
I decided to go back to Gingerbread today (after 2 weeks of ussage). I didn't had that much lag. But Gingerbread + root - junk apps = a super smooth stock experience. Which I liked better.
[Xperia Arc General] rishad333:
does anybody having any issues with the video cam(when IS is turned on)?
[Xperia Arc General] hanperng:
Seems it is a common issue that turn IS on will cause lag / on the video recording. :(

Mk16i - stock rom 4.0.4, rooted, CWM v.5.0.2.7.
[Xperia Arc General] Ricke77:
I really hope they sort things out with the video recording. It's the only thing that disturbs me with ICS. Everything else is super for me! Is there any way to root without wiping all the data and apps? If there is, please tell me cause I don't wanna wipe my set now. I've got all my mail and apps in perfect order now!
[Xperia Arc General] tanwg:
My Xperia Pro went on stock ICS when it was first posted on XDA forum. The experience really sucked for me. It was slow, games compatibility was poor. And i have already removed all the bloatwares...

Then CM9 came out with all the important fixes (camera, battery and low in-call volume). So I switched to CM9, with high expectations. UI is smoother than stock but is still not as good as when i was on CM7.2. Games compatibility is still a problem.

Now I am thinking of moving back to CM7.2 but FXP seems to decide to focus on CM9 in the future. And it seems that CM7.2 still has the battery issue.

For the past 2 days, I have been thinking of moving back to CM7.2/Gingerbread. Anyone has the same thoughts?

Sent from my Xperia Pro

- Current Phones: Nokia N9 and Xperia Pro
[Xperia Arc General] Riyal:
I think I might be able to fix the CM7.2 kernel now. FXP seems to have updated it's kernel source on his github page :D Will look into this soon.

@Offtopic

I see that you're an n9 user. :p how's the maemo community(talk.maemo.org) going? Is it still lively in there? Gave up already on that community since elop went into nokia cause I got the hunch of loosing opensource support after that. That's the reason how I got here on android :p
[Xperia Arc General] tanwg:
I am rather new to the TMO community and a passive one. Only got my N9 during December 2011 and I am not really a programmer, just likes to tweak my phones and sometimes taking my N9 apart :D

It is an amazing to see what an open-source community can do and I have learnt a lot from there. They recently just came up with Wazapp (Whatsapp clone) which is working very well. But it is not all good at TMO. Sad news keep coming up, like Nokia giving up on TMO, giving up Meltemi. But I am still loving my Nokia N9 and TMO. I am guessing that you have a N900?

Anyway, it will be great to see a CM7.2 kernel from you! Really appreciate all your work on Xperia Pro. Ever since your Ultima rom came out, it seems that we are seeing more people interested this phone.
[Xperia Arc General] Riyal:
Well as long as freemangordon, mohammadAG, pali & the others are still there just neglect nokia saying that they would stop the support of that community :D In fact they have long gone abandon that community already. So many developers abandoned it already including me & dj_steve which is now a part of doomlord's team.

@on topic

Anyways will try to start on fixing up cm7 kernel as soon as I finished the final touches on ICS kernel & my universal patcher. Might also consider looking at cm9 since I heard it's already alot more stable than a month ago.
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
As I said previously, I rolled back to stock GB, I just removed all the junk apps and it's going pretty nice. It has better battery than ICS (more than one day of ussage), much smoother, no compatibility problems, and few more stuff that made more desirable for me to go back and stick to stock GB.
[Xperia Arc General] cccs1:
Me too, after testing a lot of ics ( not games i dont need them) i went back to gb. Ics isnt smooth enough the wifi signal is not good as gb an battery is realy fast empty also no led notification.

Think ics was late in time and the bring up a beta version so i wait till there is a updated version ( focus on riyal ;) ) to get a smoother an battery frendly version.
[Xperia Arc General] rishad333:
CM9 RC1

does anybody tested CM9 RC1?
[Xperia Arc General] riskengine:
Newb question:

My MK16i is rooted and unlocked using the unlock instructions from the SE website. I currently have FXP120 CM9 on my phone, and a CWM backup of rooted GB.

I want to try the new stock ICS from SE. What are my options? Is there a kernel I can flash and a rom I can load through CWM to get a rooted ICS stock?
[Xperia Arc General] :
Next Thursday I'll buy a Pro, I have the Mini Pro and It's doing well on ICS, despite having the LED notification issue and no Stereo recording (that's an easy fix), but I have a Question:

Is there any custom Kernel for ICS that allows to overclock? I just want the extra 200 mhz the Arc S has, hoping for a better ICS experience.

(Alejandrissimo: Lo voy a comprar con Telcel, lo he estado esperando desde Noviembre, apenas empezo a llegar el mes pasado a Mexicali)
[Xperia Arc General] 1stichiban:
use this kernel, aside from CM9, this is the only other custom kernel for our device at the moment.

Xperia Pro Ultima ICS

Hope that helps

;)
[Xperia Arc General] sushil1576:
I have got rooted nandroid CWM backups of MK16i 4.0.2.A.0.62 (1251-0386) and MK16i 4.1.B.0.431...I have got CWM recovery installed...Now my question is,Can i just used these two back directly from CWM recovery to change from 4.0.2.A.0.62 to 4.1.B.0.431 and vice versa..I am new to android,so i am just on a learning curve...Thanks

EDIT: Mods Please Delete this post as I think i have posted in a wrong thread..thanks
[Xperia Arc General] CHlustanec:
I still think CM9 is the best option right now..probably would be tie if the MIUI worked with HW keyboard LED..
[Xperia Arc General] Riyal:
Depends actually on the user. For me I prefer the stock ROM since it contains all the features you could get out of your phone. Unlike CM which has alot of missing features.

Well at least it was months ago :D seems like it's becoming complete now. Only thing left for me is to add HDMI on CM9 then I will surely dump stock ROM instantly :p
[Xperia Arc General] xtacy!:
I believe they said that they are not working on HDMI as of now. Sony needs to release their code for it.

I guess you're stuck with stock. :p
[Xperia Arc General] eicalos:
Feedback

It's very very very slowly. Dialer was extremely slow. This was telephone. Default function was dial but it cannot answer usable.

General system was extremely slow. ICS design for Dual-core processor.
[Xperia Arc General] Riyal:
Hi guys! :D News! Looks like cyanogenmod 10 for Xperia Pro is already in the works :)

Maintained by: fxp

source code here

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_semc_iyokan/tree/jellybean

*Note: This isn't a base OS this is a patch for CM source to be used for our devices

I know that's why I am still using stock ROM as of now :D And never will be CM unless I could play games on my phone on a TV screen :p
[Xperia Arc General] Rene_ajax:
Hey friends!

Does the battery last longer with CM9 or MIUI???
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Hello guys.. Help here.. I'm a nexus S user and I have been trying to develop something for the pro users.. it is a bit difficult to know the problems what the ROM is facing without having the device to test in hand.. So since a few days I've been thinking of buying a Xperia Pro.. therefore I would like to know from you gus if it would be worth my money at this time as the tech specs of it seem to be quite outdated..
[Xperia Arc General] yenter:
I really love my phone! though the processor and ram isn't that great... I manage fine by overclocking to about 1300-1400mhz hahah. and i love ICS! I tried flashing between GB and ICS and a few times and i really can't live without the new theme for ICS. Hope jelly bean will be even better! :D
[Xperia Arc General] irfanindian:
May I ask what are the differences you've noticed between the two.

Also, I heard that ICS on pro lags and doesn't give the kind of results you'd want. Plz share your views.
[Xperia Arc General] izyy:
any idea to change the font on ics?

mine got bootloop when use font changer and rom toolbox :(
[Xperia Arc General] :
I guess you have rooted your phone...just manually replace the fonts on System/Fonts!

DroidSans

DroidSans-Bold

Clockopia

These fonts modify the whole look of the user interface.
[Xperia Arc General] mraccounter:
Need info for best custom Kernel and also Custom ROM.

Hi,

I just rooted my Xperia Pro by flashing firmware 4.0.2.A.0.58 (had to downgrade it from 0.62 :( ) (Took me 2 days to figure out how to downgrade.. was unable to install adb drivers)

If anyone could also tell me some of these things.:

1. Its now showing 0.62 update available. Will i be able to update it to 4.0.2.A.0.62, will it work fine and still be rooted?

2. What are the best available Kernels for Xperia Pro.Also the Best available CM9 (ICS) ROM for Xperia pro. Based on User Votes/Experience?

3. How to flash the kernel and put new ROM. (m new.. so could use some help)

4. How is performance of these custom ROM. I mean, is ICS running fine without any issues on Xperia PRO users here. Any suggestions on CM9 ROM in which minimal Lag or minimum Issues are there would be appreciated.

Pls help.

Pankaj Gupta
[Xperia Arc General] Traviizter:
Really like the update, a lot.

Using the settings in my signature, real smooth.

Sent from my Xperia Pro
[Xperia Arc General] Dmitry Paskal:
Stock ICS ROM is the best. Keyboard, lights, camera, but mostly hardware keyboard - I don't know any ROM which handles it as well as stock one. That's the reason we use this phone - so it's main.
[Xperia Arc General] abdul1987:
CWM Recovery MMC erase bug

Hey I love my Xperia Pro too.

Last night I unlocked my bootloader and flashed CM9 ROM and luckily I got my phone working since it was my first time flashing a CUSTOM ROM.

This is the best ROM so far. So smooth and super fast. Hats off to the Dev Team.

I checked my CWM Recovery version which is 6.0.8.0. I tried to backup my ROM completely using CWM when i got an error. I restarted my phone and was shocked to see all my Data from SDCARD was erased. It was so weird. Some how i managed to get my data by recovery software. I am unable to make an image of my ROM.

Can anyone tell me what was the problem?

How to solve it?

I tried to do it again but same results. Can anyone help?
[Xperia Arc General] ameer1234567890:
This is unfortunately a bug in CWM 6.0.8.0 which has subsequently been fixed in CWM 6.0.9.0. Let's hope that FXP includes the fixed version in the next build.
[Xperia Arc General] 1stichiban:
Thanks for this info.

guess i will wait till CM gets more stable :(
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Can anyone post system dump of official ICS 4.0.4.. Unedited please..
[Xperia Arc General] Rene_ajax:
gimme location and ill post it here
[Xperia Arc General] abdul1987:
ICS is cool!

Even I had firmware 4.0.2.A.0.58 rooted (had to downgrade it from 0.62).

But believe me ICS is the best. After using it I am not turning back.

I have tried 4 CUSTOM ROMS so far apart from Stock ICS.

No issues so far. Best improvement found Battery life is quite better.

---------- Post added at 01:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:36 PM ----------

Flash it directly to ICS 4.0.3, root it and then flash the kernel to 4.0.4. No probs. Every thing works smooth.

List of the ROMS available and all other things to know for Xperia PRO -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1642480

I have tested 4 custom ROMS so far. First of all I tried the most voted Cyanogen Mod 9.

Its very advanced and need to say superfast.

PROS - Overclocking, Superfast Camera, Less Memory Usage and Many more.

CONS - Camera Quality, Missing Bravia Engine, xLoud and no HDMI.

Secondly AOKP ROM. Very Similar to Cyanogen Mod 9.

Third ARCONIUM ROM. Very Similar to Stock ICS but amazing speed Improvement with all Sony features.

Last but not least MIUI ROM. The best ROM for me so far. Very Simple and Easy. All Sony features in built.

Customized at its best. The looks are amazing and everything working fine.

I m still using MIUI. I m loving my Xperia PRO more than ever before.

Thanks to all the Dev team for making CUSTOM ROMS for Xperia PRO.
[Xperia Arc General] Rene_ajax:
Lol, think we have new Pro user!

But can somebody plzz check one thing: play Fifa 12 with hardware keys and ALL buttons working [A,B,X,Y]

I arent able to paly games with the keyboard while i bought this phone for that!
[Xperia Arc General] 1stichiban:
In terms of battery life, how long does battery last for you on ICS? 24hrs? 48hrs?

Been switching between GB and ICS, however, i keep going back to GB which for me has better battery life.
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Bought Xperia Pro.. Loving the stock interface.. :)
[Xperia Arc General] seminalsoul:
touch sensivity decreased

I recently upgraded to ICS on my xperial pro (mk16i) and the first thing that i noticed was that the touch move threshold got messed up a lil. the move threshold increased to 9 px instead of 1 px. how do i change this? and not many people have noticed this :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] abhivsm94:
anyone got tethering (usb,bluetooth and wifi) working on stock ics rom (using any mod or app or something)..... :(
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Goto settings. Then under wireless and networks>more>Tethering and portable hotspot>Then you have it..
[Xperia Arc General] abdul1987:
I m using MIUI CUSTOM ICS ROM

Been using this ROM since 3 days. It drains faster if u browse or download from web. Say around 6 hrs of continuous download. Other wise for an average use for music and calls it makes to 30hrs.

---------- Post added at 05:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:42 PM ----------

Hey bro. Using Xperia since 3 months but never tried to unlock or root or install CUSTOM ROM. But due to help of the dev team got to learn a lot and now happy to use MIUI ROM which has all Sony features inbuilt like xLoud, Bravia and HDMI.

The customized themes are awesome.

I really love the ROM. I m not turning back.
[Xperia Arc General] 1stichiban:
@flsmidth

Hi, congratulations on your purchase and good luck on your development efforts :)
[Xperia Arc General] abhivsm94:
:rolleyes: default tether method does not work on ics update...

i need an alternate method or fix for current issue....
[Xperia Arc General] 1stichiban:
i see. thanks for your feedback. by the way are you using MIUI from here?

if not, which version are you using?

Also, which kernel?

Thanks again.
[Xperia Arc General] abdul1987:
Cool

Yup thats the link from where i m using the MIUI ROM RC0b1.

Xperia Ultima Kernel. It works for GB and ICS. The best so far.
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Somebody system dump please.. :)
[Xperia Arc General] Mandeep148:
...............
[Xperia Arc General] 1stichiban:
logcat ICS .431

by system dump, you meant logcat?

if so, luckily i was trying out ICS ArcKnight kernel for PRO...
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
No I mean All the system files from the official ICS update.. Unedited, the way they are meant to be. You can pull it using adb.

After doing that put it all in a zip file n upload it here..

This Is My Signature..
[Xperia Arc General] izyy:
where can I get ICS ArcKnight kernel for PRO?

wanna try and compare with riyal kernel :D
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29450534&postcount=2

Here you go mate..
[Xperia Arc General] chathudagr8:
I really hate ICS update for pro.,,, there are looots of issues

I really hate ICS update for pro.,,, there are looots of issues