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[Motorola Droid 3] Pokelover980:
I don't really think upgrading the D3 would cut too deeply into D4 sales, especially if they released ICS for us after they did for the D4. The D4 is a 4G phone, so anyone who wants 4G would go for a D4 over a D3. The D4 is also newer, so anyone looking to upgrade that's a tech freak who needs the latest and greatest hardware would go for it (though they might in reality go for other phones, we'll just assume they're limited to the D3 and D4 here :P). They're not going to be making many D4 sales off of current D3 users because we're still on contract for a good deal of time (assuming we all upgraded and thus renewed our contracts when we got our D3. I know this doesn't apply to everyone), and buying an unsubsidized phone is crazy. By the time we're eligible for an upgrade, they'll have come out with an even better phone than the D4 and we'll be going after that, and that would be what they want. If they're afraid of losing people who want a cheaper phone that's still good, well, I think anyone tight on budget would give up a few features and go for the D3 anyways, or maybe even a cheaper phone, so they're not really losing anything there. Our phone is still relatively new, so there's no reason that we shouldn't be getting an ICS upgrade other than Moto devs being lazy and Verizon having an unfounded fear of a loss of sales on a newer phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] koukobin:
GO GO Samsung !!!

Thats why so many people are switching to Samsung ! Its simple, Samsung bootloaders are unlocked or extremely easy to unlock.

Can you blame them?
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
D3 was really a mistake. It is D4 that Motorola should have released first place. I guess that's why they released it so soon after D3 - just to address all those shortcomings people bashed the phone for.

And they are trying to put it to the grave now. I wish I didn't waste money on mine, but oh well...
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
What? What shortcomings? The only one I can think off is 1GB RAM. The only real shortcoming is the screen and they didn't upgrade that on the droid 4. I just saw the HTC one X this weekend and my droid 3 looks like its 3 years old. Kinda like when you use see your old phones screen after you get a new one after 2 year contract.
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
RAM and lack of much anticipated at the time LTE radio. They didn't have better screen at the time with acceptable battery drain and price. I suspect latter is the reason D4 didn't get Razr's screen.
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Hello

We all know how much we love our device. The only globally available qwerty smartphone. The xperia pro. Also known as iyokan, MK16i and MK16a. There was a user on xda named king-iyokan(guess how much he loved it). So here is a thread to show how much you love, share anything and everything about anything and everything.

Regards.

EDIT: TEMPORARILY THIS THREAD IS FOR THE ICS UPDATE DISCUSSION
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Lemme say something at first.

I have an xperia pro since it was launched. I love it.

My brother got an xperia s on his birthday about two weeks ago. I wanted to try it out so I exchanged my pro with him for a week. After using the pro for a week he loved it so much that today he sold off his xperia s and got an all new xperia pro himself.

So our device is even better than the xperia s. :):D:p :thumbup:
[Xperia Arc General] Dexxmor:
I love my Pro too, it is very bad that we have no own SubForum. It is my first qwertz phone that i ever have, and the hardware keyboard is so good :D . Its sad, that my MIUI port stuck on bootscreen, so no MIUI for the pro... sorry guys :(
[Xperia Arc General] Riyal:
If it's blackscreen the problem is on ramdisk.

If it's stuck on boot screen the problem is on kernel.

If it's stuck on boot animation the problem is on ROM. :)

Perhaps that might give you some tips and hope you continue your development there :D
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Got another Xperia pro. Yay..!
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but:

Settings -> Applications -> Quick Launch.

It's a quite handy option I noticed few days ago (despite having the phone for a month now.).
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Which rom.. cant get this on cm9

Don't forget to hit 'THANKS' if I helped..
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Finally Our pro is getting an ICS update next week.. Yuppie..
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
I'm using TEAM stock ROM.
[Xperia Arc General] RamEsRock:
Curious thing happened with my Xperia Pro.

I got a MK16i (which is the international version) and living in Mexico.

So I couldn't get to my carriers 3G, I was bummed.

I decided to try changing Kernel/ROMs about some weeks ago, and by changing to CM7.2.0 by Freexperia, it suddenly started working.

Now I love my phone even more!
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
So the Arc gets an ICS update today.. Wish our pro soon follows it..
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
I'm starting to think that they let go the updates information too soon. It happened with X10 2.3.3 update aswell. One day they said the update was ready, the next day they said the roll out would need few more days.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony...t-update-for-Xperia-X10-was-premature_id20709
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Xperia Pro ICS update roll out

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38384
[Xperia Arc General] leona:
I've had my phone since Nov 2011, love it, I need a physical QWERTY keyboard as I can not see to use the on screen keyboards and since the Xperia Pro is the only Android phone with a Keyboard, that's what I got.

Strange how, in the UK, it got such a soft launch, no carries where stocking it, I had to go through a 3rd party to get it on an O2 upgrade, so only could get the black one, I wanted the Red!

Anyway I noticed on the Sony Talk forum that ICS is now out for our phone, http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38384

I don't have WinDoze or Mac PC (I'm a Linux user) so I can not use PCC to update :( (Bad Sony Bad)

Happy updating :)

P.S. XDA needs a Pro sub forum, I don't know how many thread, news item or votes I've completed for this and still nothing, very poor :'(
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Dont worry.. I'll upload an ftf for u as soon as i get the update..
[Xperia Arc General] I.Am.J:
seriously i love this device very much...

i cant spell it in words, its the best phone i ever have... the qwerty keyboard is AWESOME... :)

and one thing that makes me so happy is my SI number is on the list... :D
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Hello.. what all you guys think about the ics update..

I'm loving this but i'm unhappy with the dialer.. it takes a lot of time to load.. :(
[Xperia Arc General] leona:
is that 4.0.3 or 4.0.4? as I knew there where problems with .3 but I thought it was solved with .4
[Xperia Arc General] now.i.feel:
Its 4.0.4..

I think that bug hasn't been fixed as yet...
[Xperia Arc General] Steven Seagal:
How do I have this appearance the Official Ice Cream :

What aplication ??

Nova Louncher does not ¡¡
[Xperia Arc General] mattmanas:
ROM: Ultimate HD 2.0.3

Kernel : Lupus Pro

My ROM and ernel are same as that of yours..I guess..

And one more thing what I found is battery drain,

It drain very fast,

Should I try any other Kernel ?
[Xperia Arc General] shareupload:
power button ends call

Go to setting and then to accessibility and tick power button ends call......
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
Yup I know it drains..

Use this trick..use setCpu from the market..paid app

Make profiles I.e governer as powersave when screen off and whichever you normally use eg ondemand when screen on!

Thankx aciong.akshay for this ..

Helps considerably..

Or Switch to Gb rom! They are the most stable...convenient to play hd games and battery friendly as well...compared to ics

Hit thanx if this helps!
[Xperia Arc General] mattmanas:
Thanx for your advice .

I've done it.

But what about vibration controls that I've already asked.

---------- Post added at 07:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

Thanx a lot.

I've been searching this from months.
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
Disable vibrations un sound menu..

And then try using them from every particular app..like whatsapp,msgs or try enabling vibrations and disabling them for particular app..

See if works
[Xperia Arc General] syam7863:
I tried UHD, Viper, CM9-CM10

For now, I prefer stock based because I can use HDMI
[Xperia Arc General] mattmanas:
I'm not talking about notification vibrations of apps, i'm talking of sms and ussd flash message notification. That usually display as balance (after call / sms ) or any ad by the company. Or checking balance etc.

Hope you understand which vibration i'm talking about.
[Xperia Arc General] virtual_ironman:
xperia pro ics update with custom kernel?

hi i was a bit confused.. i nearly bricked my phone once trying to install a custom rom but luckily recovered. my phone is rooted successfully but im currently running gingerbread 2.3.4 with the ultima v 1.1 kernel from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1600165&page=1

if i upgrade to ICS using official method but with this kernel will it be successful? or do i need to revert to the stock kernel? and if so can u pls provide me with the link to the stock kernel? pls help.. im new to this lol
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
Here

find your stock kernel here Find .587

you could also flash stock ics based Rom and the kernel after that

Hit thanx if helped!
[Xperia Arc General] mattmanas:
Thanx madaditya..

Your advices worked.. battery improved
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
Cool!

Thats real awesome!

even i never got a battery lasting for 2 days!

never!

50 % of the battery always goes in the display...

but i dont see that battery consumer in your pic...
[Xperia Arc General] mattmanas:
Now its again I got 2 days backup..

I just made 2 profiles instead of 1 in setcpu.

One for screen off and another for either screen on or incoming call..but despite of powersave I opt for minmax and choose speed..

And ya Screen light minimum..
[Xperia Arc General] deepuvjy:
Regarding Keyboard Layout

Hi Everyone,

I flashed the PACman ROM to my Xperia pro and it works just perfect.

The only issue i saw is about the Hardware Keyboard. Holding the Symbol key and pressing the key to get a symbol wont work.

And pressing the symbol key alone used to list the symbols and smileys(Which used to work in the stock roms) is not working. I cannot post in that thread being a noob.:crying:..

But in that thread it is mentioned abt this issue and told tht it is nt fixed. I was thinking is there a way to port the stock keyboard layout and smiley settings into the rom.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
[Xperia Arc General] sydfab:
hi boys! =)

I need for some help...I rooted my phone following a guide that lead me to install a don2x kernel. then I tried to install this miui rom -->(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1888518); after the first step in miui rom guide (install the kernel in the zip (I flashed it through flashtool)),I tried to reboot and now my phone is bricked, i can't go in bootloader..what can I do? please help me..=(
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
???

the steps are,you should put the rom zip on your sdcard...

then Start your Phone,while the boot logo (Sony) appears,keep on pressing the volume down key!

you'll enter CWM,,,and then...do the necessary wipes..

and install zip from sdcard...

your phone would never boot since you flashed a CM based kernel..intended only for those roms...immediated after flashing the kernel,install the rom...

Remember! -Thanx speaks louder than Posts

so you might wanna hit thanx :D
[Xperia Arc General] sydfab:
pardon..

can I simply flash a kernel like a rom? puttin zip in sd card, flashing it through CWM and then flashing rom e gapps? it's so simple? and then what is the order of wipes?
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
Any Rom op will give you the order of wipes!

Its factory reset-advanced menu-wipe battery stata if your cwm has :p that option -mounts and storage- format system(remember not sdcard :p) - install zip from sd card - zip

Yup..flashing roms is that easy...even simpler With Aroma installer where you choose options!

But to flash kernels you need a pc and flashtool..search,you'll find them!

Juz Be the Smart Geek! :cool:
[Xperia Arc General] sydfab:
pacman rom

hello guys! Can you help me? =)

I've installed pacman rom based on 4.2.2 android version, and there isn't any fm radio application preinstalled...I need for this app, what could I do? can you help me? I'm waiting for your answers =) thank you!
[Xperia Arc General] WhizzWr:
You'd find better answer on Pacman ROM thread, such as this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1924719&highlight=fm

anyway, have you tried Spirit FM from Google Play?
[Xperia Arc General] keenofhiphop:
I have the X10 and think i will go on to the XPro, because I like the qwertz (in germany it is qwertZ :D).

But as I did not find any Info in internet, could you just shortly look into apps/active apps and tell me how much ram is available (not free...)

I think I do not have to ask if you recommend the phone :D :D as this is a fanboy thread^^

however, I am happy to get my Xpro even if i dont know when, but it is surprisingly cheap in germany...

Greets
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
well ill advice you take any of the new sony releases..

Xpro is 2011 series atlast..

Xpro is a small community :p (i just spoke outta experience ;) )

well if you wanna go with it...dont worry..it is an awesome device!!!

look for Xperia l,Tipo,U etc etc ;) [yeah they got no QwertZ,Its ony us!!! :cool:]
[Xperia Arc General] keenofhiphop:
I see all the new devices and I hate most of them... really, 2012 devices are ugly and I am Artist.... so no ugly phone for me xD

2013 is too expensive and unecessary hightech (quad core, 1080 hd and whatever, noone needs). only one would be xperia SP but I think it is too big...

I know that XPro isnt slim but its not that huge... however I will surely be statisfied with it^^

Greets
[Xperia Arc General] WhizzWr:
Well.. 512mb is dangerously small for a post-Gingerbeard Android device.

I believe if you plan to stay gingerbeard, the lag wouldn't be really noticeable.

But since you appreciate visual eyecandy I imagine you'd prefer your PRO running ICS.

The phone itself is awesome, qwerty keyboard is one thing but I'm afraid I have to tell you that tiny RAM really is a showstopper!

I think if you plan to install few to none apps you'll be fine.

I have moderate amounts of apps (some 40-50ish not including system app) and I'm running custom ROM and have done various optimization.. (supercharger, zram, removed bloatware) and I can tell that the optimization works.

Guess what? The lag is still pretty noticeable most of the times.

It's a pita waiting for Contacts to load, even there is delay on making/receiving call.

Your mileage may vary, though

I assume going to 2012/2013 xperia will save you from the frustation of low ram.
[Xperia Arc General] keenofhiphop:
thanks but guess what :D

my x10 has 384 mb ram and is running awsome....

I prefer gingerbread as it is (in my eyes) more reliable on any device and easy themable. I just want a little upgrade from X10 to a phone with keyboard and more ram. therebis nothing else. when i got a job and money (school atm) i will buy a high end device but now i only need somrthing to be a little better than x10. In the end i will root it for sure and install a custom rom, and such will do it, My amount of apps was never higher than 25 and I still have 160 mb ram free just at the moment. so ram is not the main thing, it is the keyboard that pulls me to the xpro. The other difference is software.... 2.6.29 is the last supported kernel on x10, camera never worked with 2.6.32 but it gets a lot smoother and faster.

I do not care for lags as they are normal on gingerbread and i always set animations to zero.

Greets

Edit: I will better go with tje nexus 7... my x10 tapping skills are good enough for messaging ;D nexus 7 is awsome
[Xperia Arc General] WhizzWr:
I see if that's the case, Gingerbeard on Pro got to work like a treat! :D

Nexus however, appears to be more future proof ;)

Yea, I like pro qwerty keyboard a lot, but for daily usage it's still 70 onscreen vs 30 hw keyboard :D

That said I really appreciate the hw keyboard when I'm writing a long text (such as writing this post), and as a bonus force landscape trigger, LOL.

Let us know which phone you end up with.
[Xperia Arc General] dhruba1:
upgrading

I have updated from Samsung Galaxy 551 to Xperia Pro and now I have nowhere else to go :( I guess no one is worrying about hw keyboards anymore
[Xperia Arc General] gunthergloop:
Hi all,

I have an Xperia Pro for almost a year now. I just can't type (much) on touchscreens so this is the only phone for me. Ideally I'd like to be able to uninstall most/all of the preinstalled apps that clog up the main hd space/ memory, including a number of Facebook apps, some of the music/lyrics/ video apps, "fun'n games update" (whatever that is) and even Adobe Reader -all unremovable.

So would I need to root in order to do this? If so, while I'm at it I guess I'd consider installing a third-party firmware. It's hard to find details on what the different (valid) firmwares do. One thing I'd love to be able to add is a an ability to use some of the physical buttons to, say, easily skip between songs instead of having to activate the screen each time.

All advice gratefully received.
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
Welcome

Hi there,

Seems your 1st post here on Xda

Before you begin,i strongly suggest you go through these so you well set to be around here http://xdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81

1.YEs,to remove the System apps or the unwanted apps eating your memory(Also called as bloatware) you need to root your phone

2.You may find the process for rooting your phone here in the Stickies(main threads) and may also search them

3.Regarding physical buttons you need some real research :p

Just regarding songs skipping,you can use your volume keys,all is you need to search

always Hit thanks when members help you,dont spam,search first,dont ask questions really basic and Happy XDAing :good:

______________________________________________________

Peepz,anyone here got the 'sym' key working on stock based roms??
[Xperia Arc General] Anne_Droid:
Finally thinking of retiring my PRO, it's been a while and ive held on to it longer than ive held on to any other phone ive had (except for those old Nokias, man those were rock solid lol)

Any suggestions?

i only have two requirements

1.) hardware keyboard (since i do a lot of typing on the go)

2.) faster cpu than PRO (just to keep up with the times)

Cheers
[Xperia Arc General] ameer1234567890:
Unfortunately, keyboard phones are not the current trend. There are very less, and even lesser keyboard phones with a reliable keyboard like the Pro. One good phone is the Samsung Captivate Glide, but it's keyboard is s**t compared to the Pro. I own this phone along with the Pro.

Another promising contestant is Samsung Relay 4G, which I have heard that the keyboard is quite good.

Nevertheless, I am still in love with Pro.
[Xperia Arc General] Rambo_FT:
Your requirements are good, but a smartphone with keyboard and faster cpu is not produced yet.
[Xperia Arc General] bigbrother69:
You could find a solution buying a samsung S4 :eek: and a bluetooth keyboard (http://www.amazon.com/MegaGear-Bluetooth-Wireless-Keyboard-Samsung/dp/B009MJ0V5E for example)
[Xperia Arc General] Rambo_FT:
In my idea, a bluetooth keyboard and a S4 is not a substitute for PRO. You can write quickly SMS anywhere with PRO, but if you buy S4+keyboard, you need a flat ground and more :)
[Xperia Arc General] bigbrother69:
it's not so big and uncomfortable that it seems to be, I have a friend who has this and he always keep the keyboard sticked to the S3 (because he adapts it, money is money)

It's really not disgusting and appears to be a veritable solution...

..but yeah I'm sad, always nothing new on smartphone with physical keyboard..really annoying (hopefully Sony produces some good products...my Pro is still alive..)
[Xperia Arc General] Anne_Droid:
thanks for all your replies.

i might give bigbrother69's idea a go.

although im still undecided. why do you think i still have the pro? lol

Man i wish some company releases a decent qwerty phone.

5 inch screen with xperia pro's keyboard. oh yeah. where's the smiley for drool? :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Arc General] 1up_:
It runs all the apps that i need and the keyboard help me to send sms, and whatsapp. I dont need a S4 for do this, i dont play games.
[Xperia Arc General] Anne_Droid:
Neither do I but I want something new, something faster, with the newest Android. I've held on to this phonel longer than I've held on to the ones I've had. What am I gonna do with all this money if I don't buy new phones, right? ;)
[Xperia Arc General] 1up_:
Easy, buy a tablet for the things that u can't do.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 usando Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Arc General] lightning3:
I had this problem, and the only solution currently is

1. Buy Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE from US

2. Mod for SimCard Slot - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1929143

I am currently looking for phone in nice condition, and i contacted with ConrholioGSM - the inventor of this GSM mod.
[Xperia Arc General] mraccounter:
Can someone help me pls.

I dropped my Xperia pro a while back and after some days it started malfunctioning. The LCD screen is OK but at first the lower part of screen (bottom part near app drawer) stopped accepting touch and now after 2 weeks or so complete lower half of screen is not responding to any touch. :(

What can be the issue.

Is replacing LCD screen the solution or is there an issue with touch screen digitizer.?

Kindly help.
[Xperia Arc General] mo0n_sniper:
KitKat

Maybe you guys should wait before buying a new phone. LegacyXperia has started porting KitKat 4.4 for Xperia Pro.

I haven't tryed it very much but it runs pretty fast.

I was also looking to buy a new phone but I'm waiting to see how this turns out as I couldn't find any good replacement phone with a keyboard.
[Xperia Arc General] mo0n_sniper:
LegacyXperia rocks

OK, tried it for a few hours now. It runs really good. I would say the fastest ROM for Pro I ever installed.

WiFi works better for me than 4.1
[Xperia Arc General] seventhworl:
That's great, what are current bugs? Is keyboard fully supposed, including word suggestions?
[Xperia Arc General] mo0n_sniper:
Runs better than official ROM. The speed and responsivness is great.

Here is what's working: https://github.com/LegacyXperia/local_manifests/wiki/CM11.0-kernel-3.4-status
[Xperia Arc General] om91251:
Awesome device

Just love ths device..1 & only 1 hardware keyboard cell on android platform with screen touch :) :cowboy:
[Xperia Arc General] yehaa:
Hey guys is there any way to download the lastest release of FXP CM10 for our Iyokan?

Since I tried kitkat and didn't really like it I want to go back to CM10.

greetings
[Xperia Arc General] Madaditya:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=iyokan

Or Sjb,which is cm 10 based and perfectly optimized.
[Xperia Arc General] sevenkel:
hi,whats the best and fastest JB rom for Pro?
[Xperia Arc General] sevenkel:
and there is only one kernel for kitkat?
[Xperia Arc General] DGINS23:
VanirAOSP

Hello.

Help please with Vanir AOSP, it truly requires CM11 kernel? All subsequent updatings after 11.06.14 in all the sound of a call, a call, a melody and other doesn't work. Any loudspeaker and microphone doesn't work. I ask to understand.﻿ And developers don't answer my crookedly translated question) As to solve it))
[Xperia Arc General] baalint:
guys who hate ICS,pls do not, ICS gives a lots of opportunities to our lovely phone.. it was a big jump in android history
[Xperia Arc General] Rambo_FT:
Also a big disappointment for Xperia Pro.
[Xperia Arc General] Erika Momodani:
源语言： 日语

How close the keyboard lights