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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] marcoplo:
any one need UK generic

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1784643

SI 1257-3114 :cyclops:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Proximity sensor functioning still buggy on stock UK generic .453 build, i.e sometimes after calling, for say 10 minutes, the screen doesn't unlock automatically (on removing the phone away from the ear). Also, the quicklaunch & timer bug still there. Camera focus seems quicker though! Battery life is pretty much the same as before for me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Any news on the upgrade?

I have enough of this buggy, unoptimised piece of crap.

It has so many bugs and glitches, it's just embarassing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Surethom:
No Face Unlock?

Finally ICS had been updated on my Xperia s it is now 4.01 Build 6.1.A.0.453 But NO Face Unlock?????? Anyone know why

May have found the problem Camera says Error, Camera not available, well so much for an official upgrade that kills the main feature of the phones, Camera. Any one else had this problem?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] del1701:
Try rebooting your phone using the power and volume keys
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Surethom:
Rebooted a few times but still no fix, So downloaded PC software & reinstalled software via PC & now all working. So much for over the air update.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] diceroller:
Hi guys, quick question:

Is updating to ics .453 worth it or shall I just stay on GB till all bugs will be fixed?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
My personal advice - stay and wait!

GB was brilliant, current ICS is ****.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] diceroller:
Yeah, I thought as much. Thanks. I'll wait bit longer then.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Have no idea when the update patching all those ICS bugs shall be available :confused:! Although couple of new ICS builds (for SXS) have already been certified at PTCRB. I hope sony does it soon enough, as these bugs, even if minor, admittedly do ruin the whole ICS experience on this otherwise excellent device!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tel033:
Is. 453 for all or just for uk phones? ,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Th3R1pp3r:
Wipe Data for ICS Flashing

Guys I was one of the many trying to avoid a "Wipe Data" Firmware flashing, and when I first upgraded to ICS I wasn't a happy camper. My Xperia S would randomly Reboot, it would stop responding for short and long periods of time often while doing different tasks etc.. and I tried many different ICS Firmwares from other Locations (Swedish/Nordic/etc) and still wasn't happy with the behavior of my phone on ICS... I was beginning to get desperate and was considering going back to Gingerbread.

So the other day when finally the UK Generic ICS for my phone came out (1257-3114) I tried going back to the UK Gingerbread in order to get the correct UK ICS for my phone via PC Companion, and my phone didn't like the downgrade so bad till the point that my phone would restart after a minute of booting up, and lots of Apps Crashes and Services Crashes, so I was forced to do the Flashing with the "Wipe Data" checked which I had avoided all along. And let me tell you that my phone has never behaved as great with ICS after it was Flashed with the "Wipe Data" checked.

Of course it's a pain having to organize your homescreen, redownloading your apps, games, etc.. and Having to set up all your accounts etc.. But I was forced to do it, and if I had known that that was all my phone needed to behave/perform stable and responsive on ICS I would have had done it on day one.

Just wanted to share my personal experience, in case anyone has been on the same boat avoiding the "Wipe Data" option when Flashing, and are experiencing lots of problems with ICS on your Xperia S like freezes, hangs, reboots, etc... Give it a try, leave the "Wipe Data" option checked, and I bet you won't regret it.. It will take some time for you to re-costumize your Xperia S looks and setting, but once you go on the Google Play Store, you'll still see the Apps you have downloaded and bought, and just have to download them again. I've even been smarter and only downloaded the apps I really need.. I noticed I had a lot of crappy apps/games installed on my Xperia S, and probably some of you do to.

I hope some people will try it, and I believe you will have a better ICS experience on your Sony Xperia S.

Cheers from D.R.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
^^^ that what I suggested long time ago.

And I think now one guy who have 2 similar phones will jump to say the opposite.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
I can't disprove that it was a good idea in the above case can I? But if the phone was totally corrupted by downgrading then I can't see how there was much choice!

If you recall, I suggested you do a full backup and then do an upgrade without wiping and see it out for a few days, and if it has any issues then do a wipe from then. Best of both worlds.

I've now put the UK ROM on both of my phones and the one that was upgraded (from CH v1 to CH v2 (if there was a v2!) to UK - all without wiping) and besides the odd camera quick launch problem, it's fine. When I rebooted after .453 was installed, the phone even did some upgrading and that was it.

By all means wipe, and go through all the hassle, but I found that I didn't need to do it and many others have found that too.

I am pretty sure that a lot of people who have reported loads of problems with ICS and are getting quite irate are also the people who did do a complete wipe, so I'm thinking it's not the ROM itself but a series of issues with applications installed thereafter, or certain settings, or issues with the launcher and the thresholds for quitting apps etc. All things that will exist however you upgraded to ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] maxboy:
For all, no bloatware in custUK .453 , and .453 is better than .452, it brings back the LED notification and somehow the auto brightness worked, wow! (it never worked on GB and ICS on my XS)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
Other little things like the circular countdown graphic on the timer now works, and I am sure there are lots of other little fixes.

I have had some odd Bluetooth problems in the car though, with the car kit announcing the phone has been disconnected when it's still on and sitting there. Once it reconnected a minute or so later, by itself, but the other time it didn't respond until I rebooted.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Timer ring works fine with force GPU rendering unchecked in stock ICS .452 build as well! Please confirm if it works well with GPU rendering enabled (under developer settings) coz last time i checked the bug was there!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ofiaich:
Hi everyone!

Just got back from travels and read that people are not recommending 6.1.A.0.453

I tried to update and it fails at every attempt!

I rebooted the phone, the PC but no luck. Any advice is much welcomed!

Ofiaich :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
How did you tried to update via pcc or flashtools??

Do you have unlocked bootloader???

If you are updating via pcc you need a locked bootloader.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
Hi, You can back up you contacts n text call logs n apps to sd card before you wipe n flash and restore once you finished. only home screen needed to set up ( wont restore widgets) no need to manually download... it will restore apps u just had before flashing... there is some bug in that missing one or two apps when restored.... Wipe data is also i recommend as i also tried wiping n felt hangs etc..

With uk .453 i have seen great improvement in camera focus ( hoping sony will iron out it fully eventually ) but still not much improvement in battery life...

I wonder did they fix the battery drain caused by preferred WCDMA/GSM mode in network?? ( sony suggested initially to use either GSM or WCDMA to reduce battery drain from switching between them even on stand by which seen drain droping hugely even when u sleep)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ofiaich:
Hi gm007!

Thanks for your reply..

I used Sony PC Companion and the phone is just as it was when bought from 02 UK.

So I guess the bootloader is locked! I will research about that!

Any further advice is always appreciated!

Ofiaich
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] FrancoBegbie:
different update method

Hi, i used the SEUS software available here:

www

sonymobile

com/global-en/tools/update-service

sorry had to break the address up as am not allowed to post links yet

it worked a treat. Updated to 453 and have had no issues at all.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Another strange thing:

With 2G GPU Rendering ON some apps like K9 Mail, Noteeveything are changing the look and don't work properly

With this option OFF the look changes... and apps work properly.

Lol
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Yes try Sony update service.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sutepm:
I upgraded to 453 couple days ago and today I am experiencing problem during several minutes of a call where I cannot hear the person I am talking to but they can hear me fine. I have to redial to fix this but the problem occurs again, this is very annoying.

Anybody experiencing this issue?

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] FrancoBegbie:
No in call issues

Have been using 453 for about a week now and have not experienced this issue, have made some longer call also (45 mins) with no problems.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ofiaich:
Hi Franco!

It worked a treat for me too! Thanks very much! I will explore 4.0.4 Build 6.1.A.0.453 from now!

Ofiaich :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Another intersting observation (bug?):

Let the phone sleep/autolock, then plug in the sony headphones and press the call key (on the headphones) once.. it should normally start music player/walkman app & playback of song last played should begin (as in GB), but nothing happens.. then press the camera key once without unlocking, and music playback starts!

Also, with music/walkman playing in the backgroung with screen locked, the quicklaunch functions every time without fail! I think my camera key really loves music playback :laugh:!

Anyone else notice this? Btw this happens on stock ICS build .452 (rooted).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Delete LiveWare from system/app reboot and try again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] maxboy:
Lol just tried, without force Gpu, it works fine, with force Gpu on, lol the circle shifted left upward and only showed right bottom corner!

It still circulate but you can only see lower part of I, lmao
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
I've had Liveware manager uninstalled using titanium backup pro (v 5.4.1) as soon as i had the root access. So, maybe its ghost haunting my phone!

Anyways thanks for the tip, i think i shall try a factory reset or reflash another rom with wipe. Will report back if this gets rectified.

---------- Post added at 12:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:36 AM ----------

Yes, thats what i said. Timer bug still there in the UK ICS (.453) along with others i mentioned few pages back.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
As I mentioned before, the same refers to other apps (K9Mail, Noteeverything)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] don_gabrielli:
Come on people you say there are bugs while turning on stuff in the Developer options? It's called Developer options for a reason. You should not change anything there unless you are a dev and want to debug or see how your application behaves under certain criteria. Then you decide if you want to enable this criteria individually in your app.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tel033:
Does anyone know perhaps when are we getting new firmware update??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Hmm, really? I didn't know but OK I'll consider this approach.

Edit:

Ok that may be right - Radio works perfectly with 2D rendering off..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] FrancoBegbie:
This does not seem to be an issue on .453. I have been using this feature repeatedly and the music starts immediately. Even if I've unplugged the headphones gone away for a couple of hours, plugged back in again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Ok.. will check this on .453 build. But it does happen on .452 stock, did a factory reset but to no use. Btw i think i'll try the MIUI/other custom roms again. Hope sony does come up with a bug free/stable ICS build soon coz i prefer stock sony to other roms.

P.S. Checked on stock UK ICS .453 and the problem with music player is gone! Even the quicklaunch is functioning as it should (at least for now), with developer settings untouched! Will report back if this changes.

Edit: Quicklaunch bug still there.. fails randomly!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
On Jelly Bean Google has attempted to discourage developer options being used a bit harder. There may be many bugs in ICS but it's a bit unfair to moan about those only appearing when certain things are changed that aren't 'normal' configuration options.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Daniel_GB:
Guys i just noticed something interesting, actually i have been using custom roms for a while & i just flashed back to stock ICS!

its just me hallucinating or bravia engine is not working like GB Rom?

in fact i cant see any deference in album application anymore, but in GB it was night/day....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
I understand that developer settings need to be used with caution as they are meant to be used by a developer! However, my biggest gripe with ICS update is the buggy quickluanch (which is unrelated to change in developer settings) , as for me this feature is one of the usp's of Xperia S.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Well that's right.

But current ICS shows problems which are not dev settings related.

The homescreen redraw, Facebook bug and some other bugs are just there.

UI stuttering like a damn beta - that's embarassing in fact.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
I'm not suggesting Sony has done a great job with ICS at all, and hope they'll issue another update soon to fix all of these problems.

But, I'd be wary of playing with the developer options (well, the animation settings seem fine to play with) as the word 'force' sounds like it will override what the developer may have intended, and that can also cause unwanted side effects.

In fact, it's designed for developers to enable to see how it might affect their app - and then fix accordingly. Many developers may have given up on supporting their apps, if they didn't sell well, they got bored or whatever - so after updating, some might work in odd ways which in turn affects the performance of the whole phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
For all those having battery drain issue, have u checked 'keep awake on or off' in developer options... its turned on by default n when every time reboot.. With this n set brightness off to minimum and 'kill of activties option ( developer options) on i'm getting very good life today.. till yesterday i didnt realise it on ... with my working day use only down to 63% in 24 hrs( still left)... usually run out by a round the clock...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shoz_on4u:
update????

Hi,

Any news on when sony is going to release update for so many bugs in this version of ICS. I'm getting fed up with this and most of all the facebook it keeps crashing while chatting with someone :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Also Browser crashes sometimes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
Adding to above ...a screenshot to prove.. 2days 12 hrs n 22% still left...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kdroid79:
Id like to see your battery life with data kept enabled throughout. Could you share how long your display was kept on for?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] robertgeorge1:
Canadian Stock firmware

Hi there,

I'm a noob and I need help finding a stock Rogers firmware for Xperia S. I've flashed my phone to ICS but now the phone wouldn't register to my carrier for data usage. Before I flashed the phone I did back up (or so I thought) stock firmware, for some reason the file is corrupted. I'm looking for one here but only one good man had posted one. Unfortunately he's taking the file off and no one else re-posted it. Can someone post a Canadian GB stock firmware? Please and thank you :)

Sorry wrong thread!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] samansh:
I got a brand new SXS and upgraded it to ICS right away. I haven't noticed any software issues so far (5 days). I also put a Straight Talk sim and getting 3 to 6.5 MB down and 1 to 2 up (decent for me). I love the phone design and feeling. Miles ahead GS3 and other cheap-toy-looking phones. The only thing that makes me to think about returning it is the battery life. it is bad...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
Its my working days data... so very minimal use... also no gaming , minimal wifi or data network use n my usual calls.... But i was not getting this long with same conditions coz of android system usage mainly by ( i think) stay awake feature n background activities... i will fully charge tonight n see how my not working day battery life will go...:o

By the way display was on for 2 hrs 27 minutes so far.....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] metcard:
Your android system is wayyyyyy too high.

Battery life on the xs is good but the keep awake issue/bug is what is troubling some people.

Android system should generally be less than 10% but normally below 5%.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Android system usage is normal like this after 2 days ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
Its showing high coz its near 60 hrs n other usage is very minimal.... if u are using ur phone for long time the display would be on top...so on...

Keep awake will be on if u charge ur phone or reboot....remember to go to deveoper setting each time u charge or reboot n turn of and u will save lot of battery wastage....:cowboy:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] metcard:
Here's my Xperia Play for reference. (45% battery remaining)

Push notifications for 3 apps active.

Android system keep awake time is at less than 9 minutes

Wifi data connection was on non stop.

The problem with the Android System for the XS is that it' is unpredictable.

Yesterday for the first 8 hours my Android system on the XS was at 2% and 8 minutes keep awake, then for whatever reason when I plugged it in to charge after 12 hours the Android System had shot up to 15% and keep awake was at over 2 hours and I had not touched the phone at all. What the hell is keeping the phone awake at random times?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ambroos:
Have you used Flashtool to flash another .ftf before?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nemer12:
i revice the same message :( .

I'm From Romania, my phone is from Germany and I have TW software I hope I will recive it today :D ..faster

I used Flashtools to update to .76 Is this a problem ?? That;'s why I don't recive the update ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] LR_Jordan:
Just got it - definitely available now in Birmingham, England.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Porchy12:
What firmware do you have? Is it the UK generic?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] optik19918:
yes but checked the build.prop is same as written on the back of the phone
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
reboot your pc or use SEUS

i tried SG LB CE1 NL firmwares but nothing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Yakandu:
Make an ftf or your fw an uploas it for us! Also where is your phone from? Update wiol be aviable in some hours i guess
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KidCarter93:
What's your SI number pal?

Sent from Sony Xperia S using XDA Premium

Join my threads here and here
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tsukeyomi:
What's your SI?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spice boy:
What is the SI number on the back of the phone? Did you flash any other firmware before hand?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hyouchi:
Have the same problem here. My phone is from Germany, wich is listed on the SI list, but can't get the update yet. :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] red34kor:
Huh? released date is suddenly changed!!

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/42096

Phone model	SI-number	Released

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-3741	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-3740	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-3740	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-2734	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-2735	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-4879	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-4882	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-5062	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-5063	2012-06-21

Xperia S (LT26)	1257-5212	2012-06-21
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ambroos:
The 21st isn't over yet :P They're obviously pushing the updates right now.

@Post above: you're four pages behind.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Soheil_rf:
For rooting (UNLOCKED BOOTLOADERS) :

1. flash Bin4ry's Recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1596285

2. Go to recovery and flash Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

3. Turn off the phone and flash Stock ICS kernel from FTF

Any idea ??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] optik19918:
the phone was a gift idk from where is!

but for the ftf of the firmware i need 4-5 hours to upload slow upload band here in italy!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
for me it says up to date im on 1257-2735...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SnowOokami:
80mbit at home... 100mbit at work, but no ftf or update here :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Phantasm4489:
sounds reasonable to me
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ivan232:
How about never root user?Do this method need to root?

thx
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
i have 50mbit/s at home .. as soon as the update arrives il upload. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SFU11:
Maybe this bug was reported before. But I don't know the solution so far.

Phone awaking drive me crazy, either screen on or off. I installed BetterBatteryStats, and shown AlarmManager run marathon to wake the phone.

I'm running ICS .452, locked bootloader + root + cwm.

also, stay awake in developer options is always turned off.

No WiFi, No Data, just 1 day battery life. :mad:

how to fix this issue? anyone know? :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
I think it's an app causing this.

My X S is great on idle.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
try a factory reset from the settings(backup and reset).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pixy132:
One thing I would really want to know is that what does the standard pc companion back up include. While most of my stuff are either in the cloud or can be reinstalled again easily, I'm concern about app data, game save etc. Will these be back up as well?

If so I might just wipe the device and do a clean setup to see if it can solve some of m my problem, such as short batt life and very often app stop working bug.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shoz_on4u:
Yes you can but you better go for astro application backup its much better IMO ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
P.S. Google Maps offline storage works now....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] randy_c:
Firmware 0.453 proximity doesn't work on my SXS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Yeah the proximity sensor seems buggy on mine too (.453 UK stock). Sometimes it works like it should while other times it doesn't (sometimes screen won't turn itself on after a long call). Anyways, did you check it using the service menu test?

Edit: Oh and the volume up/down keys don't function most times while on a call (screen off), but they do if i let the screen unlock (while still on call). I've noticed most of the issues i face on ICS occur with display/screen turned off!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] randy_c:
My home screen just shift up
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
Thats strange, never happened on mine! Looks like it has something to do with force 2D rendering settings (if u have enabled it try disabling it), otherwise, i have no idea.