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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Go to data monitor and check which app is consuming more.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
It simply states Android os, 120k foreground and a couple of hundred Meg background.

Interesting to note I have disabled everything from using any form of updating other than manual, and data use is still rising :-*

Forgot to mention it has used another 20Meg since I disabled everything around half an hour ago lol

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SonyXperiaS:
where to check for animation options???

i cant find it in display menu
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] realfelix:
settings > developer options
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
It's apex using my bandwidth. If I switch to free version it is fine. Back to pro and off it goes.

Free version used 35k in 30 minutes. Pro version used 13Meg in 30 minutes.

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] randy_c:
I tried CH battery last for about 8 hrs and now tried HK. HK firmware seem to getting worst on battery and the phone reboot by itself once.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DevilsArc:
So I ran my battery checker over night, actually a bit longer, is the android usage high?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] randy_c:
My phone app and Go SMS super lag using CH ICS version with clean wipe flash. :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] emwgee:
Very disappointed after the upgrade, that's all I've to say.

Battery drains like hell, screen lags, BT audio lags....

I've done clean re-install and wipe the storage a couple of time already, nothing changed....

DISAPPOINTED.....
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wernerzero:
Here's my first impressions after about 36h with ICS.

The Good:

+ Like the new Gallery. Looks good and has some nice features. (But...does anyone know how to hide some folders ie. Facebook friends folder)

+ New calender, as above

+ General ICS features, swipe away etc.

The Bad:

- Battery is much worse so far. Hope it gets better with time...

- Slower, see above

- System UI crashes. Wallpaper goes black, homescreen freezes, notification bar disappears-appears-freezes...

- Backup & restore app, tried it thrice -> three "error occured"

- Gets HOT fast.

The Ugly:

~ Top Contacts, Enchanted Forrest, Wisepilot and other bloats...

~ Settings now only in notif.bar (and app drawer)

~ Unable to customize the secondary key in lockscreen, camera/silent/free choice

~ The Menu button is now redundant on the homescreen. Only does the same as single-tap on empty space...

~ Still haven't found out what "own order" means in app drawer...

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sixdaysandy:
I know it's been a bit hit and miss as far as people's experiences go but I've found that battery is greatly improved, with me getting 33 1/2 Hours of pretty heavy usage (except when asleep). Idling it uses almost nothing.

I did a full wipe (incl SD Card) and I've had no crashes/freezes at all, and to my perception the overall performance has been improved.

Settings in Notification Bar did puzzle me at first but its a minor change and pretty easy to adapt to.

Own order means that when you click the button next to sort you can move the apps around and put them in your own order :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] subben2003:
For me after some days on ICS only :good: things... for me it's a loveaffair. Everythings working fine, not having any issues at all. the only thing a have noticed id the wi-fi reception is a bit lover than on GB. but in-house it's working so no reason to axe sony for that. they can and will fix that in a update...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wernerzero:
Haah, thought you could only uninstall apps with that button... :o Thanks!

Guess I'll have to try full wipe also. Just think it's too much work to have to empty your phone and all data, and start over, to get an update to work smoothly. :(

What gets me the most is that my XS was just phenomenal on GB. Fast, smooth, no problems whatsoever...

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doministry:
Looks like I will skip this upgrade...

Sony disappoints again.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sixdaysandy:
Well my approach was to wipe my SD Card of everything but my photo's, videos, and music, as I know android dumps/caches a lot of stuff there. Re-install everything from the market (it does it automatically in ICS) and run it from fresh. I don't think I've experienced anything negative apart from the proximity sensor no longer locking the screen when you're on a call.

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I have to ask, as you seem to have nothing good to say about the hardware nor software, why did you buy the XS in the first place, and more importantly why did you keep it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doministry:
Mmm, mate, wake up. New here?

X S is a great phone and currently on .75 works just great, almost no flaws.

And all the reports of this upgrade were positive.

My phone is how it should be from almost every perspective.

Now I'm about to get my ICS - still waiting for my SI beeing upgraded though -

and I'm quite terrified how mixed are reports about this ICS.

Looks like a disaster for some. So I'm not that happy to read my phone may perform much worse with new upgr.

Clear?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
So you are trolling without even tried it??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ataozcelik:
I upgraded to ICS 4 days ago and the performance is really worse. The launcher itself is a little bir faster and screen do not lag but when I click any application it clearly waits at least couple of seconds to start. Besides it freezes when I try to type fast, I'm not happy so far with the update. And by the way WiFi reception is by far worse than GB, just a couple of meters away from the router I get one point signal from WiFi.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sixdaysandy:
Sorry if i've caused offence, I didn't mean to.

I've only noticed you posting since ICS came out; after having a quick look at the stats on your profile it shows that the majority of your last 40 posts only really exist to say that Sony ****ed up the release and that their ICS implementation is ****; even though it doesn't appear that you've tried it yourself yet.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
To be fair mate just as many people have issues with gb.

Personally I think it's worth it, a few minor issues but nothing worse than I had with gb.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doministry:
Do you see the number and content of posts here regarding ICS?

This is my concern.

I read all this to know if I will try it actually.

If you look at all my stats regarding Sony devices you'll know.

Anyway before ICS this thread was really quiet, that was a stable build this GB 75.

Now it looks for many the situation worsened significantly.

Threads are not only for happy users.

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You're in the wrong place.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DevilsArc:
Guys I hard reset mine and it seems to be better I suggest that you do the same you can do so by turning off your phone holding your power button down the volume button until it vibrates three times. it is running smoother now so give it a try, I think my battery is still calibrating will report back in a few days
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Velnica:
Honestly, that hard reset has saved my a** a few times, lol. Also for battery life, here's what I'm getting for the past week: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28032189&postcount=794
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
I think the problem isn't any specific app, but Android itself. Look here, at the keep awake time.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Velnica:
Holy crapples, okay something is wrong there. Out of 4h of usage time today my Android System is kept awake only for 4 minutes. So 4 hours out of 13 hours... that's pretty bad! And I've got way more "Included Packages" than yours, although I don't have that Credential Manager on.

Hmm, can you take another screenshot with the rest of your Android System processes? Just trying to compare and see :o
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
4 hours android system means you used your phone 4 hours with screen on.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wernerzero:
How can you reset the mail notification on the lockscreen..?

It shows that I have 230+ unread mails, when I have none!!! :confused:

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How can you stop Album to show my Facebook friends photos? :confused:

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And I really think they should rename ICS to ANR...!!! Never had any on GB, now several... (same as on TF201:( ) :mad:

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And the bilingual setting when typing is stupid!!! It amazingly only shows suggestions for the "wrong" language... :confused:

In GB it worked flawlessly, and I use three languages: English, Swedish and Finnish. Still it managed them all and rarely missed..!!

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Think I'll try to rewind back to GB soon. Too much bad and not enough good in ICS...

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] m1st3r1:
nope.. it's different. there's Screen (for the display, which is, imo, the biggest drainer) and Android System (which contain services, like HDMI, setup guide, power saver, etc, etc,...

in my everyday use (3G only, apps syncing (and notification, little game, lot of texts, little phone call, some music) i get 12 hours battery life, with 3 hours Screen and 6% of the Android System.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ashwin412:
Is there anyway to make the Timescape widget at the Home screen to show your SMS too with the ICS update,like it used to be in my old Xperia X10 mini pro ? Here,it only shows twitter and facebook feeds :/ I miss the SMS and Missed call features of Timescape :/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SonyXperiaS:
the only this i dislike after ics update is that my wifi signal has gone down drastically :(

Pls Sony fix this in any of the further updates
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] beup:
Hi,

Does someone know if its possible to get on the lockscreen the same combination as in GB to unlock the phone ?

Which was, first i had the slide thing and then i had to put my PIN CODE.

Now on ICS i didnt find the way to get the same thing, they are seperate, slide to unlock or enter the PIN Code but not able to set both.

Any ideas ? Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] metcard:
Superb.

I was a little scared of flashing ICS CH onto my phone after reading the somewhat negative first impressions of it, but went ahead and flashed it anyway.

The update is way smooth. I get about 200+ MB of free ram no problems (maybe 50mbs less than GB). I browsed a ridiculously image heavy website, which would absolutely kill any browser, and after about 5 minutes I pressed the home button and there was no slowdown or redraw issue.

You can pretty much disable any app on the phone with ICS, so if an app keeps launching itself that you don't want just disable it.

Home-screen scrolling seems much smoother now than when on GB. Browser stock and Chrome are Buttery smooth.

I can't comment on battery because I've only been running this for about 2 hours but so far nothing out of the ordinary.

Overall Sony ICS is running smoother than ICS on my GEDify XOOM.

Battery update.

2:30 hours of absolute punishment i.e downloading all my apps, web browsing, setting up my phone to what it was prior to flashing and my battery went from 48% to 10%. So 38% drain in 2:30hours of non stop use. (20%brightness)

Pretty good IMO

http://members.optusnet.com.au/kelvin.dudd/icsxs.jpg
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
People are more likely to complain than compliment. I am like you, no real problems.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] FlightTribe:
I asked this very question several pages ago. The answer is... NO it's not possible to have it like on Gingerbread. You either have swipe and no security or you only have security PIN.

I know.. WTF right ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900i:
how do you disable apps from launching itself?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sikiduck:
It sucks that I have to restart the phone after flightmode. Every night I set my phone in flightmode but I don't want to restart it to be able to call, sms and so on.. Omg.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ambroos:
That's weird, I don't have to do that. Disabling flight mode just asks my PIN and then everything works perfectly again?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] s-X-s:
Yesterday my phone( on flashed ICS 4.0.4 CH firmware) went ugly i checked a photo after taking it n zoomed n then it got frozen there , pressed home button,power button etc no response.. eventually i had to reboot... Was ashamed (it was a party) seeing my firends SGSIII taking gorgoeus photos with its 8M camera where our 12 megapixel let u down...

I think album freeze is known on sony ics acc to my friend as its there on his sony tab after upgrade
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
I've always used quickpic. Standard gallery is rubbish.

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] metcard:
Go to Settings > Apps > ALL > Scroll to the app you want to disable and tap on it > tap on the disable option. (some services which launch themselves can't be disabled but most pre-installed apps can be disabled)

This essentially tells the OS that the app has been uninstalled so you can't use it at all unless you enable it again.

Disabled apps are listed at the bottom of the app list.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Efe64:
Is it me or did i just discover that you can use notification bar on the lockscreen?

Verstuurd van mijn LT26i met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] m1st3r1:
i have no problem zooming in the stock camera app. it went fine. but i think u shud know that it's digital zoom, it's better take normal photo (without zooming) and edit it with software (ie photoshop).

and u shud know that GS3 and iphone4s both use Sony's lens in their camera (but differ in the apparture, SG3 has f2.6, while i4s has f2.4) and if Sony is smart (well at least as smart as i am :D ) they should use better camera (lens) for their product, and btw, XS has f2.4.

yup.. me too. but i kinda like it. it's easier to read my notification (but ofc there'll be someone will insult Sony bout this "bug" :D )
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sikiduck:
Yeah your right! I don't get the message anymore :D

So annyoing that when you press right touch button there is no option for Settings menu. I have to take the notification bar and at the top there's the settings icon. Hard to do with only one hand -.-

And the icons left on the notification bar is so dark! :/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tel033:
What's the purpose on disabling apps? Why don't you just uninstall them?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] FenrirMX:
Only works with slide though. Or at least it doesn't with pattern.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lord Takyon:
Because you can't :-)

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
Finally rooted my phone using that guide for locked bootloader. So, I remember I saw a list of apps I could remove on ICS, but i can't find it anymore. If someone can link it to me, I will be grateful!

Forget it, found it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Deniz.S:
can you post a link, can't seem to find it either.

thanks

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also, is there a way to remove the notification for "select input method" every time your using the keyboard?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739794

Here is it. I just want to know which files are related to Timescape, and which ones are related to the FB integration.

No. At least I think no.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ambroos:
The input method notification is now the only way to switch keyboards, so you can't remove it. Long-pressing the input field now brings up the clipboard functionality (copy, cut and paste) instead.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adsada arc:
Actually it's not, if you click the more button (12!?) there is a dedicated settings button there. :cyclops:

My thoughts on ICS, overall I like but there a few things that I don't:

-The new font found in some areas, which is bold and I don't like it, I don't think it matches the aero thin font that was used throughout on the NXT line with gingerbread.

-I would also make it an option to change the colour of the blue colour (which is found by default on the volume icon control and the tabs at the top of some apps. These should change colour when the theme is changed. It would just make it look a lot nicer

-I don't like the new idea that everything accessible is at the top of the phone, its one of the things I never liked with the iPhone that you always had to stretch your thumb to the top left corner to go back. Now it seems ICS is doing this too. It was quite nice in gingerbread having everything at the bottom in thumbs reach, but especially with phones' screens getting bigger this is a crazy adoption in my opinion.

-Linking on with that, is the menu bar that comes down when you tap anywhere on the homescreen. I can get used to this, however I have already noticed I am swiping through and the phone sometimes thinks I am tapping so this options bar comes down. It just looks unfinished and maybe they should make it so you have to long press to get it to come.

-It's very slow to auto rotate, in gingerbread this was a lot faster. Although this could be because it didn't have the fancy animation it is still far to long to have to wait, can be a good 3 seconds sometimes

-I also don't like the WALKMAN app icon and text. Seeing as everything else has been square shaped it seems strange song made the icon a glossy bubble, it just doesn't match the other apps, and also the WALKMAN text being written in all capitals 'Walkman' would look better... -okay so admittedly this one isn't that important, but it still annoys me :laugh:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] alexferdean:
Nice review. I hope they will improve the camera because colors are oversharpened sometimes.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wernerzero:
Okay, start off with something positive...

Just found out that there's a built-in photo editor in the album/gallery, and it's really good!!

So I love the album/gallery, keyboard, calendar, mail...

Still hate battery drain (got slightly better now), LAAAAG (come on, it shouldn't take seconds to flick to a screen with a calendar widget!!), got three system freezes in ICS already (none in GB), camera stopped working yesterday, ANR's (these were unheard of in GB, now many a day)...

As I was writing this I got my 4th system freeze... GREAT!!!

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wernerzero:
Was taking some pics of my boy practicing basket earlier today. After 3 pics the phone froze and rebooted...

I'll be downgrading as soon as I get some time over... Hopefully it will then work as good as it did before ICS.

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] HenrikSolna:
Hmm, Google synced my installed apps in GB also. When i got my Xperia S back from repair, Google auto synced my apps back to the phone in GB.

So that not a New feature.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] footyfanatic:
Thanks for the excellent review. You've done a great job at it and explained it all in a nice professional way. Keep up the good work you provide, it's much appreciated :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] looker1:
Scrolling is finally very smooth!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] slyevo:
Fast, Very Fast....

I just don't like the apps scrolling, I would like Vertical. Also when i play a music track it starts really loud for a split second & then goes quieter.

Is there a code to increase master volume?

Thx
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pruikki:
So any iprowements in camera department?

-camera better or worse quality pics??? yellow or blue or same tint?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Not much different.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
Black text sucks for xda app on phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iboalali:
ICS upadate

great review :good:

is the Xperia P's ICS the same as Xperia S's ICS? :confused:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hasona:
Great review which really tempted me to upgrade even more. Problem is I'm in a country where having a fast network connection is a serious luxury!

Damn you Sony, one day's difference that was the point you could hit so i could get it :-(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
Use tapatalk.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ambroos:
I'm quite busy right now, but I'll answer most questions later this evening (in about 6 hours). I spent all my time since posting it sleeping :P
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
If you are in Lebanon pass by me I will update for you ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] R64:
Good review, read some things I didn't know yet.

Been playing with it myself and the overall feel is much smoother. But opening an artist folder in the walkman app that has a lot of albums makes it scroll really laggy. But that is a minor flaw for me.

And the ui is sloppy. Get the feeling there are multiple skins, there are 4 different styles for the buttons. The skin in gingerbread was a lot more consistent.

I Hope they fix it in future updates. Overall this is a good improvement.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] warface:
This is probably the only big gripe I've got with the ICS release.

The "new" PIN or pattern locked screen looks awful. Now the slide to unlock screen doesn't ask you for a PIN or pattern. No good for me. I work in a school, and so don't want to run the risk of people being able to browse my phone if I leave it laying around by accident or lose it.

It also doesn't set a lockscreen wallpaper. Just uses the desktop one.

Probably minor points in the scheme of things, but they annoy me!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ambroos:
Huh? The only thing that changed is that if you use a PIN or pattern lock, you no longer have to swipe before you enter your pin/pattern. Security is still the same!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] blzke342:
Any thoughts on the battery life?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] drigerott:
for lockscreen wallpaper just go in settings, display, lockscreen option and there you can change the wallpaper, privacy, and notification...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] warface:
I know HOW to do it. It just seems if you select Pattern or PIN unlock, it doesn;t use a lockscreen wallpaper.

I know that, but I liked having to swipe to open it first. You could just wake your device and see the screen, clock and notifications. Like I said, little things :silly:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] aineko:
Is it now possible to create folders in the apps tray? Or still only in the homescreen?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] blackie333:
+1 Please comment also about your battery life experience (is it improved as expected?)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Velnica:
Gonna empty out my battery tonight since I've spent the better part of the day aggressively customizing so it won't reflect any day to day usage. Will post again tomorrow.

FWIW, I did not notice any improvement in battery life with .67, .73 or .75 so hoping this would be much better. Only time will tell :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sax28:
Is it possible to resize the font of the icons?

See settings -> Display