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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NightSky256:
Just 1 Word... DISAPPOINTING.

I used to version .75, fast, stable, battery efficient...

it was faster than the rom on my friend's Galaxy S3....

now ok, we have ICS but..

- BT audio sucks, before with .75 when i connect the phone to the Ford Audio BT Device it sounded like eaven.. now it's full of glitches whe i change track or even in the midle of a track.

lockscreen is buggy, when you receive a text the "ball" doesn't stay there but it goes away as you switch on the screen...

the whole system appers sometime faster sometime slower.... but sure.. hotter!

did they know the words "Unit Tests" ? "Regression Tests" ? mhhh i don't think so...

did someone tried to go back to .75 ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrBelter:
Given the speed at which Sony UK releases firmwares i cant even be arsed to get excited, im guessing around July 2018 for UK generic.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
My WiFi router is on channel 13 and since flashing with the Swiss ROM, it is no longer visible. Seems it now acts like my Xperia 2011 (UK) models in not seeing 11-13/14. Yet my Xperia S (UK) did see all the channels with GB.

Weird, but also something to be aware of if this is likely to be a problem. I need to use a high channel due to local congestion and the phone not supporting 5GHz.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
Sony has its own camera app so I never expected it and didn't believe the person in the original ICS thread that kept saying it did (it isn't on any other Xperia that got ICD for the same reason).

It would require Sony to update its own app to allow still image capture during video, a feature that I rarely used on my Bloggie anyway as the resolution was/is so low.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xgr:
I've made the update yesterday via flashtool, the CH version from the googledrive mirror, with was really fast... THANKS!

After the first boot the walkman didn't work, but after a second boot it does :)

I think the new system is really nice although you might also be disapointed if you expect that the phone now makes all those calls for you, you don't want to make ;)

As far as the subjects were discussed for GB, I'd say that battery life really is better although it's hard to tell after not even a day of use...

Buttons respond better...

Lagier? I don't know, system seams even more "fluid" to me - but some apps perhaps? But I didn't wipe data, so eventually that's the point?

And now I'll try the face recognition - if it works good, it would really be a nice feature for me too...

BTW: what's really the relavance of these SI-Numbers? (I've flashed now another one, mine is listed, but the sony-tools didn't show anything new to update...)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] a4rocks:
Same here. Quite a bit to be precise. Might be a kernel problem. Sony might see and fix the problem. And when they release the sources, custom kernels might be able to fix this. For now, Sony needs to look into this. Except this, everything seems to be perfect with this release.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] looker1:
Have you done factory reset? It should help. And after booting, restart phone once more - helped me a lot. Now it is smooth and fast!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
I'm loving the face unlock feature !! :D

And at least for me, the phone is faster than on GB. Benchmarks also prove the same.

Stock GB I used to get 6500 Antutu, ICS on first run I saw 6700. Quadrant best score on GB stock was 3260, on ICS first (and only) run I got 3295.

Similarly other benchmarks also show improvement.

But at the same time it goes to show how good a job Sony did at optimizing GB.

Oh and absolutely love album, films, and walkman app!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xgr:
I would say it's only the icon... but not the quality of the connection... at least my AP shows the same quality as before im numbers... (65 Mbit/s)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NightSky256:
i've flashed with the wipe option set, so factory reset done...

the lockscreen bug appears to be a regression to .62 or 67 where there was also the same bug.

the BT audio unstable seems to be a process priority issue... i think in .75 the bc "encoder" (let's call it this way) had an higher priority
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] a4rocks:
Not really. In my bedroom, I always used to get Wi-fi signal with the GB ROM but with ICS, I seem to be losing connection quite often
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kartobot:
Me too. Same problem here,I always had a decent connection in my bedroom,now it barely find's the WiFi.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mariorossi22:
Anyone can tell me how to check SI number on firmware?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
How much free RAM you guys seeing btw ? For me I see hardly 200mb free. :(

On GB I used to have over 400mb Free Ram
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xgr:
bedroom problem? :o

sorry, I just had to... I'll try mine later...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] drenan:
I have exactly the same problem, perhaps a reset could help fix it.. haven't tried it yet

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and has anyone noticed the overuse of the cpu and ram??or is it just my device :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
but that didn't happen to my arc s when i updated to ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] OS4.:
What about the data on the SD, like videos and pictures. .. Will it be wiped too? :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lullesha:
Deff no! Even user data like SMSes might be perserved, or at least thats my experience with OTA updates.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] adam1000rr:
The update shouldn't touch the sd card ;)

Nothing for Italy - Generic yet, which region will be 1st?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
nothing for germany either.

im waiting so damn bad :D so excited *_*
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nemer12:
I'm from Romania, but my phone is from GERMANY I think.. I will recive the update when it will be available in Germany or in Romania ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SnowOokami:
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/42096?tstart=0
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Germany :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
I guess in the next two hours it will be available for some SIs.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Scratchling:
Did a neo V for the GF last weekend, completely preserved everything bar the home screen. Appeared to modify/recompile all the apps.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Abandoned-Trolley:
Whilst i'm glad it is finally rolling out, i'm more excited for CM9 picking up development pace again. Already unlocked the bootloader and just waiting on the release now.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
Lmao, my autobot is refreshing the SI Page every 10 seconds :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Daniel_GB:
I think for that we need to ask sony to release the source as soon as possible...:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shmoejoe:
So is my decepticon! Sorry couldn't help it :-P

This is a glorious day! Hopefully it comes within a few hours.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xerox89:
Just give me a ftf file :D:D:D:D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
hahah i knew someone would say that :D

i think in the next two hours there will be the first SI numbers being updated.

atleast i hope so as I am done with school today and have a big party starting from 17:00 GMT+1 :S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cikomiko:
guess german generic will be updated tomorrow or saturday, no update here :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Scratchling:
The awkward moment when Abandoned-Trolley and shmoejoe DDOS the server :P

Going out now, hopefully its there when I get home :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
just wait a bit, if any phone is updated, someone will make a FTF file quickly so you can update whatever your SI/Country is.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SnowOokami:
someone is updating at another forum it seems... :eek:

I need the ftf! unlocked bootloader :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
No WIFI problem here for me though. In fact for me Wifi signal reception has gotten better after ICS. I get full signal now :)

Only issue I have is the high RAM usage :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NightSky256:
4 Me reception is better and not.. .signal bars are the same, reception is more stable.

4 the ram problem try 2 kill some tasks with the ICS task switcher... long press home then "throw away" (sliding them) the tasks you don't need.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] drenan:
still, doesn't make justice for the RAM usage.. used to have over 340mb with GB killing tasks on average day use and now doesn't pass the 280 line.. shouldn't it approach the ram usage better than GB??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
^

I have ! Only 200mb RAM free :(

Is there any hope we could see more free RAM in future with custom ROMs ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonohanson:
If its not running out of ram whats the problem??

Also if you upgraded your pc from win xp to win 7 would you expect to see more system resources free??

Remember as its a more complex and feature rich o/s than GB it will use more resource.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Guys when you use your pc do you ever check how much ram is remaining???

Why you care here if everything is working perfectly??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
^

No but that means there isn't much RAM to run multiple apps at the same time. Multi tasking would probably be worse than GB (was great on GB)

Also can anyone tell me what recovery would work now with ICS ? DoomRecovery works ? Can anyone of you with ROOT try V6 supercharger script and share if it improves RAM usage. Apparently on Htc One X it improves free RAM from 250mb to 500mb.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NightSky256:
better memory management doesn't mean less memory used... you could have less free ram but the non-free ram will be freed more efficiently when needed...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] marcjuh:
since i installed ICS i have the following strange things;

my phone rings when some 1 calls

batt drain (probably cuz i cant leave the thing alone for a sec.)

my wyfe glad to go to work...

just kiding ...all is working great hopefully they release their sources so doom. can give us the kernel :D

just one nooby thing...

thought we would get the .4

55

instead of the 452?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BoSib:
Is it just me or has the capacitive buttons lost some sensitivity again? (compared to 0.75/76 GB)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ryknex:
Pros. Cons. & issues

After going through all 39 pages, I've allocated all the 'PROS. CONS. & ISSUES'

PROS.

1)Smooth UI

2)New Widgets

3)Facelock

4)Stylish Gallery App

5)Movie Player

6)Visualisation Walkman

7)Increase Performance

8)Normal ICS Features

I.e Data usage, Reordered settings, Task killer, Keyboard

CONS.

1)Gallery App Has No Folder Sort

2)Walkman Icons Are Ugly (Personal Preference)

3)No New Functionality In Camera & Its Still Noisy

4)Low RAM

ISSUES

1)WiFi Signal Drops

2)BT Audio Lags

3)Laggy UI & Lockscreen (For Some Users)

4)Facebook Old Looks

5)Bravia Engine Not Working In Gallery

AND FINALLY I LIKE TO KNOW I LITTLE MORE ABOUT 2 THINGS

1)What About The Browser?_Speed, Functionality, Pinch & Zoom?

2)Battery Life?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
^

Yes I noticed that too. :(. The buttons have lost sensitivity again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kartobot:
The Gallery app has folder support,you need to tap on the "sort" button in the top right corner.

And the battery life is amazing,when i go to school and listen to music I usually used about 10% of the battery,today it was like 5%,even though bluetooth and wifi were still activated.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SEFanX10i:
Also this might seem odd but the screen appears brighter to me now after the ICS update. Earlier I could easily view the screen without any eye strain at 100% brightness but now even 80% is difficult to adjust to.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kartobot:
Maybe it has something to do with the holo theme?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Jackmax32:
How much user accessible RAM do you get in ICS??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MrBelter:
I don't think that is odd mate, when the Moto Defy was updated from 2.1 to 2.2 the screen brightness dropped by about 30% so for a manufacturer to alter the screen brightness be it up or down isn't unheard of.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonohanson:
One thing I have noticed is that my screen brightness does not change automatically like it did in GB??

Any one else noticed this?

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I have just installed sensor list and it reports no light sensor?? Any one else get this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SFU11:
since gb, xperia s has no light sensor.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] spinz78:
Guys help me out with one thing. I flashed the firmware on my phone and Face Unlock was present. I did the same on my friend's and Face Unlock wasn't. Tried re-booting it too but still nothing.

Could the reason be as I logged into my Google ac on the 1st boot and my friend hasn't yet?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonohanson:
Mine worked fine in GB, it could be sat on my desk going dim or bright when the sun changed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] aldredd:
Con: no full device encryption - is a standard ics feature normally.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonohanson:
Weird, if I do a service test on the light sensor *#*#7378423#*#* the value changes when I cover my the sensor??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RyuseiTang:
erm , my xperia s SI number is 1257-1837 is it need wait a long time to update ICS ???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alexoz:
Yes it does, the option to disable it is missing though.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] drenan:
I get around 260 after task kill and 190 after phone been running for a bit
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonohanson:
My mem hits 400 after task kill and around 250 when runnning, i'm on the CH FTF as my Si aint come up yet.

When my SI is available if I want to flash to the correct FTF do I just do a repair in companion?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] looker1:
1) browser (stock) is much better than GM, scorlling is so smooth, really big step ahead! And - Chrome is available! .-)

2)Battery - it is too early to say, but seems better a bit
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lordoftheriffs:
Battery is so much better, especially under use... I have been using the phone heavily since update and only 50% used in a day. Standby usage seems 0.4% per hour. Imagine what custom roms with removed bloatware can do
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] k_myk:
da fuq?! :eek: Of course it has! Try *#*#service#*#* and look for it.

Sorry, I didn't refresh page and didn't see other responses.

Still waiting for Central Europe Generic :3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imTigger:
I found an issue - Album do not respect .nomedia

I've added .nomedia long time ago, but that folder still being listed.

QuickPic don't have this problem.:(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] warface:
Then how does it automatically change the screen brightness?

My ICS Xperia S is definately changing screen brightness when I cover up the light sensor!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] asg.srtw:
Tried to restart the phone? Mine didn't see new .nomedia till restart.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] JonasWa:
Do I get the normal Updates, if I flashed the CH Firmware?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imTigger:
Already restarted several times, picture still there

Manual trigger the MediaScanner doesn't help
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Scratchling:
Probably wrongly encoded.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rrahulsharma:
No update for my Generic INDIAN

:crying::

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

:(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SFU11:
i dunno.

in white paper it says, there are light sensor.. of course in service menu too... it called ambient light sensor.

but when I installed app like AndroSensor, it wont even detect the light sensor.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
there is and it is working. might be an issue with the software?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] richteralan:
Battery is improved.

The screen-off idle drain is MUCH lower than 2.3.7.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] FenrirMX:
Free RAM is wasted RAM, just want to point that out for people saying they have less "free" RAM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonohanson:
First 20hrs of use and 53% batt left with heavy-ish use :) Happy days
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] k_myk:
Can I ask WTF takes Sony so much time to update SI list and give ICS to other 'generic' handsets around the globe? :mad:

The list wasn't updated since 1:40 yesterday... Y_Y
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ar47vn:
Guys, I cannot access search long-pressing the menu button anymore, is it just me or this is a change in ICS?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] richteralan:
Less free RAM means more swapping, this means more choppiness when switching apps/scrolling homescreens with a lot of widgets..etc, which I feel with the ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] newalopez:
True history... even the power saver (for nights) it's a lot better.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] k_myk:
:O I wasn't aware that typing on the keyboard after long menu press will start search!

That is a pro tip, thanks! :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shoz_on4u:
Hi,

I did not get the update since I'm on CE1 FW :(

But i just saw the video of ICS on youtube and noticed that the illumination bar toggles ON/OFF for SMS notification.:fingers-crossed:

The second thing i observed is that in the music player there is visualization for audio songs :fingers-crossed:

Guys those who have installed the Swedish FW can you pls confirm......
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fNOOB:
Illumination bar, no. Visualizations, yes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SonyXperiaS:
damn when will Sony release ICS update world wide???

i have 1257-3319
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shoz_on4u:
Oh that's sad anyways thanks hope u enjoyin the ICS update... FINALLY:cool:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dpk1:
My ICS experience

Flashed ICS stock CH ftf yesterday and I feel the UI is smoother, Browser is better and faster, battery life also seems improved (but will have to wait and see). Album & walkman apps are cool and work flawlessly (for me) :victory:! App drawer looks cleaner than in GB. Camera performance feels the same, still playing with it.

No homescreen lags like some others are complaining of but I can definitely feel some lag while switching portrait to landscape.. don't know why but everything else feels snappy. No wifi signal issues for me on stock CH rooted.

Edit: Just noticed that in settings menu if i select apps then Internal/running/all, and change screen orientation to say landscape from portrait, the settings get reset to show downloaded apps without touching :eek:!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ranrick:
hi, did someone of you run onavo extend? I tied it but it can't install VPN.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] D33KK:
Loving ics - much quicker and smoother. Battery is improved and of course browser/walkman/gallery is much nicer

Very happy!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rampraven:
I too have the same
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PuPpEtS:
Couldn't agree more wiyh you. :mad:

My SI is 2756 and they are taking forever to release the damn update...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kodac02:
Dont know if it has some significance, but we have holiday in Sweden
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PuPpEtS:
Probably...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shoz_on4u:
One more question when we pinch on our homescreen does the widget floats like that in GB. That thing I show it to every one coz that is the coolest feature invented by Sony :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chocolate Columbo:
My phone has no label. I take it now there is there no known way to find out the SI? I'm going on holiday next week so wanted it up and running!

I hope the performance and compatibility is good for you guys! I'll probably see you all on the other side of ICS when I am back. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alexoz:
You can see it in the service menu (*#*#7378423#*#*) > service info > software info > customization version.

Mine is different than the one printed on the back label, no idea why (I never installed a .ftf file).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] aldredd:
Yes it does still do that! Didn't even know about myself until you mentioned it!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
The numbers aren't done in sequence either. I had my SI in between two ranges of SI numbers, so don't assume they're going sequentially.

It's as if there's a totally random ordering in place. I guess there isn't, but it seems like it.

Yes, although I think I've only ever used it by mistake!

Here it is:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Nahalas:
noone dont know?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] donjamal:
Guys, everyone who has flashed the ftf without wipe and has bugs or the system feels laggy, just reflash it with wipe, it really makes a difference! No bugs so far and the system flies :-)

Tapatalk 2-vel küldve az én LT26i-ről
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] graffus:
i’m experiencing a lot of RAM usage: only 200mb of free RAM (with gingerbread that value was almost 400mb) and this cause some lagging.

For example when i exit from an app the homescreen takes one second to load with the orrible "button appearing".

And i’m experiencing slow charging too... not very happy about this update at the moment!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
Lietuvių is one of the options in the language menu. I presume that's Lithuanian? (excuse my ignorance)

This is with the Swiss ROM.

Update: I'm going to do another reset and start over. Even though I did this with flashtools, I'm noticing some issues;

Besides my Wi-Fi problem (lack of channels supported, despite being European software), I have now got emails sitting in the sent folder saying 'Sending' in red but not going anywhere.

And I'm finding that when I go to home, it is restarting the home app (re-drawing icons) which is bad.

Not only that but I'm still unable to back up the phone to my Mac (gives errors on every option).

Will report later on whether a reset on the phpne itself fixes things.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] del1701:
How are you guys liking the battery in ics?

For me it's worse than .75 I'm just debating wether to do a clean install, also have you noticed how the power saving app just sits in the running apps trying to restart constantly?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Nahalas:
So you confrim there is lietuviu language ? please confrim it and i will flash it also :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Matt1408:
Any progress on root for locked bootloaders?

If not, any way to install the stock ICS apps on this?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] WasherUK:
I have seen the power app "restarting" you cant disable it either?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TheFirstFishy:
Tryed to look in the language list? Settings - Language & indput - Language

I can see a ton of languages there.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jonmorris:
I wasn't lying to wind you up!

Here's 'proof'
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] del1701:
I know, in the .75 firmware I just uninstalled it and the battery life was much better.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TheFirstFishy:
I really like we now can have no sound and no vibrate in the menu just by long pressing the power button.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] scook94:
For me the battery life has been quite appalling so far, drained to about 24% after 6-7 hours. That's about twice the discharge rate of .75 and this is with a clean install too. I'm hoping it'll settle down after a few days...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] del1701:
Same here, it seems as bad as the .67 firmware for the battery :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] scook94:
I had to LOL at those claiming how great battery life was a couple of hours after it was released! I'll wait a while longer before deciding if I should go back to GB.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] leechgod27:
WOw!people getting so excited abt ICS!!

1st of all i m more than satisfied with GB itself on my SXS.I have filled it full with only 400MB free space remaining,& it works the same as at the time of purchase...no visible lags.18 GB space eaten up by 25HD games :D

From all the discussions it seems that the battery life has reduced and nothing too special about other features :)

Btw my SI number 1264-4179 should get it last!