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[Xperia Arc General] heihei_ivan:
it's a marketing strategy

if all 2011 xperia phones get the same software as those 2012 xperia phones

then there will be no selling points for those 2012 xperia phones

marketing is not just only about giving what customer wants, but also making customer wants.

but now it seems that sony just p*** us off by just porting some of the xperia S apps on gingerbread to ICS without optimizing them (while those news phones have new apps, e.g. dialer, walkman), some stock apps remains the same except a polished icon (like the stock alarm, music player, etc) i bet the xperia S apps on ICS are optimized for ICS

it's not the first time that sony p*** users off, everything marketing campaign (all early birds receive almost no promotional offer), releasing arc S at the same price of arc ~6 months after arc was released. sony makes beautiful phone but doesn't do beautiful marketing
[Xperia Arc General] mojo22:
Thanks for a reply mate.

I find it odd that with ICS burst mode does not work out of the box. It is up to the software though then I guess right?

Since you are from the UK maybe you could help me out. I started a thread but haven't received replies. I'm looking for a handset that will be worth my while....bang for the buck as they say in the US. lol what do you recommend cause prices in the UK are ridiculously higher than elsewhere.

Cheapest I found the Arc S is £180 at phones4u...There are a few thing I do not like about the phone though, i'd prefer dual-core (is it necessary though?) and no physical keys. That is it.

Maybe I should get it anyway....or maybe save up more money and pony up for a xperia P? or wait for the xperia P to become cheaper? ... if it will.
[Xperia Arc General] noim:
If u want Dual core & more RAM then go for the Xperia P.when u upgrade to ICS it eats up a lot of ur RAM..IF u can add up a little more extra .because it is a few Bugs more than the ARC S.I bought an ARC S 4 days ago bcuz thats the money i could manage. I should tell u though the P's battery life is not that amazing.I don't know why SONY gave 1305mah battery.when ppl r going beyond 1700mah.
[Xperia Arc General] mojo22:
Ok never mind I don't want the P. I thought it was a little more in monies but it is much more. For that money I would prefer a phone that 'ticks more boxes' if you know what I mean. P doesn't even have external mem card.

I've seen a few vids on youtube with the arc s running ICS very well! Why do you say it needs more ram? Also, can you not set internal memory as ram like on a computer?

The Tipo & Miro are coming with ICS soon with 512MB and 800mhz. I think the arc S should be fine for now :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Arc General] noim:
WEll I did not mean ARC S is not good.it is so coooool !!!The sexy arc style.so slim & thin.I upgraded to ICS.IT's running good,but better with Xperia S apps.I haven't unlocked my Bootloader yet.But When i do ! with the blessing of the DEV's ROMs' & Kernals it will run like Wild Fire !!

If it was not good then i would not have bought it.So i support u all the way Go for the ARC S.
[Xperia Arc General] xin.wei:
sounds very promising. one quick question here, those original apps from arc will get overidden by the flash?
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Yes they will, but not all since some apps are new. So make a back-up of atleast home.apk, conversations.apk and Phonebook.apk before you flashi flashi...
[Xperia Arc General] acid_5nak3:
Just wanted to ask if HD games work like GB and if the video recorder has no lag?
[Xperia Arc General] omtay2311995:
if you want a good advice

well wait for the XPERIA GX to port globally it's an awesome phone

same arc design and with dual core,microsd,ICS,super 13.2 camera,nonephysical buttons

l i would defiantly save money for that:fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Arc General] chandoliasnikos:
I have flashed some of the Xperia S apps in my Arc S and everything runs smooth. I'm on stock 4.0.4 with root and I've never experienced any problem in ICS (lagginess etc). I don't play games so I have no opinion about gaming part, for which I hear some complaints, but everything else runs fine, including battery life (I get 2 days with medium usage).
[Xperia Arc General] Lusterboi:
if someone can provide me a link or a tutorial for flashing this would be great, thanks in advance. i'm on stock 4.0.4, not rooted.
[Xperia Arc General] xtacy!:
In your case, you need to have root. Read how to root the 4.0.4 by using the 4.0.3 kernel. After which, you need to download pvyParts' Xperia CWM Auto-Installer from the market.

Place the zip file in your SD card. Reboot into recovery and flash the zip file.

It's pretty simple. Just follow the instructions and you shouldn't face any problems.

Swyped from my SE Xperia arc (LT15i) using Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Arc General] noim:
1st of all u need to root ur phone.u can find rooting instructions here.

Then u need to install Recovery.u can download pvyParts' Xperia CWM Auto-Installer from PlayStore.as Xtacy! said

Then U can flash the Xperia S Apps from here.
[Xperia Arc General] wiidbzxt:
Guys, what did you do to get a smooth launcher? I installed Xperia S ICS launcher and it still lags a little, is there a way to get a GB-like smooth launcher?
[Xperia Arc General] ctinro:
1. Pay attention: by installing a different launcher you will loose some widgets functionality

2. A (very) smooth launcher, for me, is APEX

Xperia ICS launcher is smoother only when I use a picture as wallpaper. LWPs make it laggy.
[Xperia Arc General] mojo22:
yes I would really like that phone! But as you can see i'm look for a bargain pay as you go....otherwise i'll get a contract phone.

I think this phone will be the same price as iPhone or maybe GS3 etc.
[Xperia Arc General] eryen:
Dialer is still same. At least 3 seconds to run. Launcher did not noticed any improvement.
[Xperia Arc General] Overdose1986:
:O

F**king Samsung is doing the same sh*t, my GS2 still with gingerbread
[Xperia Arc General] zangetsu2188:
You will not notice much difference with regard to UI of S2 ICS. Its very much the same. Just like the arc. Same launcher from Gingerbread. Recent apps, settings etc are ICS type, though. I guess we should just do the same, port some S3 apps and the launcher to the S2. :D
[Xperia Arc General] tatkovladko:
While Apex is possibly the best ICS launcher I have tried (very well thought out functionality) I could never make it work as smoothly as the de facto benchmark launcher (IMHO) which is Launcher Pro. The speed of LauncherPro is unmatched by anything I have tried.
[Xperia Arc General] ctinro:
Yeap. I confirm: you made me curios and I flashed the package. It seems the launcher is smoother and the dialer is faster.
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
Won't happen, since Sony doesn't give a ****. Trust me, I know from personal experience!!
[Xperia Arc General] markomil:
can somebody help me

this is my first android and i want to speed up my arcs ics,i dont know how to install this,should i copy the zip or the unzipped,manually install them all or there is a system that does all that for me? please help me as soon as possible

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i didnt install this zip so i had to reset to factory settings my nonrooted arc s-and than guess what-it was a fast ics arc s with no lags!!!! innitially my dialer was sh*t it took 10 s or more to open-now its like 0.5 s!!! everything works like charm! going to listen some pokemon fire red victory music maaaaan
[Xperia Arc General] :
You need unlocked bootloader and CWM. Just flash the zip file.
[Xperia Arc General] AssKicker.:
Tanks for the information!

Is it possible to use that on Gingerbread? Where did you found this applications?

Bye!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazyman:
It's been two years and until yesterday, I was still able to use my Australian credit card to purchase apps in their USD price by setting a US billing address in Google Wallet. But today it failed. This means, I will no longer able to purchase US market-only apps in the future.... sad.

Last year it were all good, I can even buy music in this way (through VPN + Market Enabler). Since this year, I found Google has gradually blocked fake address non-US credit card from buying in US Play Store. And all market enabler apps have been removed from Play Store now.

I'm just wondering, at this stage, is there still any way to purchase in US store, in US dollar, if you don't have a US credit card? Many thanks!

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update:

in Google Wallet, the error message saying like this. Is that possible this issue caused by other reason?

Google has cancelled your order. You won't be charged.

Reason: Took too long to deliver

Comments from Google: "auto cancelation"
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
IT IS MADE TO BE A GAMING ROM BUT U MAY EXPECT A AMAZING BATTERY AS WELL.NOT MUCH ROMS STAND IN ITS WAY.I DONT BUT USERS OF THIS ROM SAY IT.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
reserved credits
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] soham93:
nice work guys :cool:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] x-dira:
how to make soft-keys on status bar!?

you can share ... !

thanks

sr ! my bad english !
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] cure25:
Check this out-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1717332
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] -DarkKnight-:
nice rom

awesome features!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] IKnowIRock!:
Looks good :)

Do we have to download all these stuff??
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] myawan:
Looking Great, can't you base it on Oxygen?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] recreation012:
Yup probably the mod they add on framework-res. should this person be In your credits by now?

Looks good will try the rom.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] mrcorey:
The look is very polished. Softkeys aren't in this rom until you add it from other thread, though. Ads aren't blocked. Battery drains fast - 30% in an hour. I'll give it a few days and see.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
The soft keys are already present in the rom . Go to cyanogenmod settings / tablet tweaks and enable the soft keys from there. Press thanks if I helped u. :)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
Hey can u make the menu button's size bigger
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
I'll update the hosts file in the next version for adblock... about the battery drain, well, this is the 20th hr and 24th minute I am on battery and I've got 43% battery left... I played games, played music.

after setting your workspace and syncing with google, reboot your device. It will optimize your database. and also keep on checking what app doesn't let your phone sleep. it's not always the rom's problem if u dont get good battery life...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
hmm....really i dont get it when u say the rom has bad battery.it is gooood for me.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
sure I can. but that will take much space and wont leave any space for notification icons... I know buddy it can be quite hard but use it for some days and you'll get used to it..like we did :) now I have stopped pulling the statusbar, a button does that for me :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] mrcorey:
Like I said. I'll give it a few days. I've tried most gb roms on xda for this phone. Perhaps my phone is worse on battery because I rarely get more than 36 hours on any rom on any kernel.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
well, beats and baseband fix can be optional :cool:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] mrcorey:
I love this icon set. I don't have much use for the soft keys, though. My fingers are too big. Lol
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] IKnowIRock!:
mediafire link doesnt work :confused:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
thanks .. i had to Google for hours for those icons... the theme had very few icons in it so I had to iconize every app separately.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] 4wd vege:
Hi looks like a good rom. Would like try but mediafire is not working.

Any chance of a mirror? :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
thanks for letting us know. mirroring now...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
MIRROR IS HERE ! :highfive:

Link also updated in the downloads sections :good:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
lol ...no bugs till now ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
yeah, and I think there wont be much of them too. And U know the reason too :cowboy:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thedoginme87:
What about a stock rom battery friendly and as fast as honeywizz??:D

Press Thanks if i helped you! :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] doghere:
Its good battery for me... thss was a heavy use... I am sure it can perform better on regular use :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] yang8858:
very nice！！thanks！！！
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Good news!!! A new mod is ready :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] yang8858:
Why is my status bar of your picture displayed is not the same？

My status bar does not have the virtual keys，why？

thanks！！
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
If u want the virtual keys go to settings/cyanogenmod settings/tablet tweaks. Enable the soft buttons and choose the soft buttons u want.

Press thanks if i helped u.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Lol guys! all only noticed that statusbar keys.no one noticed that lockscreen mods under cyanogenmod settings-lockscreen??
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Hmm..a screenshot contest..cool :D

Ok guys post your innovative screenshots of this rom here on this thread. I know its all spam but since there is not too much people left on this forum so I wont mind.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] roi14:
sorry if i misunderstood but i had already flashed the rom,.does it include all the tweaks or do i have to flash TGB engine and beats. etc?? thanks!!

smooth and nice battery backup,.i'll observe more!:fingers-crossed:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thedoginme87:
Can i put the statusbar up? Or only down on the screen?:D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] roi14:
sir, in cyanogen mod settings, find tablet tweaks,.u can decide whether to have the status bar on top or on bottom.,;)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
u can put it on both sides.

@kssood? what lockscreen thing man? even I did not find it out.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thedoginme87:
Can't download:what: not even from mirror..i tried even on pc:what: no succes
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] Komod5910:
I was on CM9,but once saw your Rom, i install it. GREAT WORK! F...KING beautiful ROM!. Tnks! Now going to test.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] yang8858:
In accordance with your guidance to solve the problem.

thanks！！
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
@kssood lol even the developr of this rom doesn't know about the lockscreen mod. Even i didn't find it in cyanogenmod settings/ lockscreen
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Hehe! My bad. I haven't put it in public release yet :p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
holy ****... thats amazing ... :O that Widget on lockscreen... too good.:good:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] samsungi780philippines:
Nice ROM...Really love the boot animation..:victory: :victory: :victory:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] orsonbear:
The look & feel are awesome, but the numbers on the right top of the "qwertyuiop" keys are too little, my poor old eyes cannot read them :) !

BTW this rom is the worthy successor of Gingerblurb, truly a masterpiece!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] samsungi780philippines:
Install a third party keyboard that suits you...like HTC keyboard, (this is what i am using now)...you can search it on the net...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] orsonbear:
I just replaced the keyboard with another but I really like the look of that coming with the rom. I also suggest to use always the same color to indicate the selected items (selected power widgets now are black and the points of the unselected menus items are also black), and to change the black point of the unselected menus items to another, less evident color, coz now the unselected items seems selected (at least to me!). I like this rom as is but I would also suggest what seem to me improvements :)

I also know that sometimes it is impossible to change something without worsening another one so if what I suggested may not be done anyway that's okay!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] 4wd vege:
Hi, I think I may have found the first bug.:crying:

Firstly though let me say this rom is awesome.

Looks great! Fast and smooth!

Battery right out of the box is as good as Mikos rom.:D

However the calender force closes.

I have done three clean installs. Wiped everything. Tried different gapps.

I am using move to sd ext by Davis Nt.

Any one else have this problem?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
I m Also having the same problem. I use link2sd to move apps to ext. But not a huge problem for me coz i have never used calender in mobile

Use acalender from play store
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Is the Bluetooth tethering working?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] zilber80:
The from is awesome, but you need to fix bug calendar
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] samsungi780philippines:
I found a bug also, when I install Beats and Xloud, DSP Manager FCs everytime I plug my earpiece, I also can't find them in the settings, so to stop DSP from Fclosing i deleted it from the system and downloaded Audio Fx....it's great, better than DSP. just play around the seetings till you get what you really want to hear from your music player...:p:laugh::victory:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thachtunganh:
Sorry Mr. But why you didn't ask me for using kernel in ROM :rolleyes:?

Love Tyn!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] cure25:
U again added mediafire ink in download section.I downloaded it once from mediafire.download completes,but Rom does not work as zip got corrupted.so what u suggest-should I download it from 4share or again from mediafire.

Edit-now it's again 4share link in download section.what's happening,I m not getting it.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] bhaskar.:
Hey can u share the motoswitch theme. Thanks
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Unzip and rezip then try to flash it

And guys drop your screen density to 140 dpi or something.it looks way better.use lcd denaity modder or something from market
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] cure25:
It does not work.whenever I try to cut,copy,paste that zip file.i get a message-file integrity violated.now downloading again from 4share.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] orsonbear:
At this moment I'm using BT tethering with the app "Wireless tether" downloaded from GooglePlay. The speed isn't outstanding (!) but enough to see flawlessy some youtube video and complex web pages :)

Uh... I have changed kernel with v2.5-roqu-vsync-signed by DJNoXD, I dunno if BT tethering works with the original kernel...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
there are two links in the download section ... one is of mediafire and one is of 4shared. whats so difficult in that mate? 4shared is a mirrored link...
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] cure25:
Oops.I did not notice that there are both the links.

Sorry:);)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
never mind bro :good: ;)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] YowPa:
Battery life proven... almost 2 days and still 30% left, normal usage. Great rom guys

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] iAndroidOS:
This is the procedure for flashing,right ?

1.Flash the rom through recovery and reboot

2.Flash gapps and reboot

3.Flash TGB v2 and reboot

Also,does this rom have kak,v6 terminal commands ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
hey bro I would like to know how much time it lasted when it did hit 1% of battery.

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just flash the rom first then u can flash any zip later, there is no sequence to flash bro ;)

3g,kak,v6,flush etc. commands get available when u flash tgb engine ... more details on GingerBlurb's thread.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] iAndroidOS:
Hi, i flashed the rom and it's a great one !!! However, the terminal emulator says that there is no v6 or kak. When i opened the tgb v2 zip on my pc,the commands are there,in the xbin folder. Any solution ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
did you not flash the tgb engine? :confused:

if you did and still not working then:

reboot to recovery.

mount /system.

then flash tgb engine.

might fix the issue..
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] iAndroidOS:
The procedure you described works,but only with the terminal emulator that came with the rom. The one i downloaded off Google Play always FC's. Any fix ?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
you cant use it with 'terminal emulator'.

You must have to use 'android terminal' included with this rom. else it will always fc, btw, running it from either of them is same man, just the ui color is different :laugh:

one has a black, another is blue.:p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] al33m:
After I have flashed beats n xloud zip..dsp manager crashes every time I plugin headset......

It's weird...is there there any way to resolve the issue??
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
we'll try to resolve it in the next version :good:
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] thedoginme87:
Don't have problem with dsp after i flashed xloud and beats

Press Thanks if i helped you! :D
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] -DarkKnight-:
is it possible to make the notification bar black then make the soft buttons look more like the ones in cm9?
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] mrcorey:
Try going to applications and clear data for dsp manager. I had same thing at first and that fixed it.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] mrcorey:
I think that i know why I had battery drain in this rom and no one else seems to. I leave wifi on all the time. It appears most people don't. Mobile data in Canada is expensive so I rarely turn on 3g and use wifi any time I can.
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] R_J:
Hey

Anyone get FC on calendar?

I just can't open the calendar

Need some help....

Ps: just great rom:)
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] kssood:
Download another calander app from market
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] samsungi780philippines:
Just delete DSP Manager from the system, anyway it doesn't improve the sound quality to our media player it only worsen....Just download Audio fix from the market which I did and you'll hear big difference with DSP, just play around with the settings...:victory::D:cowboy:

Yes, mine also force closes, I downloaded calendar app from the market

Press THANKS button if I helped you!!!:p
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] samsungi780philippines:
Sir, can you please upload or link me to the stock kernel used? I will try flashing another kernel coz i do have music stuttering when I play media player...Just in case I need it when I want to revert back to stock kernel...Thank you;);) !!!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] shreyas.kukde:
i guess I've provided u the solution for this already, use ondemand or performance governor while listening music... u will hear stuttering on every kernel.

anyways, u will find original kernel used in this rom on this thread. its name's thundervn, search on that page for the word. it also has other kernels that you could try
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] samsungi780philippines:
it still the same, i have tried every governor and the result was still the same :( could you possibly upload the stock kernel? thanks!
[Optimus One, P500 Android Development] al33m:
can you provide the market link of audio fix app..i am unable to locate it in google play..