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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reckoner13:
I wasn't following the Xperia Ion and it was a surprise to me when I read on Engadget that it was being released this past Sunday. I saw the specs and price and thought it was a great deal, so I went to the Sony store and bought the phone. I love the speed of the phone, the screen, the music player/audio options, the camera, and the minimal skinning from Sony, but after using it for 2 days, I really can't see myself keeping it because of the following issues.

***One more thing, I noticed people and reviewers mentioning the speaker not being loud enough. There is a setting that will boost the sound (xLoud) of the speaker and it sounds great. (shows how thorough reviewers actually are, out of the numerous reviews I read no one mentioned this)***

1. The battery life is horrendous, I thought a 1900mah battery would give this phone a lot of time on one charge, but I was wrong. Today I took my phone off the charger at 100%, I listened to two songs on Pandora (shut it down afterwards) and browsed the internet for 30 minutes and it was down to 70%. This is with GPS off, Bluetooth off and brightness at 30%. I've tried different battery management programs, but they don't really do anything to help. It's a shame, maybe ICS would fix this problem, but I don't want to risk losing my upgrade on a phone with a ****ty battery life and enclosed battery.

2. Auto-Brightness weirdness/flickering. I noticed this phone doesn't have the Auto-Brightness option in settings but it seems to have a sensor up front. So on occasion usually when I'm outside in the shade the screen starts rapidly changing brightness settings just like the Xperia Play used to. If I cover up the sensor with my finger it turns dark, so it does have some sort of Auto-Brightness feature, but no way of turning it off and it's not very good, it needs to just pick a brightness setting and stay there instead of constantly jumping around and flickering, very annoying.

3. Connection issues with 3G/4G/LTE and WiFi. Maybe it's the metal back on this phone who knows, but the connection is really bad sometimes, for instance today I was sitting in my car outside, I had the 4G signal with 4 bars and internet was running super slow. So I did a speedtest and my download speed was 129kbs????? (EDGE speeds on 4G). Also last night while on WiFi at home Youtube videos were taking a longtime to load, so I did a speedtest and I was at less than half the speed I had on my computer (also on WiFi).

4. Capacitive buttons are very small and you have to be precise to use them. This isn't too big an issue and you get used to it eventually, but it can get annoying sometimes.

So, the phone is great, but these issues are keeping it from being amazing, I don't want to get an HTC One X or Galaxy S3 because I don't feel like paying 260 (with taxes in California) for a phone, Windows Phone 7 is dead due to the recent announcements from Microsoft and iPhone screens are too small for me. My only option now is to just wait for the next batch of phones, I really wanted the Ion to be amazing, but I can't keep it, it's unfortunate. (First World Problems)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
yeh battery life for me isn't looking to good either. I am comparing it to my Xperia S which seemed to run much longer. I took my phone off charge as well at 100% and have about 45 minutes of phone calls, numerous texts, emails, bluetooth, GPS and wifi on Bluetooth connected to Sony Smartwatch) and screen brightness turned down to about 25% and so far I am sitting at 23% with 8 hours on battery. Normally with about the same usage on my Xperia S I would still have upwards of 50% left.

I'm gonna get it go all the way down till it shuts off then charge it back up and see if that helps any.

People need to enable xLoud before they say anything about the speaker volume. not sure why it isn't enabled by default. I have no issues with the volume.

I don't have any issues hitting the capacitive buttons but wished the logo for each button was backlit instead of just the line below them.

I haven't tested wifi signal strength at home yet, will have to give that a whirl later tonight.

I have seen the auto brightness do that on my Xperia S as well but doesn't flicker all that often like you were describing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Deleted member 1483200:
I agree battery is sucking. I'm hoping will get better. Would probably be great without this att crap. I have been using 100% screen brightness since they don't have auto and I hate taking time switch it constantly.

I haven't had any signal issues. I'm usually on LTE or just HSPA in Baton Rouge.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] wiidbzxt:
The only LTE phone that will get you good battery life is Razr MAXX, that's a little issue with LTE phone at the moment.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
I have gotten the ion's battery all the way down to 0 just last night(had 15% before I went to sleep, woke up with it dead). It took about 2-3 hours to be fully charged(maybe because I'm charging from a computer) and since the full charge it does seem like the battery is doing better. Had some texting going on here and there, then plugged in the hdmi cable to my tv, and played games along with watching a bit of netflix with the bravia engine on for about 30-45 minutes on the tv(note it's still on hdmi, both tv and ion's screen still active). After all those it's at 90% right now. It was fully charged about 6-7 hours ago. Total time of usage was around 1 1/2 hours.

In my opinion, the recharging the battery from 0-100 seemed to give it a better life compared to the other few days I've been using it. When I got it, the battery life went down from about 30% to about 10% in about an hour. On Monday, it was charged to 100%(without having the battery drained yet) and it seemed to die pretty quick just from texting alone and also being on wifi. I haven't changed the screen settings besides having bravia engine on and off.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chegemli:
I have Xperia S and it also had issues with the battery life just when I got it. It was draining too fast and many owners just like me got really disappointed. But several circles of 0-100% charges have changed the situation. I guess these batteries need a week or too to gain maximum capacity.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] reckoner13:
I did that on the first night, I killed the battery to 0% and charged to 100%, I did a factory reset today and didn't install any of those task managing, power saving, battery widget apps, hopefully it'll last longer.

I decided not to return it yet because I love the phone, I still have 11 days to decide. I'm going to be stopping by the Sony Store to see if I have a defective phone due to the Auto-Brightness screen flickering tomorrow.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Bach415:
Well you should get the auto-brightness flickering checked out. I haven't notice any weird flicking or anything wrong with the phone. Maybe a few more 100% charges will help make it last longer. Also go to settings, applications, manage applications, select the all tab, and uninstall any of AT&T apps that can be uninstalled as well as those that you think aren't "stock" android/sony apps. Maybe that will increase your battery if there isn't any background applications running that don't show up on task manager. Also turn off location services if you are not using it. I have noticed that location service takes up a lot of battery for some reason.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Hey Guys, I just wana make a brief comment on these issues.

Im sure these things will very soon be resolved w sony updates but rest assure soon as a root system is achieved the power to change them will be in the hands of the user. I've been developing on the X10 ever since its release and have watched it become one of the coolest development devices available half of which before Sony was really on-board w independent development.

Most of these things (except for the speaker issues, which just come w the "thin phone" territory I'm afraid) can be related most likely to excessive syncing, etc from att/sony bloat. There are some things that may be able to be done now to help but prob we'll have to wait for root to see any major improvement.

As far as the device goes, if u can deal w the speaker it will most certainly be a hellova phone in the very near future. I just ordered one and will provide a complete review as well as any tips or suggestions I might have just as soon as I can get my hands on it. Prob first of next week sometime is w I expect the shipment.

In the interim Id b happy to help assist anyone w any possible solutions I can provide. earbrain
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dizarmstrong:
I honestly think the speaker is actually pretty decent
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Yeah, I've been dealing w the x10 since it came out and its not really as bad as made out to be. I mean what do u expect? U want hifi or even stereo for that matter then plug the damn thing in. A little dsp and it suits me just fine far as the ring/notify/speaker phone go. Xloud works pretty good for that I might add.

I'm an audio guy and its just basic physics that to reproduce sound mass = loud/bass. Sony could easily make a rockin ass phone but u w prob have to carry it over ur shoulder, not ur pocket.lOl

-earbrain
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
They've already done that, in the 80's.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mehran_o0o:
Battery life is very normal for me and I play alot around my phone.. Signal is bag Defoe mine too butt not very bad... Capacitive buttons are a bit annoying but u get used to them specially if u havent use one before. ..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] paul-c:
The first couple days I had the phone I noticed the screen flicker from time to time. It seems to have righted itself now, and the issue hasn't shown up again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
After using it all weekend Im good fellas, being the xperia/android freak I am I consider it another fine device from Sony...kudos. eb

ps: dont tell att but the 4g fckn ROCKS too. lOl
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Geenus008:
Life-Long Sony fan

Got to agree... I heard somethings about the battery life and was a little discouraged. My friend and I have been awaiting the IONs release for several months. He's the one who told me about the battery life, so I told him about battery cycling, thanks XDA members & developers.

Had mine for 2 weeks now and I can definitely see an improvement in the length of the battery life - still not X10 status, but at least all day. Also previously pointed out, I noticed that several of my installed apps are always running in the background and even after a restart are set to automatically restart. There are a few apps that will take care of this, so it's just something else to watch out for.

4G LTE signal is also a big drainer, but I love the surfing speeds, especially since there aren't that many phone using this band yet!!!

I turned off the Bravia engine and the background lite. The screen is bright enough, even when I'm by the pool reading a PDF in the sun. You can still see it very well. - Hope this helps -
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Still diggn it, can't wait to get into sum customizn. eb
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] papped:
The trick with the capacitive buttons is to give them a real firm press, not so much accuracy. They are less sensitive which avoids the issue of false presses that a lot of the Samsung phones have (sometimes you can trigger those buttons without even really contacting the button at all).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] earbrain:
Yeah, Im better w the buttons now. Seems to be sometimes a need to wait for focus. I guess the "focus" is kinda there for devices w trackballs or mouse but a bit superfluous on devices without. eb
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] accts:
As mention before, wifi suck - I sat about 10ft away from the access point still not getting a full bar ??? and signal receiving isn't great either. Compare to my HTC Vivid, I always get a bar lower on any signal (wifi or mobile). Although still liking the phone die hard ericsson fan, the picture quality is so nice - Sound is better compare to all the phone I had (Inspire, Vivid, S2).

I'm sure once get the bootloader unlock - battery and performance will be alot better !! patiently awaiting :o
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokie365:
Has anyone installed the samsung smart view remote on the s3 yet?

I have a D8000 tv and originally sold my iphone for a galaxy nexus for this app but it didn't work. then i got a note and it didnt work..

I want this on my s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokie365:
Well has anyone got this working on the S3?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukskw:
work for me with htc hd2(android rom) sgs2 and sgn

check again setup

[How to set up]

1. Connect wireless/wired router to TV LAN port, or connect Samsung Wireless LAN adapter to TV USB port.

How to set up on TVs

[Menu]→[Network]→ configure settings in [Network Settings]

2. Connect your phone to wireless/wired router.

How to set up on Phones

[Settings]→ configure settings in [Wireless and Network]
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Vugari:
Here you guys go! Enjoy :D

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum-267/announcement-24-cyanogenmod-90-rc1-released-2012-jun-26/

EDIT: It appears as though it's still being uploaded to the servers, as I don't see it in the download section yet. I'm sure it'll be up shortly.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Hopefully there will be more details on things.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redmonke255:
Download is up.

Wait never mind. It says download but doesn't look available.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
i dont get that forum or site, somedays i can log in on the forum and others (like yesterday and today) i get a "Sorry, you don't have permission for that!" page and i cant login. and yes i've cleared cookies and all that, i even get it on my phone :mad:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] draky:
Yeah, I don't see our device on that page either.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Cause it isn't going to happen... think it was just a fluke, I looked at the p990 thread earlier and saw nothing on the matter and they'd be blowing up compared to us. So I think it was just a misunderstanding
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Vugari:
Sorry to get everyone's hopes up.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] syl0n:
Not coming for G2x I guess, not until LG/Nvidia release something.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] breadland:
All we can do is hope an official ICS release is made for the G2X or the O2X so we actually get hardware acceleration...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
i know everyone wants an official ICS release but there are plenty of ICS roms for our phone, whats so special about a CM9 one? they all have the same drawbacks so really its just a matter of preference. and since cyanogen makes roms for just about every single phone out there he cant take the time to customize one for our phone, thats why i think the devs here make better roms :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redmonke255:
Cyanogenmod is split into teams. Ricardo works on our phone and he's the one that made ics even possible for us. As great as our devs are, they're all using his fixes.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Aren't you the beta tester for someone on these threads? You should learn a little more before saying things that are incorrect to the public... Yes our group for the G2X is doing some awesome work, but none of those are actually usable for a lot of us. I use my phone actually, alot and ICS is no where near usable, I don't even record or anything but even taking a picture and exiting out the app a certain way will cause for a reboot to be able to take a picture again... and like monkee said, Ricardo (Cm_arcee) is the CM dev for our phone and almost if not all LG line of phones. If CM team were to release an official RC it would be with fully working everything at least. That's why we were excited with it, compared to what is available now.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
totally forgot about arcee and as far as all the roms here using his fixes i dont see that as completely true as there are some roms here that are using AOSP pure so not using CM at all. unless (and this may be possible) his fixes are getting added into the code upstream then in a round about way those using AOSP would be using his fixes

and yeah im a beta tester for Genesis and what did i say that was incorrect? and just because im a beta tester does not necessarily mean i know everything there is to know about android, but i know enough. i didnt mean to offend CM or people who love CM, but ive used it as well and really it just comes down to preferences. i truly dont think that CM is the be-all-end-all of G2x roms...thats all im saying

and why would anyone think that when CM releases a rom that it will be error free or have all features? i've been using 7.2 and for a few releases bluetooth call audio isnt working and that is the case with 7.2 stable, so your argument about having everything working doesnt hold any water
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Don't mean to sound like I'm bashing you but I don't mind spreading the knowledge I've gained over the years of basic rooting and android...

None of what you see except for the OTA stock based roms are doable without the CM team... EB AOSP included. It says on their 1st page "A BIG THANKS TO CM-TEAM for they're amazing work without these guys hard work and great features none of this would be possible for me..." it's just how it is, Steve (cyanogen) Kondik has been at it since the G1 days... so CM is pretty much the "be-all-end-all of G2x roms" if your phone didn't function well on stock... every phone is like that, not just the G2X, other wise we will have stock based roms with tweaks here and there but making the lock screens and coding them out to where they function like they do is mostly and all Cyanogen... This is what I've gathered over the years if I'm wrong about some of it, I wouldn't surprised... Since I've been rooting and everything for the past 4 years, I should be a Dev by now but I'm too lazy for that plus work, school and a social life, I don't have the patience either haha.

7.2 stable is not stable but it is about 100X more stable then CM9 in my eyes and lots others, some people have no issue with it being the way it is but I'm super picky and 23 years old, I go out a lot and answer lots of calls, need stable battery those sorts of things, ICS is none of what I need or want on the G2X... also why I'm switching phones shortly.

again I didn't mean to attack, just opinionated I guess lol.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
no worries, i didnt take it that way, im pretty opinionated as well

and you have great points about how you use your phone and what you need from it. i guess thats where i need to make a mental note that not everyone here uses their phone the same way and want different things from it and the software that runs on it

and i did not in anyway mean for my posts to sound like i was bashing cyanogen (dont know him well enough to call him Steve LOL). what they do is incredible and they (and all the other devs here) make flashing our phones fun (at least for me)

i think this can be let go, no harm no foul?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
I in know way know him lol, just have followed him for years, he's an android celebrity after all... and definitely no harm no foul! :-)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
I told everyone that Ricardo promises to port it as soon as he gets his hands on it. I had a long conversation with a friend last night about these fauxm9 ROMs. If you read my interview with Ricardo you would know he totally regrets his decision to release this crap. Source has even been pulled from cm. Our "CM9" source is a pile of app breaking hacks. I have the upmost respect for our devs, it is not their fault, but they have put soooo many band aids on this turd that I've noticed stability diminishing with each release. Too many patches, no real fixes. If anyone has noticed, ics releases have slowed dramatically. On the other hand, CM7 is on the brink of perfection, yet nobody's doing any kangs. What's left on CM7, blue tooth? I'm sure if devs worked on it they could figure it out in no time. Anyway, that's my opinion, and it's formed from pretty good sources.

I'm sure everyone knows what great friends mt3g and I are, but I stand by his his last comments. CM9 doesn't exist for our phone. Period.

mustangtim49@Xda-developers.com
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buru898:
Couldn't agree more :).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Right! I love ICS and CM9, but fact is, these latest kangs of kanged kangs are soooo unstable it's comical they're being released. Focus should turn to CM7 until cm or lg releases something for ICS. Trust me, LG has to do ics for the O2x, it will be here soon enough.

mustangtim49@Xda-developers.com
[T-Mobile LG G2x] MrCDWJR:
exactly what i was thinking!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cricketAC:
What are the chances that o2x will even get ics?

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
Actually, pretty descent...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DJLamontagneIII:
That's what I'm saying.... There still selling p990 overseas right?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
My brother over in Germany ssaid he saw one a couple weeks ago... he's looking at it dice he might get mine when he is back state side.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DJLamontagneIII:
Yea see that's a good sign
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
Trust me, LG already has a build, 3.xxx kernel and all. I've said this numerous times in numerous posts. Talked to Ricardo tonight, he just got back from San Francisco. He will get our port as soon as he gets it.

mustangtim49@Xda-developers.com
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DJLamontagneIII:
Nice to hear... Thanks man
[T-Mobile LG G2x] cricketAC:
So what am i missing here? If there is a chance g2x sibling might get ICS and it can be easily ported to g2x such that g2x will get fully working ICS in the near future. Why are you(musting) and others ditching g2x on the basis of it will never see the ICS.

:confused:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mt3g:
I'm not ditching it cause of that, I'm ditching it cause I'd rather have the new SGS III. Rather have a newer phone especially since I have an upgrade available to me. My phone doesn't have the issues most people have, luckily that's why some want to leave it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] thefulleffect89:
I agree with you guys. I would like to see more mods to CM7. I was on ICS for a long time and thought it was perfect...enough. then I flashed EB 2.3.7 and holy cow, I forgot how stable stable really is.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
I never once said I was ditching my g2x. I come from a Huawei ascend, I love my g2x's. I'll have mine at least another year. P. S. For those that don't know that cm has a new CM7 build weekly it's out 7012012, don't know what's new, but it blazes!

mustangtim49@Xda-developers.com
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
wonder if they fixed bluetooth?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DJLamontagneIII:
From the change log looks more like just Dutch translations
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
that really sucks, nothing seems to be working with the new baseband for bluetooth except the stock 2.3.4..oh well
[T-Mobile LG G2x] C-art-toon:
If I understand, even Cyanogen as the bluetooth baseband problem.... i turn my hope on owain who got the patch for the baseband working...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] DsturbD:
that was just to make calls on the new baseband with a custom rom (including CM ones), the bluetooth issue is totally different
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
I'm running the EOS wifi nightlies and my backups have averaged around 240Mb on my 32Gb card. I've upgraded to a 64Gb card and flashed CM9 to try it, made a backup and it was 3Gb on a new 64Gb card. Wiped dalvik cach, cache partition and wiped data, reflashed nightly 112 and gapps, made a backup and it's still 3Gb more or less. Anyone have any ideas? I've tried all 3 of the good recoveries with just minor differences. Is there a recovery that will let you format the whole partition?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
Come on guys, someone must have an idea.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
Not sure, but it must have something to do with the size of the card you're using. I had an extra 1Gb card and I put it in the Xoom and did an nandroid and it came out 974Mb opposed to 3Gb on the 64Gb card.