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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arw9000:
I seriously did not realise they were that bad. I had a ZTE blade and that had great custom mod support. I had kind of thought that with it being the flagship phone it would get a quicker update than it has.

What concerns me most is if we wait all of this time and get the same 452 release that reports suggest is not quite prime-time ready. Perhaps the delay is that some of the networks rejected the 452 build and Sony has had to push out a new one to satisfy them (hence the later builds on PTCRB).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LilChinchster:
I think we will have atleast another 20 more of these rant pages before it is released
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BigPhil:
I have been running ICS for 2 weeks now but last night I decided I have had enough of it and went back to 2.3.7. Going back has felt like an upgrade.

If you are itching for ICS and use either NFC or Bluetooth streaming, make sure you have access to a Gingerbread ROM to go back to. NFC is pretty much completely broken. Tags are only detected 30% of the time, if that. Bluetooth audio streaming stutters about 2 second per 4 minutes. Really distracting when listening to audiobooks or podcasts. The launcher feels slower. The Timer app has dodgy graphics (the seconds ring is just floating randomly). Automatically connecting to Bluetooth devices is now unreliable, perhaps 60% success rate. Also some games , specifically Dead Trigger, have badly corrupted graphics.

After 2 weeks, the only things I miss are Chrome (but have since discovered BoatBrowser. No hardware acceleration, but just as functional) and the Xperia Desk clock. Also the ability to have no lock screen.

When the UK ICS update does arrive, I will be clicking "Ignore".

-- Phil
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
No I doubt we will see 452 because judging by the number of bugs and issues that has. Sony just released that to meet their q2 timeline. The fact is ICS just wasn't ready. Rather than delay it further, they pushed out an unstable build. The fanboys always say Sony take their time to get out the best possible rock solid Rom unlike other manufactures. Well the is no evidence to support this assertion.

The gingerbread Rom was updated about 4 times in the short space of time it existed. That's hardly stable or rock solid and ICS seems to be going the same way.

Sony just don't get it, smartphones are not feature phones. They demand a lot more attention and dedication which Sony for as long as they keep releasing android phones like no mans business, will never be able to give.

They need to reduce their range to no more than 6 phones each year. I don't believe in the one size fits all crap of Apple and to a lesser extent Samsung, but I think Sony's portfolio is just ridiculously extensive. Two high end phones, two mid range and two low end seems about right.

That'll give them the variety they want but also make it easier to stay on top.

The xperia s is really the X10's successor in almost every respect. Great hardware but handicapped by software.

Having said all of that, this topic is the only one since I came to the xperia s forum at XDA that I have enjoyed. It seems a fanboy free zone and long may that continue.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jonmorris:
Ha! I hadn't noticed that.

I think with these things, I can see why Sony has seemingly already certified another ICS build to roll out.

I'd wait for that and expect most or all of these problems to have been fixed. In fact, I hope that it appears for at least one region soon and we can all upgrade to that and fix these things once and for all (messing up Bluetooth streaming is particularly poor though). ICS is supposed to be a lot more optimised, thus running faster and acclerating the UI, so we should not be feeling compelled to roll back to GB!

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If you look at the new (mid to low-end phones) coming later in 2012, as I did earlier this week, you'll see that they're running the 2011 Xperia build of ICS, so that means you still get to press menu and access settings, widgets, wallpapers the same way as with GB. It's only the Xperia S that seems to do a lot of things differently, with a different launcher and the timer/countdown, a new album and movie player.

It shouldn't matter how many devices are released because once Sony gets a stable, bug-free, build it can roll it out to all of them in one go (in theory, we can see the 'practice' is a little different). I wonder if with the planned move from Sweden to Japan of the HQ, and many other changes, a lot of people who might have been very dedicated have in fact left the company - leaving Sony stuck trying to update nearly every phone with scarce resources?

I wonder if the Xperia P and U will have the Xperia S ICS set up, or that of the likes of the arc/arc S/neo/pro? I think that my arc with ICS is rock solid and is performing far better than it did with 2.3.7. It's frustrating that it's been the opposite on the Xperia S.

Maybe Sony was more interested in getting its apps on the device, and adding in the Walkman player, the movie app (that uses Sony's Gracenote service to identify and tag movies) and forgot about the rest. They didn't do that with the 2011 models, which seem to have fared a lot better as a result.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BigPhil:
One other feature Sony have decided to remove from ICS is that the stock keyboard no longer has the "Swipe" feature. I really missed that. The GB stock keyboard is without doubt the nicest stock keyboard I have ever used (ignoring Playbook 2.0, which I guess doesn't count anyway). I replaced the ICS one in the first hour of the upgrade.

[edit:] Apparently it does. My memory failed me, sorry [/edit]

I really hope they make an ICS build comparable to the gingerbread one, but I wont hold my breath
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] FenrirMX:
Not sure what you mean, I'm actually swiping this post, and I'm on ICS.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
There is swipe keyboard in ics.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] BigPhil:
I was sure it didn't on mine, but I did replace it pretty quick. I stand corrected. Sorry.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ash_c64:
The swipe feature on the keyboard doesnt work on my broswer any one know why? it works on everything else. Am using the first ICS ftf thats was out i think swiss.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] roops1967:
its true, something i noticed too. i tried other countries ftf aswell and same problem with the swype! hope they got this sorted on the new update!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
I think you're just making excuses for Sony. It's not that straight forward, it all has to be slightly modified and tweaked to fit the hardware configurations of each device. Besides when have they ever rolled everything out in one go. It always takes them months to upgrade one device and much more to update all of them.

I think they just have a half hearted approach to android prioritising as you mentioned, their own creations and God knows what else.

Would I have preferred to have the 2011 line up ICS build earlier than having to wait for music app rebranding, new album app and new video app? You can bet your bottom dollar on it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jonmorris:
Most if not all the 2011 devices were built on the same platform - same processor, same speed, same memory etc. The camera and screens varied, but I am sure that's just a simple job to plug-in the relevant code for each spec before compiling. I really doubt it's that hard at all.

Almost all the 2011 models were updated within two months, which isn't bad for quite a large number of models.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnc7995:
I own the VZW Galaxy Nexus , and I just unlocked the bootloader and now my phone will not boot-up. The device is stuck on the Google logo splash screen with the lock icon at the bottom of the screen signifying that the bootloader is unlocked. I used the program called Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit v1.4 from Wugfresh to unlock my phone's bootloader, and now my phone is currently bricked. I can still go to the bootloader by holding down volume and power. Can someone help me restore my phone to a working state?

EDIT: Also I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to be posting this, I don't use this site often and the site would not let me post to Galaxy Nexus Android Development for some reason. I can still go to the bootloader by holding down volume and power.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] afma_afma:
the reason why ur stuck is because ur stock recovery might be blown up. try and flash stock recovery ....or cwm recovery...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] afma_afma:
actually try a battery pull and startup ..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnc7995:
You think I didn't try that already? And I don't know how to flash a stock recovery, help?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SnrSuave:
My phone also got stuck at the google screen when it tried to boot. Turned out it was a bad flash when I was trying to install jelly bean. I just went back in and flashed jelly bean again and everything was back to normal. I think you'll be just fine if you just flash a stock rom or whatever rom you want to run on. Look for one of the guides on how to return to stock and just skip the part about relocking your bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
In the toolkit there is a "flash back to stock" option. Boot back into bootloader and use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnc7995:
The flash back to stock option doesn't seem to work, because the cmd window won't read me device. What should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nanobutter:
Where's your folder located?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
I didn't mean to thank your post so you owe me one.

Why be an ass to someone who is trying to help you. A simple I tried that and it didn't work would be fine.

If we assumed everyone did what we would suggest then half of people's issues would probably not have gotten fixed.

Like I would assume you new how to flash stock recovery so I would not want to offend you buy telling you how.

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Now to be nice because I know a non working phone sucks : )

Put your phone into the bootloader screen to use in the toolkit. To do this. remove battery, place back in....Then hold volume up and down at the same time and then power the device on while holding the buttons. You will then be in bootloader and the toolkit should recognize your device from there.

If it does, try the steps over again or if you can flash back to stock everything and start over. The tollkit give you the instructions where to get the files if you choose that option.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
Shoot me your email and I'll try and help you out through G talk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hanschke:
blackscreen but fastboot will work? There are no responses, unless i plug it in. i get a driver that is enabling and then disabling. The Driver is called OMAP4440.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gryphynwing:
Just wondering, does anyone have any problems with their galaxy nexus call quality when skyping??

I just got my gnexus yesterday and tried the skype with my girlfriend, for me i can see her perfectly fine and clear, but she said my camera quality is horrible, front and back. any ideas?

I actually also tried it with my friend who owns a galaxy s2, same result.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
whenever I mount the phone to my car dock, S Voice comes on first! When it wasn't working on my Skyrocket, I just froze it and said screw this thing, but now that it works just fine on the SIII, every time I mount it to the car dock, I have to close out of it first before I can get Music up and running.... is there a work around for this to prevent it from coming on when mounted to the car dock I haven't thought of yet?

I quit using Tasker, it got to be too damn much on the phone, so I just use A2DP Volume to automate the connection - when I connect my car dock, it loads Music and adjusts BT volume for me, but it won't close an app on connection.... How can you prevent S Voice from coming up in the first place?

EDIT - I found these steps for turning off Voice Talk, the older version of Google's Voice Commands, and I'm going to give this a try. The motion part isn't applicable though, I think....

WORKAROUNDS - We now have two workarounds to solve this problem.... Here they are:

If you like S Voice and just want to prevent it from starting up when car docked, use the Dock Nothingness app and select it by default the next time you car dock

If you don't like S Voice and want to block it completely, just freeze it with Titanium Backup and it won't run at all (PRO key must be installed for you to freeze and defrost apps)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] RikF:
Did you get anywhere with this problem - I'm in the same boat. What I'd really like is the old default car home to launch, but not getting s-voice (useless in my little convertible!) would be a great start!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
Nope, but I think your issue would be easier to overcome since you can just download Car Home Ultra or something similar, I don't want any car home to launch at all, just the A2DP Volume app which will launch Google Music for me....

I have everything set like they said on the S Voice settings page, so it doesn't activate with a double tap home input, but it still comes up! Now that I have Tasker running as well, it asks if I want to use S Voice or Tasker, or either of them by default, and I don't want any of them, really! If I say Tasker, I believe it will do nothing, but that might interfere with A2DP Volume, and then I have to set Tasker to run A2DP Volume when it is car docked..... that's straight up going around in circles now!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] baublitz:
I have the same problem... please fix! I do not like S Voice...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
Nothing I can do about it, I'm definitely not a dev....

I selected Tasker by default when car docked and it seems to work just fine right now, I don't have any task set when the car is docked, but at least it recognizes Tasker will take priority when car docked instead of S Voice! That's the best work around I know of so far....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] RikF:
Sorry if I'm mentioning the obvious, but if you go into s voice in the applications manager is anything set in its 'launch by default' section? I don't have anything in there now, but that may be because I set my car-launcher as default on docking. I don't know if 'on dock' was in there before.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
That's a good thought, but no, there are no defaults set on my phone either under that setting - it was worth a look though! I'm sure it's got to be something as easy as that though....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jvoisin:
If you are rooted, why don't you just freeze svoice? I didn't like it so I froze it when I was freezing all of the carrier installed crapware (didn't want to uninstall it in case I actually get some of the features enabled).. freeze it and you will never see it again.. (I don't think I would risk deleting it since if it breaks something else it is easy enough to unfreeze/thaw the application)... this of course requires you to have titanium backup and pay for the elite license which gives you these features..

Double Home doesn't launch anything anymore.. although I never had a problem with it launching when going into car-mode.. I had turned that feature off...

I am still a noob with the andriod phone.. I had an iphone before this.. but am finding that I really like the flexibility of andriod over iphone..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KryptosXLayer2:
It looks like we have a decent work around, posted by zen0s on the Infuse car dock thread:

I froze it using TiBU on my Skyrocket and that worked just fine because S Voice wasn't really working well with the phone, but now that I have an SIII, I want to use it when it is appropriate for me, not every time I dock the phone! So the two options stand, freeze it or run Dock Nothingness to prevent S Voice from starting up every time it is car docked!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] dcooterfrog:
ok I just ordered my nexus 7 16gb it will be 275 delivers with a 20$ Google play credit.

main reasons. ips display. and charges over usb those are my only gripes abou the a100 the display just wanst up to snuff compared to my original ipad. i bought ti see if i preferred android to apple and i stopped using my ipad completely.

is my a100 worth anything now-- rooted cwm unlooked loader. 32 gb card
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Jaygo7:
Well with the Nexus 7 available for pre order I don't see our used A100's selling anywhere close to $200.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
They can be had locally for 180-200 without an SD card or any extras, however I see that dropping VERY fast when the nexus 7 actually releases. If you're planning on selling it, put it up NOW, and ask for 200, and take the first offer that comes close, say 180.

Plus its starting to become known what issues they have, including faulty EMMC hardware that will brick itself for no real reason.

I've been considering selling mine, but we've been through alot together, not sure I want to let it go, and if I did, what I would replace it with...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] yanksrock1000:
I'm considering this too. The nexus 7 seems like a sweeter deal, having Jelly Bean, a better CPU and GPU, for $199. I would be happy to sell for about $150 and then just spend $50 for the nexus. Doesn't seem like a bad deal.

Our iconia doesn't have the great screen either, and I would like a better screen...
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] niteh@wk:
The only downside with the Nexus 7 is it doesn't have the external SD slot. You won't be able to store much on the 8GB internal storage. The OS itself with apps will take about 2GB leaving with 6GB. A decent game's data will take up 1GB to 2GB. The storage gets drained pretty quickly.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] KevOne:
I pre-ordered the Nexus 7 as well but I'm not even going to consider selling my A100. The A100 is the tablet I use around the house or when I go outside, but with the Nexus 7, the A100 will just replace my desktop table's tablet which is my Viewsonic G Tablet. I'll probably just give the G Tablet to my parents or something :)
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
It has otg so you can use flash drives on it, its not as limited as it seems at first.

Tapatalked from my A100 - CM9 unsecured tester.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] colbyfink:
I was lurking the forums because I'm debating finding a cheap Iconia instead of getting a Nexus 7 (HDMI and expandable memory would be awesome for emulators and hd video), but I feel I should tell you that the Nexus 7 does NOT support storage devices OTG. The conclusion we came to on reddit is that FAT32 requires a license to Microsoft and they didn't want to pay it for whatever reason, I don't know if that's something you could work around or not with a good dev community. Same with MHL (which is unsupported out of the box), I've heard a decent dev community could get it working but after hearing the same about the Xperia Play, I'm not counting on it.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
And why is otg limited to fat32? I don't recall ever saying fat32 either, but I could always be wrong about this, so don't take the wrong way, just wondering why it would require only fat32. And I'm sorry, but anything out of Reddit I take with a grain of salt.

Tapatalked from my A100 - CM9 unsecured tester.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] RangerJay:
Nexus 7 was looking pretty good compared to the A100. Lighter weight (important to me as an ebook reader), better display and longer battery life.

However, the lack of microSD slot is an issue because I like carrying around a lot of media and don't want some dongle hanging off the tablet. And I just bought a 27" monitor that has dual HDMI and it looks great connected to the A100, something else the Nexus can't do. (I also sometimes connect the A100 to the 50" flat screen via HDMI.)

Instead of paying $50 more for an extra 8gb of internal storage, I'd pay that to get my microSD slot and HDMI out back. I would also miss things like a real rotation lock button, but that one is not the deal-breaker the others are.

So no trade-in for me yet. And if I'm going to add a second tablet for other purposes, it would more likely just be a bigger one. Like an iPad. ;)

Of course, if I didn't already own an A100, the Nexus 7 does look like the hottest deal on the market. This month.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
That's pretty much where I stand now. The a100 has its strong points, the nexus 7 also has its strong points. If I didn't already have my a100 I would probably get the nexus. I was considering selling the a100 to maybe get a nexus, however I've decided its not worth it for the nexus. If I'm going to unload the a100 it'll be for a 10", maybe the a500 or something like that. If I come across a great deal and get the nexus I'll give the a100 to the wife lol. Same way my mom has a modded kindle fire.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] colbyfink:
It's been confirmed to work, only after rooting, and only for transferring files. So you can't watch videos stored on the card, nut you can move them and watch them from the internal storage. Not sure about music and photos.

The android community on Reddit is a little better than you're implying. A lot of xda members use it too, actually. It's the source for a lot of news and initial discussion of that news too. It's a pretty decent community if you can get past preconceived notions of Reddit as a whole.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Thanks for the updated info, its good to know at least some kind of external storage is available.

I didn't mean to offend anyone with my Reddit comment, as with all internet forums there's good and bad, however its just my experience to not immediately trust Reddit info. That being said, I don't immediately trust xda info either, I do my own research.

Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] colbyfink:
You're fine, man. No worries. There's a lot of info over on the Nexus 7 xda forums too, Im lurking over there as well so that info may have come from there. Regardless, I can't wait for the thing to release.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] danifunker:
I'm also going to head off of the A100. I'm not sure exactly what tablet I will get, but I'm selling my A100 8gb (with all accessories) for $200 on Kijiji.

Sent from my XT894 running ICS
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Good luck on your new device, and of course, remember to come back and let us know how it goes :D
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] fham:
FYI About A100 Prices Dropping

Just got a notice from eBay that A100 8G (on HC - NOT on ICS) is now available for $140+ free shipping. It is manufacturer refurbished.

I am tempted to buy for kids.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] b22ri22an:
my acer a100 is being sold for $100 to my brother the day my nexus 7 arrives, I have the 16gb version on pre-order. the screen upgrade was the reason for the move also since the nexus is thinner I should be able to mount it in a dockable position in the car where the acer was mounted behind the stereo bezel.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] mightydr:
As of now, I am likely to be moving on to the Nexus 7 as well.

I was holding out. My reason: The Nexus 7 does not have a microSD slot, and I really like using my 64 GB microSD cards in my devices.

This rationale kept me in the A100 camp-- until my A100 corrupted its 64 GB microsd card! :(

To me, selling stuff is a headache. So, I'll likely just give my A100 & accessories away. I don't know any forum members personally, and don't know if any are in my area. So, some kid who does something that shows he/she has a good head on their shoulders, or some older person who expresses a desire to stay up with the times will just get an A100 handed to them.

Should I leave this forum, thanks a lot to everyone here.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] wild1z:
You should never even talk about leaving here doc. ;) What a great thing for you to do. Some college student would love to have this. Very generous of you. ;)