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[Xperia Arc General] Andereitor:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony...Bean-for-2011-Xperia-Smartphones-283328.shtml

:eek::eek::eek:

We need developers to do a 4.1 Rom for the 2011 xperia phones!!! :(
[Xperia Arc General] Curst:
Not surprising actually since stock ICS didn't run that well on my Arc S i think... I am now back on GB and the phone feels alright again. :)

I see it like this:

GB = Windows XP

ICS = Windows Vista

JB = Windows 7 (Hopefully)
[Xperia Arc General] Cuerrix:
I understand why they don't want to give us JB. It's impossible to play games on ICS and it's not really stable and lagfree.
[Xperia Arc General] shakeyfingers:
how sad..

ive just feel the jeelly bean on nexus 7 and the ics on s3 really almost no difference its like its been tweak. so why not use it for arc?:confused:
[Xperia Arc General] maliceomalice:
If sony gives us 4.1, would u buy the 2012 xperia phones?

Think about it, its all market strategies...
[Xperia Arc General] daniel090588:
I don´t see that comment as an official statement but if it so i can say that my arc s is very very well on 4.0.4 i would just like some improvements on ram issues also hope more upgrades from sony i have 27 games installed on my arc s and all of them are perfectly playable
[Xperia Arc General] sebasgl1:
its beacause they loose money paying the developers to bringthe update, thats the reason why we cant get official jb... but ours arc/s of course can run jb
[Xperia Arc General] exFictitiouZ:
Seeing that the ICS for the U and P are still on their way, I think JB for the 2011 line is almost impossible. They won't have time to pull the magic. So it's quite an expected statement rather than an outright disappointment for me. Glad they're stating it early and not just let users waiting in vain. At least we know what's coming.
[Xperia Arc General] samoht76:
The Arc S released for about 1 year ago. It's hard, but thats the destiny if you don't buy a Nexus phone. :(

And, after I read the blog, I would say, the Xperia S will not be updated to 4.1... Thats my opinion...
[Xperia Arc General] adolfo778:
Sony is releasing to many phones right now, and their Flagships have outdated software and hardware ( The Ion)

I got the arc because of the sexy design and camera
[Xperia Arc General] ctinro:
Always it's about SONY's market strategy. :(

All I can say is that a coworker received OTA the day before yesterday 4.1.1 JB on his Samsung Google Nexus S, which has almost same specs like Arc. :crying:
[Xperia Arc General] vr5411:
I couldn't make up my mind, which OS is better. Gingerbread or ICS.

So I did some real life testing by flashing it several times each after other. And using it.

My conclusion. ICS is significantly faster then GB. Yes it is. Period!!

I'm having GB right now on my Arc S with doomlord's kernel and ICS on stock kernel is faster!! That's it.

Gingerbread is smoother in scrolling and moving inside home. Smoother but not faster.

And some games/apps are not ICS compatible or updated and that is issue for early adopter.

Also, Sony bugged LED notifications and LockScreen notifications that could be corrected on ICS easily by applying already available mods. And sony could improve it easily if they want to.

And JB make smoother scrolling and moving around (touch) on ICS core. That's Google's official explanations (there are more features inside, yes I know).

So we must have it!

Fact what guy in UK sad, are not final. If we make big enough protest, they will do it for Arc S, Neo V and Ray. And then and Arc and Neo owners could use it as they did with ICS 4.0.3.

And please, do NOT compare ICS and JB on 4 core chips. Yes everything is very smooth on them.

Also, since I own and HTC android phone, see what's going with HTC.

They f.cked up Desire owners (me), now and Desire HD owners. And look at their last report. No money even for a fair trade in domestic Taiwan.

And I'm sure there will be JB for Arc/Arc S. At least from FreeXperia.
[Xperia Arc General] tyrand3:
Just after one major laggy update and sony already stopping update for arc..

:eek:
[Xperia Arc General] zangetsu2188:
So how about Xperia Neo L? No Jelly Bean, too? It is a 2012 phone but the same with the 2011 Xperia phones.

Let's see if their below 1GHz phones will get Jelly Bean (miro, tipo)

It is acceptable but a bit disappointing.
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
Sony would be rolling out JB preferably for 2011 devices as jb requires the same config as on ICS. If you remember the days of Xperia X10 Sony wasn't going to release GB for it but due to user protests X10 was given official support for GB. This may be the case for Xperia 2011 portfolio..
[Xperia Arc General] Devoct:
cyanogen team has said, that device capable running ICS, will be capable running JB too.

so it must be SONY's marketing strategy related, Nexus S got similiar spec with Arc, and still can handle ICS better than our Arc.

hope that FXP will continue updating our arc to CM10, or at least CM9 that runs as smooth as Nexus S ICS. :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Arc General] Vuja1:
this is bad news for me :( i have arc and i'm dissapointed because arc will not have jelly bean
[Xperia Arc General] MrL1:
If this is true, i will never buy another Sony phone NEVER AGAIN.

I miss the Sonyericsson brand, SONY clearly SUCKS now.
[Xperia Arc General] Andereitor:
I think that the ICS update is so laggy because of their software! Roms like JJ doctor AOSP Rom is super smooth (even with stock kernel). Sony should have make a better work for our 2011 xperia devices....
[Xperia Arc General] arpith.fbi:
yup.. its a dirty market strategy...trust me guys i have used 4.1...it is far btr than ICS..our arc will be damn smooth if we get 4.1...they just want us to buy a new phone..

from wat i heard dere is a lil chance of arc s getting the update..if the above is official then there is no chance..

sony is a sinking ship is all products..it was running lil fine in smartphone industry...looks like this industry is also going to die for them!!
[Xperia Arc General] arcs_austria:
That's the point!!! ;) good answer.

with JJHyb_v3.2
[Xperia Arc General] eng_samy:
Sony failed to offer ICS.....most of customers hate it.....

I think sony is going to lose a big market share by that weak of software devolpers...

For me that will be my last mobile from Sony....when i think to buy new mobile....i'm sure that HTC or Samsung will be a better choice....
[Xperia Arc General] samoht76:
It's not a Sony problem. Others like HTC and Samsung not better! Take a look on the Samsung or HTC forums. There are the same discussions as here in this thread.

The only choice for a up to date phone is an Nexus.
[Xperia Arc General] khibacana:
:(, wait to buy xperia 2013
[Xperia Arc General] Andereitor:
I think all the phones that can be updated to ICS could be updated to JB because except project butter, there isn't any more changes for the performance of three phone no??
[Xperia Arc General] Qwerty123 \m/:
Kind of expected

JB will never come to 2011 anyway :P

CM10 XD
[Xperia Arc General] Gambler_3:
That sort of reasoning is so pathetic. Google updates their old nexus phones, people still buy new phones. Apple updates its old phones people still buy new phones.
[Xperia Arc General] jayman1986:
What are Sony doing different that Sony Ericsson didn't?
[Xperia Arc General] jayman1986:
I think it's more to do with the fact that it costs money to develop the software. Sucks for us, but Sony Sony want to spend time and resources on updating older phones
[Xperia Arc General] ArcMan09:
**** u Sony U r the one of the most 3 rd class company ever in the world.

i would now never by a sony Mobile in my Whole life

.ass holes.. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::o:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
C'mon guys stop complaining.. Samsung GSII got official ICS last week.. HTC is promising ICS updates that haven't been rolled out yet.. Sony did offer ICS almost at the same time it promised it will roll out..

About nexus. Those devices are owned by google and google offers services for that. They are meant for developer uses. Other manufacturers have to think about end user. Not all of the users are like us. They dont even care about what version of android they use. They just want a fully functional phone. They dont want to mess around. A friend of mine with X10 is still at 2.1 just because he doesn't care. He says it works fine for him.

Lets see about ICS. It has been a major update. I love it. But if you see the data you'll find less than 5% of the android devices run ICS. And most of those who do are guys like us with the latest CM version.

So stop complaining. You guys will always get to exprience JB.. Say thanks to CM, FXP and AOSP.

Also if Sony rolls out each and every new version update for every device very less would go for new devices. This is MARKETING..
[Xperia Arc General] liquified:
Expected news. That is what xda is for. Even if Sony agrees to give the update, nothing will probably be delivered until the end of the year. Why wait so long when we could have CM10? And the arc/s hardware are all outdated, even if we get the update, graphic demanding games would still be sucked.
[Xperia Arc General] Fumas:
Never Sony mobile again because Sony doesn't update? Just look around, Sony has updated more than all the others companies...

Do you know the percentage of mobiles with ICS? It's really low, most has still GB...

The problem is that ALL companies are not interested in updating previous years' phones.

Only Nexus for a certain update

Anyway, we will join Jeally Bean experience with FXP
[Xperia Arc General] Torres77an:
All's I have to say is that we shouldn't be left with an unstable update we've paid enough money for these phones they owe us at least one last final update even if it's not to J.B. Which is still a little bit of an F around but c'mon man Sony needs to learn to treat there customers right WITH OUT US THEY WOULD BE NOTHING !
[Xperia Arc General] Patacho:
Sony won't update our phones, just as expected. The same thing happened with 2010 Xperias. But, XDA saved the day; I'll give you guys, a little example: X10 Mini started with Android 1.6, Sony gave it updates until Android 2.1 (and then, started with 2011 Xperias), but XDA gave to that phone a new life: Froyo, Gingerbread, even Honeycomb, and more recently ICS. Yep, ICS, on a 3-years-old phone with 600mhz on processor.

Obviously, I'm not happy with lack of official updates, but, XDA is for that: Un-official updates that works better than officials. Just we've to wait and we'll have JB, and, why not? Android 5.

Hope -still- is not lost.

(PS: Sorry if my english is bad, heh)
[Xperia Arc General] DemonicHawk:
While it's good that some people are calm about this and note the fact that other manufacturers are lagging behind even more than Sony, the standard isn't set by what the manufacturers do. Google has stated that they are required to keep phones up to date for at least 18 months.

I only have the Xperia Arc (not S) so , but for those that do have the S, you should be pissed off. They're just trying to get away with it by hoping that you will suck it up and deal with it.
[Xperia Arc General] phillip leung:
Sony ICS update is not impressive, frankly, it is a ****. If sony just walk away, it is a shame for Sony.
[Xperia Arc General] android addicts:
Now I feel nexus better. They receive update quickly even older version.
[Xperia Arc General] YoBob:
This is really a shame, especially if on locked bootloader. There will be no official JB ROM UNLESS Sony decides to make one and for those with locked bootloader, your device is pretty much outdated as of this moment. Not everyone would agree to unlock their bootloader if they can't do it manually themselves and go through all that hassle to flash a ROM that isn't even reliable for daily use.

Hopefully, Sony will reconsider their statement.... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] rashid.fairus:
maybe arc s is too old for jb:rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] ngoralph:
as expected with sony :| they often leave their devices :(
[Xperia Arc General] fireice7:
Well apple are interested in updating last years (and 2009/2010 iPhones). If android manufacturers want to truly compete with the iphone, surely they to offer updates for at least 18 months?
[Xperia Arc General] DdcCabuslay:
Lol the neo L has hardware similar to the 2011 phones, I highly doubt it will get jelly bean. Same with the phones with less than 1 GHz processors in my opinion.
[Xperia Arc General] chaud:
Really hope that Sony prove me wrong and deliver the JB update to my Arc S even though I am changing to a new phone soon. :(
[Xperia Arc General] Minkysdad:
Who cares to be honest!? Tried ics its on my arc s, bought fone and love it on gb
[Xperia Arc General] Adulmec:
Xperia Arc S

I own Xperia Arc S and I have upgraded it from GB to ICS and it's working great. I have seen and read almost every thread opened here and on the Sony support forum and I might be the only one who hasn't any problem with the wi-fi connection, the bluetooth sending and receiving files etc.
[Xperia Arc General] Razel456:
I prefer ROM the JJdoctor, Sony suck's, the official rom is uggly, slow, and with blootware.

Sony erase the magic of Android.
[Xperia Arc General] aria_kh:
The ICS 4.0.4 was disappointing enough ! Sony made a mess and called it an update ! Thank god the're not creating another one !
[Xperia Arc General] LukynZ:
This are very good news. Our "amateur" devs do better work than Sony devs so I don't see any problem here and if JB won't be much faster than ICS its unusable at all.
[Xperia Arc General] LukynZ:
You probably don't realize that it's based on official rom, don't you :)
[Xperia Arc General] heinrichkaiser:
JB Alfa release by FXP..

This Is My Signature..
[Xperia Arc General] pveyes:
here for you to choose :p

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1780316

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1805410
[Xperia Arc General] shakeyfingers:
waiting for the beta rom jb good job guys
[Xperia Arc General] Bushmaster78FS:
I went back to gingerbread on my arc S and everything is smooth and snappy... These arcs have been designed for GB
[Xperia Arc General] spaagetaboutit:
We might actually get it sony says information was given out wrongly (source : theinquirer.net)
[Xperia Arc General] Marcell96:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/product...gn=Feed:+sonyericsson/products+(Product+Blog)

OP Change the title :p
[Xperia Arc General] ArcMan09:
That Means Jb is Coming to 2011 devices? by Sony:confused::eek:
[Xperia Arc General] pveyes:
That means, Sony still unsure to (or not to) bring JB to 2011 devices :p
[Xperia Arc General] Bushmaster78FS:
Not going to happen I don't believe it. Plus the ICS rom is pretty ****ty
[Xperia Arc General] stu1978:
Im running CM10 on my LT15i and it is already far smoother than ICS. Only issues for me so far are a couple of apps that install to SD failed and the camera preview, otherwise its great.
[Xperia Arc General] justkiddinghere:
If not jb atlest they can give a smooth ics
[Xperia Arc General] yenter:
the alpha release is actually not bad! at least I'm using the pro one and there's no major bugs (besides camera).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chargerbandit:
So my friend rooted and flashed CWM on his Galaxy S i9000, then he wasnt happy so he tried to restore the old backup. It gave him an error, now the phone is stuck in bootloop. The problem is that he cant get back into HBOOT either because Power+Vol UP+Home doesnt work. Any ideas guys?

Thanks for helping
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xsenman:
Do a battery pull first

try a different combination of keys ( Vol down+home+power or home+power )

Failing which use easy reboot recovery http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1796807
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chargerbandit:
Thanks for your help. All those combos don't work for some reason. I am not sure how Easy Reboot Recovery would work since I believe the phone doesn't get recognized by the USB.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xsenman:
ok, try battery pull and reinsert method for download mode

1) Press and hold (volume down+home key+power button)

2) insert the battery
[Galaxy S I9000 General] whomps66:
by ruaylau

Did you ever get into to Download Mode or Recovery Mode before you stuck?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chargerbandit:
Yeah, I accessed the recovery with Vol Up + Power + Home, but only when the phone was booted up fully. He was trying to restore the old ROM in CWM but it gave him error flashing boot image, then he restarted the phone and got the bootloop problem, so theres no way to restart it into HBOOT. I will try your method xsenman, have to wait till sunday so the phone gets here. If anyone has some other tips, I would appreciate it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] whomps66:
May be you bricked your phone. You can try solutions mentioned below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1134975
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Kurre:
USB-jig FTW :p

It's not bricked..if you're seeing anything on the screen, it should be recoverable. And even hard bricked phone can be saved with the UnBrickablemod.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chargerbandit:
Okay heres the thing. Easy Reboot Recovery does nothing, just opens and closes, I guess since it kinda doesn't recognize the USB from the phone. Then I used SGS Rescue Kit, launched OneClick.jar, connected the phone, clicked unsoft brick and it said Sucessful, the phone started showing the Samsung logo, but then nothing happens. Tried Easy Reboot Recovery again, but nothing. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zizou_1991:
Can you still access download mod ( Volume Key down + Menu + Power ) ?

If yes you can download a stock ROM that includes PIT PDA PHONE CSC and BOOTLOADER files, this page contains links to all theses files :

http://www.androidgen.fr/tutoriel-s...id-gingerbread-2-3-6-odin-article-2110-2.html

Now once you download these files just start Odin and put:

s1_odin_20100512.pit in PIT

CODE_I9000XWJVZ_CL762604_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 in PDA

MODEM_I9000XXJVT_REV_00_CL1064602.tar.md5 in MODEM

GT-I9000-CSC-HOME-MULTI-OXAJVT.tar.md5 in CSC

APBOOT_I9000XWJVZ_CL762604_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5 in BOOTLOADER

Make sure that "Re-Partition" is checked as shown in this Screenshot:

Now hit start and wait for the magic to happen :)

Good luck
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chargerbandit:
Did that, and it worked. Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] surf1659:
great forum with lot of fantastic help.:good:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zizou_1991:
You can always hit thanx ;)
[HTC Sensation] Mesaman2012:
I'm looking for a good pre-paid smartphone that I can use my t-mobile 4G sim card in.any suggestions.I would like to stay around $100.00 if possible.
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Are you getting rid of your sensation? For the price range you have I'd stick with the sensation. You will have a much lower quality device than the sensation in that price range. Why not wait a bit and add another hundred or so and you can get a good quality device. After coming from sensation I doubt you will be satisfied with something of lesser quality. Look possibly for used devices and see what deals you can get. I wish you the best.
[HTC Sensation] Mesaman2012:
No I'm keeping my sensation I looking for a new pre-paid android gsm phone that I can put my T-Mobile sim card in and use as well.I want a android that I can root &rom and mess with on the side.like does straight talk,etc carry and decent android phones that I can put my T-Mobile sim card in it and use it.any phone recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...
[HTC Sensation] inaudible101:
Your best bet is going to be something like a samsung galaxy vibrant. It's a large step down but it does have a couple great jelly bean roms out for it that I've been using. If you're really lucky you might be able to pick up a LG G2x for close to that price on craigs list, but you'd have to get pretty lucky. I lucked out and got my sensation for $150 so you never know.

Like realsis says though you are going to be getting an inferior phone for that price, but you can get something usable and reliable. I keep my vibrant as a back up phone just in case I fubar my sensation so I know how you feel.
[HTC Sensation] ziddey:
People say the Samsung Exhibit II can be had around that in the used market. I've never used one myself but a friend has one and likes it. I'm sure in the single core world, there's probably something better to be had for the money though.

Yes, the G2x would be a "good" choice if you can score one for that cheap. People hate on that phone for software issues. But its sibling might be getting ICS soon (I might be wrong), so it may be in its future unofficially as well. Problem is no nVidia drivers so no hardware acceleration for the roms now.
[HTC Sensation] TFDRA:
I would go for the HD2, thats a windows phone, but there is android for it (even JB) windowns phone 6.5, 7 and 7.5 and meego, or try the galaxy s, thats a good phone to! :)
[HTC Sensation] shahkam:
HD2 yeah great phone to mess whit but it seems so damn hard to get root and load android on it !

Might wanna grab a nexus one ? Quite old but dev isn't bad or maybe a nexus s :)

Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
[HTC Sensation] Mesaman2012:
I appreciate everyones input!!! :)
[HTC Sensation] bonesy:
Anything newer than a Hero really, You want it to have its own GPU and not just a CPU. Angry birds on the hero lags horribly and even facebook takes ages to load!
[HTC Sensation] stirkac:
Let me describe my almost 1-year long experience with mentioned devices.

HD2 was the nicest phone to work with. No S-OFF's and ****. Just flashing hspl and bootloader from RUU and you are on fully unlocked android (one-time job). Everything else is fastboot and CWM. N1 roms just need a diff and they are ported to HD2 in no time. Only problem I had were hardware buttons. they get squashed after time and eventually they can damage display's ribbon cable or just stop working (about ~1.5 y and you get problems).

Galaxy series (or vibrant in US) is typical samsung-you will get tons of RIL issues due to poor baseband implementation. Missed calls. After time it also develops pink spot on camera, and gps shouldn't be on list of features at all-it bearly works on open field. Mic disorts and noone can hear you on the other end. Only thing good about it is the screen.

I also had SE Arc which is also cheap, but it's camera cannot focus closer than arm's lenght (macros are mission impossible) and it had same cheap feeling of S, but it's screen is in 2008 netbook range (no group watching of photos on this phone is possible) and resolution of 854x480 which confuses many apps. Plus it's hard to unlock without voiding warranty and speed is comparable to HD2.

I have got the Sensation a few days ago for 180 euro but it's by far the best used phone you can get on cheap. just sayin'. I S-OFFed with Juopunutbear and I'm unlocked without loosing warranty. S3 kicks even GN's ass (omap4) in terms of speed and gpu power.
[HTC Sensation] brilldoctor:
Look on eBay. Some phones are still expensive (e.g. iPhone) but others are stupidly cheap (e.g. pre)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AytchG:
Is there any way to unlock the Bootloader without bricking it ?

I want to install GingerDX on it and change the kernel and so.

I have now GingerXperia v10, android version 2.3.7, and Kernel Version 2.6.29 SEMCUser@SEMCHost #1

What I need is to make my android smoother because it's so slow with the GingerXperia, so I thought it would be better if I get GingerDX or anything else but keep the 2.3.7 version.

Any Ideas ?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cascabel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22195472
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ->Sid:
Even if you can't unlock you're phone.. gingerdx for stock is available..

To unlock above 11W29 you'll have to pay.. and it's quite risky for the ones above 11W35..

Sent by the walking walkman..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AytchG:
But if I keep it with stock kernel will it be faster and smoother than the GingerXperia V10?

And thank you ^^