[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] GuestK00243:
Based on the Weekly Development Release from miuiandroid.com

For Rooted phones and unlocked boot-loaders ONLY

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY - NOT MULTILINGUAL

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS FIRST POST BEFORE INSTALLING ROM

FAST, SMOOTH, STABLE WITH GREAT BATTERY AND PERFORMANCE

Benchmark score achieved with Optimization Script 2.1 by ZN6

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Add this APK to provide significant lag reduction in your Miui ROM - Seeder 1.4.0 entropy generator

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You may need an activated XIAOMI account and an internet connection for themes to work

Any issues with themes click here

ALL themes can now be imported from previous versions

Notice: Google Apps are no longer included

Follow this link for the Google Apps for Miui V4 ICS

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CURRENT MIUI ROM RELEASE

Download Latest Release from miuiandroid.com HERE

Select Sony Xperia Arc S miuiandroid_LT18i_ics-x.xx.xx.zip

THEN DOWNLOAD "LATEST RAY PORT SCRIPT ROM RELEASE" HERE

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My own optional Miui Apk remove script download here

[the script will remove 35MB of Apps as listed in the attachment]

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PORTING FOR n00bs ROM

A simple script that will allow anybody to port Miui V4 ICS to the RAY in ONLY 2 Minutes

You edit one line in build.prop and drag and drop 3 items, then flash - it's that simple

All files are supplied no need to extract unpack or repack anything

This script will work on all previous and future Miui V4 ICS releases

Smooth, Stable and Fast without any tweaks or mods

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THE RAY PORT SCRIPT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING

Core files for the Xperia RAY to work

Easy to follow instructions for n00bs

Latest Adreno Drivers

NEW Xperia Keyboard

Camera Mod - Cybershot V5

Brighter LED notification colour settings init.d script

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LATEST RAY PORT SCRIPT ROM RELEASE

Download my NEW Drag n Drop Port Method.zip from here - only 20MB

the contents should be as follows:

HOW TO PORT ROM.txt

SYSTEM (this contains the core RAY files)

META-INF (this contains the new update-script)

build.prop (this is the only file we will edit)

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STUFF YOU MIGHT NEED

notepad++

WinRAR or 7-zip

2 minutes

The Miui V4 ROM zip below

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n00b INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

Download the latest Miui V4 from here http://miuiandroid.com/community/

Select miuiandroid_LT18i_ics-x.xx.xx.zip

Extract the contents of my NEW Drag n Drop Port Method.zip

Edit the version number in build.prop (replacing x with the current Miui build number)

ro.build.version.incremental=x.xx.xx

Open the miuiandroid_LT18i_ics-x.x.xx.zip and drag and drop edited build.prop into system/

Then drag and drop META-INF into the ROM

Now drag and drop SYSTEM into the ROM

Now close/exit the ROM [no need to save files]

Put the ROM onto your sdcard

1. goto recovery

2. make a backup of current ROM

3. if coming from another ROM factory reset and wipe cache

4. flash miuiandroid_LT18i_ics-x.xx.xx.zip

5. reboot

a restart will be required to allow wifi and keyboard to work properly

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OPTIONAL items that can be removed from miuiandroid_LT18i_ics-x.xx.xx.zip

boot.img

bootanimation.zip

My own optional Miui Apk remove script download here

[the script will remove Apps as listed in the attachment below to give 35MB free space]

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PREVIOUS ROM RELEASES

Miui 2.11.30 ROM ICS 4.0.4 (4.1.B.0.587)

Download HERE

Miui 2.10.12 ROM ICS 4.0.4 (4.1.B.0.587) Most Stable Release

Download HERE

Script to remove centre clock here - version 2.10.12 only

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RECOMMENDED KERNELS

CURRENT RELEASE FlyKernel [thanks to thomas1991_12]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1863868

LATEST RELEASE - updated 16/09/12 xKernel v9.587C [thanks to sirkay]

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31910339&postcount=2304

Instructions on how to install Kernel img - click here

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RECOMMENDED BASEBAND

Baseband .77 HERE [thanks to sirkay]

NEW Baseband .85 HERE

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ROM INSTALLATION

1. copy ROM to sdcard

2. fastboot your kernel from the recommended list above

3. boot into cwm recovery, if coming from a different ROM wipe/factory reset [if upgrading Miui goto step 4.]

4. flash ROM [if upgrading Miui no need to wipe dalvik-cache - all data, settings and apps will be saved]

5. reboot and enjoy

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ROOTING AND RECOVERY

Flashtool can Root, install Recovery, Busybox, custom kernels, Base-bands and more....

Flashtool latest version available here [linux and windows versions]

NOTE: always run the "drivers set-up" file from drivers folder and then reboot pc

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EXTRAS AND MINOR BUGS

Optional Scripts available here

Weather widget App from here

Try 9s-weather app from the Goggle Play Market

As usual if anything is not working on first boot - reboot phone and try again or shout for help!

(Wifi will always require a second reboot to work properly - this is really annoying!)

If your phone jumps up and smacks you in the face or fails to boot, you did something wrong, try again!

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ALWAYS BACK UP

Use CWM Recovery to backup your current ROM - advanced options allow you to recover DATA from a full backup of any ROM

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THANKS AND CREDITS

Anybody that has contributed to this thread

Anybody that has hit the THANKS button

Anybody that has downloaded my ROM

Everybody that helps support Miui development

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THEME INFORMATION

Official themes available here

Always check you use ICS Miui V4 compatible themes

...and more themes here at droidviews

Any theme can be installed even ones you have created - all you need is to have is an XIAOMI account and an internet connection

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