yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc General] pren22:
Peoples thanks for sharing this with us!

I'm on GB .42,was using ICS 4.0.4 .431 but it was to laggy and baggy so i had to go back to GB .42.

I was just goggling on my computer so i saw that new update is out,but still no big fixes,so i decided to stick to GB .42 'till they do a better work with fixing ICS.

XDA Developers are working for free and they are updating there rom's more often then SONY.Sony should hire XDA Developers to work for them,then all of Sony Ericsson/Sony users would be very,very,very happy,don't you think?Thanks to XDA Developers we are still happy,but not with Sony,we are happy to have XDA Developers,they are making our life much easier.

Pls don't think i hate SE/S I'm a fan and all my phones that i had were Sony Ericsson and in my family i bought just SE smartphones,but they are not doing the best they could about this updates,ICS SUCKS.

I'll stick to GB .42 'till they give us stable ICS as GB is.

Sry if i had some mistake in writing and grammar ,my english writing is not the best.

Cheers guys and girls!
[Xperia Arc General] romiltherock:
Just updated my phone LT15i.

All I can say is they have supercharged (kind of) the launcher and contacts app. They never seem to die hence less lag. I dont think Arc can run Sony's ICS any better than this considering it only has 512MB RAM. Lets hope Project butter improves some aspect of it when Jelly Bean arrives (hopefully). Good effort by Sony nonetheless. I mean lets face it. Galaxy S, Galaxy Ace, HTC Desire HD etc. never got the taste of ICS, and here we are throwing tantrums! It looks kinda wierd when you see a teeny meeny Xperia Mini flashing ICS!!! And as per my experience, lower resolution display Xperias run ICS better than the Arc (no guesses why).

As for ICS on Arc, with Google Chrome, better looking/featured GTalk, Gmail, Maps, Youtube, I dont think I can ever go back to Gingerbread even if it runs faster.
[Xperia Arc General] Lusterboi:
New firmware very snappy. Dial lag is gone. Happy user of xperia arc s.
[Xperia Arc General] marius5147:
I have updated to the latest firmware,and my ROM memory says only 73mb free :( on 431 it was more than 170 mb and in my widget i can find stock clock from gb ... Can anyone tell me why ?
[Xperia Arc General] Mobage:
Can you make a ftf file for LT15a firmware?
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
LT18i 4.1.B.0.587 ftf download file

http://www.mediafire.com/?rhr59r4o6oarnfx
[Xperia Arc General] BIG JD:
The new Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware (version number 4.1.B.0.587) that is planned for the 2011 Xperia line has started to roll out on select handsets. We’ve noticed that it appears to be available for the Sony Xperia arc, Xperia arc S, Xperia ray and Live with Walkman.

Changes include better performance with the dialler/video recording and the notification LED now seems to work for missed calls (although it is still not working for SMS). There is also a new ’77′ baseband. Hopefully, the update for other 2011 Xperia handsets will start rolling out shortly.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/08/16/4-1-b-0-587-firmware-rolling-out-on-xperia-arc-ray-and-live-with-walkman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
[Xperia Arc General] bashar.enjarini:
I have just updated my arc, so here are my impressions:

Dialer: fixed

Scrolling and flipping the home screen panels: fixed (not as GB, but has been improved noticeably)

Still camera: fixed (now the quality is like GB, compared with my wife GB ray)

Good job Sony
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
Here you go....

(Since Mediafire has a max file size of 200mb, I had to split the file into 2)

Part 1

Part 2

Happy Flashing!
[Xperia Arc General] kratos69:
Nobody?
[Xperia Arc General] max4wdc:
Updated my arc s, booting
[Xperia Arc General] kratos69:
Confirm that Wifi works fine! Please!

Thanks! :good:
[Xperia Arc General] lake0ftearz:
Can anyone release 587 Stock kernel with Root and Init.d support like cobrato's mod?
[Xperia Arc General] max4wdc:
booting with KTG 1.41 or 431-v2 kernel works fine
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
Good!

I was trying with KTG 1.42 first and got bootloop but now I am happy again. :good:
[Xperia Arc General] danisariandi:
Can you tell me how to root this ?
[Xperia Arc General] datagubben:
look this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30324726&postcount=24

:p
[Xperia Arc General] max4wdc:
ROOT

this is very easy ,you can use my files just flash via CWM .(use ktg 431-v2 or other ics kernel )

Download

http://www.mediafire.com/?95xm9bhf5t136wa
[Xperia Arc General] arclove:
Anyone install it on ARC pls let me know : Is it laggy ?
[Xperia Arc General] phantom78:
No
[Xperia Arc General] Rohil.khadgee:
same old wifi obtaining ip address problem ........i am so ...............@#@$#$#$ even with this new update
[Xperia Arc General] arclove:
Can't set static IP on Wifi :crying:
[Xperia Arc General] pumafan:
its not as bad for me as it was in the first ICS crapdate,but its not stable like it was before!

I mean Sony are really dragging their feet and reputation ,i havent been annoyed by my SE phones but bugs like this are not acceptable when you are supposedly competing with the likes of apple and samsung!
[Xperia Arc General] Nepturion:
thx
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
Well I flashed tft image wiping everything.

All told above about smothness is true, not as smooth as GB, but more than 431 ICS.

Memory:

After first boot, I whent to apps, and uninstalled all that the phone let me do. (UEFA, my music (or so), etc.)

after that, without installing or doing anything in the phone memory left for apps, is 231MB. Running apps, gave me 150MB free.

I really think that a custom rom based on this firmware would be a great idea. Let's hope that we see that soon.

Cheers.
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
Go check under Advanced in WiFi, there is alternative for DHCP.
[Xperia Arc General] bashar.enjarini:
WiFi: So far so good.
[Xperia Arc General] ArcMan09:
Sony Just only Upgrade The Baseband not That old & Legendary 2.6.32.9 Perf Kernel.:p
[Xperia Arc General] Someguyfromhell:
Just quoting, in case someone more needs it.
[Xperia Arc General] nileshwagholikar:
can I flash LT18i FTF on LT15i?
[Xperia Arc General] phantom78:
Have a sad news. Phone auto change to 2G/3G mode after reboot :(
[Xperia Arc General] kkyyb:
finally a new ftf came out. thanks a lot!
[Xperia Arc General] gnirujan:
Ghost Widget Isuuse?

Does this firmware fix the ghost widget issue on home screen? I case you dont know ghost widget issue is when resizing a widget the widget disappears and only the border lines stays and widget comes and goes when resizing.

Am i the only one bothered about this issue? This is the issue which drived me nuts, made me come to xda and end up flashing many roms.

IS THAT ISSUE GONE???
[Xperia Arc General] kratos69:
Wifi doesnt work good...#SonyFail

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GB will be best.. hello GB! :p
[Xperia Arc General] Metallijim:
is this generic global?
[Xperia Arc General] Marcskim:
Really ? :mad:
[Xperia Arc General] vr5411:
On LT18i there is a same issue.

Not that big problem (now that I know it).
[Xperia Arc General] Pandemic:
Yes you stay in the prehistoric time xD

Sent from my Xperia Neo V with Supercharged ICS 4.0.4
[Xperia Arc General] jejeh:
The hardware is prehistoric :cyclops:
[Xperia Arc General] Rohil.khadgee:
yup gb is best mine wifi tooo doenst work
[Xperia Arc General] guille26:
GB is quite fast but environment and google apps are too ugly. ICS is not so fast but I'm using CM9 and it works quite fine and has nice battery life.

Just try to stay away from Sony firmwares, this is the last time I'm buying a Sony phone.
[Xperia Arc General] luvrilke:
How about the scrolling on home launcher? Compared to GB...
[Xperia Arc General] pumafan:
Best smooth and fast launcher for Xperias right now is from the Xperia GX,i have been using the new style of launcher ever since we got the Xperia S system dump in Feb ,so GB is a distant memory for me. Xperia GX launcher as smooth as if not better than GB id say!
[Xperia Arc General] theq86:
Arc S (LT18i) also got this update *happy*

testing now the new firmware. but in the end I think I will restore my miui again :D
[Xperia Arc General] XDAarc2011:
Dont change the Home Launcher!

The home launcher from Xperia GX or S, or any other one is not as fast as this one.

Just a tip for you all!
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
All day calendar events now work. Yay!
[Xperia Arc General] ajgftw:
Link to part 1 on first post comes up as broken when I hit download.

is it just me?

Part 2 and 3 downloaded fine.
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
This is the smoothest official ROM yet (arc S). It's much snappier, seems to have been supercharged better than before and I no longer have accelerator issues with Temple Run - the game runs very smoothly in fact. Phone, Messaging and Contacts also open faster (probably because they're locked in memory).

But other than performance and the latest Calendar widget (all-day events now show up at last) I can't see any other changes.

If you're on a stock ROM it's well worth upgrading to this. It's as snappy as Arconium 4.0 IMHO. I removed the usual bloat using TB and I think I'll be sticking with this ROM for a while.
[Xperia Arc General] marangoni:
What about the video recording lag and choppy frames issue? Has it been improved?
[Xperia Arc General] roy56120:
actually i don't found any difference on this fw
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
Video recording is much better.
[Xperia Arc General] pumafan:
After reusing this stock launcher(compared to Xperia GX) i agree with you
[Xperia Arc General] marius5147:
Xperia S launcher from NXT transformation pack is faster on my phone
[Xperia Arc General] DemonSoul:
How can i root this?

Can some one give me an tutorial? :s
[Xperia Arc General] adzinator:
Can someone confirm still camera quality is back on par with GB?
[Xperia Arc General] justkiddinghere:
Any dev working to mode this rom
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
More good news. The clock widget doesn't hang after playing a memory hogging game. Which really used to annoy me. :)
[Xperia Arc General] intelduo:
Are your events from Facebook, or the ones you write? Mine Facebook events are not shown in widget.
[Xperia Arc General] marangoni:
Same level than GB was? Is the reason I downgraded to GB

Thanx
[Xperia Arc General] rec71:
Ones from my personal Google calendar. I don't use Facebook events.
[Xperia Arc General] ArcMan09:
Must Say.

A Nice Lag Free update From Sony.

Finally ! Sony Did Very Nice For 2011 Devices.:);)

& I Flashed the Walkman U5 .by thilinaC.

Now my Sound Quality is Awesome.
[Xperia Arc General] mhyke13ph:
Observations for this Update

>Fast User Interface(Homescreen and App Drawer)

>I can Play most of my HD games again! like Mass Effect, Dead Space, etc, no more crashing, and 2D games are now smoother no more lag

>Wifi signal is Better not fluctuating

>Video Recording is now better, though still mono
[Xperia Arc General] marcin2010:
720p recording finally working well, system, apps and games works smoother! Great update.
[Xperia Arc General] mando508:
Everything is opening fast like gb, even 3d games perform well, but home launcher still isn't smooth and led notification is not fixed. Someone asked if camera is on par with gb, in terms of pic quality - yes, in terms of behavior - autofocus at night etc. - no it isn't... : ( Videorecording with stabilizer is dropping few frames at start, but then recording is at 30fps. Even though i'm sticking to this rom for longer period of time : d.
[Xperia Arc General] arclove:
Can Anyone build only Baseband 77 for Arc LT15i ?

Thanks !
[Xperia Arc General] philansel7:
i have ics 4.0.4.431 rooted on my xperia arc. is it really worth the upgrade ? because i will have to flash my phone again and root it again ??
[Xperia Arc General] daymon:
Here is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1688049

for arc & arc s
[Xperia Arc General] Qualith:
I have used this firmware since yesterday and all went ok for now.

After PC Companion update, the phone turns veeeeeery slow. Flashed with all wiped and perfect since then.

I'm cannot enter into recovery mode since I update. I have tested three .587 kernels and no luck for now.

Anyone with the same problem there?

-

My fault: Bad fastboot flashing. Fixed now.
[Xperia Arc General] mando508:
No, it's not. Wait patiently for some more updates, i bet Sony didn't say last word yet.
[Xperia Arc General] Lusterboi:
Yes, it is worth it. This update made the phone feel complete again. And rooting again will only take a few minutes, why not?
[Xperia Arc General] sol115:
memory free

what is a memory MB after restart on 587 ??????????
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30334797&postcount=109
[Xperia Arc General] leforum2003:
Hi, what is this version ? 4.1.1 ?
[Xperia Arc General] philansel7:
I will wait for the OTA updates because i dont want to lose the root.

does anyone know when the OTA updates will be available ??

one more question : will there be a difference if i update it through pc companion or flash it with flashtool ???

because on pc companion it will not wipe everything and it will keep my personal data.
[Xperia Arc General] mayurh:
anyone got a single link download?
[Xperia Arc General] oduhart:
Can someone tell me if that update will wipe my data ?

I am quite lazy to reinstall all my fav apps. Still i will update my phone at least to see the improvments

Olivier

lt18i .431 fw rooted + led notification fix
[Xperia Arc General] n3n00:
Use titanium backup/root browser and backup/restore your apps+data in one click.
[Xperia Arc General] sol115:
firm 587

descubri q ahora el nuevo firm maneja y soporta swap .... jaja se avivan tarde los de sony , stock 60 mb de swap --- on every restart ,,, peo no puedo usar ismod overclock .... hay posibilidad de realizar module overclock ??? viulian ???
[Xperia Arc General] spromper:
how am i supposed to flash this? One by one? Or should i make one file, or?
[Xperia Arc General] ahhuei:
ir

is this the latest firmware from Sony ? can someone tell me what is the latest version because i cant see the upgrade over my country.
[Xperia Arc General] justkiddinghere:
It is latest and fastest
[Xperia Arc General] guille26:
Is there any fix for the led notification bug? it's really anoying and I haven't found anything.

Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] marius5147:
How did you fix your led notification? I see it in your signature
[Xperia Arc General] justkiddinghere:
I dont if i dont know how to press A buttom or maybe keyboard fault but when i press A 80% comes Q damn it

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And in music player like button does not work and in fm track id does not work anyone know solution
[Xperia Arc General] Candy[MAN]:
I have searched and found this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30388079#post30388079

I have not tried it myself.
[Xperia Arc General] marius5147:
I tryed that and its working :thumbup:
[Xperia Arc General] imugur:
OTA was available for me today but because I have root and changed a lot of system apps the update failed via OTA. Any clue?

Thanks,

Mugur

http://mugur-ionescu.ro/tag/xperia

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Did you find the answer to this? are you loosing the root after the update with PC companion or SEUS?

Thanks,

Mugur

http://mugur-ionescu.ro/tag/xperia
[Xperia Arc General] kamalaggi:
Is there any news on when UK will get ICS. We here in the UK are still stuck on Gingerbread.
[Xperia Arc General] marius5147:
Yes you loose root after pc companion /seus update..
[Xperia Arc General] Nath316:
hence the reason I am getting very pissed off with all this

:eek:
[Xperia Arc General] maverick29:
Hi, this is probably a stupid question but can someone advise whether flashing the 587 ftf with flashtool wipe out my root? I know that the downgrade to old kernel and oneclick root works on 587 as well but just wanted to understand whether this will be required if i flash the ftf in the first post. many thanks
[Xperia Arc General] marius5147:
Flash with flashtool will loose root :o
[Xperia Arc General] kamalaggi:
Hi,

I have a problem with contacts with .587

If I set a ringtone for a contact it won't work. It always plays the default ringtone.

Anyone else have this problem. I have rooted and remove all the bloatware. I was wodering if I have deleted something I shouldn't have.

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc General] bigyinn:
If you are still on GB then its down to your network operator not releasing their version of the ICS update. Been on ICS world generic for a month or two now.

Updated OTA to .587 yesterday. Seems ok, had a few hiccups yesterday where things were a bit laggy, but a couple of reboots and general use seem to help it settle down.
[Xperia Arc General] frothe3:
My Xperia Arc did the new BB update OTA today. First time!! Things seem a bit better, but give me a few days, will get back to you. Surprised how quick OTA update was, approximately 10 min from start to finish, here in the US. Thought I would have to connect to my pc to update, which is in TX ( SONY VAIO).
[Xperia Arc General] mousis:
.

i want to install the update with fashtool but i dont know wich button push "back" or "menu" when start the flashing

can help any one?

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] dogan2010:
Hi Guys

lets post the changes and improvements of the leaked JB firmware here...

many people are curious but at the thread of the leaked firmware its more info how to flash and keep root

so lets do it:good:
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
So far it's not working out too good for me. :)

1. Contacts keeps stopping.

2. Touchwiz keeps stopping.
[Galaxy S III General] dogan2010:
did u wipe matey?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Sure did..
[Galaxy S III General] dogan2010:
thats indeed not good...

i dont have that problem what makes it so strange

maybe reflash?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I tried that too. Just gonna go back to ICS until there is a no-wipe official version.
[Galaxy S III General] watsa:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30290997&postcount=159
[Galaxy S III General] w1nter456:
noticed some changes, 4.0.4 ics to 4.1 jelly bean.
[Galaxy S III General] Guantanamo86:
have samsung added the new widget features?
[Galaxy S III General] bortak:
So far:

-Flashed, no brick.

-Not that smooth. Scrolling through contacts is jittery (actually the whole phone/contacts app is). Notification bar is too. Animations also jittery (even with GPU rendering)

-Can't comment on battery life, only had it on for 10 minutes.

-No significant changed, only slightly different notification bar, and some more settings in settings.

-Google Now is present, and use also the default 2-press home app.

-Camera is the same, not JB style where it's linked to gallery.

-Increases your flash counter

-Triangle Away is confirmed working by chainfire.
[Galaxy S III General] cyrexking:
Viber is not support or it does not work on this update
[Galaxy S III General] Scared27:
It sucks that they didn't update the camera.
[Galaxy S III General] jody2k:
Camera has been improved, try taking pics in landscape mode ;) supah sharp and tasty crispy

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Also camera recording sound has been improved!
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
can you try and see if they updated camera firmware please?

tia.
[Galaxy S III General] uvaman:
First several hours of leaked rom and ur already crying? C'mon ... Build date is 31.july so there we don't know what

is changed,added, updated and etc...
[Galaxy S III General] jody2k:
nope no firmware updates im on gdfe01 and the firmware on the phone is gdff03
[Galaxy S III General] swift2fly:
anyone try the current ARHD that has the new JB base? if so, any issues in terms of the new base?

sent from my ancient alien phone
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
from what part of my post was i crying you idiom?

i was just asking the guy who already flashed jb and said the camera improved.

i just wanted to ask what the camera fw is now because the mexican dude wasn't able to show much and the posts of other people in jb thread all had contact fc topics.

that way if the camera fw was updated too then that is one of the reason why camera pics have improved like that poster said.

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@idiom, well there you go. i respectfully asked this guy and he replied.

@jody, thanks.

:victory:
[Galaxy S III General] Simonetti2011:
Don't start bashing something that is unofficial and is in beta stage.

Remember that this is a leaked test-only ROM, and not the final product. Officially, you aren't even supposed to be using this ROM.

There's no way for us to know what parts of that ROM is still under development or what is final; what has been been ported to JB or what has been kept from ICS so it can barely work.

So, stop being naive and saying that "this and that don't work". Of course it doesn't, otherwise Samsung would've made it an official release.

Besides, this ROM was supposedly built on July 31st, so it's 16 days old. A lot might have been changed already in the ROM Samsung has under development. Not only that, but we're still 13 days away from the supposedly planned date.

I will risk a guess here, that JB won't be available on Aug. 29th: Samsung has NEVER met a deadline before, at least one that's been annouced publicly.
[Galaxy S III General] thyttel:
Actually then Samsung has no worries. Samsung has NEVER announced the 29th of Aug. as the date of release for jb for sgs3. This is a date made up of speculation, but for some reason all the n00bs now think that because they heard it on the INTERNEZZZ then that date is official.

Prove me wrong and show me where ANY official Samsung source says Aug. 29th or even any date at all......

Sorry but Sammobile is not official. Nothing but some random dude with a website posting firmwares so not official.

Random mobile phone internet sites is for sure not a reliable source and never has been. I've always said. If you heard it from a internet site then you can be sure it's not true when it comes to rumours. They will grab any chance and will say anything and grab any rumour and make an article about it just to get visiters to their sites.

But it looks like it's getting worse and worse with the "I heard on the Internezz that this and that" so it must be true.........Only thing we can be sure of is...... IQ dropped rapidly in the past few years among mobile phone users........
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Sorry but Sammobile is not official. Nothing but some random dude with a website posting firmwares so not official.

Not someone that posts firmwares from all over the web .

We already know that Sam gets direct leaks and firmware before general release . We already know that the information from Sam is often very near the mark even though its not official . These leaked firmwares over the last three years from Samsung that are found on Sammobile are not random but usually the very first in the wild .All that gives Sammobile more credence than some random dude or know nothing noob .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
Handwriting (gestures) in browser are added
[Galaxy S III General] wakahuula:
Nope that's a standard Google feature released today. It works on the iPhone and iPad too.
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
What about rebooting in safe mode? It's new feature too. It disables all 3rd party apps for one reboot
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Nope safe mode that's very old see posts on the forum .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
for the rest like those on settings, you'll have to find them yourselves.

gotta rest.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Its old firmware now LH4 is posted .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
ya.

flashing the newest leak now.

:victory:
[Galaxy S III General] Guantanamo86:
did it work?