yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Thats wat it should show. Its normal So try flashtool it should recognize the device..both in flash and fastboot mode. And u would be able to flash too.

Search for cwm.zip place it on ur desktop and extract it. Place recovery.img i.e. Cwm.img on desktop.. As u have to flash it using adb fastboot commands . check them in my last post. Read it carefully and proceed as mentioned.and dont reboot after flashing cwm. Reboot into recovery and flash superuser.zip

Search for superuser.zip put it on ur phone or sdcard..

U should be rooted now.. ;)

And post here pls would be helpful for someone else too.

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Pull it down and select clear or swipe them.it will be cleared.

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Yes it could be time to replace them.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Any good suggestions guys? I know it might not be the right thread to ask this.. But not many open Accessories thread.. :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Try the same sony 1s or check in the accessories thread.u'll find some gud 1s there.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] andersjohansson81:
a couple of restarts fixed it :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
I use the Sony MDR-XB600 when home and it's awesome! It's beaultiful, not expensive, and made for bass lovers :p and the music quality is very great (not professional, but very good) and gets even better with Viper4A SoundMod. :D

-EDIT

New doubts aboutn my XS!

1) Walkman (Honami port) suddenly stops playing when I'm using another app, due to insuficient memory. Since I forced Xperia Home (also a Honami port) into memory and it's a bit "heavy" (70MB), I only have about 170mb of free memory, any ideas? I already removed all Apps I could that uses memory on background...

2) I want to know if there is a way to use the Stock AOSP Lockscreen on my. 200 based rom ( eXistenZ v2 ).

3 I Wonder if there is a way to change the background of the Sony's ICS battery saving widget to white, and match the new white version of the power toggles widget. :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
I'll change the colour of power saver widget.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
I appreciate your time and advice, but I think you are not understanding the problem... I cannot flash ANYTHING. I get a connection error when I use fastboot/flashtool/easy root toolkit... everything... I CANNOT FLASH ANYTHING, therefore I cannot flash the 'cwm.img' at all!!!

The problem is there is a CONNECTION ISSUE between my device and the PC which means NONE of the normal programs (except Sony PC Companion) can connect with the phone properly...

I will try a hard phone reset tomorrow and also try usinbg a different computer and let you know the results. Unless you have any other ideas (that do not involve flashing anything as that DOES NOT WORK).

thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
I understand but dude follow the last post it doesnt involve flash mode..

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And check whether the device returns id in fastboot,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
As I said, I flashed to stock A.2.45

Mine is an Xperia S L26i (bought from Dubai, UAE)

The problem with my current firmware is the both CWM and TWRP is having problems to install.

I tried RecoverX...couldn't install CWM.

Downloaded image from TWRP and flashed and I got stuck in TWRP menu, wan't possible to boot to the phone. It just got stuck at TWRP.

So, what should I do now ?

Also, which firmware, apart from CM9.1 is the best for battery life (I don't want any fancy features but would like to have the ability to play 1080i/p videos through HDMI) ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
If you have an unlocked bootloader then you can flash doomlord's jb leak kernel....

or update to jb 4.1.2 via flashtools and root and flash cwm that's what i would suggest...

Imp thing download another cwm, as it could probably because of the cwm's incompatibility..with ur ph..

what version were u flashing ???

Re root and flash cwm again... Now boot in recovery clear cache and reboot.

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here's a link for superuser.zip

http://download.chainfire.eu/345/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51.zip
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
Yes, I have unlocked bootloader.

But how does a JB kernal work on Icecreamsandwich ?

As for the version of CWM, i tried RecoverX which automatically downloads the recovery...don't know which version.

I have rooted btw.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
Is there a way to disable system sounds? Like when I'm pressing volume button in menu and it gives me a "ding" when volume level for ringtone is changing.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
Is there any key for going to TWRP recovery while booting up like that of CWM (volume up) ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
specifically download cwm V5 or V6..

And you can flash advanced ics kernel if you want to stay on ics...

How did you flashed the recovery actually?????

And where are you getting errors can u post a screen shot pls...

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try xposed framework..but it's for rooted users only.....

and check the builprop too..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
Once again, I will repeat that I cannot push/flash anything to the phone...

I tried this exaclty as you adviced, but once again the phone has some sort of connection problem, or something beyond my scope.

Here is what happened when I tried to push the recovery img...

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C:\Android SDK\sdk\platform-tools>adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

CB5A1LFPCW device

C:\Android SDK\sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader

C:\Android SDK\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices

PSDN:CB5A1LFPCW&ZLP fastboot

C:\Android SDK\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery "C:\Android SDK\sdk\pl

atform-tools\recovery.img"

sending 'recovery' (843 KB)...

(bootloader) USB download speed was 37541kB/s

OKAY [ 0.038s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) Flash of partition 'recovery' requested

FAILED (remote: Partition not found)

finished. total time: 0.051s

C:\Android SDK\sdk\platform-tools>

---------------------------------------

It looked great up until it said at the end 'FAILED (remote: Partition not found)

I tried powering off the phone, and pressing 'up and power buttons' with the cable out of the phone, that just did a soft reset (I think? 1 vibrate, followed by 3 vibrates)... then i tried doin gthis same proccess again, but pressed 'up and power buttons' like you said with the USB cable plugged in, and it did the same thing again, but this time just loaded to the 'battery charging screen'...

As I said before I cannot flash/push ANYTHING onto the device as there is always an error.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] junk!e:
A small doubt guys. Does the Xperia S ( India) come with the screen guard from manufacturer, like Xperia Z did ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Until recovery is not installed u cant get into recovery..

Do 1 thing instead of using adb from sdk use it from a diff. Path. Like from documents etc. Copy the adb files there. And then try..

Did u tried installing cwm.apk..

And check again about ur bootloader status from service menu and see wat does it says..

*#*#4636#*## use it.

And the error shows that ur partition is not correct.

Here's a link to a stock rooted rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2055043

And do this first open pc companion and repair through it.

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No it doesnt but not sure.

It should not be a problem to spend a couple more bucks when u r spending such huge amount.

Its worthy as it does saves ur device from a lot..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] James666PKR:
I ended up trying to do what I tried to do 1 month ago, but from a different computer... Magic, it worked... There must have been a problem with the communication between my computer and my phone (as I thought originally)..

So just as a tip for anyone experiencing problems with device connectivity: TRY USING A DIFFERENT COMPUTER

It worked a treat.

Thanks for your help anyway :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Your welcome man cheers..

That's why we should try all ports in case of miscommunication or another pc..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Mine is from UK, and it came with the screen guard on it. Don't know in India, but it should come with it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jutphaas:
I have a question maybe someone knows how to solve this.

I have a acro s with newest stock Rom Nordic .200 JB rooted on it.

Now I use and prefer to use mixzing, but what I did not have on older other (brand) phones is that when multi taking, after just a little, the mixzing is turned off... walkman would keep playing, but I don't want to use that...

Anyone know how to keep mixzing “on“ in this Rom?

Thanks

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LT26w met Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] x.marX:
Ok, I have installed the TWRP and its working perfectly.

BTW, can I flash CM firmwares using TWRP ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ionize:
wifi hotspot - mobile data tethering error

hello all,

I use stock jb 4.1.2 Ion. the problem is; when I activate wifi hotspot, I get "error occured during tethering" dialog box and so the laptop connects to ion with "limited connectivity". everything was fine before I upgraded to jb. I did "repair my phone" twice, but no hope, I'm sure downgrading to ICS would solve the problem but JB improved battery usage etc.. and I don't want to downgrade.....any ideas? thnx!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Do u have wifi tethering on..

Try and connect to a different wifi network. And see if u can connect or not.

Try rebooting and then connect or forget the network and then connect again.

If not then u have to flash a modem.

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Yes u can flash cm roms via twrp. Also check the rom is compatible for ur device.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SuperNova7:
I recently installed a new rom and i have scrolling artifacts/flickering at the homescreen unless i tick "disable HW overlays" under developer options.

My question is how can i force on this option so that i wouldn't have to set it manually with each reboot?

Thanks in advance =D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
U have to edit it in the build prop..

Use 3rd party apps like rom toolbox etc. they will give u such options..

If not then you have to add it manually.

Try the apps first and post the result
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SuperNova7:
well, i think i found a solution by adding the lines from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904827

and although the box is not ticked, the flicker issue has been solved so i hope it stays that way!

Thanks for the help tho :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Someone? :3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
1. Of course Walkman stops when u load any games or any apps with sounds or music in it.. But other than those kind of apps, it works flawlessly..

2. Here's the link for the lockscreen..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2241382

3. Only a themer will be able to help u out with tat mate..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lbatman:
Hi, I always use my XpS (now with Trinity Vengeance RaptorXL FW, 4.1.2) to make some video, but once installed JB (all versions) I have a lot of lags in videoclips!

I know it's a problem, but I don't know if someone already solved it.

Can you please helm me?

Thanks a lot ;) :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Not only games, light apps like Whatsapp, Snapchat, and even the free version of the XDA app are force closing Walkman. Whenever I go out for a run and open a GPS tracking app like runtastic, I can't manage to listen to music whithout fcs... and sometimes that's really annoying...

Thank you so much for the link :D :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
That doesn't happen to me dude.. Not on any of those except games.. And Action speak louder than words.. Do PRESS thanks button instead of replying thanks to anyone next time.. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rameshkotibani:
thanks

i have sony mh-750 headset with my xperia ion, i want to buy MH-EX300AP headset. which one is best on specification and etc. pls help me
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Any ideas? I always have 190 of free RAM, with Xperia Home forced into memory... I think it's enough tho
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Moicanao:
Launcher 'has stopped'

Hi!

I'm having a problem with my xperia launcher! Everytime that I launch an heavy app, when I quit the app the Xperia Launcher stops working and all the icons disappear for a while. Is it normal?

Thx. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Tried any other versions of Walkman??? Or push the semcmusic.apk again and set permissions.. Reboot.. Do it again and see..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TechExhibeo:
U have. To add xperia launcher in memory or used xposed installer... ;)

If I Helped U Dont Forget To Press Thanks :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Yes, I tried another versions with no luck. I did What you said, but it didn't work. I Wonder if there is a way to force Walkman in the memory but only when I open it... :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Instead, do a clean install of the ROM and try..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Already did... :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] juke_001:
Stock -> CM -> Stock

Hi!

I have Acro S. I'm wondering if it is required to fastboot flash the boot.img before installing Cyanogenmod even if you already have CWM recovery installed? Also when going back to stock can you just restore a backup via CWM or do you first have to flash a stock rom with flastool?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Try different ROM dude.. Did it occur on Stock ROM??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] acasmc:
ok. since this is noob guide :D

i just got my Xperia ION LT28i today. it look good so far. questions are:

will i lose my warranty for good if i unlock bootloader?

will root affect my waranty?

if I instal custom rom, for locked bootloaders will that void warranty?

why there is no development for ION?? my previous Xperia Arc S had a lot of threads, kernels, roms, mods... this is just sad that no one cares about this phone that much, except for few. :(

can I install roms and kernels for Xperia S on ION since they are almost identical on the hardware side, if not completely the same?

thaks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
It only started happening after using the Xposed Installer to reside Xperia Home in to the memory. Since the Honami Launcher is a bit heavier than stock, it takes more RAM... The problem is not the ROM, it is the memory and android's memory "management".
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Moicanao:
Xposed Installer works like a charm.

Thank you!

I used the Xposed Installer and now I can play and listen music together! :highfive:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Hey there! Congratulations on your new phone and welcome to the Sony Family :)

So, to answer your questions,

yes,yes,probably, I don't really know why the Ion does not have a lot of dev, and no, you absolutely cannot flash a rom meant for the S on the Ion, despite the fact that they have similar internals. It's only acceptable in some cases to flash roms for the XS on the XSL, since it's only an OC version of the S. But even then, the build.prop has to be edited.

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The memory management on the JB build is horrible for the XS. There's something you can try. If you have ROM toolbox or any app that lets you tweak minfree values, you can adjust them to be really low, keeping the minfree values low, and ensuring nothing gets killed really often. And also, have you tried checking in the thread for the walkman port? maybe it's an issue or maybe you need to reflash or clear the apps data/cache.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Congrats on ur new device.

Reason u cant flash xs rom is that it will take a lot of editing work to make it compatible for ur device.

And it can work but its better to wait and let some more roms are ported

For it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] linkinroy123:
Thanks!!! you are welcome, very nice
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] acasmc:
thanks for such fast response. that cleared a lot.

oh well, ill wait for a while. currently, in my oppinion, there is no mod that deserves warranty void because of it. ill remain on stock 4.1.2 till something good comes out.

once again, thaks for answers.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
I have the ROM Toolbox app, what do I have to change? It's not only the Walkman actually, sometimes when using Chrome it closes itself from nowhere while I'm using it, but I think Walkman fcs are more annoying. Already tried to switch roms, doing a clean install, wiping caches, factory reset, greenifiying background apps... I used to have 300mb of free memory, and now with the Xperia Home residing in memory I get about 210mb. Google services and other system apps like keyboard takes more 40mb, resulting in about 160 free... :sly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
If u dont google+ like apps then disable it.

And for walkman try fixing permissions or try locking them with pimp my rom kind of apps. It will solve fcs

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And for a while enjoy stock..after that u can root. As its reversible i.e. Unroot so its convenient to use the mods without unlocking bl.

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U can restore the backup via cwm and sony's backup app too or titanium backup.

For apps also copy ur asec folder.

but for rom make a backup from cwm only. As it'll be helpful instead of flashing a rom.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
I Froze Google Play Services with rom toolbox and my ram jumped from 170mb to 240mb. I uninstalled Google+, Facebook, Hangouts and Messenger in order to clear the memory. But, with Google Play services frozen, I keep getting YouTube errors...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Play Services MUST be on if you want to use any Google services...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
I can use the play store with no problems, and I can't login on YouTube... BUT the fcs stoped
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Just dont freeze google account manager
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
It's not frozen, only Google Play services is. Where do I change minfree values? Searched for lines on build.prop and on Kernel tweaks but didn't find anything. I'm using DoomKernel v5 btw, with eXistenZ v2 rom. :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rameshkotibani:
brighness bar

where to find docomo notification settings with brightness bar for xperia ion jb 6.2.B.0.211.pls help me
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Search in existenz rom's section by niaboc 79.

Or ask someone in the thread to post the settings.apk from existenz rom.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mbh017:
Hi everybody, I actually have an Xperia Ion LT28h (European version) and I have a big problem with it : sometimes when I use apps like Maps or GPS navigation apps or Tripadvisor app... etc... I have unexpected reboot, sometimes it happens when I open Google Maps and sometimes it doesn't...

A little record of the problem as it happens : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSxlbJcqOcc (screen become "frozen" a few seconds after opening Maps and then the screen become orange/brown and the screen turn off progressively... until the mobile reboot..)

This problem is the only bad point on my Xperia Ion so I would be very thankful if any of you can help me with this problem !!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Actually it happens due to fail safe defaults set by the company...

when there are not enough resources or ram left to write it gets rebooted

Or could be because of the incompatibility of the app.. as it's heavu

try using it withhout using any other app running in background and see if it still reboots or not

and also try re installing the app.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mbh017:
Thanks for your help !! :)

Actually I already tried to kill all the others apps in background at phone start, and I also tried to kill apps before starting Google Maps but it didn't changed anything, I'm still having reboots...

I also made a reinitialisation of the phone and reinstalled only some of my apps (like Maps with upgrades) and I'm still having these reboots...

I don't really know what to do next... maybe I will send the phone to Sony for repairing but i'm not sure of what they will do if they can't reproduce the reboots... :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
I have one hypotesis... But I'm not sure.

Try to access the services menu and do some GPS tests. If you get any problem or even a reboot that's the problem. I'm afraid it's a hardware/driver failure (I'm noob at android devices but that's frequent on Computers... those famous blue screens of death).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Clear data from settings for g maps. And see.

Do this try a diff. Navigation app. Like google maps and see whether the problem is still there or not. As u are using a different app. Do this first.

Test ur gps as mentioned in above post..

Or it could be that u have to flash the rom again.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mbh017:
Many thanks for your help !!! :)

So I tried another map app : I tried the Nokia "here" website on the stock browser... and the result was the same : after pushing the "locate" button, the GPS appeared on the status bar and then the phone freeze and reboot... :(

After this, it's sure that it is a GPS problem...

So what is it possible to do ? Maybe like you said ADDICT.ANK, flash the rom again ?

But is it possible to flash the rom without made any modification (i.e : rooting or installing cwm....) in case the problem is not solved and the phone have to go to repair...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Well you can flash the latest rom without rooting

what firmware are you using. ??

IMP :- Make A Backup First......As all ur Phone data will be erased

..

Use sony's backup and restore app from your phone ....

Do this step by step.....

Download the latest firmware in .ftf format compatible for your device,

Check the link For the firmware..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2338254

Download flash tool and install it on your pc...

Install ur device drivers from flashtool directory..select the last option in the setup...Both flashmode and fastboot..

Copy the firmware to your Flashtool / firmware directory.

Plug in your phone.. Let the PC recognize ur device..and drivers will be installed

Now turn on usb debugging from settings menu...

And the drivers will start to install...

Open flashtools..Click on lightning icon and select flashmode and select your firmware...and start flashing

(If you want to keep your data then uncheck the data option.)

Switch off your phone.. And when it prompts connect ur device Like this ( Plug in usb while pressing the volume down button. )

The device will be in flash mode and flashing will begin....

Wait till it completes...Disconnect after its completion

And reboot...Be patient as it takes a while for the first reboot after flashing... Approx 2-5 min.

That's it you have your device flashed back to its original state.. with newest firmware..

And Now Use the GPS And see.. ! !

It will solve the issue surely.......

And Post the results..

But first check from your phone..Go to update centre and see whether the updates are available...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jutphaas:
This solved my question earlier ... with mixzing that stopped when multitasking. Now locked it in memory with pimp my rom. Also locked the stock launcher made that a bit faster to load.