yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
For the price difference, yes. Or for deeper ob your pocket and get a Xperia T, if you want to. Better then S ob every aspect.

"I got my values. So you can keep yours, OK?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] racinghammock:
Early battery life?

Hello!

I just got my new XPS today and immediately installed the newest ICS on it.

However the battery life is quite weird; right now I'm leaving the phone in Airplane mode (GPS, Wifi yadda yadda yadda are all off) and in the past halt hour it still drained 4 percent.

Is this normal for a brand new factory XPS?

Because I've heard the battery life is horrid in the beginning but I never knew it was this bad. I can literally see the percentage drop.

I was considering to repair ICS with PC Companion, reset it to factory settings and reset, well basically anything I can without rooting it.

Would it change anything though? Could it possibly?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dhruvkhatkar:
xperia arc unfortunately keyboard has stopped

help please i have a xperia arc and i flashed it to Lt18i_4.1.A.0.562 from LT15i_4.1.B.0.587 to root my device but after flashing when i rebooted my device there are problems:confused: like "unfortunately keypad has stopped" , unfortunately contacts has sropped when i open contacs please help me and this my first time i flashed something
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sam9953:
Hi guys, I am very very new to this forum and android as well. As I don't deny that I am a total noob to this forum, I would like you all to please tell me that what should I do with my brand new Xperia S, I have just bought the phone and would like to know the basic things which one should do when they get their new Xperia S, so that the battery life can be improved along with the performance.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] racinghammock:
Oh and another quick question.

What exactly does the "kernel" do in an Android phone? Also, if I flash my XPS with a new kernel or another ROM, will I void my warranty?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] goku16:
am i wrong or the music player with earphone connected is kinda low? am i right? if im right, is there a way to fix this :D

thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] utsav911:
is there any recent app mod for xperia S?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] arnes_king:
xperia p notification light issue

Hi everyone,

i have a problem with my Xperia P (LT22i) which is on ICS ...

I have the phone now for about 2 months and i didn't had any problems until yesterday. I saw that when i lock the screen of the phone that the notification light (not the small one which is placed in the speaker and which lights when you have a call or sms or when you charge, it is another one left of it, and right from the front cam) turns on and it lights in red but very very small, not bright at all but it is noticable and i didn't saw that this happened anytime before yesterday ....

It doesn't do anything bad but i want to know why is this happening now and how to turn it off ? When i unlock the screen it goes off, when i lock it it comes on again, tried restarting the phone but still the same ....

Here is a picture so you know what light i mean, the right small circle is the normal notification light which is working normal, and the left one bigger circle is the place where i get the very small red light ....

(Because i am a new member here i can't post links so i cant post the image directly and i need to post the link of the image this way, sorry)

i.imgur .com/1luyz.png

I hope that someone here knows whats wrong with it and why this happens now :/

Thank you all in advance ....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ludi007:
cyanogenmod fail

hi,

i tried to install cyan on my xperia s using this site:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_nozomi

i had no problem with unlocking the bootloader so i went ahead

the problem occurred at point 10, at the very end - I don't see the zip file. it's not there. and i know i put it there

of course the phone is dead right now... can anybody help?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] handsomejack:
in CWM SDcard is external card, your device have no external card so choose the last option (Install from internal card)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlushMaq:
I tried installing ACID audio engine on my Xperia S stock odexed .45 rooted firmware..I properly followed all instructions but still i got bootloops.. so i tried to restore the nandroid backup but i am getting the errors (attachment included). When i reboot the phone it get stucked on sony logo. So I have to flash it again using sony update service.. Whats am i doing wrong..Help please guys..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mharckk:
while on recovery mount cache and mount data then try to restore.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KcLKcL:
Awesome. I think I'm going to get this phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Hey guys, i hv been searching for a JB ROM for a locked bootloader for my SXS.. Is there any or should i just stick with ICS based ROMS until official JB arrives..??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ludi007:
I don't have an option like that.

But I know what I did wrong - the package I've copied to the sd card was a rar file, not zip.

So is there a way to send the zip file into the phones storage (virtual sd card) having access only to the recovery mode?... I've tried 'mount usb storage' but nothing happened when I plugged the phone to my laptop...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Kellis:
Tell me, please, how to upgrade from CyanogenMod 9 to 10 with preservation of all installed applications and data?

Just all manuals say to reset everything, and I just want to be updated without erasing and then restoring all data back.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
There is no JB for locked bootloader

Try..... Backup all. Flash cm10 following the instructions correctly. Once booted to start up. Power off and go back to recovery. Restore back data only. Wipe cache and dalvik and reboot.

No guarantee but it might work

Sent from my JB Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlushMaq:
Anybody succeeded installing acid audio engine on Xperia S .45 rooted firmware with locked bootloader..?? I tried two times but resulted in bootloops..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] DizzyWorm:
CWM bootloop

Hi! so I just tried to install the leaked jelly bean that DoomLord released and at the end I got stuck at CWM bootloop.

Okay so first I have installed the 4.0.4 Android version Switzerland Firmware not quite sure which one but if you need this info please let me know, and then here comes all the mistakes I made, first off I wanted to see if my device already have recovery so I download Rom manager and change the recovery settings to CWM 5.x.x.x or something and then reboot recovery... Nothing happened but I think it was a mistake leaving those setting like that.

Afterwards I unlocked my bootloader(I am already rooted) and then installed the Advanced Stock Kernel and when I tried to reboot phone it went into a loop.

Please any help would be MUCH appreciated.

DW
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] KcLKcL:
Anyways, the kernels, CWM, etc, are the same too, right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] humpster:
How do i get my Acro S out of a bootloop? Tried to flash SSpeed kernel before rolling back to an ICS rom and accidentally hit reboot recovery, now i can't get into recovery and factory reset means I can't boot normally.

Edit: Solved, flashed stock kernel + CWM via fastboot. Annoying problem is that I can only get fastboot mode to work on my secondary PC. is there a way to completely uninstall all xperia drivers from my primary so that whatever dependency creates this problem isn't there? my device won't list in the legacy devices list, and when i select the google usb driver it gives an incompatible driver error. (win8 x64)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tux75at:
Do you have any software from Sony running (Sony PC Companion)?

These programs prevent sometimes to connect correctly, specially fastboot and flashmode, allways make sure these programs are not running.

Uninstalling drivers is not possible, uninstalling these Sony software is possible, but wouldnt solve the problem. Installing the driver correctly again should be all what you need to do.

Check this, possible it helps: Possible solution for Fastboot-Windows7 Problems
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
hello, i rooted my phone using the bin4ry method. by the way i am using xperia sl. can i update the superuser thru the playstore?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
If it needs it, the play store should tell you. Also make sure you open the superuser app im case it needs to update binaries

Sent from my JB Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] giangi56:
Aks opinion about pac rom nozomi 20.10 themed

hi everone ,i couldn't write anything right in development post only because forum thinks i'm noob(just a bit)

i'm abot to unlock my boot loader beacuse i saw this rom very intressing, but i wanted to konw if it is ready fo daily use
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
If you don't say which ROM, we won't be able to help you.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ludi007:
cyanogenmod fail

Guys I'm still stuck with ma xperia s bricked after I've copied a rar instead of a zip on it to install cyanogen.

Can anyone tell me if there's a way to push the zip onto the phone if I can only access recovery (CWM) on it? Any brilliant command using cmd + fastboot or adt???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Flash was successful. If it was supposed to format internal memory, now would be too late. Happily, for you, it may have wiped data (contacts, messages, apps, etc). I had only a quick look, so not sure
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] atulalex:
Thanks for the quick response. You mentioned "now would be too late", what should have I done to make sure the internal memory is cleared? I have documents, photos etc which I do not want to share with Service Center guys :laugh:

The phone is still bricked. So, if am sure data is deleted, I can happily give it for service.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] aamp96:
Bootloader Unlock Allowed : No

I have an Xperia S Lt26i which says Bootloader Unlock Allowed is no which means I cannot unlocked boot loader using the method shown in Sony's official website. But I ordered the Sim Unlock Code from a website called CellUnlockerNet and they provided me with NCK, SPCK, NSCK Codes and I was wondering if I could unlock my bootloader using one of these or if there was some other method.

If I can't install CyongenMod is there another method to make the software look better or launcher... anything. Please Help. Dying over here

I am a total noob.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I mean that, if the Flashtool did the processing of clearing the Internal SD card, it would already have done, since you already did the flashing process. But the documents are still there.

And how it is bricked? What you did?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MarkMRL:
Nevermind.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Nephentos:
Question about my xperia U

Hallo, I have a Xperia U. Now with a gb based rom. I tested so many ICS roms, but I roll back to GB.

I want to know if there's something similar to the "downloads" stock apk. I mean, I want a download manager UI. Anybody knows?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PsiClone:
Unable to Root Xperia Again

Earlier i had rooted my xperia s perfectly with Bin4ry method.:victory:

But recently after formatting my SD card(built in) the root was badly disturbed:cyclops:

so i unroot the device via Bin4ry tool and tried to root again...:fingers-crossed:

all is good until it asks me to restore the backup file and i restore it but nothing happens.the process runs forever.what should i do now ??:confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
Chainfire3d

hello, i am using xperia sl, locked bootloader, rooted with FW of .45. my question is this. can i use the chainfire3d for my phone without having any issues? i recently downloaded NBA2k13 and it has problems on the graphics, i think that i must use chainfire3d. any concerns for that?

another thing. under the service test menu, i selected the battery health test and it showed that my battery is just 16100, i thought that xperia sl has 17000 capacity? is this normal? why i am lacking it?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abdi7451:
Ok. My name is Abdi. I am the ultimate n00b. First of many questions.

I am looking to buy a Sony Xperia Ion LTE AT&T version (LT28at). I intend to unlock this phone and use it on a Simple Mobile 3G network. Simple Mobile requires a 1700/2100 AWS. This has 1700 and 2100 HSPDA. So even though this is a 4G LTE phone, I will be able to use it on my Simple Mobile network right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mharckk:
i think those will not work, cause they provided you code for sim unlock and not to unlock bootloader.

what firmware are you on?

you can use chainfire, if you want to use chainfire for particular apps, you can choose also, theres an option on chainfire app.

for battery you can try to fully charge it or test battery on service menu.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
i just fully charge it and it still shows that my battery is 160000, i know that XSL has 170000, are there any problem on my phone?

how can i fix it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mharckk:
i think we need a user with xperia SL and confirms if he has same as yours or not,

if not i think you can go to where you bought your phone and have it replaced.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
i hope someone will confirm about it. thanks anyway.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] AnrgKrshn:
Moving from CM to Stock

Hey guys, I just have a noob question, I'm thinking of flashing XZX and I know I can't automatically restore my apps from my Google account... I want to know if there's any way to restore my apps, other than Titanium Backup (I haven't bought the donate version, so restoring is painstakingly long process, without HyperShell..)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Futurust:
Maybe alternative backup/restore apps? I saw many on the playstore :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Easy! App2zip found here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scd.app2zip

Then just flash em all back in recovery! Although it doesn't keep app data (depending on what you want)

Sent from my JB Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abdi7451:
I am looking to buy a Sony Xperia Ion LTE AT&T version (LT28at). I intend to unlock this phone and use it on a Simple Mobile 3G network. Simple Mobile requires a 1700/2100 AWS. This has 1700 and 2100 HSPDA. So even though this is a 4G LTE phone, I will be able to use it on my Simple Mobile network right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rapsoulis:
Dear all,

first of all I'd like to thank all the developers of XDA! They've been doing a great job and have put a lot of effort!

I've been studying for 3 days in a row now, how to root and install a custom ROM onto my SE Xperia S. All I managed to do is to get the fastboot drivers to work properly and have access to fastboot via the Fastboot Toolbox of DooMLord (SE Flasher by Bin4ry & Androxyde) - No Results here.

I've tried as well the other option available by Bin4ry with his software called Root with Restore by Bin4ry v21.

Until now and after 3 days and tons of hours of studying carefully every tutorial on this site, and even trying other sites, I've managed nothing - just boot in fastboot.

I have installed the latest update from Sony which is 6.1.A.2.55. From what I've read here, there are some issues with that peticular version for the Xperia S.

So, my questions are: Is there any other way to root my device? Or should I downgrade to a previous version?

If I should downgrade, please attach a link.

Thank you very much for your time and sorry for the long post, but I'd like everyone who reads it to know what I've done so far, so they can give me new information.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Arconx:
I would also like a little bit of clarity regarding rooting my Xperia S with 6.1.A.2.55 installed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
You could try the new version of root restore by binary to see if that now works on the latest firmware

Sent from my JB Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mharckk:
backup your rom with SUS and Flashtool

video

if youre on unlocked Bootloader, you can flash custom kernel to gain root. and if you want to go back to locked BL, just relocked and flash stock kernel only thru flashtool or fastboot. you wont loose root here.

if youre on locked bootloader, you can downgrade your firmware, then root.

and then flash the prerooted version of .55 firmware.

stock roms

.55 prerooted firmware

bin4ry root method

flashtool

SUS
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rapsoulis:
First of all I forgot to mention that my bootloader is unlocked.

When I'm trying to flash a new Kernel I get the message that my device needs to be root. I've downloaded 2 kernels: LT26i_6.1.A.2.55 - Rooted and S-Advanced-Stock-Kernel-v01. Although I've only tried with the seconds kernel .img file - there is no .img file in the first mentioned kernel. Should I redownload it?

So if I can't even flash the kernel to an earlier version how am I supposed to root my device?

I've also tried via the fastboot in CMD, the command "fastboot flash boot boot.img", and it won't do anything except waiting for the device to respond.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Have you read through the 'everything you need to know' thread at the top of the development forum?

Sent from my JB Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
Hello just a question, if i do a hard reset (power on + volume up on XSL), will my apps and contacts be lost?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
No. It just turns the phone off

Sent from my JB Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rapsoulis:
I've tried everything - I guess - and everytime I get the same message that I have to be root.

I'll wait a little bit longer, perhaps a newer version of Bin4ry gets out. Thanks anyway. I'll keep reading this post if anyone else posts another solution.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
What version of bin4rys root do you have?

Version 21 is now out.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Everlasting:
Alright Xperia people. I got an Xperia SL. shipped from hk so it has all that bloat craps. And when I sent my play store apk to the SL it installed but everytime I try to launch it. it goes back to app drawer. so I went and unlocked bootloader as well as root via flashing kernel. Now I'm pretty new with Xperia way of flashing. So how do I get a custom recovery running. because I can't flash a custom rom without one can I? I just wanna flash a custom rom so I can get all my bloats removed and so I can install apps from playstore I'm currently on stock rom .45

Sent from my HTC One X
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Recovery is built in info kernel, so just flash any kernel and it should be good.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Everlasting:
right, but I can't just flash any kernel right. I still have to match the kernel with the rom.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Update your ROM with it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Everlasting:
sounds dumb but how do you flash the rom with the kernel that has custom recovery without the custom recovery to flash custom rom.

Sent from my HTC One X
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Are you saying that you've already unlocked the bootloader and Fastbooted a custom Kernel? If so which kernel?

Are you basically asking how to access the recovery of the kernel you already have flashed?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Everlasting:
I can verify that i unlocked the bootloader. and i did flash 'a' kernel that was supposed to have a custom recovery with it. But then when i was trying to access the recovery it wont let me. I tapped the screen while it was on "SONY" but nothing happened. so Which kernel can i use for Xperia SL to get a custom recovery? Or is there any other ways? because information in Xperia phones are all scattered and Im not sure why, no offense but it should be much more tidier than this.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlushMaq:
When I tried to flash my SXS with .55 rooted firmware using this guide. As I already had a rooted .45 firmware and CWM recovery installed. I booted the device into recovery and when i tried to wipe data,cache partition,dalvik cache i get the errors exactly same as this Even though I proceed further and tried formatting system partiton and it gave me this error..]

"Error formatting /system"

I have attached the ss below of CWM screen..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
hello can someone provide me an official rom for xperia sl (6.1.A.2.50)? because it is needed in flashing the xzx2.

if i flashed a custom rom on my xperia sl using a custom rom of xperia s. will i still get the overclocked processor?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Right when you first turn it on. And the Sony logo comes up, and the led should light and possibly even the bottom bar. Keep repeatedly pressing the volume up button and you should enter recovery
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rapsoulis:
I tried with v18 and with v21. None of them worked. I've read many posts about 2.55 firmware having trouble rooting their phone.

I'll wait for Bin4ry to develop a newer version. :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] BlushMaq:
Is there any way to save the images in online tab of the album app ???

Sent from my Xperia S LT26i white..:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rcbsandeep:
Best Custom Rom for Xperia ION?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Best, in this case, is relative
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
just a question regarding the titanium back up.

i want to use it because i am planning to change my rom to a custom one. my question is, if i backed up all of my apps/data, how can i recover them in my new rom? i mean, if i flashed the new rom, the titanium back up will be lost. will i install it again before restoring?

sorry im just confused :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Yes, you will need to reinstall it again.

The backups are stored on the sd card so will be safe.

You can find the apk for titanium and put it on your sd card ahead of time.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
help, can someone provide me a full tutorial on how to install custom rom? i mean on how to install it using cwm? can i install custom rom using the flashtool? what are the things needed before installing the custom rom? i read that i need to have backup of my stock rom, how do i do it?

thanks!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
In the development forum at the top is a post called 'all you need to know before you begin' (or very similar to that) have a read through
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ptenteges:
Hi all.

I have decided to flash custom rom to my xperia s. I have unlocked the phone and I'm looking for something stable, but more customizable then stock rom.

So here is my question, what combo of boot+rom would you suggest to get a stable phone?

Thanks in advance.

[EDIT]

I was thinking about 4.2 ... forgot to say that :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sarkissmae:
hello, how can i set permissions? where can i find the system/apps folder? also where is the framework folder?

im noob and dont know anything about that stuff.

xperia s, locked bootloader.

thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Toledo_JAB:
Google is your friend.

You are asking about folders in the phones system folder, and if you dont know where it is you should not be messing with those files.

Read read read, before you do anything.

You should have a good understanding of what you want and are going to do before doing it.

Also if you ask a specific question on what you dont understand you will get specific answers. Just asking for someone to tell you what button to press won't teach you what that button does. And teaching is what XDA is all about. If you want to be spoon fed support or told to press this button and it does it all for you the buy an IPHONE.

Please dont take personal offense. I wrote this for all users with questions. It is just easier to help you learn now, than to help you recover your phone after you brick it doing things you dont understand.

From Jaramie's LT28at
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
I'd say start with pac 19.3 as it's solid all round 4.1.2 rom. Then try the 4.2 after