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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wwwong:
Your voicemail, what happens when you hold down the 1 key in the keypad? My network automatically set my voicemail for me when I inserted the sim card.

To withhold number I use this handy app, I place a widget on my home screen and I tap it when I want my ID withheld. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.devarc.anoncall
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cajhin:
I keep thinking about an orange SX... beautiful toy.

Open questions:

- is there any way to get it without carrier branding? (the Docomo logo on top; press shots show SONY on top and Xperia at the bottom)

- why is this thread here? P/U/Sola/Go are a different family, the SX is the 'blue' board like V and T. Or am I wrong about this?

- has anyone ever tried to port CM to the SX, or has anyone an idea how hard this would be?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nirpaudyal:
Hey, When I hold down 1, it tells me I have no voicemail number & on the voice mail service menu, when I click any menu item e.g. "activate voicemail" I get "Unknown application" error...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wwwong:
1. Xperia SX was only available in Japan via Docomo. There is no factory unlocked model, only the Docomo locked model.

2. You'll have to ask the thread starter for that one... probably because the P/U/Sola/Go were the most recent international SOny models around when the SX news came up..

3. The international developer community is so small for the SX.. there's probably no hope of that... I must say the Docomo branding has some bloatyness... but it's not hard to remove the bloatware. :)

Check with your mobile company, ask them what number you have to call to get to voicemail.. you might have to manually set it up as a speed dial... ask them why your sim card didn't automatically program the number into the voicemail button for you.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
I was able to flash 103 on the phone (CWM) with this zip file without having to use flashtool or Sony software:

SO-05D_9.1.C.1.103_rooted_CWM_deodexed.zip
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nirpaudyal:
Thanks, I have a manual speed dial set up already, I was just wondering why it didn't work by default.... I thought it was some Japanese phone issue, but is, like you have pointed out, probably to do with my network provider.

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Just to make you feel better... a couple of days after I replied to that comment, I was prizing my Sx off its cover, it slipped and scratched the black plastic border.

I want to buy a new one now...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
It's not your carrier, it's the fact that the rom is preconfigured for docomo voicemail, so the standard part of the android OS where you normally enter the voicemail settings is overwritten. I tried to find out where to override this, but my rom fiddling skills are not good enough.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
[MENTION=743217]nirpaudyal[/MENTION]

delete the phone file in system/vendor/overlay com.android.phone-res.apk see if that works for you and hope you get your scratch sorted
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
thanks. That worked for me
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nirpaudyal:
How do we delete this? I am using ES file explorer with root access, but says its read only and refuses to delete...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
With the newer versions of ES explorer you need to switch root explorer on AND them click on it and then mount RW then set "\" to "RW". Then you should be able to delete it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
Problem with update / restoration

Hi there. Since the release of v9.1.C.1.103, I've tried to update my SX SO-05D many times but I kept receiving the 'impossible to update, try again later' message.

That's the reason why I tried to restore my 0.475 with Sony tools, in order to get rid of the rooting and maybe be able to update my phone. The Sony tools wasn't of any help because it told me that it was impossible to restore my phone?!

Has anyone a idea of what I could do to get this v9.1.C.1.103 rom? Thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nirpaudyal:
Excellent & perfect. Thanks, it worked.

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Read from my post number 313, my solution was to use flashtool to restore to 0.475, then the update works OTA - hopefully it will help you.

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Hi all,

I have set up a Google forum for this phone. Given a lot of people appear interested in this phone, and on XDA, this appears to be the only discussion page, I thought it would be useful to have a site specifically for the phone to group questions & discussions rather such that its easier to browse through. Anyway, the forum is @

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sony-xperia-sx-so-05d

Hope people can join me there...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
There are ROMs and Kernel files posted on a few Japanese blogs like this one and this one that you can install from zip files via CWM on your phone

As I mentioned here at post 328, I was able to update to .103 using this file.

In fact when I installed it over .457, it upgraded without even wiping the phone. On my other phone, I installed and did a factory reset, and I honestly couldn't tell you that it made any difference.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
Thanks for the quick answers guys but I have trouble understanding what is 'flashtool'. The only I know to reset my phone is using the Sony tools included in the PC Companion app.

Is this what you're talking about? http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/

Using this tool, which rom should I get? Where?

By the way, what CWM means?

Again, thank you very much!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Flashtool is software for your pc that lets you install ROM on the phone

CWM stands for ClockWorkMod which is software that you install in a rooted phone that allows you to boot the phone to a special 'recovery' menu from where you can install updates and ROM versions from your micro SD card in the phone

Rooting the phone is like unlocking the operating system, and may void your warranty. You can see earlier in the thread how to root it, and you can use the software scripts here, to do it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bingozb:
who can give me the rom 7.0.D.1.137?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Google 30s gave me this: http://developer.sonymobile.com/dow...es/open-source-archive-for-build-7-0-d-1-137/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
Sorry to bother you again, but I'm completely lost here.

I tried to use the flashtool from Sony, but after installation it tells me that the phone is locked which is allright because I only rooted it.

However my problem is that I can't make any update to my phone or reset it with Sony's tool. The Sony Companion app doesn't want to do a reset and I can't find this reference on Sony's site?!

What should I do?! Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bingozb:
thanks, but I need the ftf file.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Wind07:
Google.com
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bingozb:
I found this:

http://chomikuj.pl/Xperiacare/Xperi...SO-05D_7.0.D.1.137_(1263-6458),2597978137.ftf

but it is not free
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Have you tried as I suggested installing the zip file from your SD card using CWM?

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Here
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
I installed ROM Manager from CWM. I also copy the downloaded archives you told me about but I was unable to use it after that.

The phone isn't officially supported by ROM Manager and I didn't know how to use you archive :(

It's not that easy to use but the most difficult is that I don't want to do a mistake and corrupt my phone as I have no tools that seems to be able to reset it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
try this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45808390&postcount=297

or you can do the following

1 - root your phone with this rootkit

http://www.mediafire.com/download/grn55hlotrp2g7k/Rootkit.rar

2 - once you have rooted your phone you can use this program to install cmw

http://www.mediafire.com/download/2o1vcpq6o8ctjkn/Clockworkmod.rar

and then install the rom provied by kc1
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bingozb:
I can not find a download link in google, it is out of date or not for free, please upload it for me, thanks a lot.

My so-05d is prototype, can not use 4.1 rom.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
here you go

http://www.mediafire.com/download/s3hp2qa06aawksd/SO-05D_7.0.D.1.130_docomo.part1.rar

http://www.mediafire.com/download/c9z81d14iv13wcx/SO-05D_7.0.D.1.130_docomo.part2.rar

http://www.mediafire.com/download/etnw258nu7smwd4/SO-05D_7.0.D.1.130_docomo.part3.rar
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] bingozb:
thanks. Do you have the ftf of 7.0.d.1.137?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
no i never uploaded that sorry
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
You don't need ROM manager. If your phone is rooted using the method I gave you, you can boot to recovery by tapping on the Sony logo or pressing the down volume key when the LED glows blue as it boots. If you timed it right the LED will turn green before presenting you with a text-based menu. From the menu, select install zip from SD card (or external SD card) by using the volume buttons to move through the menu and the power button to select. Then you can browse to where you stored the ROM zip file and select it. After it's installed, select go back and then select reboot system.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Have you thought about maybe just paying the $1.20 asking price for the download?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
Sorry kc1, I must be stupid but I can't get it to work. Could you please be kind enough to explain step by step what I should do?

My phone is rooted, but that's all and when I push volume down while starting the phone I have no recovery or text menu. My screen is almost entirely black with just the notification bar and at the bottom left "Mode securise" which is french for "Secure mode".
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Try installing CWM using the attached. Unzip the attachments to your PC somewhere, connect your phone using a USB cable and then run install.bat. it should install a version of CWM that definitely works with my two phones. Then when you're booting the phone keep tapping on the Sony logo when you see the blue led you should be able to enter the recovery menu.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
I haven't been able to find kernels to do this (my / Google's Japanese isn't good enough to understand the few developers working on customising these). I've tried DS battery saver to turn off the data connection when the screen is off, greenify to hibernate processes, bootmanager to restrict processes from launching, underclocking, switching to 2g, 3g only, etc, etc. But i don't get more than 3-4 hours before having to recharge. sometimes the phone shuts down to avoid overheating when I have many browser tabs open, so something is not right in the way it handles processing. Happens with both my phones, with or without modifications.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maxflavius27:
Europe availability

Hi all. I've to combed through this thread but not read it all. Does somebody know when the Xperia SX will be available in Europe? Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tinyXperia:
Never, only through Kyoex.com
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maxflavius27:
Thanks. What's your source please? Has this been announced by Sony? A link would be useful. Cheers.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tinyXperia:
No source, but if you followed the tech news, they already have a successor (Xperia Z1f) for sale in Japan, so the SX isn't even sold anymore in Japan, so i don't think there's any chance of them selling last years Japan-only phone in Europe.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
Thanks kc1. This time everything went smoothly! It was very nice of you to help me like this.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] drakunov:
Geetitngs! What is the best automatic call recording solution for this phone?

Have anyone tryed this kernel patch? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2475397

Will it enable kernel recording in other recording applications?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nirpaudyal:
Any chance of KitKat?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
hi i removed the 200 text limit form conversation app and thought i would share it :D

move file to system/vendor/overlay and set right permission

i don't like mms so that's still disabled if you want text limit with mms just delete com.sonyericsson.conversations-res from system/vendor/overlay
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sn0wbird:
great !

Hi Pako,

thanks again for sharing this wonderful tip !!! It was bothering me this limit for a looong time !! and now it's gone, thanks to you :)

You're saying that you don't like MMS, I don't like MMS either but some people still send me MMS and I can't see them or read them, I don't know where the are stored when received... Do you know a way to enable MMS support (receiving/sending) on this phone ? Do you know how I can see the previous MMS received on my phone ?

Thank you again for all your discoveries ! :)

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
[MENTION=5442720]Sn0wbird[/MENTION]

if you want to enable mms you need to delete com.sonyericsson.conversations-res.apk from system/vendor/overlay and then reboot and i think if you still got your messages your mms should show up in them
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Sn0wbird:
Thanks Pakman,

it worked, now I can see the MMS menu and everything, but there's still one problem, I can not send or receive any MMS despite the fact that my MMS setup is good (I've checked with my carrier setup). I get the following message when I receive an MMS :

message not downloaded.

check settings for multimedia messages.

As I said my APN for MMS has the recommended settings provided by my carrier (Orange). Do you have any idea of how I can make this work ? I feel I'm very close to finally make it work ! :)

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
That's a good tip - it was driving me nuts, so installed Textra (which I now prefer vs the standard sms app)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] maolinho:
I struggled at the "Delete /system/vendor/overlaycom.sonyerricsson.conversations-res.apk" step because the phone rebooted within a second of changing /system to read-write. So for the benefit of others, here's what I ended up doing to finally get it working: in a root terminal, type the following (keep the last line in one line!):

cd /system/vendor/overlay

mount -o remount,rw /system; mv com.sonyerricsson.conversations-res.apk com.sonyerricsson.conversations-res.apk.bak

The phone will still reboot, but there's enough time to move the file away.

BTW I did not have to play with the honami file, simply removing /system/vendor/overlay/com.sonyerricsson.conversations-res.apk (and configuring the MMS APN) was enough to get MMS working on the SO-05D!

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I got that message when the APN for MMS was not yet configured. Did you try deleting and reconfiguring the APN? I had my service provider (not Orange) send me a configuration SMS, that certainly minimized the chance of typing errors...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nirpaudyal:
Hi,

I want to install some custom roms... e.g. try some KitKat roms.

Any idea where I need to look for this and which bootloader I can use.

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
Have a look here. No KitKat that I know of.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jimrin:
Ack! I seem to be one of those whose SX SO-05D is not liking the 9.1.C.1.103 upgrade... I don't feel like setting up my phone again to get it.

PS. I love my SX SO-05D from a size and styling point of view. No regrets spending big $$ on it, although I have noticed Amazon.co.jp has a new one for sell for 33,800 yen although many are still around the 60,000 yen price. Anyway, even though I love my phone, what I miss most are:

* Bluetooth 4.0

* Dedicated camera button on Xperia phones

* NFC

* OK, and a quad-core processor...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
4G Frequency?

Hello everyone,

If I read the specs correctly, the SX SO-05D is 4G compatible but only for the 2100 MHz range. Is that correct?

If so, I have a problem as in France, it seems 4G is 2600 MHz or 800 MHz. Is there something I can do there with my phone to make French-4G compatible? Is there something I misunderstood? Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kc1:
I'm afraid not. Unless the carrier changes their frequency
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Redroth:
I have a new Xperia SX SO-05d but Bluetooth doesn't seems to work correctly, my headsets cannot be found when I search for Bluetooth devices with the phone. My bluetooth headsets use bluetooth v3 which is suppose to be supported by the phone. Someone know what to do to fix that? Thanks in advance
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Calgon2000:
Thanks, eventhough this is not what I wanted to read :)

Do you know a 4G phone that is as small as this nice one from Sony ? :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Redroth:
Someone know how to use the fastboot mode? I have found some custom kernel on the japanese forum that I would like to flash but I'm not able to boot in fastboot mode with that phone... Booting the phone while keeping the volume up button does not work neither trying to boot on fastboot using ADB. Is there another way to flash a kernel? It would be nice to use a kernel with some governor like smartassV2 that would give a good performance and get a better batterie usage that "onDemand". I have tried to flash some custom rom found on the japanese forum but they are all based on the stock ROM, nothing like MIUI or Cyanogenmod seems to be posted on those forums... Someone has tried to flash some custom ROMs for Xperia T and xperia TX? Is it working possible to do so and is it working well? otherwise it will be nice to have an XDA section for that device, I'm not sure that this thread is the best place to talk about oulr customizations of that device...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] td101:
i work for a car company, therefor i would say a prototype is for the worse;)

but so long i dont see any difference, everything works fine.

i check for updates with SUS and it said that it already runs the most recent version.

then i checked with my ray which also has the most recent version (but which i flashed by myself via flashtool and ftf from this forum) and SUS said it cant do anything cause the software has been modified.

so i guess updates should work with SUS. will try later also with PCC.

did you try to install CWM?

http://xperia-freaks.org/bbs/forum/...-recovery-for-xperia-gxsx-ver-1-02012925#p355
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Not yet. Had a plan to do it this weekend but a bit worried about the NFC stuff etc seeing as my 200 dollar commuter pass is registered to the phone. I saw a post that said it works fine after rooting so thinking I might do it tomorrow.

I'm reckoning if it was produced 2 months before the retail model it won't be lacking too much hardware-wise.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Successfully rooted, cwm installed and soft keys removed!

Just waiting for someone to develop a jellybean Rom!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] td101:
i am also rooted and CWMed. Plus i modded the battery icon in SystemUI.apk.

but what do you mean by "soft keys removed"? how do you control the phone then?

attached my system infos. could you also post yours please?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Removed them with full screen toggle app and I use button saviour instead as an on-demand soft key app. Its easier to use the standard ones but I like the extra screen space.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
The resolution of that pic was far too low sorry.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] td101:
can you check your screenshot pls? Either resolution is too low or compression to high. can't recogize the characters :( or it would also okay if you reply if both versions are the same or not. thanks!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Yeah sorry about that.

Look at the second post. Did it in higher res but yes they're exactly the same.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Decided to try out the 5-key menu bar, battery icon and custom notification bar systemui.apk
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] td101:
is it this one?

http://xperia-freaks.org/bbs/forum/xperiasx-development/7テーマ別-5ソフトキーsystemui

i would only like to have this kind of quicksettings. do you know how to change the SystemUI.apk?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Thats the one!

Just allow root read and write in a root explorer, backup systemui.apk and systemui.odex from system/apps. Delete them and Paste the new systemui, make sure the permissions are correct and reboot.

I'm not sure how to extract just the quick settings but I think I saw the standalone quick settings in the GX forum which should be the same.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] td101:
Thank you! i found it and just added my battery mod and it's all perfect now:)

the only negative i noticed so far is the volume adjustment for the ringtone. the first low levels are too low volume. I use "6" for normal profile and "max (7)" for loud profile. "1" to "5" are quite useless :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChipJapan:
Hmm. I only ever have it on max or silent so I can't say I've noticed.

There is a thread about changing the media volume to 30 but it was kinda weird and cryptic. Even my Japanese wife couldn't figure it out!

Congrats! Here's hoping we get a jellybean Rom or even 4.2!

This is definitely the best phone I've played with recently.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
hi im interested in buying this phone but would like to know will it be unlocked to all networks i want to use it on giffgaff

http://www.kyoex.com/docomo-sony-so-05d-xperia-sx/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] daede86:
here it's cheaper! i'm still deciding if buy it or not..

http://www.mobile-phones.cn/sony-mt28i-xperia-inch-android-smart-phone-p-9181.html
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pakman123:
thanks for the link i wanna buy it but i not sure if my giffgaff sim will work
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tinyXperia:
How is this possible? Just €235??? Must be a scam...

http://www.zol.com/detail/cell_phone/suoniyidong/7615076.html
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] daede86:
at less than 300€ would be awesome!!!!!

could someone post some pictures example that the xperia sx can take? if i spend 650€ for my new phone, i'd like with a good camera! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] TyceC:
Hope this helps. Currently have nothing to take pictures of haha. Sorry mate.

Cheers,
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] daede86:
just a question! :)

i'm planning a small trip to china (just Pechino, not enough time..) and i'd like to know if it's easy to find it in shops or the only way to buy it is to order it from japan..

thanks a lot!

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thanksssss!!!! perfect, the quality looks really good! or at least way better than my actual phone :)

thanks again!

still no custom rom or JB?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lorrinator:
Japanese dialing prefix

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to remove the dialog box that pops up when you dial a number that does not have an international prefix eg. +44. Every time I dial a number like this, I get a message asking if I want to add the Japanese prefix +81

Thanks!