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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Arc s is not too shabby to be honest. Compared to 2012 phones, it obviously doesn't perform as well with noticeably more lag. However it's performance can be boosted to a very large extent if you install a custom rom (either based on stock ICS or MIUI or something else not sure) and to a larger extent with custom kernels. The Arc s compared to 2011 phones is actually pretty good. Regarding the ones you mentioned, it's a lot better than Defy and it's not as fast as S2 and photon because of the number of cores, but in other terms such as Screen quality and camera quality, it's a lot better.

I'm sure threre's more to add :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Torres77an:
If you want a better phone it's not hard to find but you should be able these days to find an arc s at an affordable price maybe on EBay or something and it's still a good phone but I wouldn't pay much over 300 for one if I was you I would say 250 sounds about right, (250Canadian Dollars).
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pren22:
I'm usin Arc lt15i(not Arc S),but i'm very pleased with it,Arc S has a better processor and i think you will like this phone,well i'm using GB,gaming,multi-tasking,recording and other stuffs works perfect,no lag at all,ICS on the other hand sucks with most games,recording,multi-tasking but hey you can use custom ROM's,it will run just fine.

Xperia Arc S looks very nice it fits very good on your hand.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roy56120:
if you do not care about problems of software maintaining and its low level hardware ,arc s is a good choice
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otisshan:
I think Arc S is a good choice for new Android users.

Except the gaming experience, it is enough for whatsapp and facebook etc.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jithuelad:
I am from India too. I think 17k is lit bit high. Why don't you think about HTC Desire V
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] progosu:
arc s is a bad phone, in my country galaxy nexus is only about 50 euro more expensive but it's incomparably better... If I could make my choice again, I'd definitely go for a dual core, 1gb ram phone.

also, build quality is one of the worst I've ever seen. the housing is really squeaky, damn this phone is bad.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yulet:
Are you sure that you have Xperia Arc S? Sony's phone build quality is the best.

Sent from my SGH-I747M
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] progosu:
you made my day.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxFTW:
Don't buy this phone! I am the developer, I know what I'm saying! Arc and whole 2011 line is slow, badly-crafted and support from Sony is horrible. Don't buy anything what's not at least dual core and don't even think about Xperia T! It's good phone, but camera is laggy and materials used to produce the device are simply awful! If you want something cheaper - think of Samsung Galaxy SII. If you have some more money to spend, buy HTC One S or Desire X! Those phones have future, not like crap Xperia's.

I will never buy a phone of Sony anymore! Even if it's high-end beast.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mthd12:
This phone is the bad thing that could happen to me..because is a very slow device...only 512 mb ram, but only 350 available, single core, and ~400 mb internal memory, crapy cracks on sensor, low battery life....only good thing is just the sexy look, but hei this should be a smartphone not a girl.....

Overall is my mistake because I buy this, but for sure will be the last Sony phone...and believe me, I'm not a young ..but from a smartphone I want to have at least 1 gb ram and also dual-core processor...maybe Samsung Galaxy S ll...will be my choice, because I don't want a huge phone like S lll...

All the best ...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anne_Droid:
Why would you even consider purchasing this phone? Budget wouldnt even be reason enough as there are quite a number phones out there, in this price range, which are way better than the arcs. And more importantly, they'd be newer models.

Several months ago it would have been a decent buy. But right now? Why buy a dated phone with terrible specs? Imagine where you'd be in 6 months, or a year. By that time you'd be calling it Grampa Arc S.

It would no longer be worth it anymore. Get something else :)

Cheers
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OsiBasi:
I'm very pleased with my ARC S - In Sweden one of the best phones in its price range. Great camera, with camera button and swift system. It has good battery, 44hours~ with moderate use. But if you tweak it a little it'll last a full day and be a little bit faster. It works great, But it's not an S3, It's good, you don't actually need better. really.

the Sony Xperia GO has same CPU specs, water proof, and is cheaper. Aswell with better ROM etc (lolroot). All games I've tried games work great, subway surfer etc works flawlesly on both phones - using ICS.

(owner of both GO and ARC)

You don't need the best of the best systems for a phone. But if you really feel like it, go for an S3. You can now switch games twice as fast!

When looking for phones, I look for durability, Camera , RAM and internet speed. I personally dont have the need to have 1 million widgets, and 10's of apps open at the same time, I usually just do the same things, then close them.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stu15:
Nonsense, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Arc S, infact its the 3rd best phone of 2011, which is why i bought it, it might not be an amazing phone when compared to the current market, but its constantly changing, the Galaxy S2 is out of date now, even if it is / was good. But your opinions just seem anti-sony.

Support from Sony is horrible? In what respect? Sony were the first 3rd party phone developers to deliver ICS to their phones outside of Googles own, they do a pretty good job of adding their own style to the OS with their own apps, and theres not much bloatware.

Granted there are some design floors with Ram and Space on the actual phone, but the whole core thing isn't much of an argument, as the phone was a september 2011 update of the original, they only updated the speed of the processor, but its not like Dual Core phones were on every phone back then, only a handful had them, and they were much more expensive.

Just because a phone is quad core doesnt make it better than a dual core, it's all relative, a lot of people are impressed by the Xperia T, and from what people said months before it was released, its dual core was faster than the Galaxy S3s Quad Core.

The benchmark for smartphones isn't high, you can achieve most of what one person needs with the cheapest of smartphones, its when you get into the realm of chasing the best games and multitasking 50 apps at a time that you need the boost, everything from 2012 on-wards is just constant polish and raising bars that don't need to be raised, to make out that somehow they need more cores n ram, till when? When somehow quad core and 2gb of ram isnt enough, then we have 6 core processors and 8gb of ram in one phone? Where do we draw the line in what is actually needed in a device thats just supposed to connect us to people. I guess Google Project Glass is the answer, as its pointless to keep adding constant power to a device that doesnt need it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denmoe:
I bought my Xperia Arc S a month ago. I wouldn`t do it again. For less more money (relatively) you can get a Galaxy S2 which is a much more capable device.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
Very well said :) My thoughts exactly. Smartphones are not just about the abundance of cores the phone has. Only a very select few of knobheads care about such novelty. As long as it can perform the tasks you need to do, it is subjectively good.

Sent from Xperia Arc S
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgeiulian89:
I'll buy a phone only if it has 4 ghz hexa-core processor,12 gb of ram,10TB internal storage,5000 mAh battery,7 inches display,adreno 999 graphic driver,and 60 mpx camera....Come on peoples,what the hell is with this insanity "don't buy it if it doesn't have at least dual core and 1gb of ram"? Like someone else said,the basic function of a phone is to use it for talk,not for gaming,photoshop or programming. Can't you see that the phone evolved but the batteries are more and more weaker? Why do you need a quad-core which is last only half a day? For the OP: if you don't want a phone for gaming,but for multimedia,Arc S is a wise choice,if you want it for multitasking and games,get a Galaxy S2 or a Galaxy Nexus. PS: i have a Neo,and i'm planning to upgrade it to Xperia V.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rec71:
The speed was never an issue but the lack of ram and internal storage totally ruined the arc S experience for me and it's put me off Sony devices. My wife has an Xperia S and it sucks too. Never again.

If it wasn't for the Nexus 4 I'd of bought an Acer S500 next. Unique design, amazing display, pretty much stock ICS, SD slot, removable battery, etc. For about £280. Easily rooted as well apparently.

But I got lucky and bagged a Nexus 4. :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgeiulian89:
WRONG! Xperia Arc (S) wasn't a Sony device,it was a Sony Ericsson device :p
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Israafiyl:
It will be nice to have a full list of what works ant what daesn't on with a USB-OTG cable

Post here which devices works with your Nexus including your room and kernel version and if you use a powered usb hub

if something doesn't work in addition post the output of:

# dmesg #(root required)
$ lsusb
$ lsmod

Ty for your help, i hope that it will be useful for someone
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Temporeiches:
Hello,

I have the following problem: my htc legend wont boot as I made a mistake editing the build.prop in a CM10 rom. I know that through Cwm I could flash the rom again, however my manual CWM never worked... it gets to the menu but if I select an option then the only thing I see is a black background with the CWM logo on it. Does anyone have some advice?

Thanks in advance
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Yes, don't use the power button for selection use the trackball button.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Temporeiches:
Thank you so much. the problem is solved !!:cowboy:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] UduBobo:
3 monthes ago, i tried to flash the official ics stock, and bricked the phone, with installing the china edition bestand of the psasia.

ive got an factory cable and flashed the right rom. after this flash, the razer started hard-shutdowns itself about a 5-6 times a day.

not a restart. a fast-as-hell-shutdown. the phone is a realy critical workstation for me. getting the phone out of my pocket at the middle of the day and see it off, just freaks me out. it could happen while playing Jetpack-Joyride, browsing or kust listening to music.

i changed for any gsm-jb rom wich exists, even the kexec'ed ones. nothing solve it.

i would happy if someone could throw me a bone about fixing it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] garywojdan81:
Sounds like you need the GSM equivalent of Matt's RAZR Utility. Google it or search this forum. It will take you back to bone-stock, boot image and all, provided you can still get into AP fastboot mode.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] UduBobo:
i did a factory reset to the phone, and then flashed it the european version, unroot the device, and nothing happend.

can you guys afford me something else to do to fix it?

motorola mobility is closed in israel, and my last operator, who i bought the phone from, doesnt whant to fix it.

i hope that motorola solutions will fix this for me...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nomyst:
Try to look here.

Hello, try to look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1893500. Maybe something from there will help. If not, at least tried. Hope you find a solution. Have a nice day. Bye.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] r3flux:
I have the exact same problem. At my wits end! Don't know what to do!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] UduBobo:
Did you try to change the battery?

My last carrier, which I bought my device from, doesn't want to fix my phone because of reasons.

I guess I'll try to change the battery.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Is anyone else getting this ? I thought the phone speaker was supposed to be beats too. But in settings this option is disabled for me. I dont rrally see the point of beats being in the phone if you need the headphones for it to work
[HTC Droid DNA] dsb9938:
Pretty sure Beats is only headphones.

I could be wrong, but that's my belief.

D

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[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
You don't really think that those weeny little phone speakers will withstand the amp, do you?

Besides, it would sound like garbage.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Obviously not extreme bass but making a pure beats speaker in the phone would is possible. Headphone only is sort of dumb....

Oh and adrenalyne are yu switching from nexus to dna?
[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
I am evaluating. Even if I keep it, it remains to be seen if I will move away from the Nexus community. Open source spoils ya and I'm not too happy on how its locked down, even if it can be worked around.

Re: Beats

It takes upgraded speakers to withstand the amp, IME. I have a laptop with 6 speakers and a sub inside and the amp inside the laptop even pushes them to the edge sometimes. I've actually come close to blowing out some cheap skullcandy over the ear headphones ;)

I have also found that some music sounds a lot better with Beats turned off (although the amp still has a part in that).
[HTC Droid DNA] vipergrm:
Sorry, but Beats Audio over the built in speaker is totally pointless. It will not make a blind bit of difference. I'd recommend one of these and at least then you wiill get decent sound if portability is a problem.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generation-...BN42/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353795092&sr=8-1
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
i have to agree, i just got the phone today and had to instantly start doing much research into htc and all the limitations and just wished i didnt have verizon so i could have gotten the nexus 4. i think it would be a very fun development device for you, but do say youll have an easier time in the nexus community, although id love to see what you can do for the dna :cyclops:

a beats speaker could give higher quality audio and higher output sounds, its about the same size of an in ear... and no thanks, i was just wondering because this is my first time with an htc phone, and the commercials always made it seem as if dr dre actually used his speakers and not jus endorsed each other lol
[HTC Droid DNA] xartic12:
I used Klipsch Image one and Klipsch M40's when I had my One X and would always, I mean always, turn off the equalizer because it would just make the sound muddy and drown out the speakers with bass. From what I understand, this is really just a software equalizer for the headphones.

Still never understood how audio quality and Dr. Dre = Monster branded Beats by Dre.
[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
Unlike the One X, this has upgraded hardware too.
[HTC Droid DNA] flaring afro:
From HTC's press release:

Not that it's necessarily a big deal. All speakers are connected to an amplifier. It could be a 1 watt amp or a 2,000 but all speakers need a decent amount of juice to make power them, relative to other components.
[HTC Droid DNA] alchemist316:
I've been wondering its off topic what makes the nex 4 hardware different in bench why is the scoring so different not that it matters in actually using it but the hardware is pretty much the same right ?
[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
Probably thermal throttling.
[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
A single benchmark shouldn't make it hot to the point of throttling.
[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
Yet, benches when in a cold environment are much higher.
[HTC Droid DNA] flaring afro:
Shouldn't be, but sources say it is. The casing of the Nexus 4 seems to somehow be different in a way to cause it to overheat.
[HTC Droid DNA] jasonfarrell:
im getting the same thing. and yes the ads say the dna has two beats amps one for headphones and one for speaker. This was a big reason i bought the phone. if you get any info on a solution please post.
[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
It has an amp for the speakers, it just doesnt have a "beats" eq on it, which would be pointless.
[HTC Droid DNA] kenohki88:
I remember using the display DNA and that thing was loud now that I have one not nowhere near as loud
[HTC Droid DNA] lemonoid:
I'm getting this also on my new DNA . The thing is , it's a problem because you can't change the settings even with beats headphones in . I have four different types and the settings are not accessible with any of them plugged in, it still says the same thing, not accessible through speaker when the headphones are plugged in so something is messed up. If you can't change the beats settings with beats plugged in then what's the point of even having the freaking setting ? It's really annoying.
[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
Sounds like something is borked hardware wise on your phone.
[HTC Droid DNA] jamiethemorris:
Sense 5 roms let you use the built in speaker, but it's totally pointless. Cell phone speakers sound like s**t.
[HTC Droid DNA] xman_here:
Beats are only available on hands free in HTC handsets.
[HTC Droid DNA] baronmxc:
Let's think about this. Getting your built-in speaker to sound like your headphones is just not going to happen. The built in speaker is great for mids and treble sound. As stated, the built in speaker does have a dedicated amp for a much clearer sound. This amp is not controlled by the Beats software, but rather the phone itself. Beats Audio wouldn't even make a difference other than blowing out the speaker from the low bass. Built in phone speakers are not designed for bass, at least the DNA's isn't. Sure HTC could have made a Beats speaker, but I'm not sure I want my phone to be jumping around on the table from the vibration once a nice bass song comes on lol. Think about the size the speaker needs to be as well for it to deliver bass. Take out your headphones and listen to them away from your ears. Is the bass still rumbling in your ears? No, of course not. They almost sound just like your built in speaker. Your best bet is to find an equalizer and just play with the mid and treble controls.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Lol this has been resolved for awhile now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedyRock:
Hello, I honestly hope someone can help me !!

My phone won't boot up at all. I keep getting the Samsung logo with the words "recovery booting...." in the top left corner but it never boots into recovery mode.. I'm able to go into the other mode(forgot the name of it) but anything I flash in Odin fails.. Does any have any ideas on how I can get my phone back up and running.? I really need your help

What cause this..?

I wanted to flash a rom so I booted into recovery but didn't know how to backup my phone using Android System Recovery 3e. There was know option for backup. I then proceeded to flash cwm_Superuser_v3.0.7. When I tried to reboot after the "pass" flash, it never went into recovery and now everytime I take the battery out and try to turn it on, it still wants to try to reboot into recovery... :(( HELP ME PLEASE..!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Were you rooted running a custom.recovery prior to flashing ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
Watch this it should get you back to stock. Then I suggest you read up on what you are doing before trying it again. It sounds like you were not rooted or you didn't have the right recovery before doing whatever you were trying, but we need a lot more info about what you did and were trying to do before we can help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedyRock:
Yes, I'm already rooted and everything using.a stock LJ9 rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedyRock:
LJ7 my bad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedyRock:
Basically, this is what happened:

I wanted to flash a custom rom for the first time so I decide to backup my apps first, which I was successful. Then, I process into recovery to do a complete backup but did not see any option for backup. The recovery was "Android System Recovery 3e". I didn't know how to use it so I then proceed to flash CWMv3.04 using Odin, which it pass. I rebooted my phone, the Samsung logo came up with the word "recovery booting..." but never went into recovery and now that's all it keeps doing.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
Did you try pulling the battery and putting it and download mode and re flashing recovery through Odin? And that was the stock recovery that you had on the phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedyRock:
My bad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedyRock:
Yeah, I tried that but it failed everytime.. I fixed my phone tho, I used another laptop. For some reason my laptop don't like Odin. I uninstalled the Samsung drivers, got rid of Odin, reinstalled everything, tried again but it still failed.. I don't know why my laptop is doing that but I got it now.

Thanks everyone for your help.!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sheek360:
Seems like the Att version already has a clean ROM, and touch recovery.

Wondering why the sprint versions a little behind
[Sprint LG Optimus G] gutterwall:
Maybe we need to step up if no one else will. I wish I knew what I was doing more... I am doing the newbie guide in my spare time.. who knows, in another ten years we might have a rom. :rolleyes:
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sheek360:
Lol. I'll donate
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Rocket_Science:
Patience...Although idk y the at&t version got theirs first.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Shelnutt2:
The att version had a week head start on release. Don't worry we'll get some good things here shortly.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] brunswick000:
I've got the Canadian version, and other than bloat apps and some carrier settings are they not the same phones for the most part? I might be talking out of my ass here, but should the devs not have too much trouble porting a custom Rom from one variant to the others.

Also, it really hasn't even been two weeks since the phone hit the market and it is already unlocked. I am making the assumption that all the variants will be getting some custom Rom love pretty soon. I'm sure it takes a bit of time.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Rocket_Science:
Oh ok I didn't know that... And I'd be working on some stuff myself but I've had family in town and more pressing things right now :-\
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sharkboy0901:
Hmm I just might have to do something about this :D
[Sprint LG Optimus G] dexterboy1106:
cm9

get my phone tonight will take a ckrack at cm9.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sharkboy0901:
I hear 10.1 is out
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sheek360:
Seems promising! Can't wait
[Sprint LG Optimus G] popularbelief420:
be more than happy to donate and test a cm9 port. i got nothing but time and money. :) keep up the great work everyone
[Sprint LG Optimus G] SinisterChedda:
I'm waiting for development to pick up before I get this phone. It doesn't look good so far. Anyone know if cm is supporting this phone?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
Its coming along. Give us time.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] networx2002:
Can't wait... Just sold my EVO LTE and need some rom action. Thanks for all your hard work.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sheek360:
Man I gotta stop visiting the at&t section, they're getting a pretty good amount of love. They got a clean ROM on version .6 and they got twrp before us. I wonder why the gsm version is easier to work with?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] xboxfanj:
The twrp works with ours too. And cleanrom, we could do, but we don't feel like using our resources on that at the moment. Shelnutt2 and I are concentrating on cm.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sheek360:
I hate to ask for an eta, I know that's taboo but how far off are you guys?

I'll understand if you can't answer of course. I miss aosp, aokp n cm loll
[Sprint LG Optimus G] sharkboy0901:
I'm supposed to get mine today so ill start right away. Release wise not sure, maybe week or two.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] squshy 7:
Seeing xboxfanj post in here makes me feel better lol.