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[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Beautiful ICS​

Just a few things to note before you start​

Beautiful ICS is an android 4.2.1(JB) ROM based on .587 by Sony Ericsson Arc/Arc S.

The ROM is highly customizable is essentially AOKP Running on top of the stable Stock ICS with working features such as Stock Sony Camera and HDMI Working

If you haven't tried this ROM yet then you are seriously missing out, it is the most innovative ROM for the Xperia Arc/S merging together AOKP features and AOSP UI with the Stock Stable sony experience with excellent battery life

Changelog + Hotfixes will be present on post #2​

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ROM Features:​

-Heavily Tweaked; very fast and fluid UI

-Highly customizable

- AOKP ROM control intergrated

-Vanilla ICS Themed Apps ( See Screenshots)

-Vanila ICS Apps ( See Screenshots)

-Lots and lots of other optimizations, such as minfree adjustment, I/O tweaks, VM tweaks, SD Card Read Speed tweaks, JIT tweaks etc..

-Zip aligned etc

-Super Smooth

-Battery friendly

-AOSP Lockscreen

-AOSP Framework

-xLOUD

-Bravia Engine

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Known Issues:​

- Vibration bug when using keyboard- Fix by changing vibration duration to a positive value in Keyboard settings/advanced settings
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How to Install:​

1. Make a CWM Backup incase anything goes wrong (Optional)

2. Copy Beautiful ICS v1.zip to SD card of your phone

3. Flash kernel via fastboot by typing: fastboot flash boot boot.img (Ignore this Step if you have a locked BL)

4. Boot into CWM recovery by pressing the volume down button during boot up when the LED flashes purple

5.Wipe everything ( data, cache + dalvik cache)

6. Go into install zip from SD card and find Beautiful ICS v1.zip

7. Then flash it, Reboot and Enjoy :)​

For Locked Bootloader

Same instructions but BEFORE all that

1. Make sure you are on Stock ICS before flashing

Downloads:​

Beautiful ICS v4

Kernel- XARC Kernel by Sirkay

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Credits:​

-Sony/ Erricson Dev Team for Base ROM

-Google for Vanilla ICs

-hei1125- various tweaks

-Devs here on XDA

-Sirkay

-Jader- general help and ideas

-Zhidizu-Porting help and Idea

-You guys :)​

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Please rate 5 STAR & click the THANKS button if you appreciate my work

If you want to support me please donate to me! !

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Changelog:​

[INDENT][INDENT][FONT="Century Gothic"][SIZE="2"][U]-V1[/U]
-Inital Release
-Ported Most Apps Including AOSP Incall screen
-Stable
-Tweaked for extra smooth-ness

-V2
-Updated most apps
-Tweaked, smoother than before
-Cleaned up init.d
-Fixed graphical glitches
-[B][I][U]ADDED AOKP ROM CONTROL:[/U][/I][/B] Took a very long time, finally

-V3
-Improved Camera? quality -Much better picture quality
-Optimised more- Smoother
-Reboot to recovery in Power menu added
-Onscreen button settings in AOKP ROM Control fixed- Should be working perfectly now
-Weather text in Statusbar finally works ( FINALLY, took so long to fix this guys because it is a modified Stock notification bar with aosp elements being forced into it)
-Fixed LED
-Updated UI a bit more, AOSP look refined
-Added new libs
-New tweaks

V4
[U]-AOKP JB 4.2 Framework Ported[/U]
[U]-Project Butter implemented[/U]
-Released for multiple 2011 devices
-4.2 Keyboard implemented
-4.2 Wallpapers and UI
-Fixed Graphical Glitches
-Fixed gradient background issues, e.g settings background
-Optimised the ROM more, should be much smoother
-Modded Apex to make it smoother and use 4.2 Wallpaper
-Update apps
-Supremecy tweaks also added
-More free Ram available
[/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT][/INDENT]

Hotfixes:​

Lagfix on ROM v4

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Addons:​

1. Xperia Keyboard- Any Version of ROM

2.Google Voice Search

Simply flash in CWM. (CWM Backup is always recommended incase something goes wrong)​

Please rate 5 STAR & click the THANKS button if you appreciate my work!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Feedback​

-Without any doubt the best Ics rom for me Thanks a lot!

Sorin90

-Flashed this last night and can confirm no bugs atall, very fast and smooth. Possibly the best ics rom so far mate.

Sinkster

-The rom is just amazing and smooth

king007khan

-Omg so fast and battery friendly for two days now. ROM is super smooth +I love customization of AOKP rom control. Thanks DINESH!!!!! Amazing ROM best i tried since CM10 but cm10 too buggy for me. NEED HDMI SO THIS IS BEST ROM with speed, looks, customization and battery friendly

Johnsmith12345

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Guys, I spend a lot of time working on this ROM making everything work and need to buy a new computor because my computor I use is very very old and it always reboots so I can't evem upload files let alone debug files. in order to speed up compiling and debugging my ROM/kernel and I am not demanding donations but if you appreciate my work and want to speed up how fast I make innovative updates then a donation will make a big difference.

Thank you

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Special Thanks- Donation List​

-Johnsmith12345

-Sorin90

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Graphics and Misc​

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[Xperia Arc Android Development] hungragezone:
first of all when i scroll through the menu, it isn't smooth, a little lag

and so sad that no battery mod at all :(

battery in deepsleep is ok (5% in 6,5 hours)

Default gmaill app alway force close

The sound is too loud, even with lowest volume

play store error???

I will report later
[Xperia Arc Android Development] danisariandi:
GREAT !! When I started to install your ROM ( with full wipe ), It works flawlessly ;), I'm testing only for LT15 with system partition 419 MB !! AWESOME ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] daniLaLaLaLaLa:
is it support Themes like CM9 rom?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Akbar.e:
screen shot?????
[Xperia Arc Android Development] vashta:
Another Rom... I always love tryin new rom :D. Downloading now....
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Deleted member 4529355:
Will it be ported to the MK16?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] emwno:
This is exactly like JJs hybrid rom. Use that on the pro. It's more less the same thing.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Bro you sure you wiped completely when flashing, don't have those issues and no one else reported. And its first release I'll add battery mods etc later

Not ATM, will be tough because this is not AOSP but maybe I'll try and port it later

Theres many in the thread isn't there

Yeah soon I will
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rod555:
run with stock kernel?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Stock ICS yes but I recommend the kernel in op for b optimum performance
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Akbar.e:
plz more screenshots..

tnx:good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rod555:
perfect! thanks, test now :good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] XtremeSilencer:
this is a jj hybrid rom copy with some new things
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Mate, this is not based off his ROM or anything. I ported it all myself, but yes I did use his work as inspiration ofc. It is based on .587 unlike his older release so most stuff was incompatible to begin with.

An AOSP themed Sony ROM is going to always be similair to other ones, but Im hoping to port more things and make it more unique.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jader13254:
Its not a copy!

YOU should first make a good ROM, BEFORE spamming other threads with useless ignorant comments.

And Yes, 95% of all stock based ROMs are made with 7ZIP...

This is NOT made with 7zip by putting other people work together and calling it a ROM. (Mine also not :p cuz' i follow the same thing, a unique rom ;))
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sinkster:
Flashed this last night and can confirm no bugs atall, very fast and smooth. Possibly the best ics rom so far mate.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] tompec:
+ 1

Should I make pure installation ? I just clear Dalvik and Cache.

Anyway, ROM is still very stable and smooth. I don't see big difference between v2 and v3 :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mungky83:
Hmm..jj's hybrid camera is not stock se? Didn't notice that.

---------- Post added at 09:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:26 PM ----------

I'm using jj's rom. But never fc.. btw is it smooth? And more feature? Nice... :thumbup:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Man, I don't think its worth making a pure installation for it. Here is the thing, this is a stock based ROM so all I have done is themed the lockscreen to look like the AOSP lockscreen, it is impossible to directly port the AOSP lockscreen and therefore the lockscreen weather won't work most of the time because I am forcing AOSP elements into the stock lockscreen and some errors occur sometimes but it occasionally works for me. I think I should maybe deactivate that feature but lockscreen panel in statusbar has been fixed and is working ;)

Sounds good, jader I'll shoot you a PM

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] froggish:
Nice ROM

Hi dinesh690,

Your ROM is great smooth and stable without any bug or fc .

i have just a probleme with cybershot mod .. its not working i get "camera not available".

any way i will use some camera app from market and i will wait till u add it in v4.1.

i have one question : what's the best cpu profile for gaming with sirkey kernel?

keep up the good work bro

and thanks for your hard work
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Hey man, just flash my ROM again without wiping and you will have the stock camera back. Anyway, I like performance governer personally but it's down to you. I don't really play games much on my phone, but temple run and angry birds play very smoothly so performance is always a good governer.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] froggish:
i have the stock camera back by using root uninstaller from market .. thank you for your reply man :good:

5* + Subscribe

Best regards
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sunekosuri:
ok, so as far as I understand the lockscreen weather is working sometimes only? the weather works on status bar/drop down notification screen so it's ok but it was not showing anything when location was set dynamically, it is not working for location based on wifi or gsm. what about calendar events, are they working on lock screen?

anyway the battery is holding long like a crazy motherfu**er, very nice job on this m8, I am very impressed!!! the rom is stable and it works perfectly. for now it is my favorite!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Guys v3.5 will be out as a christmas special. Expect a AOSP android version 4.2 like jellybean UI update with project butter included. Ill post some teaser wallpapers soon but stay excited.

Btw if anyone wants to make a banner for the ROM shoot me a PM. Ill give a 'thanks' and add you in credits.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aleebaan:
Will there be any Locked BL tutorial? BTW thanks for your great work, seems like the best ROM out there by far!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Thank you :)

Okay guys I need a tester with a locked bootloader to PM me to try the method out as my phone has a unlocked bootloader so i can't test it myself. Shoot me a PM guys
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Johnsmith12345:
Hey please make vid soon i want to see this amazing rom in video dev i cant wait for xmas version!!!! will be amazing 4.2 goodies and project butter my phone is already flying!!!!

you deserve more donations!!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aleebaan:
You've got PM ;D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Got quite a few Pm's :) im making the guide now guys and ill send a few of you PM's about the locked BL.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mungky83:
can't wait for it!!! thanx dinesh!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
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[Xperia Arc Android Development] avicho:
Dinesh690

Have you got the butter tweak of jader is it really fast and good?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Kenif1983:
Any hints for battery life, my battery went from 100% to 75% very quickly after a whole night's charge and minimal use
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Well not that one but I can include that aswell;)

Hmm I have excellent battery life and so do most other people, why don't you use betterbatterystats to see what is causing this

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sunekosuri:
yup, battery is holding very good, I think this is the most battery friendly rom I've ever used. try attached kernel in 1st post, and switch from 3g to 2g, it will save a bit of battery. also set governor to smartassv2 and min freq to sth around 120 MHz and max to 1024 MHz.

ROM very good it doesn't FC and it's smooth and fast. only few things I miss from AOSP is weather updates and calendar events on lock screen, but I can live without it because battery holds much better then on AOKP or CM. looking forward to new release, hope it will be as smooth as current one ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Yeah battery life is amazing compared to CM10/ AOKP etc. I mean it is AOKP running on top of the stable STOCK ICS that we all love which is a huge achievement and has taken me god knows how many hours to make so I think the AOSP lockscreen options not working can be excused :)

Next version includes Project Butter and my testers have told me that it is so much faster and smoother than v3. V4 No longer has the JB 4.1 look but now looks and feels like JB 4.2 and and V4 is going to be a big update so I don't want to rush things

Guys do you want me to add Sony Launchers in Aroma settings? just for those who want them incase
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Johnsmith12345:
been testing an alpha version of Beautiful ICS v4, it is finally based on AOKP 4.2!!!!!! Omg 4.2 ROM with working sony features amazing!!! with project butter it is flying on my phone no lag at all smoothest rom for arc this version is amazing. he said he will release for christmas day which is tomorrow. best christmas present !!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] avicho:
Yes we want the Sony launcher option on aroma.. And dinesh could u pm me the 4 ver to test and enjoy....
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rsimas:
I want the Sony launcher also, and if you want I can test also the rom, im a tester also in Miui Portugal ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Great to see that people want to help test the ROM. Shows me that I am not the only one who wants to help this ROM to improve thanks for the support, sent you two PM's, got a few Q's to ask first.

Okay I will add these to Aroma settings with next release then. Guys are you ready for AOKP JB 4.2 on top of Stock ICS? Working on porting all the framework files from 4.2 to it right now, few things seem incompatible but ill just have to replace them with 4.1 JB files.

Few Teaser Screenshots:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] avicho:
Its looks great. the status bar will be also 4.2?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SammiSaysHello:
Aeon's small apps and Xperia s lockscreen works will work.with v4 dinesh? Might try it out when its released :)

Sent from Xperia Arc S
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mungky83:
wow! i'm so pump! can't wait.

thanx dinesh! great work..truely awesome dude. :good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] pierremtb:
TEST PM

I can't wait for v4, could you send me the test link ? :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kaatisu84:
I'm usually not a big fan of tweaked and modded stock roms, but this one looks something special, might have to give it a try. Will test it once you release v4.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Futurust:
Any chance for Neo V? :D
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Haha just porting it to Neo V right now :P And a few other 2011 devices. Updated a few screenshots on OP aswell. Good to see so many people are excited

V4 Will be released today as it is Christmas today :) This is a massive update with whole of AOKP 4.2 Framework Ported over not old 4.0 Framework so full wipe is required
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Sorin90:
Will expandable notification and fast settings be working too?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] avicho:
+1 for the Qusetion.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
I'm trying to port it but the API simply doesn't support it. Keeps giving me errors on ADB I mean it is still the stock base but most other things have been ported. Few key features can't be. I'll see if any other devs on XDA have done it and shoot them a PM but I doubt it.

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Sorin90:
okok hope to see those features in the next releases .Till now you have done a very good job. :good:
[Xperia Arc Android Development] joint_one:
Hey, this is very good job from you!

Is dialer faster than stock sonys one? Is it stock and themed to looks like aosp?

All apps are stock and themed to look like aosp, right?

THANKS
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
I guess you can call it themed. But it essentially AOKP framework and apps running on top of Stock. Not just apps and framework themed to look like AOSP and therefore gives you AOSP with working features like Sony camera etc but also requires a lot more work

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] G-martar:
question

Will this new update work on locked bootloaders?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Guys Beautiful ICS v4 is released.

Remember, a full wipe is a must for this release because it is quite a large update

Changelog: V4

-AOKP JB 4.2 Framework Ported

-Project Butter implemented

-Released for multiple 2011 devices

-4.2 Keyboard implemented

-4.2 Wallpapers and UI

-Fixed Graphical Glitches

-Fixed gradient background issues, e.g settings background

-Optimised the ROM more, should be much smoother

-Modded Apex to make it smoother and use 4.2 Wallpaper

-Update apps

-Supremecy tweaks also added

-More free Ram available

Rom download link : http://d-h.st/udf

I am workiing on locked bootloader release, it will certainly be out for next version, maybe v4.1 before it :) Sorry for the wait.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jader13254:
Very cool, thanks.

I'll let you know when I have new ideas for you...

Thanks for your efforts :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mungky83:
dinesh can u make google chrome the default browser? its a hassle for storage.

sorry for asking too much.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Will do in the next release for sure :) thanks for the suggestion

As always leave feedback of the ROM guys
[Xperia Arc Android Development] sunekosuri:
that's not good idea, I don't want to have chrome browser, just add it if you want to..

danish, did you port browser also? AOKP browser has this lab add on, quick menu with additional buttons, this was very huge improvement I would be more than glad to use it in your ROM.

ps.

I have 1 day and 3 hours runtime and battery got still 78% of power, that's HUGE!!!! of course the phone was laying around whole night without data and sync, but nevertheless it is very battery friendly ROM. I hope that v4 will be as friendly as v3.

CHEERS DANISH and BIG thanks for your work!!!!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jader13254:
I won't do it,cChrome is beta & sucks hard imho.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Dinesh ;) Acoording to testers it is around as battery friendly as v3.

Yeah Ill add chrome as an addon maybe but you can simply download it from play store/xda but It seems obselete without flash support aswell. I think i will port AOKP browser for next release which is basically stock browser with more options
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Johnsmith12345:
Dinesh how can you make such an amazing release one after the other? it is so smooth i can really feel project butter and I love the new look and feel thank you so much!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mungky83:
nice rom! loving it! just an idea,can u port trebuchet? or kang launcher?

it have more stock look imho. btw great work. kudos!
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jader13254:
@dinesh690

Why didn't you integrate Jelly Bean Animations? Those are great imho, get them here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2038926
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Oh snap i forgot about those. Making a word doc of all the suggestions this time so i don't forget :P
[Xperia Arc Android Development] jader13254:
haha lol

How I do it...

I have a folder on my sd card called "===111==="

in this folder i put a folder "===111===" (to show up first) with a file called "changelog" here i put everything inside i collect.

Files and other stuff in ===111=== on sd ;)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] mungky83:
i've flash this Sony Camera3D Panorama rom jj's rom.

it work.
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Ofc it should work on any ICS ROM. Actually I should start providing more addons shouldn't I :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] G-martar:
Request

Please realese the 4.1 update for locked bootloader soon! it would be very great, i have tested all roms. the best battery life = SK-CZ XPERIA TEAM EDT-2 (it is too much themed :/ )and jj hybrid rom! I am looking for a rom which is stable with jelly bean features like yours and a good battery life! Now I am on the Revolution ics hd sonic, it is good with but the battery life is too short! :/

Please realese your rom soon :)
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rsimas:
The keyboard works fine? I cant swipe in keyboard
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Try reflashing the ROM without wiping buddy
[Xperia Arc Android Development] avicho:
For me also the keyboard is not working good and i think it's broken, I'v installed the sony Keyboard and it's ok...
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
Edit: Tested, this is working on locked bootloader guys. Just flash through CWM. Make sure you are on Stock ICS before flashing
[Xperia Arc Android Development] kaz93:
does this rom has cm theme support?
[Xperia Arc Android Development] rsimas:
I already reflashing the rom and its not working
[Xperia Arc Android Development] Aleebaan:
Shouldn't it work from any Stock-based ROM if you format /system first? I think so...

EDIT: On Stock ROM, wiped everything and flashed, resulted in bootloop -.- :(
[Xperia Arc Android Development] dinesh690:
What ROM where you on?

Sent from my LT18i
[Xperia Arc Android Development] SammiSaysHello:
hey dinesh can you share that yellow wallpaper? :D

Nevermind. Found it