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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mariaa_costa2:
Camera isn't available on .96

I've the latest firmware and the when I open the camera says:

Error:

The camera isn't available

ANy help please ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Clear data of Camera.apk in Settings.. If it doesn't help, go to recovery i.e CWM and wipe cache and dalvik cache and see.. Tht'll about do it.. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
i had this issue and tried the ways you said,maybe 2 weeks back.this bug comes again,only solution is doing a complete factory reset :fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] darkerm:
is there any Pre-Rooted+Deodexed .96?

and how can I get CWM?

anyone care to help this dude?

I did searched but I am confused. Help.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ejstubbs:
I don't have a problem charging while the phone is off (though it is slower than when the phone is on). I've not heard of the mounting issue, any pointers?

I upgraded from ICS to JB using Sony Bridge for Mac. I'm reluctant to flash a JB ftf because that would mean rebuilding the phone from scratch: rooting, deodexing, adding CWM, installing lidroid toggles, getting all the settings right again etc etc. That's all a bit time-consuming, especially when everything else on the phone apart from CWM is fine.

Maybe I'll just continue to live with the tar backups. At least they're relatively easy to manage, being self-contained, so you can move them off to the external SD card or bring them back again with a single operation in a file manager app. With the dedupe format you have to faff around in CWM to recover space from the blobs folder when you delete a backup from the SD card, and moving a backup to the external SD card is that bit more complicated too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
it's better that u flash a prerooted rom

Although rooting is not tough...it can be rooted with cwm too. or doomlord's kit.

Or for deodexing...

flash a deodexed jb rom with all the lidroid toggles as they are available...

and for backup it's best to use sony's backup and restore for the apps and data or as u said the .tar backup as it's manageable easily..

Post me if u get problems

as i guess you'll not getting any...

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Check the Xperia s Dev section there are preooted and deodexed roms for .96..

Check the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2425192

And post Here for Queries
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mariaa_costa2:
Bug in camera

I've mad the factory reset and it doesn't work.

How can I wipe cache in recovery ? will it clear my all data too ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RHBH:
Are you using Honami framework? Stock kernel?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
it wont clear the data.go to recovery and select DELETE CACHE and then got to advanced option then select DELETE DALVIK CACHE :good:this should help
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mariaa_costa2:
Bug in camera

I will try.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
I am really sorry bro.I also saw those bugs/problems you mentioned.they were not occurring till yesterday.the mx player and YouTube lag when controls are appearing on touch.now I agree it can be irritating if heavy user like me,but maybe normal user wont notice much.I am not sure is it an app issue or rom issue but my mind says it's rom issue because it happens in most 3rd party players not all,wondershare player is an exception.YouTube,only happens in landscape.can be neglected but in jelly bean ruins the whole smoothness :eek:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ejstubbs:
I prefer to stick with the stock ROM, and work from a known point. Then I follow proven processes for rooting, adding CWM, deodexing and adding some minor customisations such as the lidroid toggles. That way I've got a reasonable idea what's on my phone, but it is time-consuming. (I take your point about using the Sony backup & restore utilities, that should save some work.)

I have installed a different CWM (from here) which allows me to back up to the external SD card. Backing up in dedupe format still crashes, though (even backing up in tar format crashes occasionally, but dedupe does it every time :().

UPDATE:

I've installed version 2.5 of cray_Doze' original package from here. That turned out to be based on version 6.0.3.2 of CWM rather than the 6.0.3.0 of version 2.2 of the installer package. In addition to the external SD card support I was pleased to find that it has my preferred use for the home button ie "OK" like the power key, rather than "cursor up" like the volume up key. That means that I can 'drive' CWM through the capacitive buttons rather than the hardware keys, which I prefer because it saves wear on moving parts.

Best of all, this version doesn't crash when doing

dedupe

backups :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Exactly try the recovery which backs up the data fully.

And doing it by urself is worthy of ur time as its ur mods and u knw wats there and whats not,

Post me if u get problems.

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Try fixing permissions it will solve.

And use it as a smartphone as what it is. Heavy usage is what its capable of.

So use it like that. Heavy or light
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
doesnt solve,but thanks for the help.not a big issue like that major 1080p video lag.i better get used to the movies app that i really hate :laugh: its still the best update.this problem will be neglected by me as just a visual slow down not overall performance slow down :p maybe any minor updates expected for xperia s ? we cant dream of android 4.2 nor 4.3 nor 4.4 thats android KITKAT :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mariaa_costa2:
Camera isn't available on .96

It didn't work :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mjames.abordo:
speaker bug

Its very annoying... I missed already a lot of alarms because the phone speaker is too low.... I tried increasing it and its still too low.. Dont know why.. Anyone who is experiencing the same problem?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] raziel123:
Hardware overlay issue

I have just discovered the lag issues are due to the hardware overlay,

Disabling it in developer options eliminates them but causes cpu usage to shoot up

This needs to be fixed by Sony
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Exactly even a slight bug can be annoying.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] raziel123:
Really hope there will be another update to fix the issues above
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
You can try to fix it by adding a few tweaks in the build prop

It will solve streaming issue as u mentioned.

Search for the build prop tweaks here in xda or google.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Wing00w0:
This was the last update, your hope it's too big( and I hope to be wrong XD)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
i know that from 1st,it also solves the video play stutters but after every reboot that option gets unchecked and will have to check manually :(

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can it be fixed by developers ? or maybe SONY will give out minor patch or minor update like for XPERIA P :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Add this to the end of your build prop..

But back up the original build prop to the sdcard to location of your choice..

Increased Media & Streaming Performance

media.stagefright.enable-player=true

media.stagefright.enable-meta=true

media.stagefright.enable-scan=false

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

And post the results..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nexus_7:
I'm experiencing a network coverage loss very often, anyone else? it never happened before.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Reselect the network manually pls.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nexus_7:
will give it a try, thanks.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sandip_909:
Is anyone facing the issue of clock running fast? Even after disabling auto update of date and time, it still runs ahead over time.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Clear data of clock. From settings. App all
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sandip_909:
Done that, let's see if it gets fixed.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] skycamefalling:
In the time&alarm app from Sony, I'm missing the possibility to set seconds for the timer. In the timer screen, I can only set hours and minutes. I think that it worked before with Android 4.0
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sandip_909:
Well it's still the same, I.cleared clock data but it has again gone faster.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Clear data of clock and manualy set the time.. And date from the setup wizard and reboot.

And post the results
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Summer Son:
Hi All,

I have an issue: the in-call volume is always at maximum, I can change it to any I want, however once I'm getting/making next call its back on max. Seems like it doesn't "save" its position. Upgraded from 4.0.3 without wiping (yes, I know, but still). Any ideas?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Add the line in build prop..for in call vol.

Make a backup of the original build prop 1st.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Summer Son:
I don't have root...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Check the specific apps from the play store
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Summer Son:
I tried. I've installed "Volume Control +" and that didn't help. I thought at least that will re-adjust that file's (the one that stores volume level) permissions, but no.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Root it. Theres no prob. With root u can unroot whenever u want so its fine to root.

Also try a reset and then see.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sandip_909:
Done. Monitoring now, will update in 24 hours.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] huzi7868:
wen ever i set camera to normal it allways goes back to auto
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rodze:
This is a very "noob" question, but I'm currently on stock 6.1.a.2.55 (never rooted, never anything) and seeing all the bugs about .96 makes me wary.

If I update with the Sony PC companion, is there any way to revert back to the stock .55?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PLovrin:
Are you sure about .96? .200 really had a lot of bugs but they are gone.

For me it works really good. In my opinion the best firmware since GB.

If you update you will experience bad battery life in first few days but it will settle and get better. This is at least mine experience.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ejstubbs:
It would be foolish to describe a software release as "bug free" but with .96 Sony do seem to have successfully nailed the ones which everyone was complaining about in .200 and .211. I avoided those versions but I upgraded to .96 and I haven't felt any desire to go back to .55.

You can flash the .55 ftf using Flashtool. That will wipe your apps and data but you should be able to recover those using the backup & restore features in PC companion. No rooting required.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
There are not much bugs in .96 as u heard.

See by urself. No prob u can always revert to ics when u want
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mikekop:
That might be because you're using the dedicated shutter button to start the camera, try starting it as you would start an app, through the app drawer. I can't verify this myself, passed my S on to my daugther.

Skickat från min C6603 via Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Wing00w0:
Press the menu capacitive button the screen will go black a sec them come back and now the camera will be in normal mode(or whatever configuration you put)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
We know Sony's support chat might not be the most reliable source for news, but this "Jason", seems extremely confident that an update for the greatest phone out of the three here will be coming:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sandip_909:
So far so good, hasn't deviated yet.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] crazydeepman:
Good Sony

in my little opinion that's a good move from Sony
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Late Scapegoat:
I'm still having the issue of the green LED staying on after I unplug the phone from a full recharge. This doesn't happen every day but that's annoying when it does, as the only fix is a reboot.

Anybody else with this problem? Any recommendation or permanent fix?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] conalt:
I get it it randomly too. But just plug the charger back in for a few seconds and then unplug it again. Works fine for me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] UchihaDareNial:
Finally thank God there is a respond for that question since I just 'bash' Sony around 2 hours ago through email regarding about Xperia ion jelly bean fix
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
Sony tak boleh tahan.

I bashed Sony via email two weeks ago. Haven't replied. But we should get the update soon.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] UchihaDareNial:
Lol yeah xD Sony sudah pening kepala dengan Xperia ion user selepas Xperia S user ditenangkan lol (Sony already got their head spin with Xperia ion user after Xperia S user be calmed lol)

Anyway,how do you contact them using that sort of 'chat'?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
You chat here:

http://www.sonymobile.com/sg/support/contact-us/country/en_US/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] UchihaDareNial:
Got some goodies here
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] siddharthaprabhu100:
Tats bcos of more notification history....clear it u ll get the previous option...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abhaz:
lock screen clock issue

I'm on an Xperia S, rooted using DooMLoRD_Easy-Rooting-Toolkit_v18.

Everything works great, except the clock on the lock screen.

If I turn off the screen, and turn it on, say, after 10 minutes, I see the lock screen clock showing the time of 10 minutes ago for one second.

Then it shows the current time.

This indicates that when the screen is turned off, the lock screen clock does not work.

I dont know if this is really an issue, but it does annoy me, as I tired many fixes and workarounds, but it is still there.

I'd appreciate any ideas you may have.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ejstubbs:
This has been reported and discussed previously in a different .96 thread. The conclusion (based on Sony's answer to a question on the Sony support forums) is that it's not a bug, it's meant to be that way. It's supposedly a power-saving measure.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abhaz:
I didn't know about that. Thank you for the information.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] smartyn13r:
lights for the home and back button

the lights for the home and back button have remained lit whenever I end a call.

I noticed this when i was in a dark room

I have to unlock and lock the fone again to turn that OFF

SD-Card stops suddenly while playing music, this happens randomly after listening to music for some time.

When using SBH20 unable to connect to Wifi, have to switch off Bluetooth then connect to Wifi and then again connect SBH20

NFC tag stops responding even tough i hear the sound and vibration that it started, no action performed

3G-Vodafone doesnt connect when away from Wifi Network, have to either switch ON/OFF data or put in Airplane mode or restart phone serveral times

Minon Rush and Asphalt 8 works fine but randomly closes, have to restart fone to play again smoothly

NFS MW doesnt work anymore, worked perfectly fine on ICS

RAM usgae always show available between 70-150MB, have to force close apps, NO ROOT...

Battery drains quicky, have purchased SONY's power bank 3500mAh which recharges 2 times but that too isnt suffice now.

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Sony Xperia acro S - JB ...B.1..96 - Reflashed - Original firmware

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Flash your ftf and wipe everything.. Make a clean install.. And Asphalt 8 and Minion Rush crash sometimes.. Its the game's problem.. It crashes sometimes even on my friend's Nexus4.. And don't use apps that simply eat RAM and battery.. Or atleast use Greenify.. ;) It will save some more RAM for you and also juice.. NFS MW will work in .96 fw.. No probs with tat.. Making a clean install will solve all your problems.. Do take a backup of ur SD card to your system and format SD memory and copy them again once if SD card problem still persists.. That oughta help u for everything..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] smartyn13r:
issue tissue

i already flashed my fone with full wipe

further more have reformated with factory settings

also this is a new 32GB SD Class 10 card

what about the rest of the issues???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
What other issues??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] smartyn13r:
read previous post

Please read post #268

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45998066&postcount=268
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
I already answered all your questions.. May be the LED light problem might be with the Stock ROM itself.. Confirm with other users.. And making a clean install will solve almost all your bugs except for 3G vodafone n/w.. Its related to vodafone.. The problem might be with vodafone, not your fone.. Install all the apps freshly.. Don't restore your backup.. Try installing your ROM freshly..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Zapato47:
i don't know if is exactly a bug or something, but when i rooted my phone using Vroot, the battery drain faster, and im a battery saver person i have low brigtht no vibration effects and some other things.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
i got the solution for mx player and youtube lag.due to some issues i reflashed my phone,clean and no restore from backup.the problems are gone.so no problem in the .96 :highfive: cheers if more problems,go with dice player
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Billzaff:
Sony xperia s jellybean 6.2.b.1.96 call issue

I upgraded my phone to 6.2.b.1.96 just now In UK. but after upgrading I found a bug when I connect my phone with wifi and dial a number it takes 1 minute to dial a call it freez when I turn my wifi off and dial a number it works pleaaseee helpp
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Freezing is because of bad N/w or bad Wifi signals.. Its normal and nothing to worry about.. :silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] smartyn13r:
issues

FYI I didnt have these problems before, also i have done a clean wipe without any restore but it hasnt resolved the issues

LED problem - after call is ended, back-home-menu stays ON

for the 3G issue i have reported it to vodafone but they are least bothered about it

recently tried Airtel 3G but still the same issue, network full though not able to connect to 3G, either have to restart the fone or in airplane mode

Asphalt 8 works smoothly for 2-3 races and then closes randomly, sadly lost all data due to format/reflash
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Delete your APN and get them freshly once again.. Asphalt 8 game isn't stable.. It crashes every now and then even on Nexus 4 and SGS IV as well.. I don't know about the illumination bar(LED) problem u r facing.. Have u tried any other ROMs?? Atleast different region versions??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sanehdeep:
picture goes yellow tint with flash during low light condition,in Latest 6.2.B.1.96

i have sony xperia s and update with Latest FW 6.2.B.1.96

this update clear all the isues

but i am facing a problem, picture goes yellows when capturing low light photos with flash light , at the same time if i capture video it is good very good white balance if i capture image during video it is also good white balance , without flash picture is good ,

so final is picture goes yellow tint with flash during low light condition,

i have checked it with stock as well as customer roms build with Latest FW 6.2.B.1.96
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Aditya Srinidhi:
I haven't faced any major bugs so far, but sometimes, my Wifi signals are really weak even though Im very close to the router!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dieselman6969:
I have the same problame with wi fi
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
if u r facing problem with wifi, flash wifi modules from trinity's thread.. if u hv unlocked bootloader only..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] proposicion47:
Vroot didn't work here on 6.2.B.1.96 (it shows a red message next to the phone pictre and chinese chars and USB in latin script among them.

I assume they complain about usb debugging (perhaps?) but I did have it enabled
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ADDICT.ANK:
Try wifi fix. From playstore

or set it manually again
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] toylee1992:
Xperia keyboard lag is not fix. It lag when speed typing. :(

I flash MOD Honami keyboard from Niaboc79 the lag is gone. :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cirnocirno:
So I installed the FW 6.2.b.1.96. Now my wifi is really slow and I can't log into my gmail or get with play store or whatsoever. Any advice what to do?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dieselman6969:
expected to leave 4.4 :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] barbosa84:
try Doomlord's Root Method. It should work like charm.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Joej970:
Hello guys!

I am dissapointed a little bit with this update. Actually I am not sure if my problems are caused by firmware or by the phone itself.

Apps close and reopen when im using multiple apps. Let's say I open a link in fb app. Chrome opens and when I am done and want to go back to fb app, it opens again and refresh. Or if I am reading something on chrome and get a sms and text back, the chrome reloads the site again, what's annoying (especially if I am writing something - all my text disappear).

And Google search has took 5 seconds to start after holding the home key.

Or could be this caused by a lack of ram? I have quite a lot apps installed on my phone...

are you guys facing to something similar?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] revan17:
Yes, it's lack of RAM. Fb, chrome are also the most ram hogging apps on general. I don't know if there's anything you can do in general to fix that... Perhaps use stock browser and delete unnecessary system apps, if you're rooted. This phone has little RAM and at this day and age with modern android, it's just not enough anymore.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tel033:
Yes wifi is an issue, before updating I've read this was an awesome update, bit so far is not that great, battery is draining too much, right after screen usage in battery stats, is the Android OS with 27 percent or so... Any solution?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kalavrezos:
.96 working perfect on mine. No bugs at all, fast, smooth and a little better battery life. I don't know if it's the same after a simple update, I did a clean install.

sent from XS using my fingers :)p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] n70shan:
no for me its 30 fps but that doesnt worthfull because it is still jerky........and continously focusing is making me angry
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lordoftheriffs:
For me it's perfectly 30 fps during playback.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] RHBH:
I'm experiecing WiFi losing connection with this FW, I wasn't at .200 ROM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
All Xperia phones running JB will not include 3D Panorama.

It might look a bit jerky in the camera viewfinder while recording, the output don't lag at all.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Masarius:
I've just tried making a 1080p recording on ICS (6.1.A.2.55) both outdoors and inside in a moderately lit (mid day sun) room. I wouldn't say the 1080p recording is perfect on ICS - especially on the indoors video the phone was continuously auto focusing, particularly while panning or if something was moving in the background, resulting in a fairly blurry video. The video is not horrible by any means, it's very acceptable for a cell phone - but I wouldn't shoot my wedding with it.

I'm just wondering if 1080p recording on this phone has always been a bit a bit hit-and-miss, but we're only really noticing it now because we are actively looking for it? A direct side by side comparison of video shot with ICS and the latest JB would be interesting.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] @NUJ:
my wifi is nt working??

it only says obtaining ip address and nothing happens
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] @NUJ:
in INDIA 2g problem still pesists :( :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zaidx:
No bugs or errors here :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] @NUJ:
u from india???
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kimikim0:
so far so good , thanks sony ^^
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] @NUJ:
in notification when u listing to music the previous key doesnt appear