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[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
No news in the last 10 days?

Anyone in the UK been able to update via SEUS??

:confused:
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i was told wouldnt be before released before july
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Try the "official" ROMS thread in the ROMS section... I only tried SEUS the once before flagging it as a super slow and pain in the ar$e way to update...
[XPERIA X1 General] moleculez:
Guys u suggest you guys download the R3A from the official ROM site. Its a 200+ MB update and the is not advisable for such big file as its very slow.
[XPERIA X1 General] minglee:
R3AA010 is already out

R3AA010 is already out from SEUS.

I am downloading it from SEUS.

Edit: download completed and flash update is successful.
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
UK Generic???
[XPERIA X1 General] cupcake:
Has anyone noticed any differences between the official and 'leaked' R3A?
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
do report any changes u observe in the new rom tnx.
[XPERIA X1 General] minglee:
R3AA010 from SEUS

Below are some information about the R3AA0010 updated from SEUS, today.

Generic_UK

ROM version: 1.05.931.10

ROM date: 04/23/09

Radio version: 1.14.25.55

My device model is : X1i

My findings:

(1) No auto flash option in camera settings.

(2) The radio singal reception is better than R2A (by my feelings and 5 bars indicated on the singal icon)

(3) Scrolling is smooth;sometimes it will stop if scrolling too fast but it will release the screen after a few seconds.

(4) No crash or freeze-up encountered so far.

(5) Switching to \Windows folder not much improved in speed.

(6) Panel manager response is better compared to R2A ROM.

(6) FM Radio is not integrated in the media panel, still as a seperate panel.
[XPERIA X1 General] WhyBe:
I'm not understanding what all of this "other" R3a software was supposed to be if it wasn't included with this release. Was it actually part of an upcoming R4 release? I'm speaking of the new MX Panel with radio, camera, games and other things that were purported to be included in R3a.

If someone is going to reply "Use the Search", then please suggest some search terms too ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
:mad:

whats this bull**** now, SEUS still wont give me R3A so how has minglee got:

Generic_UK

ROM version: 1.05.931.10

ROM date: 04/23/09

Radio version: 1.14.25.55

Im in the f~~king UK so why cannot I update?
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
And what did you find or better 'loose' in terms of memory? I lost about 9 MB RAM. Look in Settings/Memory and Storage lists only 268.51MB with this new ROM, where with the former it was 277.5xMB that I had. Sucks! ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] WF72431:
i just updated my phone with R3A from SEUS
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
so even this official rom update from seus doesnt include the new media panel with fmradio, xtraxt and the other leaked stuff that were supposedly leaked from r3a?

if thats the case i aint updating...
[XPERIA X1 General] dude6595:
i second that!!
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i still cannot update to r3a! from uk!
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
Please post your location when posting so we know where the update is

Im in the UK midlands and cannot update.

ANYONE ELSE?
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Im in the UK - south of london (Surrey) and cannot update.

ANYONE ELSE?
[XPERIA X1 General] dkinik:
R3AA010 is now released on SEUS :)
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
:confused:

Where are you dkinik?

On what provider??

:confused:

As posted seveeral times now -the update via SEUS is only available in some countries so far (eg Germany has it -UK not yet)
[XPERIA X1 General] cupcake:
I updated via SEUS from NW of UK on Thursday to R3A. My X1i is generic and not Voda branded etc.
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
UK Generic?

So, no new things, just improvements?
[XPERIA X1 General] cupcake:
Nope, no improvements. I can't see any differences from R2A which was always very fast and stable for me!
[XPERIA X1 General] exrazorfish:
What exactly is R3A bringing us?

Updated from R2A to R3A today. No hazzle with the update, which went smooth. Ofcourse, all data was lost (trigging a move to/from memory card, but still losing call history, a bunch of sent mails, etc. I takes about a day to restore all the settings and tweaks, same as with last upgrade (to R2A).

I can't find any improvements worth mentioning, though. The device may start up a second or two faster than before, scrolling may be a bit smoother, but nothing to jump high for. The geotagging and auto flash in the Camera app are NOT in this release (hence having to install the leaked R3A Camera with these features again). The panel manager seems to have been worked on, but still always goes back to the Today panel upon start up.

Would be nice with an official version history, if possible. Except for the feeling of having the latest ROM, this upgrade wasn't worth the effort. R2A is stable enough.

My details:

Program version: R3AA009

ROM version: 1.05.936.9

ROM date: 04/19/09

Radio version: 1.14.25.55
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Thanks for the info dude!

they took so long to release r3a yet nothing appears to have changed significantly :S

what a waste of time!
[XPERIA X1 General] FundeMentaL:
I just updated to R3AA007 from the Netherlands, Dutch rom.

I don't notice a brighter keyboard nore a brighter screen. But it does switch faster in between tabs.
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
new thread?

Release date of R4A?
[XPERIA X1 General] augie7107:
SEUS updated today to version 2.9.6.12

No NAM R3 update yet so I hoped this would signify we would finally get it.

SEUS identified device and still states R2AA008 is the latest firmware.

Ridiculous.
[XPERIA X1 General] hhhh3:
R3A is the last rom release from SE
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Source? Citation?
[XPERIA X1 General] rarewolf:
I came here after seeing today's post at Engadgetmobile.com. I indeed wonder if it's yet available via SE's Update Service? Anyone know for sure?

cheerios from the Avalon peninsula Newfoundland (... where there's still only one 3G tower ...) :)
[XPERIA X1 General] hhhh3:
just a feeling, SE abondon us sooner or later after this release.

thats what happen to HP's winmo device.
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Ok I see... tbh I think they will do at least one more update that includes the extra features of the leaked R3 ROM that were not in the "official" ROM... but thats with no insight or knowledge... just a guess...
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Yea - they must do otherwise what would happen to all the leaked extra stuff
[XPERIA X1 General] moleculez:
I have installed a downloaded pre release version which states:

ROM version: 1.05.931.10

ROM date: 4/23/09

Radio Version: 1.14.25.55

This is Vodaphone UK.

If anyone has downloaded using SESU pleast post what their info looks like.

Regards
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
so it seems like the r3a rom update is official now...

http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=7503

but if theres nothing much new in this rom then i wont rush to update...
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Thats not really official - it would be official if they stated it on their website under the X1 section (which they still havent) but a lot of sites are now saying that R3a has been released
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
2.6.09 13:00

no update release yet still R2A on SEUS midlands UK
[XPERIA X1 General] Stevo8227:
Just for information the R3 update, according to a swedish mobile magasine, contains the following things:

-Quicker response on the touchscreen

-Better reception on the GSM/GPRS/3G parts

-Quicker Mediapanel

-Brighter backlight for the keyboard

And just as the author of the article I also must say that I don't noticed theese improvements that much except for one thing. One the way to my work I pass a point where the phonecalls always dropped before due to the GSM-coverage, now that doesn't happen anymore :)
[XPERIA X1 General] bronx:
updated to so called official version yesterday and maybe it's me, but signal seems to be better, xperia is louder and keyboard is much more responsive. panel manager and media xperience panel are more snappy as well.
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
improved signal would totally be worth the update ... I ll check it out tonight or tomorrow
[XPERIA X1 General] romeo0119:
Could you guys that updated already and reporting that signal is better, can you check and see what radio version you all have?
[XPERIA X1 General] Tigershark42:
Its not worth upgrading yet then. Surely SE would not waste time making an Xtract game, a new panel manager, new panels and a new camera program if they did not plan to release a ROM containing these updates. These features were probably not released in this ROM because they were not tested sufficiently or weren't stable enough or something along those lines.

Maybe some of those features were abandoned and wont be released at all- but surely not all of them. I know the new camera app isnt at all problematic on my X1, anyway. Still, better this than they release the ROM with all the upgrades and then everyone here complains that it crashes.
[XPERIA X1 General] bronx:
radio on mine is 1.14.25.55

after flash I had no freezes, crashes and device is very snappy and smooth. in my flat I used to have 2 bars of hsdpa now is between 3 and 4 (!). was it worthy? well... it's not worse than r2a for sure, so imho the answer is yes, it is. the only painful thing was to reinstal and retweak the damned thing, but I've managed to do that in just about 3 - 4 hrs (inc. sd flashing) so I guess it wasn't too bad.
[XPERIA X1 General] romeo0119:
I had 1.14 radio before but I was always using cooked rom and not all of them were base of R3, maybe some of them were base of the leaked R3 and not official R3. I will reflash and see.
[XPERIA X1 General] augie7107:
Anybody in NAM have success getting this rom through SEUS yet?
[XPERIA X1 General] ring-bearer:
Nope, tried yesterday. It's still saying that R2A is the latest...
[XPERIA X1 General] Fr@:
It's Microsoft own word:

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/...-5?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_downloadsquad
[XPERIA X1 General] _digi_:
You should also add :

-Web browsing is almost imposible , IExplorer and Opera lose tap and zoom, esential for a nice browse experience

-Flash browsing doesnt work properly

-Memory use goes from 27% to 60 % always

Moved from Touch it 4.5 to R2A , and wait a less hiperbulky rom, oficial or not, based on R3A
[XPERIA X1 General] chalid:
As long as you have free memory it doesn't matter. I too thought it makes a difference having more free memory available, but it doesn't. Since I realized that, I started to minimize the most used apps (like yota contacts, opera, messaging ...) and not close them. Using the phone is MUCH faster that way and running other programs isn't a problem.
[XPERIA X1 General] vector4agn:
What about memory consumption?
[XPERIA X1 General] chalid:
what about it? with older windows mobile devices you had to check your memory consumption since there was the possibility to run out of memory. but having less free memory available doesn't necessarily mean your device gets slower. Just give it a try. Start the most used apps and put them into the exclusive list of the htc task manager (that way they only get minimized). If the X1 gets too slow just undo the exclusivelist thing and use it like before.

I can say for my part, that only minimizing my favorite applications works much better.
[XPERIA X1 General] twosix:
I also moved back to R2A from 4.5. The X1i is always too warm to hold when doing something with it. And it lags in some apps like poutlook and opera. I'll wait for something better and stable to try again.
[XPERIA X1 General] vector4agn:
I'm sorry, I made a mistake. What I wanted to ask was about battery consumption. I agree that having most of the frequently used applications minimized makes the phone faster to use.
[XPERIA X1 General] erichui:
Well like you, most of the time I never close my most used apps since it is much faster and having more free memory won't really make it faster.

But then, it would matter for an application to consume more memory without giving any benefits.

I am fine if the browser uses more memory but have extra benefits such as faster rendering. But it would be bad the only thing it does is consume extra memory and nothing else.
[XPERIA X1 General] syzyec:
it seems that R3A ROM will be released tomorrow?
[XPERIA X1 General] Firefall!:
Let's hope :D
[XPERIA X1 General] leobox1:
i hope it gives the x1 a godo kick in the butt
[XPERIA X1 General] shithead:
How will SE update us with Xperia Updates?

Should we check their blog (www.xperiancer.com)

Or do we have to check it manually with SEUS?
[XPERIA X1 General] qritikal:
so i see people have hold of R3 rom already, i seen some features out, like the camera cab and panels

when is the official release?
[XPERIA X1 General] shithead:
They don't know it

Rumors say it will be out today (maybe later), but no official word.

Anyway, i'm glad SE is working on it ;-)
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
It will NOT be out today. People have taken the info from a press release stating that the 4 new panels would be realised in March and somehow managed to turn that in to R3A will be out in March.

From the leaked beta ROM there is still some work for SE to do.
[XPERIA X1 General] safdl:
Maybe.

I dont know if you know but at least one of the panels needs an active X update. Thats normally not installed in the panel. Its delivered separately. So there is hope yet.
[XPERIA X1 General] mobilevu:
Excellent thinking, as the growing panel needs the activex cab and if this panel is available so does the R3A ;-)
[XPERIA X1 General] P951:
So, then it IS a chance that i will get R3A if I run SEUpdateservice from now!

Last time SEupdate told me that I didn't need to update my X1, but I flashed my device anyway and I did in fact receive an updated ROM!
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
But the Growing Panel will only be released on the R3A firmware.

SE will release R3A on EMMA (don't ask, learn to search) first. We will find out on here pretty quickly that it's happened, and shortly after I'm sure the ROMs will be leaked to those willing to install them themselves.

A few weeks later you'll see SEUS informing you of a new firmware.

Until either someone sees something on EMMA, or a friend of a friend at SE gives you a date can we please stop having people making stupid guesses?
[XPERIA X1 General] darthmelk:
I hope they add Opera 9.7 to this ROM if they are still delaying it. Afterall, the Opera guys were testing it on an X1 in the videos...
[XPERIA X1 General] Coldsoft:
Just updated to R3AA010 on May 29

using SEUS 2.9.5.12

not seeing any of the new stuff...
[XPERIA X1 General] mkouk:
i have to say the keyboard responsiveness is way off the charts now. Having used the X1 for 6 months i got used to having to press the space bar in a specific way to register now a simple touch does it and it is annoying because it is entering more than one space! grrrrr:mad:
[XPERIA X1 General] rarewolf:
I'm in Canada, and very curious about this update. However, I'd have to update my X1a via SEUS ... and at the same time wonder if the same update is available for the X1a version of the phone(?) Can anyone from NAm verify this update via SEUS?
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
whats your Location?
[XPERIA X1 General] Coldsoft:
Canada with R3AA010....x1i
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
damn not UK then

oh well i hope it works well for you

Does anyone have an idea on why it is released slowly into different countries / areas? i mean why not just release it onto a big server and let everyone download.
[XPERIA X1 General] ring-bearer:
There was no NAM update as of 2 days ago...
[XPERIA X1 General] jagger2k:
I updated mine to R3AA010 last night, Am in Leicester UK. Mine is from o2 but its the uk generic firmware which downloaded.
[XPERIA X1 General] AaronUK:
I done my UK generic X1 a few hours ago using the SE update.
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
Just tried SEUS now -am on UK Vodafone ...but no update available

It still says 'You have latest version (R2AA007)' :mad:
[XPERIA X1 General] bronx:
I think it is not related to an area, rather to rom You have (operator branded or generic).
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Seems like us vodafone users are being held back
[XPERIA X1 General] augie7107:
The update is region specific but it looks like only X1i is out.

I haven't seen one user with a X1a report R3A success through SEUS.

Davinci lists a load of X1a R3A roms on their rom list, but I prefer SEUS or HardSPL flashing myself.

I'm anxious to try the UK version but I'm afraid it will mess up reception in the US.

My reception is ok at best now and this is my main reason for desiring the new R3A rom to test the supposed increase reception ability.
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
ive also updated to generic uk r3aa10. im in singapore.

so far nothing much improved except boot speed and panel interface seem smoother...
[XPERIA X1 General] augie7107:
Any noticeable improvement in reception?
[XPERIA X1 General] bronx:
are You reading this thread?? Yes. many people have reported that signal is stronger now.
[XPERIA X1 General] augie7107:
I have read the entire thread actually.

I was interested in the signal strength improvement specific to Singapore.
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
actually yes. phone reception is stronger now. the wifi signal seems stronger too. i havent got disconnected from my wifi network yet like i used to always get with the old roms. :)
[XPERIA X1 General] DaFatB:
In my opinion the R3 release is total crap. my phone's going crazy - sending a message, which is delivered three times, sometimes it says "message could not be sent" even if the message has been delivered (and I do not receive any delivery notifications, even after I turned them on). different situation: sending a message, everything seems fine, but suddenly it is delivered the day after, again twice. I really don't know what's going on, have the unbranded X1i, but AFAIK it is not possible to return back to R1 via SEUS, is it ?

ps. there are no network issues, contacted my operator.
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
UK VODAFONE -R3A now on SEUS

Am flashing now :D
[XPERIA X1 General] mx5_white:
I hope you have more than one PC...:)
[XPERIA X1 General] bees:
Well spotted. Have just updated Vodafone and at first sight, signal strength is up. Now getting 3 bars when it was one. Big test will be in the office next week where signal normally disappeared.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Updaing to R3A now - Vodafone finally released it
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
thankyou for letting us know,

i will flash as soon as i get home. cheers
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
noticed improved signal quality - every thing else seems the same

i'd rather of waited because now then r4a is eventually released my phone will be wiped clean again! grrr

edit: i noticed its now really fast when changing the today theme and the touch response is much better on the phone and the panel manager is extremely smooth now
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Hows your phone situation? Get your new one?
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
this is one of the refurbished ones they gave me - making the most of what i can - might just be this phone also but some of the keys on the keyboards are darker than others when lit - (brand new phone coming on tuesday for sure this time) but this is a refurbished one im using so i dunno
[XPERIA X1 General] ring-bearer:
How did you get the refurbished one? I gotta send mine in for repair but I don't know what to do when it's at the shop because I don't have a backup. They didn't send you a lender, did they?
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
They do it diffirently with refurbished phones - because it started with my claiming on the insurance - someone came to the house and collected the old one and gave me a new one - its gone on like that - because i keep asking for a brand new one they are not gunna take it in for repair
[XPERIA X1 General] danieluy:
have also noticed better signal stength..

but my Sktools SD read/write seems to drop down from r2a with tnyynt sd patch... anybody have the same problem? or anybody has link that could speed this up?
[XPERIA X1 General] bees:
Well well well. The signal strength in my office has gone from usually zero to 3 or 4 bars. So, a vast improvement and in my car via bluetooth it shows maximum signal strength on the in-car display. Battery life seems shorter but at least I can use the phone now! Well done Sony-Ericsson.
[XPERIA X1 General] Trudi:
No problem until now. Flashed yesterday. The battery seems to be used more quickly, but as it's a new firmware, it's quite a new toy, so my X1 is always in my hands... So for this point, I'll see the next few days by using it in a more common way.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Yea i also noticed that battery life has been cut :( but signal is stronger but also i have noticed that the light on the number 2 and 3 keys are much brighter on all the rest (have seen this on 2 x1's now)
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
Same here for noticeably better signal ...not noticed shorter battery life (yet).

One odd thing:- I'm getting the impression it charges more quickly ...is that even possible :confused:
[XPERIA X1 General] thelucius:
Many people say about better signal on R3A comparing to R2A. What's the situation with the WiFi, is it stronger with the new firmware or the same?
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
does the improved signal also translate into better quality phonecalls? Maybe u still only have 1 bar but it shows you 3 so that u think that it is the other sides fault that the quality is so poor :p
[XPERIA X1 General] clubx1:
does anyone have any info regarding the release date of R3A for the X1a? also will the UK version work well in the USA? thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
I am one of the lucky ones... no battery shortage here, infact its almost like it lasts a bit longer... :p course that could be placebo... hehehe
[XPERIA X1 General] Shadowdh:
Its been picked up by several people in the UK and if you really want it then you can also find it in the ROMS section in the Original ROMS thread... I cant see why the UK version would not work in the US... I imagine those that go to the US with their phones on roam would be pretty annoyed if it didnt...
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
Can anybody help me with the internet problem?

My Internet doesnt work since I updated the firmware. SPB weather wont update anymore and Internet generally does not work when its going over the "contract internet" connection. It only works when its wap which means it only works when I m in an area where there is no HSDAP - so basically never.

ANY idea what the problem could be? I have already opened two threads on this topic but nobody replied besides another person that had the same problem

I m on contract with Vodafone, UK
[XPERIA X1 General] Trudi:
Did you update to Vodafone R3, or stock R3 ? If it's stock R3, it's normal, Vodafone (as many other operators) add some special settings to have internet working through their own gateway. If it's Vodafone R3, you should just check on Vodafone website or on the SE support website to send you the settings for HSPDA connexion.

Right after the update, I received 2 sms automatically from my operator with the settings.
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
I updated vodafone R3 and I dont think the settings have anything to do with it because it is connected to the internet - it just doesnt work. For example, when I tab on my connection it does show me connected to: "contract internet" and microsoft push mail works as well.

For some reason when I wanna use opera / IE however it does not work nor will it ever update SPB weather. I just keep getting: error downloading data

google maps works though ...

I dont know I m confused myself - all I know is that its annoying like hell
[XPERIA X1 General] bees:
Today, the battery was virtually exhausted after only about 6 hours after charging and no calls. It also got very hot in my pocket with no display on and bluetooth turned off. Anybody else with these problems?
[XPERIA X1 General] thelucius:
Is there any improvement in video playback speed from R2A to R3A, especially in CorePlayer?

I was hoping for better video drivers maybe?