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[XPERIA X1 General] Doc_Debil:
R3A was released (in Germany) but it's not the version everybody expected. :P

In german forums they noticed that the performance is better, switching portrait / landscape mode is quicker, no crashes using bluetooth, quicker sms / email handling and so one. It seems it's just an performance (bug)fix. No more, no less.
[XPERIA X1 General] de Wolfe:
That's right. I also heard that in this so called "Webinar" on the SE-Page they spoke about an upcoming mainteneance update. Let's wait for the R4A. To be honest, the expected changes from R2A, which has been relesed in the end of january, to the new FW, would have been unusually big ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i signed up for that but missed it :( you know where i can find it??
[XPERIA X1 General] clubx1:
SE is making us wait too long, by the time they release this i will look like Gandalf.
[XPERIA X1 General] mkouk:
Who knows maybe they will never release the ROM for X1 with the new panel manager and tweaks. Maybe they are keeping the good stuff for X2!...just a thought :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 General] KIT9B:
TW_R3aa007 released through SE update service
[XPERIA X1 General] KIT9B:
No any new panel and application on R3aa007.

But i feel more stable and smooth.
[XPERIA X1 General] de Wolfe:
Sorry for my late reply. I also haven't seen the webinar. I just read in a German forum that one person has seen it.

Haven't had a look so far but perhaps you can find it on youtube.

But I've seen that you can still subscribe to the webinar(s) on the SE-X1-page.
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
Whats your location??
[XPERIA X1 General] frankencowx:
didn't we just kind of assume that r3a would have all the goodies like new keyboard and manager, panels and games? was there any proof in the first place that the update would contain these things? I thought it was a suspicion.
[XPERIA X1 General] Firefall!:
There is a leaked R3A. Why would SE discard all of this?

@All: I've written a Mail to SE Tech Support asking them when it will be released - no answer.
[XPERIA X1 General] zenkinz:
TW_xxx is probably Taiwan, my guess.

Tried updating SESU just now, it says i have latest version already (R2A010)
[XPERIA X1 General] itje:
the name of the upcoming r3aa ;)

APP-SW_X1_GENERIC_UK_1213-6450_R3AA010__KOVS

I would not have to high hopes on what is put in this rom..

build 19608.1.2.60 :(
[XPERIA X1 General] F-Styla:
Maybe this have been asked before but what is with the new panel manager and the new media panel?

They said it will be released with the new ROM but where are the final versions of these two things?
[XPERIA X1 General] itje:
there is not released a official update on those

I know the time for the official release of r3aa, but I dont think its wise to post that just yet..but I can say this..its not postet on seus..
[XPERIA X1 General] Xkan:
So there will be a release with the R3AA things we expected?

So the German R3AA isn't the "final"?
[XPERIA X1 General] Abuk007:
Can you say will it be released in May?
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Do you have access to EMMA and could post this version here? Would be truly great as you can surely imagine ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] Persuader X:
hey guys, give a look to this!!

http://blog.fastgsm.com/sonyericsson/r3a-software-for-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1/
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Great.... thanks! Just too bad no generic_uk yet. Lets cross fingers. By the way, anybody knows if those flashes need hardspl or can it be flashed like Pavels posted ones?
[XPERIA X1 General] itje:
I posted uk here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3776089&postcount=199
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Thank you very much !

;)
[XPERIA X1 General] shithead:
Nice! :D

Is there a Changelog of R3A?

it's interesting to know what the differences are :)
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
Two down in that same thread (link posted above) Itje has already written:-

"nah, its rather a very big disapointment..the beta version (except some minor faults) is better and have more stuff to it"

This also ties in with the comments from "early bird" German flashers in this thread
[XPERIA X1 General] shithead:
ok, thx for your reply:)

pfft..honestly?

Why does SE take so much time for R3A?

I hope they're busy with the next update (R4A)
[XPERIA X1 General] oTToToTenTanz:
Itje, I think you have more clues than we have in this matter. So the R3AA is released? And what about the stuff like the new game. Everyone is telling that nothing from your ROMs in in there. So what does SE with us? Will it be in one of the later updates then?

Anyway- when there is an official R3AA from Se without all this stuff, is it worth upgrading? I did not even upgrade to R2AA because people said there is actually not much difference...am I wrong thinking like that? I like my xperia anyway...^^

Thanks a lot,

Kon
[XPERIA X1 General] qritikal:
where can i download the english version of R3A

either, UK, USA, or Canada

i doubt there will be one for USA, or canada

but there has to be a generic UK update

thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
agreed - still dont know what they actually did with the R2A - i asked and they wouldnt tell me !
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
Updating mine from R1a to R2a was really noticable and helped a lot with the overall performance of the X1, I would reccomend updating but as R3a is close i spose waiting for that is the sensible option. When R3a is relaeased I will update regardless of what is included, sureley the amount of time it took it should be slightly better.

qritikal: The link to R3a UK has been posted on the previous page by itje here is his link.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3776089&postcount=199

Also please clear up a few things:

The R3a that has been posted is the offical release? But not released through SEUS yet?

The R3a that has been posted does not include all the new extras like panel manager and Xtract?

So Now we are to assume R4a will be likley and will include all the extras?
[XPERIA X1 General] Persuader X:
How can I install the ROM of R3AA007 oh the links? Inside the file it's only a *.image file. WIch program opens it??
[XPERIA X1 General] fotoingo:
rename it to KOVSIMG.nbh and use the micro-sd-card method to flash it.

Greets !
[XPERIA X1 General] Persuader X:
Thank you very much. In other forum says that R3AA007 is on the Spanish SEUS now.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
yea ima but confused to whats going on too :S
[XPERIA X1 General] PlayX:
I've installed the genric german r3a. but where are al the nice new things. no new panel manager, no xtralt, no autoflash....

is the new stuff only in the uk rom?
[XPERIA X1 General] clubx1:
Is there a X1a version released. Even though im hearing some pretty disappointing things regarding this R3AA rom. Itje Please give us at least some small information.
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
This R3 is a pile of crap! I will go back to R2. The phone is slow and crashes and many programs including ms voice command won't work anymore.

Was nothing wrong with R2 so far and since there is nothing new in 3, frack that. ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] nguyenkhanhhoang:
I don't think so Michaelthemage. Sure that R3AA has some positive points
[XPERIA X1 General] anothal3v3l:
All i want to know is are the common bugs in R2 fixed in R3?
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Go enjoy them ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
You would need to list 'your' common bugs! I don't know which ones you mean. For me there was nothing worth mentioning.

One thing that I had and heard some others too, was that sometime the phones just hung for a few seconds. Still doing it.
[XPERIA X1 General] chongbh:
I have just installed the UK R3AA firmware but I cannot find the Auto Flash in this ROM and also the Panel Manager. Is there something missing in the ROM?
[XPERIA X1 General] hhhh3:
just install the UK R3AA010,dint change much from the R2A..but the boot up time seems to be faster than R2A,switching task also faster abit.

other major changes not found..quite some disappointment.hopefully there is R4A coming..but guess we have to wait another few months..
[XPERIA X1 General] Arabier:
Nah there's nothing missing.. this new ROM only fixes some bugs.. thats it.. nothing new...
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
im really confused - has R3A been officially released?

because i went to update my phone on seus and it said i had the latest (R2A)
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
not available in UK

WHY FFS WHO DECIDES ALL THESE **** UPS BY SE??

and how much does he/she get paid I would do a better job for half the wage :mad:
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
is the X1a NAM version of R3A out yet? Pro's? Con's? All I want is to know if NAM version has new Panel Manager and new Camera App...
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
R3A is available for English Xperia.
[XPERIA X1 General] frankencowx:
so what say you? does it have these things? NAM?
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
Check out my attachment... I guess I was wrong.
[XPERIA X1 General] anothal3v3l:
what bugs did R3 solve for those of you who went through with the flash?
[XPERIA X1 General] de Wolfe:
Dude, that has been written about ten times here in the forum, I guess. Just read through the threads about the Update...
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
what about this??

http://blog.fastgsm.com/sonyericsson/r3a-software-for-sony-ericsson-xperia-x1/
[XPERIA X1 General] thelucius:
I read that the new R3 firmware causes lots of problems and does not include the new stuff like new panel manager,geotaging etc. I guess I'll wait for more stable release.
[XPERIA X1 General] Ves:
For me the R3AA is nothing but pain. Seems Advanced COnfiguration Setup 3.3 isn't working properly anymore. I'm not able to connect to a Wifi station despite the right settings and my Data connection is giving me nothing but time-outs in my appartment. Seems for me the update decreased my signal.
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
I just wonder how much these problems are connected with the tweaks people make.
[XPERIA X1 General] Ves:
I had not made a tweak yet, I had just installed the program. To be honest today was the first day since getting the R3AA on it that I tweaked the X1 (register wise).
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
but r3a has not been officially released?
[XPERIA X1 General] Firefall!:
I received a response from SE. Unfortunately from SE Germany, not SE Switzerland. The question I asked is "When will the new R3A firmware with XTrakt and so on be released?" and the answer was "It should already have been released".
[XPERIA X1 General] de Wolfe:
R3A has been released of course. The extra-stuff will be included in the R4A.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i live in the UK and cant update yet :S
[XPERIA X1 General] emuneee:
http://semcblog.com/
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
^^^ Yeah, I've seen it too.

Wait for that, for now I skip all the FW....
[XPERIA X1 General] crabby09:
I must admit my total confusion of the FW status of the X1 now.

Itje said in this thread that R2 would be the final firmware to be released, and as he is probably the most clued up of anyone on this site... I'm thinking he might be laughing at SE at the moment.

I mean he's provided us with what he and we all thought was the R3A release beta, when it looks like we've obtained the R3B stuff (R3B or R4A?).

What I really don't get is that the chefs all say the R3A ROM has been optimised to increase performance and decrease bugs... so it looks like SE just haven't included all the addon cabs which we've had for the last month (XT9 keyboard, XTrakt, Geotagging, Panel Manager etc).

I presume these 'features' are still in beta testing whereas the ROM itself has been cleared... As such, wouldn't it be best to instal the newest ROM (for the performance tweaks etc) and then just add on the additional material? I would if I wasn't absolutely positive the offical ROMs are way too heavy.

I'm sure we'll get some optimised ROMs over the next couple of weeks. Just seems a shame (and a blessing) that xda-devs has greater resources than SE!

crabby
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
so has r3a actually been officially released by SE?
[XPERIA X1 General] acidwww:
yes.. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=475482

or use SEUS.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i keep trying with seus but it tells me i have the latest (R2A) :S and SE website says noting about it
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
it has not been officially released in the uk.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Oh - rite - still even when it does - it will just be bug fixes? nothing actually new?
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
In my opinion

"Official release" means released by SE via the SEUS. Until I can update my X1 with R3A or R4A via this service i do not class it as officially released.

Also From what I can see from other users here R3A is only a bug fixing update, It does not contain any of the leaked software or updates as posted in other threads.

If R3A is released by SEUS I WILL be updating and awaiting for R4A. Until that happends i am not going to believe anything that people post and i will make up my own mind on what i think of the latest updates.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
Second!!!!
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
+1 :D

Although it would be good to get some idea of what "bug fixes" R3A contains... I can see from the posts here that its just fixes, but no indication of what fixes, or any difference people are noticing in operation :confused:

Whilst I/we wait for the UK release ...come on those who have already flashed to R3A ...let us know how its going
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
SE didnt tell us what they did in R2A so i wouldnt get your hopes up for them telling you whats new in r3a
[XPERIA X1 General] jcsxda:
I know :rolleyes:

That's why I'm asking other XDA members to post what differences they notice

When R2A came out there were lots of detailed write-ups in XDA that really helped :cool:

So -if you have flashed R3A please report on what differences, if any, you notice! PLEASE! :D
[XPERIA X1 General] charlieef:
I updated my phone an hour ago, and i the only thing I noticed was that plays movies better.
[XPERIA X1 General] slash_5150:
^^wat type of movies (xvid, wmv, mp4...)? and wif wat player?

do report back if u see anything else. tnx.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
officially from seus?
[XPERIA X1 General] YouZi:
I flashed R3A few days ago, nothing new but the 3g signal seems to be getting better.
[XPERIA X1 General] ipporek:
R3A doesn't have all the supposed extras, and doesn't really seem any better, but is it any worse off? Cos if it's equal, or even only slightly better, I still wouldn't mind flashing.
[XPERIA X1 General] michaelthemage:
Okay, I have flashed the R3A010 a few days ago (from here and NOT from SUES!).

There is nothing whatsoever gone (at least for me and my Xperience!) as a bug, fault or malfunction what was with R2A before!!!

All those other postings state: "feels (whatever)", "seems (whatever), "apprears to..." but there is NOTHING concrete!

Because... there is nothing concrete! The ONLY CONCRETE FACT is with the Memory GONE! I had before 177,xxMB now I have only 168.xxMB. And that is a fact! Because I also checked with my friends X1 who did not yet flash and there is it.... about 9 MB more on his!

I recognised when I flashed via SD method, the bootloader restarted by itself and gave a very quick message about RAM. And now I am out of 9MB memory! Thanks SE !

(of course, before some smart alek comes up with yeah, we still have a lot memory left.... sure, BUT WHY was that done???) I don't like if something is taken away!!!

And the other fact thing, they added 2 lines in system info pertaining to the memory card.

Anything else what perhaps some other people see, feel or appear to have or be bug fixes on 'their phones', I have here now 5 phones to check and all is the same. Nothing else. I even 'feel' (I did not time check!!!) that the start up takes longer and is not faster as most others state. But then again, no matter what flash is done, the first thing people state anyways is: 'appears to be faster...'.

Somebody posted a blog from SMEC that there might be another flash in June... yeah... always those future flashes that solve and give us more.... we just got one ;)

PS

Any 'real' bug fixes (improvements) done by SE must be very deep rooted as they are not "visible". Perhaps some of the devs here will come up with some details after they disected this version... :)
[XPERIA X1 General] XpErIaX1-IdOu:
June 09' :cool:

http://semcblog.com/2009/05/16/the-new-firmware-for-x1-is-coming-soon/
[XPERIA X1 General] F-Styla:
So that means that the new Panel Manager and the new Media Panel will be released with R4A?

Did the Media Panel became faster in R3A? Especially on the beginning of videos and when you skip part of songs it was very slow.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
we should wait till r3a is officially released maybe leakedones didnt have this included?
[XPERIA X1 General] artesea:
The EMMA R3A roms on this forum are exactly the same ones which will appear on SEUS in the next few days/weeks.

The fact that you don't need a modified SPL shows that they are official, and I've always found the SD card method the easiest way to flash a phone (USB is sooo easy to knock out).

That said, as these R3A roms seem to have nothing new, I'm sticking to the 6.5/R3A(leaked) rom instead.
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
aww :( what took them so long to do so little?
[XPERIA X1 General] kkarnaout:
i Have moved this to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3795364#post3795364 for all About R3A For All out there
[XPERIA X1 General] thelucius:
Is there any improvement in video playback in media panel/coreplayer and/or any changes in the camera?
[XPERIA X1 General] kkarnaout:
i only have the media panle i dont have the coreplayer but as what i saw at the first it will start slow till it uploads all the files pictuers music and videos the video playing is faster switching form one video to another is faster in other words <<<they improved also the touch quality>>>

while for the camer nothing much no geotaging or those things just faster switching form video to camera or the other way around and going to c what u have took loads faster!...
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
I Spoke to Sony on the phone today - they told me that R3A will definatley not be released before july :( and they said it will just include bug fixes and improve performance
[XPERIA X1 General] zenkinz:
I 've installed the R3A, true enough there isn't any new things in the new rom, but my first impression when I run youtube is that the movie plays smoothly w/o any jerkiness... so it's definitely a bug fix ROM, and I would say it's worth the upgrade nevertheless (just the movie playback is good enough for me)
[XPERIA X1 General] pasza_sadyka:
It's interessted because polish version of R3A is on SEUS so why not generic_uk?

source: http://pdaclub.pl/forum/index.php?topic=133915.0
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
call me ignorant but here is a question ... if the leaked version is exactly the same as the one that will be released by SE .. then this would mean that it is already fully developed etc. ...then why would SE hold it back till July before they make it available?
[XPERIA X1 General] sonus:
I don't know, but I've noticed that HTC does the exact same waiting game with the releases of their official ROMS vs. the leaks of their official ROMS. Here's hoping that the X1A R3A release is different.
[XPERIA X1 General] augie7107:
To me the answer is simple.

The leaked versions are let out so that SE and others can take advantage of the intelligence and eagerness to test new roms by members of forums such as XDA.

It is free beta testing and I'm sure they look to our community to point out bugs as well as upgrades.

Once the leaked roms get battered by testers and errors in the OS are pointed out, SE goes back to the drawing board and then releases the final version.

In my opinion, I'm thankful for the "brains" of this forum to take pieces and cook customs. They give us all a chance to experience the best of what is available before it is generally released.
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
Makes sense.
[XPERIA X1 General] doministry:
Hard to believe...
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
hmm im sure the SE guys are way more advanced and would not look at online forums to help improve there updates.

But then again what do i know :confused:
[XPERIA X1 General] fizu:
really? :)

actually there is full of examples of that... just take the last videogames sold to the community in a beta phase just to exploit the consumer's beta test...

one for all: empire total war (go and look at the amazon reviews comments)...

Of course there is no evidences, but logic is always a safe way to analyze facts :)

and how we say here in italy

"tre indizi fanno una prova"

"3 indications makes an evidence"

PS: this is my first post, i lurked till now, i want to say hello to this great community and to specify that without this community my X1 would be in the trashcan since long time.

Hope to find the time to really contribute to your excellent work.

and sorry for bad english...
[XPERIA X1 General] Amanox:
No I think the beta testing argument is a fair point - but if it is true - and this is what I m trying to get at - then we shouldnt expect that the version we have is the final version and that SE will release exactly the same version just in a couple of weeks / months time as was claimed earlier.

Its true that sometimes software leaks through, but then we are normally talking about having it a week or two earlier .. however if it is true that the official update only comes out in July than I doubt that we have a final version as there is no point having a final (free) update lying around and just not releasing it for months.
[XPERIA X1 General] emuneee:
[Evidence]I was a verification engineer at Sony Ericsson in the past and all verification was done in house where you can control the environment and get reliable/repeatable test and defect reporting. Just using common sense, SE takes all bugs here found with a grain of salt because many users don't include the steps used to recreate the issue, software customization, carrier, connection, hardware revision, etc. which are all important factors in verifying a defect. However, if you contact Technical Support they have a process where they get that important information from you so they can report these defects that can then be verified.[/Evidence]
[XPERIA X1 General] comeradealexi:
i told SE about the annoying thing where by the phone will play sound through speaker when you get a message even when headphones plugged in but they just said "its the way the phone is made"
[XPERIA X1 General] Jasand:
why would SE look to forums for issues with updates.

everyone has a different xperiance and download different programs, wallpapers, ringtones and software to create different bugs and issues mostly specific to them. So i would think that the bugs posted on forums are pointless to them unless i would hope when a huge amount of complaints about a specific issue arise then SE would take note and look at the issue.

after saying that i do hope that SE are not just sitting on this update waiting to release it. i would like to see more changes to the update when released.

again just my opinion
[XPERIA X1 General] bronx:
do You really have to ask "why?" ? this community is the biggest, free beta test center of winmo related hardware and software on the web. many, many times due to people requests made in here decisions to change future products were made, for example I still remember moaning of many guys in here about kaiser having keyboard opened wrong way. result? touch pro and all the others have came back to traditional wizard style. trust me. they read those pages. where from do You recon are coming all those "leaked" goodies like roms, apps, etc.?
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
Man how can people even say that...where's the common sense? doesn't the fact that windows and htc don't even take down the ROM development, it's obvious that they see that it is beneficial, and for anything that is beneficial, you HAVE to take advantage of it.
[XPERIA X1 General] bronx:
ummm... You mean Microsoft, huh? :P
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
* Microsoft