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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bypx:
Ok thanks for ur reply, i've tried to flash the apk in recovery mode and now the phone stuck on nexus s boot logo, LOL :D

Let me recovery with the MoDaCo rom :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Source

AT&T Snags New Android Gingerbread Smartphone

Sunday, 06 March 2011 08:34 Valeria Wilson

AT&T seems to be a roll ever since its lost exclusivity to the iPhone 4. In their build up of high-end Android smartphones to match the lineup of the Verizon iPhone and Droids, AT&T has already delivered us the HTC Inspire 4G, Motorola Atrix 4G and shortly the Samsung Infuse 4G. However a recent FCC filing of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread Sony Xperia Arc shows that AT&T has another high-end Android headed its way.

Sony Xperia Arc joining Motorola Atrix, HTC Inspire, Samsung Infuse

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc packs a super slim body, 4.2-inch touchscreen display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM, a microSD slot with upto 32GB storage support, 1500 mAh battery and the icing on the cake, Android 2.3 Gingerbread preloaded.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc passed through the FCC sporting GSM AT&T bands (including HSPA/HSUPA, UTMS 2/5).

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc release date and price tag unconfirmed

AT&T has yet to announce the price or release date of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc but word on the street has speculated an April release date and $750 unlocked price tag at this time.
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
good news for AT&T customers
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
confirmed :D
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Can you unlock it? :D :p
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
yes, but have to wait a week or 2 after the phone hit market :)
[Xperia Arc General] alankstiyo:
750 for an unlocked unit? hmmmm sounds good

wonder how much with at&t xD
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
My guess is $199.99 with 2 yrs contract.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
Anyone think Arc has a better chance than X10 on AT&T? I still prefer the style of X10 over Atrix, HTC Inspire, and Samsung Infuse but I doubt the common customer will care about SE's Arc just like they didn't care about X10.

I've been mostly using SE phones (X10) every since I got W910. After reading about Samsung Infuse here , I am seriously thinking to jump from SE train as to me Arc already looks outdated compared to many of the Android phones already out there on AT&T and T-mobile. No front camera, no dedicated Search button, less RAM compared to the other latest phones, etc, etc.

If Infuse is no different than the other cheap Samsung crap, I might still be back to Arc but just can't get why SE still keeps announcing their phones way ahead of release date and then make them look outdated when it finally gets to the customer. They should have at least got a front camera on Arc to attract new customers instead of just SE fans. I know most of us here don't care about front camera nor do people who really care about it probably won't use it but if they want to sell phones, this is almost mandatory these days.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
must admit I would have gone for the neo, if I wasn't so seduced by the look of the arc.. Front camera would be good. SE said they couldn't fit one into the body of the arc.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
I really don't get why everyone wants a front camera? Does anyone ever do video calls? It's bloody weird talking to your phone, holding it in front of you! I've honestly never seen anyone do it, even though we have nationwide 3G and a lot of people have a phone with a front-facing camera!
[Xperia Arc General] samven582:
will sonystyle usa sell this phone unlock when released?
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
I would use it for video calls if I could. But not in public! Probably use it to chat to my kids when I'm away from home with work.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
It's not about using. It is one of those features that is usually one of the top features listed when comparing features. Front camera's were quite common few years back in SE's dumb phones like W910. Since it's being hardly used they probably decided to leave it out. But once, iPhone 4 got that feature everyone (even the freakin media) talk like iPhone invented it. But iPhone 4 sure did a great job in making it work on WiFi.

Maybe Arc not having front camera is good for us as SE has to price it low or drop the price pretty fast as it will be a hard sell for them when compared to the competition. Especially on AT&T as most common people will fall for dual-core/front facing camera of Atrix, huge screen of Samsung Infuse, or low price of HTC Inspire. So, it will be X10 all over again for Arc on AT&T. I hope it can be purchased for $399 without contract like I got X10.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Aha, so it's more due to the stupidity of the average American customer :D

Well, if you want a simfree contractless phone you could always have one shipped from Europe! Don't count on $399 though, $499 would be more in line with the EU prices.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
I can't wait for AT&T to get this phone. So, I will jump for a SIM free version as soon as one with AT&T 3G is available.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
AT&T dropped Atrix 4G no-commitment price to $499 and HTC Inspire is only $399. I hope they get Arc soon. It definitely has to be $499 or even less as Moto is much more popular seller for AT&T than our beloved SE.
[Xperia Arc General] stan.s:
They want to give more money to ATT. In the past ATT charged extra for video calling and had special plans in place. Now you will have to have wifi connection or huge data plan to use video.

Every SE phone in the EU had front facing camera, but the USA ones Didn't.
[Xperia Arc General] stan.s:
ROFLMAO $750? It's pretty but it is hardware challenged especially since they say that they have unannounced phones with better specs a few quarters away.

It can't cost more than a iphone.... last year's iphone....
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
For sure? Any news on release date?
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
update:

Arc and Neo service is running now :)
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
should be soon, but no positive info yet.
[Xperia Arc General] stan.s:
If they get the FCC approval they will sell ATT banded phones unlocked. That's what they have done in the past with phones ATT didn't want to subsidize. If ATT does take it up, they will sell it around the same price. For the X10a, they undercut ATT by $50 and gave away a 8G SD card with it when the phone was introduced, and they sold it for a penny before ATT started making the X10 a free phone. Still the only place you can get it new for free with a contract.
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
It'll be interesting which phone AT&T picks up though. On one hand, buying through aT&T will make the phone notably cheaper but at the cost of a new 2 year contract plus a limited data package. On the other hand, buying unlocked through Sony Style with a phone not offered by AT&T will let you use the unlimited $10 data plan. It'll be interesting to me what AT&T picks up - I'd love to get an Arc, but if AT&T subsidizes it, I will just have to get the Neo.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Nice my friend! ;)

Just waiting for the release!
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Just a thought:

Maybe AT&T will not pick up the ARC but, rather SonyStyle will sell it unlocked through their website? Maybe that is why it is being certified by the FCC. This is how the X8, X10 mini and mini pro are being sold here in the U.S, isn't it?
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
Yes, this is also possible. However, because the Arc is the successor to the X10, and AT&T sold the X10, I think it's likely they will subsidize the Arc. Sony will sell through SonyStyle the Neo, GSM Play, and Pro I think. Somebody had confirmed AT&T would have the Arc, but that is yet to be seen. No official announcements yet.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Well, to be honest, I'd rather pay a little extra and not get stuck with AT&T for 2 more years!! :p
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
That is a thoughtful thinking. Who wants to get stuck with it and is T-mobile is coming on board w/ ATT?

Wondering if ARC would be available earlier on Rogers, CA
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
It depends how you define a little extra. I believe that will cost 750-800 bucks if Sony ever decided to sell Arc on sonystyle.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Well for me, a little extra is around $200 more than what AT&T would charge you for the subsidized price. But, I guess we'll have to wait and see. I don't hear any buzz about the arc here in the USA and at AT&T especially.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
Didn't SonyStyle initially sell X10 for $599.99? I think it should be the same for Arc. As each week goes by more new Android phones are being announced that is killing greatness of current phones that are available. Dual cores, and now 3D phones with front camera. It is looking more and more like Arc will feel like X10 when it's out on AT&T. Only saving grace for Arc seems to be that it comes with Gingerbread.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I hope that ATT won't pull another trick on its customer by not updating or even releasing the phone so late. Did ATT X10 get 2.1 update ever? hardware from SE and software from XDA.
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
No 2.1 update from AT&T. They're really scammers.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
That is how to make more money. First I thought the only reason I am on ATT is because my wife like iPhone but then I realized what other carriers I could go to? I sold that iPhone 4 and bought this White Xperia X10 from Rogers as soon as it was out on ebay.

Now waiting for ARC to show up somewhere with 850 3G Band in misty Silver. ATT is way slow. All US carriers are sloppy compare to what is in Europe. My only hope again is Rogers in Canada to carry the phone I like.

Edit: ARC is not even on SE US website.
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
Its gonna be even worse after the merge. The only GSM carrier in the states. What dose that mean to us? They can screw us by any means necessary.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
So do you guys know what countries or carrier actually carry that ARC on 850 3G? I know

Rogers in Canada

Mexico is on 3G 850 and they have silver ARC on their website (coming soon)

Does Telestra AU carries ARC in future?

Anywhere else?
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
I agree. This merger is BAD news for U.S. consumers!
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Check out THIS link. It may give you an idea.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I was just looking @ it but not sure if all of these countires getting ARC at least soon? We may not see any ARC(a) before end of April?
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Well, if I a not mistaken, it is being released in Europe end in a week or so. Not sure how fast we can get it here in USA.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Suppose to be release in UK on March 28th but it has been on SE UK website for three months now where SE US website doesn't even have it on there. And if the do the same thing they did with X10, they won't have Silver @ Launch and may give it exclusively to BestBuy like White X10. I can't wait too long :D are we dreaming to have ARC released on ATT?
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Hopefully, we will have it soon. Whether through AT&T, Sony Style or eBay! :D
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
The problem with buying it before AT&T and gets it is that you risk not being able to use the $10 a month unlimited data plan. Once/If AT&T decides to subsidize the Arc, if you've already gotten one from Rogers, Ebay, etc. they will eventually find out and auto upgrade you to one of their absolutely pathetic "smartphone" data plans. If you had the x10 early, I'm sure this happened to you. What I'm trying to say is that it's risky in a way to get an Arc before any real news from AT&T if you care about the data - if you don't, then I say by all means, go for it!
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
Don't worry - they didn't even have the X8, X10 mini/pro, Vivaz pro, etc. for months for the US SE site. They are very good at leaving us in the States out... man even Canada gets the phones faster! Bah. I'm sure in half a year they'll finally officially sell the Arc/Neo/Pro/Play in Sony Style.
[Xperia Arc General] phonex1:
once in a blue moon...don't jinx it :P
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Docomo's Japan will start selling from 3/24/2011 but they are on 1700/2100

SOURCE

Docomo Website
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
does this mean SO-01C will be compatible with T-Mobile 3G?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I think that should work only on 2100 for 3G but tMobile need the 1700 for sure which this phone doesn't have.
[Xperia Arc General] stan.s:
YMMV When the X10 was sold, the AT&T/Sony people were very insistent that if the data plan was not updated to a smartphone level, it would be done no matter automatically within a month. The $10 plans were for 'feature' phones not 'smartphones' although AT&T has never treated the X10 as a smartphone in practice.

If you have abundant wifi of course it's not a problem, however a few road trips and using google maps will eat through your data fast. Even the 2G plan is a problem if you need to watch youtube alot on the phone.....
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
Right - they switched it over automatically to a 200MB/$15 or 2GB/$25 plan. Neither is really that great. They can only switch it over if they detect from your IMEI that you are using a smartphone. Now if you use a smartphone that they do not sell, i.e. I buy a Nokia N8, I can use the $10 unlimited feature phone data plan, and they will not be able to tell that I am actually using a "smartphone." That's the risk we run if we buy an Arc right when it becomes available, but then AT&T picks it up after.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
That's pretty weird of AT&T, sounds like they're just trying to trick people with featurephones. Offering different plans based on your phone type is not allowed here in Belgium.
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
I'm not sure that it's a trick to people with featurephones - more like scamming people with smart phones! $15USD a month for 200MB of data? They're basically stealing money from us. Not to mention that they are also capping our data on home internet too! I'm dropping AT&T soon hopefully, but we still have over a year on one of our 4 lines. I'm really dissatisfied with the inordinate amount of greed in AT$T corporate.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
While I do agree with what you are saying here but I am wondering what carrier is your second bet? I have to admit that we have the crappiest service of the whole world (.)[period]
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
It's sad, there really isn't another choice. T-Mobile for GSM? Oh wait... Verizon? Hell no. It's really pitiful.
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
I bet my left testicle* that Vodafone Australia is worse than AT&T.

*In case I'm proven wrong, I'd just like to note that that is merely a figure of speech. :eek:
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
You know, I walk into AT&T store there are 4 corners filled with similar phones and 6 phones in each corner. Each of them are one of those my grandma won't even look @ it anymore (since she is using iPhone now) [basically they are crap].

Once I was in Germany and walked into O2 and they have some nice phones out there. You pay 1 Euro on contract to get a high end phone here I pay $199 to get a phone from ATT. Keep in mind that I have never got a phone from ATT since I always buy my own phone from eBay. Usually I get an iphone and sell it online for more and it pays for itself and a new phone I like.

I have heard Telestra is good in Aus?
[Xperia Arc General] HYPER-X10:
Telstra network is very good, but they use 850Mhz 3G like AT&T. Hence my interest in this thread. I want to change to Telstra, but I also want an Arc.......
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Yes, I did hear that Telstra won't carry Arc which is stupid of Sony and makes me wonder how much optus and Vodofon have paid sony to give them exclusive for Arc? When I bought my HTC Hd2, it was Testra branded. Good old days.
[Xperia Arc General] samven582:
will Sonystyle sell this phone unlock?
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
You can always get a Rogers branded Arc and unlock it - they also use 850Mhz 3G up in Canada.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
It is not clear yet whether they will or not. I guess we have to wait for a few more weeks and find out!
[Xperia Arc General] Lancez:
I prefer unlocked for less than 600 bucks :)
[Xperia Arc General] samven582:
same here

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[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Yeah me too. Unlocked and unbranded.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
So no one has any news on 3G 850 yet?
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I did post this last night but I guess it has been deleted or system didn't accept double post or whatever?

I have been checking Sony Ericsson US website pretty regularly and just noticed that they have added ARC to their list.

Check it for yourself.

LINK
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
anyone knows when will this be available in the Americas (Canada/US)? I see that it's on Rogers's website, but no mention of the release date. Can't wait to get my hands on of these!
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Tell me about it. Rogers has been having that on its website for quite sometimes now. I tried to ask them on their twitter account but they won't answer and so as SonyericssonNA. We should be really close to release and my guess is from 3/28 which is this Monday and it will be released in many countries we will see what would be the NA release date from the fog. I am yet to see many of them on eBay rolling around. Lets hope for next week.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
If they post it on Sony Style then that is a hint.
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
I really hope you're right! Seeing it already been released in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong(28th) just makes me want it even more. If it wasn't the 3G bands issue, I would've ordered it already.
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
Problem is it's Sony Ericsson, not SonyStyle :(
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
It needs to start from somewhere + I have found SonyStyle freaking slow even slower than SE website to update phones (even thought they have been better recently) I am hoping that silver won't be best buy exclusive again or we won't ever get it.
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
I'm aiming for the midnight blue, got a little bored with bright/light colored phones after using a white X10 for some time, and the blue arc looks slimmer too, so it doesn't affect me :) i'm just hoping that it comes out before the end of march
[Xperia Arc General] refract:
Not to be a ****, but great justice for EU for once tbh ! :o So tired of seeing great TV shows being cancelled just because general population in US don't approve of them ( and at that, that general population being the randoms who got contacted and recieved the Nielson-box )

But I went offtopic here. Feel sorry for you guys though, things seem so complicated over there in US. I'm living in a medium-sized country with 3 major carriers and thing's pretty much WYSIWYG, the only pesky carrier is Tele2 cause they regullary mask your bills and make you pay more without telling you what you spent that stuff on ( clearly robbing people ); T-Mobile and Vipnet ( Vipnet is a brand of Vodafone ) both offer excellent service, costly though.
[Xperia Arc General] Imdking:
This has been on there for a very long time. Shortly after announcement.
[Xperia Arc General] kitsVA:
I just checked few days back and Arc was definitely not there on US site even though it was there on Canadian site. So, this is good news. We will see Arc either unlocked or on AT&T pretty soon.
[Xperia Arc General] stan.s:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones?cc=us&lc=en

The Play, Arc and Neo are all listed on the US SE site as 'coming soon'. Play is listed on the SonyStyle but not as a phone without a plan. As of now, only the Mini, X10 pro and X8 can be bought without plans in the US from Sony at this time: Mar 27.

as for possible other carriers, Sprint still has unlimited data and phones plans which is still available and might be suitable for a single person though it's the spottiest coverage with lots a roaming pockets.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I don't really care, either of them play the same for me since I am paying full price! :D
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
Those are new additions! I had just checked two days ago and they were not listed yet, but this is good news.

Edit: Anybody else notice on the Neo page that there is not 850MHz band for 3G? Hm... But the Arc does have it.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Not correct, they probably just forgot it. Aside the screen the Neo and the Arc have identical hardware, and support exactly the same bands.
[Xperia Arc General] teamshao:
"Forgot" is a little sloppy...they also didn't put it in the press release.
[Xperia Arc General] haroldmk:
Here also waiting for an unlocked Xperia arc for 850MHz 3G to bring it to Costa Rica.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
So has anyone heard of any place carrying 3g 850 to work on AT&T internet? Any Canadian on board asking Rogers?
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
Only 3 more days left before April is here, why isn't Rogers/SE announcing anything about the launch date? Read an article on Engadget some time ago that Rogers will release both the arc and the PLAY at the end of March!
[Xperia Arc General] haroldmk:
I see that Rogers site includes new information about SE new phones, Xperia Play and Xperia Arc.

Still no release dates :(

(I am new and can't post url's).
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Do you mean that Rogers has announced it for April? I thought it said Spring @ some point and unfortunately we are @ the beginning of spring right now.

Rogers had these two phones on their website in Feb. quite sometimes now. Hoping for some release dates.
[Xperia Arc General] haroldmk:
Yes, but at least I had't notice :confused:, they put new info about those new phones.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Here is the link on your behalf! ;)
[Xperia Arc General] jerrytea:
It says "Set to hit shelves in late March" http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/xperia-play-and-xperia-arc-confirmed-for-rogers-in-canada/
[Xperia Arc General] haroldmk:
Thanks. Actually the link is this: https://www.rogers.com/web/content/sony-arc-play?setLanguage=en&setProvince=ON

I see that this Australian page taking pre-orders and shiping next week:http://www.mobicity.com.au/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc.html. Here its twitter: http://twitter.com/MobiCity

Strange thing is that there is not 3G for 850MHz (like Australian Telstra, AT&T, Rogers Canada, etc). :confused:
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
We have two GSM based carrier in the US, ATT and Tmobile which the current ARC that we see runs on 3g 900-2100 and that doesn't work with either of them (tMobile upload is on 2100 and download on 1700 which is not supported)

I do wonder when they will release a 3G for 850?
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
T-Mobile is the only GSM provider that uses that band in the whole world, so I wouldn't really count it as a 'real' GSM provider.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
I was thinking about it since I have seen some online shops in the US has started listing Xperia ARC with 3g 900 and 2100 but there is no point since non of the US carrier will have a 3g support for it. I am wondering if they even know about this?

Edit: I think there is some carrier in Canada and Japan that support 1700.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Japan uses the 1700 band, but a different network protocol implementation, and it isn't compatible with T-Mobile's (and the other way around).
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Well, at least Xperia ARC got to home page of Sonyericsson.com US website

HERE
[Xperia Arc General] Magictek:
If I use the LT15i and they only imported the LT15a, would they consider it the same and charge as a smartphone? I know I lose the 3g but I don't really need fast internet on the go.