Hi.
I recentently purchased a sony ericsson xperia pro. (mk16i)
I upgraded from a x10 mini pro. This x10 mini pro has several threads of its own here about custom roms.
What I am confused about is the lack (every where, not only on xda-developers) of "support" about my device.
Every where I read about the arc, the neo the play and og course x8 and x10 mini / pro but the xperia pro (mk16i) almost never has it's own thread.
I can download cyanogenmod at download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=iyokan&type= and it actually works but when going to the cyanogenmod.com site and select devices my device is not there! I really want to see some releae notes or something.
Same on xda , when googeling I find some questions and sometimes answers about the mk16i but always in some other phones thread. Does that mean I can install that phones custom rom on my phone?
So is the pro the same as one of the other sony's or am i only one of the few who bought it?
Regards
Hans
Hans de Groot said:
Hi.
I recentently purchased a sony ericsson xperia pro. (mk16i)
I upgraded from a x10 mini pro. This x10 mini pro has several threads of its own here about custom roms.
What I am confused about is the lack (every where, not only on xda-developers) of "support" about my device.
Every where I read about the arc, the neo the play and og course x8 and x10 mini / pro but the xperia pro (mk16i) almost never has it's own thread.
I can download cyanogenmod at download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=iyokan&type= and it actually works but when going to the cyanogenmod.com site and select devices my device is not there! I really want to see some releae notes or something.
Same on xda , when googeling I find some questions and sometimes answers about the mk16i but always in some other phones thread. Does that mean I can install that phones custom rom on my phone?
So is the pro the same as one of the other sony's or am i only one of the few who bought it?
Regards
Hans
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not only you bought it, me too.
it seems that this phone is not popular which is strange because it seems to be the most advanced qwerty android phone at the moment.
I'm going to root it soon, maybe use some custom rom for it. Could you provide some links to pages which you were using while you were rooting your mk16i? any
thanks
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Well can you sort it into diffrent sections like this?
Xperia S , Acro S , SL - 1 Forums
Xperia Go , P , U , Sola - 1 Forums
Xperia Miro , Tipo - 1 Forums
Xperia Neo L combined with Neo and Neo V
Xperia T and TX - 1 Forums
Xperia Ion
Xperia V
Also .. The Xperia Ray forums is missing a general , q&a and accessories sub forums!!
There were similar requests posted before, but that was for just dividing it into 2 sub-fora...
I just popped in there, and the condition looks worse than 3 weeks back!
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you, Man and Knife"
Hi!
I'm owner of a Sony Ericsson Liveview MN800 and I like it, because it's very useful to me, but the problem is that I want to buy a new smartphone, but when I tried to pair it with an other smartphone, it can't find it when searching device with bluetooth, do you think that It will be paired once with an only smartphone?
Now It was paired with a Galaxy Mini S5570, I tried to pair it with a Galaxy S II i9000, but in vain, I tried to do it with a Galaxy Y and an Optimus Net P690... but it can't be detected...
Can you help me?
Thanks
I think sony only worries about their phones, but maybe in a sony forum you can find the answer
Hi all , just a quick question and advice , I have been offered to trade my HTC m8 for a xperia z3 or a z2 ...what do you all think please
leegreggs said:
Hi all , just a quick question and advice , I have been offered to trade my HTC m8 for a xperia z3 or a z2 ...what do you all think please
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I think I love my M8.
Have you used Sony phone before? I would first check out the ui and what features it comes with. I don't think anyone should tell you which phone to get. It all comes down to your preferences.
leegreggs said:
Hi all , just a quick question and advice , I have been offered to trade my HTC m8 for a xperia z3 or a z2 ...what do you all think please
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On first glance, z2 and z3 does have a nice UI to it but (to me personally) after looking at it for just a few days, I got disgusted by it
I was using a HOX initially and decided to play with a Xperia Z and didn't find it much of a appeal so didn't went to get the Z2 but the M8 instead.
But if you want the great battery life for your devices, go for Z2 or Z3! These devices can easily hit 10hr SOT with a single charge
Why phones like the HTC One M9 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 which both use the Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10 have custom rom but xperia m5 not even a simple custom rom or kernel?
(sorry for my poor English)
Well sony smartphones are more complex,xperia needs unlocked bootloader,devs to create custom kernel,custom recovery and most of we need devs to make it happen,but sadly devs are preoccupied with Z series for know,and this is a very new phone so we need to be patient. But anyways m5 works fine with stock rom,for me its perfect,fast,stable and it's UI is pretty nice.But i know there are different opinions and users who like different stuff.
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I never had problems or the will to change the stock rom from sony. It's perfect.
But it would be nice to have some customs roms anyway.
We will have them,but we have to be patient...
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I don't see this device getting any Development what so ever unfortunately usually seems to be the case with Sony mediatek devices I really wanted a m5 a while back myself I know where there is one for sale now brand new but used in white less than £180, but due to lack of development it's exactly why I'm hoping to be going for the x instead to replace my m2. If you have no intention of rooting ect it's a good device with a cracking camera if only it was as popular as the m2 was things may of been different
Hej, i was thinking of buying a used xperia Z1 compact, or a Z2 etc, an older Sony xperia.
I read some guides that explain you can install android 8 or even 9 on them, is this reliable? Obviously, a Z1 or Z2 or anything that old will be having an older android OS, limiting the phone to various apps and features.
By installing/modding a Z1 compact with android 9, would i get all the modern features that a 'modern' phone would have, that is equipped with Oreo or Pie?
Also, the Z1 compact can be rooted/modded to have 120fps/4k video recording already since 2014, will one get this functionality by installing android 8 or 9?
https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-and-z1-compact-get-4k-and-120-fps-video-recording/
Found the below guides for installing a newer android, but these guides seem not so great?
http://theupgradeguide.com/2019/10/...a-z1-compact-resurrection-remix-how-to-guide/
Those phones can be had rather cheap used, and i really like those phones. Have one with a shattered screen, but fixing that would be more costly then getting another one used.
Also, another question, a Z2 which screen doesnt respond sometimes to touch, is that generally a software or hardware problem?
Thanks alot for the input! :highfive: