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[Q] 2.3.4 in Ireland/Sony Ericsson and meteor network

Hi,
Can anyone clear this up for me,I live in Ireland and still havent got the Xloud etc update and now the 2.3.4 update has come along and nothing.
I have called SE a couple of times but they said they have released it to everyone and is up to my phone provider which is Meteor,But I have a friend who works for meteor and said this is pure lies.
I have tried to connect to PC companion for update but says my phone is up to date but I have heard of people in Ireland with the Xloud update.
Just getting a bit frustrated here, Can anyone explain or help with this
Dave in Dublin
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Did your friend confirm your carrier has already released it?
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no he didnt but he said its up to sony ericsson, he prob telling lies too.
Do you know anything about it or which way it works?

Not sure about update as I haven't the patience to wait for updates in ireland
Why not just update with flashtool to global 2.3.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17710187
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pushtostop said:
Not sure about update as I haven't the patience to wait for updates in ireland
Why not just update with flashtool to global 2.3.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17710187
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+1 Unlocking my boot loader was the best thing I've done to my phone yet, gone are the days of having to sit around waiting.
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AH id be terrified to do that as much as id love to, seems like everyone is happy when they do it but id be afraid it would be too complicated and I would mess up my phone.
Thanks a million though for your reply. didnt expect a reply that quick

Actually, a question for the OP. I can't get my meteor Arc to boot into fastboot mode (or whatever it's called...the mode with the blue LED on startup) which leads me to believe it's carrier locked. Do you find the same? I haven't got the 2.3.4 update either.
If my phone is carrier locked, is there any way to upgrade besides through my carrier? This could be a real noob question!

goalposts said:
If my phone is carrier locked, is there any way to upgrade besides through my carrier? This could be a real noob question!
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Flashtool, which is stated in the stickys. ;-)
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Hmm...I had tried that already and when it didn't work I put it down to a carrier lock thing. On reflection though I had been doing this on a virtual machine which could have caused my problems.
Thanks, and apologies for the noob-ness!

Should I or Shouldn't I?

So, we're still a pretty small group here in the Ion forum, and a lot of us are using BL locked AT&T phones. I bought the LT28i online, unlocked the bootloader and rooted the gingerbread that came on my phone as per the fantastic instructions by Spectre51 and yuunanase.
This is my primary phone, in fact I sold my Xperia X10 and Arc to cover the cost of the Ion, so i have no backup and nothing to switch to if i brick this thing. That said, in my situation, would you chance flashing the chinese ICS rom? or would you stick it out for the stock build for your region?
Simon

Nothing wrong with flashing the lt28h rom. You aren't going to see much different between it and what gets released in the next couple of months. I am loving my rooted lt28at on the ics firmware and international baseband. No issues and runs really well.
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Spectre51 said:
Nothing wrong with flashing the lt28h rom. You aren't going to see much different between it and what gets released in the next couple of months. I am loving my rooted lt28at on the ics firmware and international baseband. No issues and runs really well.
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Sent from Rooted LT28at with ICS.

Ion amazing
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There's virtually no chance of bricking it, and if (on the off-chance it does happen), complain to anyone and everyone online that you got a defective product. It's worked for a few of my friends on more than a few occasions. Anyways, ICS is wonderful. I haven't found any blatent problems with it so far (other than when you first flash it, you have to go and change the language to English whilist in Chinese, which was a bit hard).

simonsgray said:
That said, in my situation, would you chance flashing the chinese ICS rom? or would you stick it out for the stock build for your region?
Simon
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I would go for it. Starting from the L28i should be even easier than from the L28at. It at least saves you a step.
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King Cole said:
I haven't found any blatent problems with it so far (other than when you first flash it, you have to go and change the language to English whilist in Chinese, which was a bit hard).
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That happened to me the first time, but every other time it assumed I wanted English. That first time was amusing though. I had my Tablet S out and was comparing icons. Finally I just assumed usb debug and unknown apps were checked and moved on.
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[Q] Moving from ICS Lt28h to lt28At or Lt28i

hi
I have a Lt28At hardware Carrier unlocked. i flashed the Lt28h ICS build some months back to get ICS.
Now i want to flash Lt28At or Lt28i ICS build.
Can anybody tell me is it better to flash Lt28At or Lt28i ICS ? (Somebody who can compare the two )
Main concern is that: is the tethering blocked in the Lt28At ICS build or any more carrier restriction ? please comment ...
Also can i flash directly from ICS Lt28h build to Lt28i/Lt28at via flash tool ? i read somewhere to back to GB 2.3 then update via SonyEricsoon Update Service.
Thanks a lot. :good:

All the ICS are about the same - layout and such. For me, the ATT ics is louder on the sound, smooth but lots of bloatwares. It has tethering but you will get text from ATT if you had it on and don't have tethering plan (this is what i heard, not applicable to me cuz I do have tethering plan).
My preference: LT28i ICS 6.1.C.2.29. Smooth, good battery management, no bloatwares, sound is less than ATT but not much different, smart dial, open tether.
And yes flash directly, just have all the wipes checked to avoid any problem later.
Hope that help.
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Hey many thanks for the information. I just got a update on LT28h..6.1.e.1.20 Looks more of bug fixes upgrade .. Anyways i think the capacitive buttons more responsive.. And more speed.. And user ram is more now.. Battery drain more or less same... Sound no change.. Camera I was expecting more improvements.. Non there in terms of features..
I guess. I will stick on this for a whole.. LT28h came first.. So there surely would n patches pending from other main line branch to be merged here.. Looks this update was that one...
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accts said:
All the ICS are about the same - layout and such. For me, the ATT ics is louder on the sound, smooth but lots of bloatwares. It has tethering but you will get text from ATT if you had it on and don't have tethering plan (this is what i heard, not applicable to me cuz I do have tethering plan).
My preference: LT28i ICS 6.1.C.2.29. Smooth, good battery management, no bloatwares, sound is less than ATT but not much different, smart dial, open tether.
And yes flash directly, just have all the wipes checked to avoid any problem later.
Hope that help.
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Have to agree with you. Coming from the rogers branded crap to
LT28i ICS 6.1.C.2.29 was a treat.

split2th said:
Have to agree with you. Coming from the rogers branded crap to
LT28i ICS 6.1.C.2.29 was a treat.
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Hey did you by any chance have data connection issues after you moved to Lt28i? I recently moved from my stock At&t firmware to it and i cannot get a data connection, regular cell service just fine. But no data.

FanDroid09 said:
Hey did you by any chance have data connection issues after you moved to Lt28i? I recently moved from my stock At&t firmware to it and i cannot get a data connection, regular cell service just fine. But no data.
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Did you setup the APNs?
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[Q] Change region

I have a ARC S, it is not locked to any network and has never been.
It is currently running Android 4.0.3. I wish to install android 4.0.4.
I did a freash install of 4.0.3 and it made thingsa much better.
I have no lagging, no crashing or any problems.
The only problem i have is Sony seem to have thier fingers stuffed up thier A**** as i have still not had the update sent to my phone even after trying PC companion and SEUS.
Is there a way i can fool the software into thinking my phone is from a different region that has already had the update.
I want to be able to update without having to wipe it.
Thank you

vortexco said:
I have a ARC S, it is not locked to any network and has never been.
It is currently running Android 4.0.3. I wish to install android 4.0.4.
I did a freash install of 4.0.3 and it made thingsa much better.
I have no lagging, no crashing or any problems.
The only problem i have is Sony seem to have thier fingers stuffed up thier A**** as i have still not had the update sent to my phone even after trying PC companion and SEUS.
Is there a way i can fool the software into thinking my phone is from a different region that has already had the update.
I want to be able to update without having to wipe it.
Thank you
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Dude, you're not the only one who's waiting. Just let Sony do their thing, they already said that the firmware will be released at the end of this month.

popthosegaskets said:
Dude, you're not the only one who's waiting. Just let Sony do their thing, they already said that the firmware will be released at the end of this month.
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Sorry don't mean to be rude!
How do you know Sony are releasing it at the end of the month?
I have looked all over there forums and it seems to be full of people complaining that Sony never get back to them on updates.
The list with released SI numbers has been taken away.
Anyway thanks for your reply.

vortexco said:
Sorry don't mean to be rude!
How do you know Sony are releasing it at the end of the month?
I have looked all over there forums and it seems to be full of people complaining that Sony never get back to them on updates.
The list with released SI numbers has been taken away.
Anyway thanks for your reply.
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That was what Sony said at its forums. You can check the sony forums instead. Even so, don't be too enthusiastic with the update as it's not a major update. It only addresses minor issues and the kernel remains unchanged.
You can read more here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040803
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Its even easier than changing codes.
Just download flashtool and 587 Iberian Generic firmware. All languages are inside.
Check my post with picture in .13 thread in general section for how to fool it.
If still not working send me pm on Tuesday. I'll help.
Ignore above posts. They are thinking that you're on last 4.0.4 587 and waiting for even newer .13.
He's still on 4.0.3 562! Help him folks.
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Could you provide a link to your post .13 with Your picture on it. I am having trouble finding it.
And yes I am still on the first Ice build released by Sony and have been waiting nearly a year for the second update.
Thank you
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36530704
If you don't understand picture I'll explain on Tuesday.
On picture you can see how I forced it to provide 587 upgrade for UK. And I was on 587 already. Key is revision and customization.
R6D was lower number fw.
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Thanks I may have a look later today, if not I'll ask you to explain on Tuesday, I imagine your xml file is part of pc companion.
Thank you
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God knows what I should do with this, can you explain in more detail on Tuesday?
Thank you
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vortexco said:
God knows what I should do with this, can you explain in more detail on Tuesday?
Thank you
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OK can you definatley explain how to fool my PC companion software into thinking that phone is from a different area.
Thank you

vortexco said:
OK can you definatley explain how to fool my PC companion software into thinking that phone is from a different area.
Thank you
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Well, you can't.
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Success, I am now running android 4.0.4 on my ARC S.
Sony have not released the update for my SI number but I managed to fool the PC companion into offering the update.
I rooted my phone.
Used a Build.prop editor to change my I'd code.
Restarted my phone. The phone still would not update over the air, but when I plugged it into my pc and fired up PC Companion, it offered the new update.
All done,
Thanks for all the help
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vortexco said:
Success, I am now running android 4.0.4 on my ARC S.
Sony have not released the update for my SI number but I managed to fool the PC companion into offering the update.
I rooted my phone.
Used a Build.prop editor to change my I'd code.
Restarted my phone. The phone still would not update over the air, but when I plugged it into my pc and fired up PC Companion, it offered the new update.
All done,
Di
Thanks for all the help
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Not the best way to get it done, but glad it worked.
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LT28at JB update.....not good news.

I am hearing some rumblings that the ion LT28at won't be getting JB through AT&T. Hopefully get more info in the coming weeks/month but so far it isn't looking good for AT&T ion owners. Only saving grace is that we can run the LT28i firmware which will be getting JB. I'll keep you updated when I get more info.

Spectre51 said:
I am hearing some rumblings that the ion LT28at won't be getting JB through AT&T. Hopefully get more info in the coming weeks/month but so far it isn't looking good for AT&T ion owners. Only saving grace is that we can run the LT28i firmware which will be getting JB. I'll keep you updated when I get more info.
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Usually when carriers refuse to provide upgrades, it's usually attributed to the unsatisfactory performance of the phone. Can I assume the same for Xperia Ion?

lee480 said:
Usually when carriers refuse to provide upgrades, it's usually attributed to the unsatisfactory performance of the phone. Can I assume the same for Xperia Ion?
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Unsatisfactory sales maybe but AT&T never pushed the phone. It actually sold real well at Bestbuy. Actual performance of the phone isn't an issue.
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I'm from Vietnam, so my english is limited capital, hope you understand
Go to the press, JB dock for LT28, eager too then. It seems that Ion is the first child fails to Sony they must : (

link_one said:
I'm from Vietnam, so my english is limited capital, hope you understand
Go to the press, JB dock for LT28, eager too then. It seems that Ion is the first child fails to Sony they must : (
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Where's this news?

Spectre51 said:
I am hearing some rumblings that the ion LT28at won't be getting JB through AT&T. Hopefully get more info in the coming weeks/month but so far it isn't looking good for AT&T ion owners. Only saving grace is that we can run the LT28i firmware which will be getting JB. I'll keep you updated when I get more info.
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not that surprised about AT&T...the T just got JB 9.1.A.0.489, so we shouldn't be that far behind to get a generic upgrade for the ion as well ... I will be waiting for root before to upgrade

-DM- said:
not that surprised about AT&T...the T just got JB 9.1.A.0.489, so we shouldn't be that far behind to get a generic upgrade for the ion as well ... I will be waiting for root before to upgrade
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Probably won't be able to root just like any of the new system updates for Xperia devices but you can root a previous firmware then flash a pre-rooted rom through CWM. Yeh AT&T sucks for updates. Its a shame cause the ion is a great phone.

Wow. Horrible news. I bought this phone cause of its sleek design, good hardware, and the look of the screen. But I am sad to say I will never be getting a Sony phone again.
I have been very excited about getting bootloader unlocked but at this point, it does not look like that will be coming anytime soon. And now reading this news breaks my heart. I wish a bootloader unlock exploit would come so we could unlock the great potential this phone could have. But I fear it isn't going to.
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derrickdroid said:
Wow. Horrible news. I bought this phone cause of its sleek design, good hardware, and the look of the screen. But I am sad to say I will never be getting a Sony phone again.
I have been very excited about getting bootloader unlocked but at this point, it does not look like that will be coming anytime soon. And now reading this news breaks my heart. I wish a bootloader unlock exploit would come so we could unlock the great potential this phone could have. But I fear it isn't going to.
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Don't blame Sony its not their fault. Its AT&T.
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att sucks!?
if this is true, att is making a damn wrong decision...

edwardng said:
if this is true, att is making a damn wrong decision...
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I agree. I'm hoping they change their minds.
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Spectre51 said:
Don't blame Sony its not their fault. Its AT&T.
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Eh I think if Sony pushed at&t to send the update really hard they would. It takes two to make the update happen. The manufacturer and the carrier. All I can do is blame both at this point..
But that could change. If they are willing to keep such a mysterious device updated and help the developing road.
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Spectre51 said:
I agree. I'm hoping they change their minds.
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Docomo did this with arc so-01c, and ATT maybe the same
LOL

What I am seeing is ATT does not want something on the same level as the new device yet to come and the T. As was said they never really pushed this device in the first place and I am thinking with no update that is a good thing. With the Play getting official unlock after being dropped from carriers this could mean we will get one for the Ion as soon as ATT drop it. I do hope a JB shows up for the I and H though.

Unbranded phones for me from now on, can't wait for the z
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Spectre51 said:
Probably won't be able to root just like any of the new system updates for Xperia devices but you can root a previous firmware then flash a pre-rooted rom through CWM. Yeh AT&T sucks for updates. Its a shame cause the ion is a great phone.
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pre-rooted is what I meant, be waiting for you to post one and let me thank you in advance for that
I usually get my phones unlocked, but the ion was only $25 at BestBuy when I got it last August and they were giving a $50 gift card if you were renewing your contract , so in fact I made some money getting the phone... couldn't pass the occasion... the AT&T firmware lasted only the time I booted the phone for the first time then it was flashed immediately to the international firmware and rooted... and it has been a solid phone since

But even if so would not the at&t version be able to flash the International version's firmware like at&t x10a and international x10i using flashtools if some makes and ftf file?

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But even if so would not the at&t version be able to flash the International version's firmware like at&t x10a and international x10i using flashtools if some makes and ftf file?
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Thats why I mentioned this "Only saving grace is that we can run the LT28i firmware which will be getting JB" in the first post. Yes we will be able to run the LT28i JB update on our LT28at without issue.

Indeed. And yet they wanted to lock the phone under their carrier, but yet not even considering providing the JB update.

Do you know what time we can recieve JB update for Xperia S?
.: Sony Xperia S "Nozomi" :.