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[Q] arc S LCD problem

Hello. I bought about eight months Gvshymv. You're just a tiny spot of white on black LCD door. But other colors right door. This is a very small point, I think it's a pixel. I want to ask is there a way to fix it?

No, send it while you have warranty
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Bootloader unlock my phone so my phone is out of warranty

You'll have to buy a new screen and install it to get rid of that faulty pixel

the endaKo
There is no way to repair the dead pixels? :crying:

No. Better leave it as it i.
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daniiel said:
Bootloader unlock my phone so my phone is out of warranty
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Relock and try your luck
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Ion or not to Ion...

As lots of you have seen, the lt28at is really cheap on Amazon and eBay (around $250 unlocked) and I'm thinking about buying one as a replacement for my aging HTC Desire.
What do those of you with one think? Is there another phone in that price range that's better? Are you happy with it? It seems the best phone in that price range.
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Im happy with my ion(got it on ebay), good screen, good perfotmance, decent camera. Got a few issues with it though: my camera lens got scratched to the point i couldnt take pics, so i had to do a fix( I used my N95 lens as replacement, works great now), no unlockable bootloader means fewer custom roms. Other than that id say its a good bargain.
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I'm happy with my ion .. everything work perfect
but there is a small issue with camera focus

Yahh. Ion is great. But I bought my phone for $600
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pharix said:
Yahh. Ion is great. But I bought my phone for $600
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Well,Sony Malaysia sell Xperia ion for RM1890 (divide it by 3 to get US price)
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before buying the ion, i really expect this to do much more and much better compare to my previous x10. However, i was so disappointed..
if you want a phone that takes good pictures (good clarity and color), don't take ion;
if you want a phone with good wifi, don't take ion;
if you don't want a phone to randomly shut down the apps you are using without noticing, don't take ion
all of the above essential points to me are not presented in x10, so i am very not happy about the ion
i recommend you just wait for ion's jelly bean review. its ics build is definitely one of the worst if not the worst comparing to samsung/htc/LG's except for the look

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before buying the ion, i really expect this to do much more and much better compare to my previous x10. However, i was so disappointed..
if you want a phone that takes good pictures (good clarity and color), don't take ion;
if you want a phone with good wifi, don't take ion;
if you don't want a phone to randomly shut down the apps you are using without noticing, don't take ion
all of the above essential points to me are not presented in x10, so i am very not happy about the ion
i recommend you just wait for ion's jelly bean review. its ics build is definitely one of the worst if not the worst comparing to samsung/htc/LG's except for the look
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Odd, my ion takes good pics(even in low light), and has no wifi issues. Only app that closes for no reason is browser when watching heavy sites.
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choosing ion
I got my Ion on on ebay for $200.00 it's locked to AT&T so i can't use any custom roms, but i am waiting for the JB update hopefully by end of March and or April. What i did do to make my Ion more snappy is of course root it, install CWM, V6 supercharger to decrease lag, use a deodex L28H rom. I do use my S3 as my primary phone for work, but i just love Sony's look when it comes to the phone design. The Ion is a good not great phone but you just need to "tweak" it a little with mods for now to make run a little better, XDA is a great place to check to do just that!
PS. waiting for the ZL that will be my next Sony Xperia!:good:

luisoman2000 said:
Odd, my ion takes good pics(even in low light), and has no wifi issues. Only app that closes for no reason is browser when watching heavy sites.
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Yes I do agree with you
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UchihaDareNial said:
Well,Sony Malaysia sell Xperia ion for RM1890 (divide it by 3 to get US price)
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Yahh. Agree with that. But I bought my ion 2 months ago. Now the price is $250.
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I've been using an LT28at initially on AT&T then on T-Mobile for a total of 3 months. I previously used an X10 and a Nexus One.
In the U.S., the largest factor for me to have an SIM unlocked ION was its radio. AWS HSPA and LTE bands are covered. Granted LT28at's bootloader is locked and you can't try custom roms or custom kernels. But if you compare the ION with X10, Nexus One or HTC Desire, processing speed alone should feel a big improvement. Sure I love X10 (I still have one) and I personally think X10's push buttons are still better than ION's touch panel buttons. But ION is pretty good, and you won't be disappointed if you switch from HTC Desire.

It looks like I might get the lt28at. I know the bootloader is locked with little hope of that changing, but is it possible to load custom ROMs with the stock kernel?
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Parastie said:
It looks like I might get the lt28at. I know the bootloader is locked with little hope of that changing, but is it possible to load custom ROMs with the stock kernel?
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Yup, there are some roms that use stock kernel(xzxperience, miuiu, xtxperience), they work nicely on the ion(Im running xzxperience right now).
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Okay one last question. Is it possible to get into fastboot on the 28at version? I was reading the bootloader unlock thread and some people were saying that the 28at won't go to fast boot which keeps you from loading cwm. Is that true?
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Parastie said:
Okay one last question. Is it possible to get into fastboot on the 28at version? I was reading the bootloader unlock thread and some people were saying that the 28at won't go to fast boot which keeps you from loading cwm. Is that true?
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You can load cwm without any problems. I believe it is another mode( dont recall what its called right now) which the 28at cant go to which is necessary for bootloader unlocking( i tried). There is a guide o how to install cwm on the ion. You can also flash the generic 28h or i firmwares on the 28at without any issues.
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luisoman2000 said:
You can load cwm without any problems. I believe it is another mode( dont recall what its called right now) which the 28at cant go to which is necessary for bootloader unlocking( i tried). There is a guide o how to install cwm on the ion. You can also flash the generic 28h or i firmwares on the 28at without any issues.
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Awesome thanks!
Do you know what methods to get around the bootloader has been tried?

Parastie said:
Awesome thanks!
Do you know what methods to get around the bootloader has been tried?
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Not really. Guess well have to wait till sony and at&t allow the bootloader unlock. In any case jellybean is not too far away( even if at&t doesnt release the firmware we can flash h or i jellybean).
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[Q] Hot SIM Swap?

Does the ZL allow you to swap the SIM card without rebooting the phone? The Nexus 4 makes you reboot every time a SIM card is swapped.

havanahjoe said:
Does the ZL allow you to swap the SIM card without rebooting the phone? The Nexus 4 makes you reboot every time a SIM card is swapped.
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Which phone does that??
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I unlocked my ZL the other day and it had to be reset to pick up a signal off the Telus SIM.. On the bright side, the boot time is much faster than any other phone I've played with

nutzuTo said:
Which phone does that??
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Sadly, the iPhone. It's probably the only thing that I like about it. Must be a Qualcomm thing with the Xperia Zs, the Nexus 4, and I bet the US version of the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are the same.

havanahjoe said:
Sadly, the iPhone. It's probably the only thing that I like about it. Must be a Qualcomm thing with the Xperia Zs, the Nexus 4, and I bet the US version of the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are the same.
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True the iPhone does that, but I don't see any new android to do that.
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nutzuTo said:
True the iPhone does that, but I don't see any new android to do that.
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I posted the same question on the HTC One forum, and someone said "No problem with hot-swap on the HTC One". Not sure what that means, I asked for clarification.

havanahjoe said:
Does the ZL allow you to swap the SIM card without rebooting the phone? The Nexus 4 makes you reboot every time a SIM card is swapped.
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Not sure about zl but the z does it .

Screen problems..

Hi,
Anyone know why the problem with my play? About 2 days ago, my Xperia Play started blanking outbwhen sliding out the gamepad and sliding it back. After a while, a few seconds, the phone screen comes back as usual... Someone tell me what I could do or how to fix it? Need this to last till end October..
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Could be the flex cable
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FaiselW said:
Could be the flex cable
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And how do I fix it?
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think you need a new flex cable, you can buy one eBay for about £8 but make sure you buy the tool also to open your phone. You will need to try and find someone to open your phone up for you or carefully do it yourself and follow a tut on YouTube as you can mess your phone up even more like I have

think you need a new flex cable, you can buy one eBay for about £8 but make sure you buy the tool also to open your phone. You will need to try and find someone to open your phone up for you or carefully do it yourself and follow a tut on YouTube as you can mess your phone up even more like I have
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I may just look for a local shop to repair I'd possible.. Hopefully I can get it fixed.. Thanks for ur help in confirming the problem!
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[Q] Bootloader unlockable

I went to service menu and it states Booloader unlock allowed: No
Crap!
Is there any way arround this?
Luckily its my wifes phone so no big harm. But how I can know if I will in future get a phone that can have unlocked bootloader???

What firmware are you in? The latest build?
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15.1.C.1.17
C1905
Is there still a way to unlock a bootloader?

Is there an update for your phone via SUS? As there's a new firmware might give you the option to unlock it after update
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No, no official update for me yet.

Could try flashing the New firmware that's on here and see if it's allowed after that
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I have just been bought the Xperia M by my girlfriend as an early xmas present (she's awesome) but my bootloader says its not unlockable... ive just updated to C.2.8 ive got the SS version on Tesco Mobile.
Im not a noob to android modding, I had an Xperia Ray super modded (cant remember what ROM) until earlyer this year so am a little out of touch but i did have an unlocked bootloader using the Sony method.
Surely having a unlockable bootloader will/can be fixed at some point in the future? software update or a hack? or is it just simply that i will not ever be able to unlock it?

Is it network locked? I'm sure I've read that if it's locked to a network the bootloader cannot be unlocked I could be wrong
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Screenshot of Sony site yes I was right I think network restrictions
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I have Xperia U locked to a network and I unlocked bootloader

Some networks are different it depends on them by the way Sony has put it in that paragraph might have to take it up with Sony and your network provider and see
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dunc4n88 said:
Some networks are different it depends on them by the way Sony has put it in that paragraph might have to take it up with Sony and your network provider and see
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So surely can't I just flash an unbranded stock firmware using flashtool then? It IS locked to Tesco mobile... It came with a big sticker on the box saying "I'm locked to the Tesco mobile network!"
So if I get a stock generic ftf file will that remove the network lock and free up the bootloader?
I have already sent my imei to Sony but not received my email with the unlock code...
Thanks for the response btw

Anyone else care to input or say anything on this matter?
Would really like to get a custom kernel installed (well, elixer) as im not too fussed about the ROM itself, I much prefer a tweaked/modded stock look and feel when using my phone anyways... Looks so much smarter.
Again any help or pointing in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, ive tried searching quite a bit now and it really seems that (so far at least) there really isnt a lot of custom support for this awesome phone, I didnt want the Xperia L (same hardware, same resolution, BIGGER screen!? .. 4" is plenty of screen size, if i want/need bigger then I should get a tablet no?) and then just about every other phone on the market now has a 17inch screen unless you get a really basic phone OR an iPhone *shudders* ughh the thought of itunes... No way.
The M is right in the sweet spot with 4" display and good decent hardware to match
Kind of preaching to the choir here im sure you guys all think the same as you own 1 lol

Problem solved for me. Unfortunately it will not help others.
Phone was restarting 5-6 times per day. Finaly I opened it and discovered that whenever I press SIM card it restarts again. Motherboard had be replaced.
Now, that is back from operater's service booloader can be unlocked yeeee!

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