Hello.
First, I have Xperia S, 4.1.2, with an unlocked boatloader.
I have some questions:
1. Is there a toolkit to root my Xperia S? Except for flashtool. I saw DoomloRD's toolkit, what do you think about him?
2. Is there a room that brings nexus experience for my phone? Things like nexus 4's keyboard, UI, sounds...
3. Can you also give me another name of a rom, that make the device faster?
4. Is there a new build for the XS? 211 build? Is there an official ftf?
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if your bootloader is unlocked then flash aosp 4.3
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Ben36 said:
if your bootloader is unlocked then flash aosp 4.3
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Can you answer me about all the questions?
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ygil1234 said:
Hello.
First, I have Xperia S, 4.1.2, with an unlocked boatloader.
I have some questions:
1. Is there a toolkit to root my Xperia S? Except for flashtool. I saw DoomloRD's toolkit, what do you think about him?
ok. well if you have followed the bootloader unlock method then you just need to fastboot a kernel
2. Is there a room that brings nexus experience for my phone? Things like nexus 4's keyboard, UI, sounds...
yeah lots. aosp 4.3 is currently awesome
3. Can you also give me another name of a rom, that make the device faster?
as above
4. Is there a new build for the XS? 211 build? Is there an official ftf?
there is a 211 build as the latest but its still buggy and full of sony poo
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ygil1234 said:
Hello.
First, I have Xperia S, 4.1.2, with an unlocked boatloader.
I have some questions:
1. Is there a toolkit to root my Xperia S? Except for flashtool. I saw DoomloRD's toolkit, what do you think about him?
2. Is there a room that brings nexus experience for my phone? Things like nexus 4's keyboard, UI, sounds...
3. Can you also give me another name of a rom, that make the device faster?
4. Is there a new build for the XS? 211 build? Is there an official ftf?
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1. Weird question, either rooting method works or not, since its doomlords work it should work, read the thread and you'll know.
2. Nexus has the almost pure vanilla android so we have some 4.2.2 ROMs and even 4.3 ROM(which is in alpha stage, so I wouldn't recommend it, try 4.2.2 ROMs).
3. Try any custom ROM, especially the without-bloatware and slim ones, try changing kernels. There is no perfect ROMs, you must try some of them and decide which is better, installs some mods(like one that stops launcher redraws).
4. .211 build is a regional update, some minor changes for particular countries I think. If it doesn't pop up at your update centre then you don't miss much. Of course custom ROMs are based on latest .211 firmware so you are probably gonna have it anyway.
There is new update coming for our device but we will probably wait 2-3 weeks till it comes.
Once again - read. Threads have probably most answers for your questions, and reading carefully is the best way to know your device and what is going on in the developers world.
yUlekk said:
1. Weird question, either rooting method works or not, since its doomlords work it should work, read the thread and you'll know.
2. Nexus has the almost pure vanilla android so we have some 4.2.2 ROMs and even 4.3 ROM(which is in alpha stage, so I wouldn't recommend it, try 4.2.2 ROMs).
3. Try any custom ROM, especially the without-bloatware and slim ones, try changing kernels. There is no perfect ROMs, you must try some of them and decide which is better, installs some mods(like one that stops launcher redraws).
4. .211 build is a regional update, some minor changes for particular countries I think. If it doesn't pop up at your update centre then you don't miss much. Of course custom ROMs are based on latest .211 firmware so you are probably gonna have it anyway.
There is new update coming for our device but we will probably wait 2-3 weeks till it comes.
Once again - read. Threads have probably most answers for your questions, and reading carefully is the best way to know your device and what is going on in the developers world.
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1. OK, I think I'll use DooMLoRD's toolkit.
2. Can you suggest me some ROMs that use Vanilla Android and that runs 4.2.2?
3. OK, thanks
4. I'll wait, thanks
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2. Nexus has the almost pure vanilla android so we have some 4.2.2 ROMs and even 4.3 ROM(which is in alpha stage, so I wouldn't recommend it, try 4.2.2 ROMs).
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4.3 is far more smooth and stable then the 4.2.2 roms
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4.3 is far more smooth and stable then the 4.2.2 roms
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So can you suggest me a ROM of 4.3?
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ygil1234 said:
So can you suggest me a ROM of 4.3?
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C'mon man, if you checked developement section you would know that for this moment we have one 4.3 rom. I won't give you the link, finding this rom is not that hard.
I recommend p.a.c. ROM on Android 4.2.2
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ygil1234 said:
Hello.
First, I have Xperia S, 4.1.2, with an unlocked boatloader.
I have some questions:
1. Is there a toolkit to root my Xperia S? Except for flashtool. I saw DoomloRD's toolkit, what do you think about him?
2. Is there a room that brings nexus experience for my phone? Things like nexus 4's keyboard, UI, sounds...
3. Can you also give me another name of a rom, that make the device faster?
4. Is there a new build for the XS? 211 build? Is there an official ftf?
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1. I don't know any other flashtool than DoomloRD's version. What? Is there any issues?
2. Yup there are also of "rooms" for Xperia S that are based on AOSP. Use PAC ROOM or Slimbean.
3. What do you mean by "faster"? Trinity ROOM is very smooth and fluid. In terms of performance use custom kernels.
4. 211 is the latest and still has a few bugs. There hasn't been any official news that there will be a new update with bug fixes , but Sony would definitely try to fix it for their own sake.
Here is a Flashtool : http://www.flashtool.net/
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Can you suggest me some ROMs that use Vanilla Android and that runs 4.2.2?
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OpenSEMC 4.2.2 RC2 - smoothest, fastest, IMHO best ROM at the moment. 4.3 are not yet as stable as 4.2.2 ROMs.
I tried letamas AOSP 4.3 ROM and it is good but it lagged sometimes and misses some options that CM based ROMs are having.
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4.3 is far more smooth and stable then the 4.2.2 roms
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I can't agree with you on that one, at least my experience were oposite.
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Hi
I have flashed the global ICS firmware for my xperia arc ! i really like it but it is not as smooth as the gingerbread. I know the firmware is full of bloatware and thats why its a bit laggy..
My question is there a ROM (modified firmware) which i can flash to make the ics run smoothly and faster on my arc ??
Try Arconium.
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Try Arconium.
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its a bit complicated to install this and i have to unlock my boatloader.
is there a firmware that i can flash it via flashtool !! the easy way ??
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its a bit complicated to install this and i have to unlock my boatloader.
is there a firmware that i can flash it via flashtool !! the easy way ??
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Till Now Generic Global World Firmware is BEST.
Cm7 only
AOKP! But needs unlocked bootloader..
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I'm using the World Generic 4.04 stock rom, and find it occasionally locks up and crashes, I do like the feel and style of ICS but dont think its been perfected for the Arc yet, if I could unlock my bootloader i'd try other roms, so its between ICS or Gingerbread for me
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I'm using the World Generic 4.04 stock rom, and find it occasionally locks up and crashes, I do like the feel and style of ICS but dont think its been perfected for the Arc yet, if I could unlock my bootloader i'd try other roms, so its between ICS or Gingerbread for me
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how this could Happen.
Global version; of firmware is best with least bloatware.
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AOKP
philansel7 said:
Hi
I have flashed the global ICS firmware for my xperia arc ! i really like it but it is not as smooth as the gingerbread. I know the firmware is full of bloatware and thats why its a bit laggy..
My question is there a ROM (modified firmware) which i can flash to make the ics run smoothly and faster on my arc ??
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soumya_digi said:
AOKP! But needs unlocked bootloader..
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+1
AOKP & sirkey'a kernel, enough said and definitely worth getting your bootloader unlocked
I'm not that overwhelmed by Arconium, which AOKP Rom?
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dannyb0i said:
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AOKP & sirkey'a kernel, enough said and definitely worth getting your bootloader unlocked
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thx i will try it
Having jjs hybrid rom installed now. Feels much better..
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hey guyz,
i am using sony ericsson xperia arc s (LT18i). current OS android gingerbread 2.3.4. when i connected to pc companion it showed an update. but i heard that ICS is not suitable for xperia arc s. there are some prb with updating arc s to ICS. i mean after updating arc s to ICS there occurs some bugs related or other problem after updating xperia arc s. so can anyone tell me in details. lyk wat are the disadvantages of updating arc s to ICS.
thank u.....
Well stock ICS is pretty bad and laggy so you can look for custom roms like CM... Sony didn't make a very good ICS update even though they released it early. I recommend custom roms However if you want to keep your BL locked, there are roms that are for you too just search and you shall find
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trax7 said:
Well stock ICS is pretty bad and laggy so you can look for custom roms like CM... Sony didn't make a very good ICS update even though they released it early. I recommend custom roms However if you want to keep your BL locked, there are roms that are for you too just search and you shall find
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can u give me a proper custom room link which will not slow down the phone or cause any prb and the full process of installing custom rom, cz i never did this before.....
thank u
samveer said:
can u give me a proper custom room link which will not slow down the phone or cause any prb and the full process of installing custom rom, cz i never did this before.....
thank u
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I'm assuming your phone's bootloader is locked (which is normal), so here's 2 roms that are pretty popular, based on ics, and makes your phone run like dual core
Jelly Sandwhich
Xperia Ultimate HD
samveer said:
can u give me a proper custom room link which will not slow down the phone or cause any prb and the full process of installing custom rom, cz i never did this before.....
thank u
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Take a look here, it´s guide i did for Xperia Ultimate HD and root.
Read carefully if you haven't done anything like this before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1955248
It may seems a bit much, but it's worth it
trax7 said:
Well stock ICS is pretty bad and laggy so you can look for custom roms like CM... Sony didn't make a very good ICS update even though they released it early. I recommend custom roms However if you want to keep your BL locked, there are roms that are for you too just search and you shall find
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You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
samveer said:
hey guyz,
i am using sony ericsson xperia arc s (LT18i). current OS android gingerbread 2.3.4. when i connected to pc companion it showed an update. but i heard that ICS is not suitable for xperia arc s. there are some prb with updating arc s to ICS. i mean after updating arc s to ICS there occurs some bugs related or other problem after updating xperia arc s. so can anyone tell me in details. lyk wat are the disadvantages of updating arc s to ICS.
thank u.....
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Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
lofty5 said:
You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
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Custom roms based on stock ics is better than stock ics.
lofty5 said:
You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
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I don't know how you use your phone or what you do to it but for me CM is soooo much better than any version of stock ROM especially since it's based on JB
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My opinion is upgrade to ics and install Potomac custom rom
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lofty5 said:
You are so wrong the latest ics rom stock rom is great the first two sucked. Custom roms are also ****e.
Don't listen to these helmets bad advice stock 587 is great. Stay clear of supercharger it will cause a tonne of lag on ics.
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I agree with lofty, the stock ICS .587 is working great. Very stable and everything works 100%. My own experience with custom roms and super duper extremely fast scripts is also that they create more problems and makes your phone unstable or cause other unexepected behaviors.
It is an "old" phone with single core and no super scripts or custom roms will make up for the single core and low memory. And yet it is my preffered phone on .587 even compared to my wifes experia S.
I have no issues with the stock rom. I updated andreo libs (gpu drivers)
Now the rom is even more faster
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Just like TheHaso, I am using stock ICS rom and tweaked it a bit... It works perfectly. Have a look at my signature
kAcA. said:
Just like TheHaso, I am using stock ICS rom and tweaked it a bit... It works perfectly. Have a look at my signature
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It is not as smooth as GB for me. Fairly laggier, do you guys agree?
+1, had been using stock Ics and custom roms for sometime then back to arconium gb. It's still the best rom for my arc S.
I'm using 587 fw on my Neo and is running very smooth ( almost like GB) but it is almost unusable for hard games. But i'm not using it for gaming, i'm using it more for media, and with the latest apps from Xperia T, is awesome. So if you want to use it more for gaming, stay with Gingerbread, otherwise upgrade to ICS because IMO is way better than Gingerbread. BTW, i've tried almost every custom rom, and always i've returned to stock, because it's simply the best.
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samveer said:
hey guyz,
i am using sony ericsson xperia arc s (LT18i). current OS android gingerbread 2.3.4. when i connected to pc companion it showed an update. but i heard that ICS is not suitable for xperia arc s. there are some prb with updating arc s to ICS. i mean after updating arc s to ICS there occurs some bugs related or other problem after updating xperia arc s. so can anyone tell me in details. lyk wat are the disadvantages of updating arc s to ICS.
thank u.....
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Stock ICS .587 is excellent. There are a lot more features in it than in GB, I didn't notice any speed difference between GB and ICS other than the Google voice search and Recent apps (hold menu button) take a bit longer to start up the first time (they are quick after that).
I would recommend rooting ICS using this guide: http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/41119?start=0&tstart=0
Rooting will allow you to run an app from the Play Store which can uninstall those pesky bloatware apps.
And if you suppercharge ICS it's even better - even if you only supercharge 50%!!!!
Supercharger V6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Cheers.
Enjoy the update!
Johnsmith12345 said:
It is not as smooth as GB for me. Fairly laggier, do you guys agree?
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It's laggy thanks to bloatware and not being fully optimized. Custom ROMs and/or tweaking at your own will remove lag problem!
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Johnsmith12345 said:
It is not as smooth as GB for me. Fairly laggier, do you guys agree?
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Hmm not really. Maybe in some games... Just root, de-bloatware, update adreno libs and install supremacy script, and the GB smoothness is there
Stock ICS is ram hungry and not meant for phones like arc s lacks.
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Stock ICS is ram hungry and not meant for phones like arc s lacks.<br />
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True, stock rom,bloated its very ram consuming,but debloated, it becomes the best ICS rom (160-170
mb of free ram)
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HI
I got the arc s 2.3.4 .65,locked bootloader since i want to root it, i dont know what is better for me downgrading to .42 or to upgrade to ics?
any suggestion will b appreciated.
the-light said:
HI
I got the arc s 2.3.5 .65,locked bootloader since i want to root it, i dont know what is better for me downgrading to .42 or to upgrade to ics?
any suggestion will b appreciated.
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Wait, what? There is no such firmware for Arc S, like 2.3.5 or 4.0.2.A.0.65.
Someguyfromhell said:
Wait, what? There is no such firmware for Arc S, like 2.3.5 or 4.0.2.A.0.65.
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yea , its 2.3.4 GB build 4.0.2.d.0.5
Try out both GB and ICS rooted and see what you like. Many mods currently are for ICS but there are some old GB mods kicking around in the back pages of the forum.
GB is more stable in general but ICS is bearable in my opinion.
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DdcCabuslay said:
Try out both GB and ICS rooted and see what you like. Many mods currently are for ICS but there are some old GB mods kicking around in the back pages of the forum.
GB is more stable in general but ICS is bearable in my opinion.
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thank u.
I recommend you to try out custom ICS roms. If you don't want to use custom, then I would highly suggest you to stay with stock GB.. as stock ICS sucks =[
Try ics
// sent from a galactic Ars Sss
Let me explain my question. When I got my Xperia Arc S, it was already loaded with .62 firmware. I later upgraded it to ICS, but downgraded since ICS makes phone a second class device. Since I dont have experiences with other older gingerbread rom (version .42 and older) and since i found in some threads, that battery life was better in older versions of gingerbread I have this question for you.
So, which one of the gingerbread versions for Xperia Arc S was the best in terms of battery life, speed, maybe UI design. Which one would you recommend (for those, who had a phone since starting version) and to which one it is still safe to downgrade. Or is this simply the latest GB version 4.0.2.A.0.62?
Thanks for all the answers.
Most of the custom ones work okay, try xgamer, it's one of the most popular. Based on my experience it's quite good, stable, fast and batterylife is great
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Simply the latest one
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Sv: [Q] Which was the best working stock SE Gingerbread rom for Xperia Arc S
lyteo said:
Let me explain my question. When I got my Xperia Arc S, it was already loaded with .62 firmware. I later upgraded it to ICS, but downgraded since ICS makes phone a second class device. Since I dont have experiences with other older gingerbread rom (version .42 and older) and since i found in some threads, that battery life was better in older versions of gingerbread I have this question for you.
So, which one of the gingerbread versions for Xperia Arc S was the best in terms of battery life, speed, maybe UI design. Which one would you recommend (for those, who had a phone since starting version) and to which one it is still safe to downgrade. Or is this simply the latest GB version 4.0.2.A.0.62?
Thanks for all the answers.
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Rooted, de-bloated and battery life-tweaked .69 build is the answer to your questions.
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fabokid5922 said:
Most of the custom ones work okay, try xgamer, it's one of the most popular. Based on my experience it's quite good, stable, fast and batterylife is great
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I was only asking about stock roms made by Sony Ericsson - their official firmwares
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Rooted, de-bloated and battery life-tweaked .69 build is the answer to your questions.
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Thanks to everyone for the answers
Question for Destroyedbeauty:
Is there any noticable difference between .62 or .69 firmware? And how to root .69 firmware, since I can't do an OTA to this version, .62 is the latest for me?
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Thanks to everyone for the answers
Question for Destroyedbeauty:
Is there any noticable difference between .62 or .69 firmware? And how to root .69 firmware, since I can't do an OTA to this version, .62 is the latest for me?
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.69 is not needed, it is only for Germany, includes only small name change (Gmail to Google Mail) due to legal issues, nothing else.
So .62 is the latest and suits just perfect for me.
Stood on .62, moved some apps from /data/app to /system/app, still have about 130 mb free on internal.Found out Arc S does have some unused space in system partition. I enjoy my fast phone. Only thing bothering is proximity sensor crack, but I'll fix that since phone is still under warranty. Thanks for all the opinions!
Hi all,
I have eased MiUi roms earlier on GB and ICS. Even a few days back I have used diff versions of MiUi V5 as well but switched to another roms in due course. Now I am trying to switch back to MiUi but i am not able to flash it.
I am doing the following:
1) Since I am on other custom roms,I will flash .587 LT15I ftf pack.Boot it, set it up, wait for a while to let thing settle up.
2) Flash the 3.4.X Kernel or Fusion 5.5 Kernel
3) Flash the MiUi V5 3.8.16 or 3.8.30 Rom.
All goes well with the installation and after rebooting, the phone is stopping at Miui Screen ( the Black PDA Team screen on the Max works roms).
I waited for quite sometime hoping it will enter the settings screen but no luck.
Any idea where I am missing?
Flash arc s ftf rather than arc... Then try flashing rom..
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Attitude.SSJ said:
Flash arc s ftf rather than arc... Then try flashing rom..
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As he said, flash LT18i FTF file instead of LT15i FTF. Arc and Arc S have slightly different partition layouts, first being the cause for some problems.
Someguyfromhell said:
As he said, flash LT18i FTF file instead of LT15i FTF. Arc and Arc S have slightly different partition layouts, first being the cause for some problems.
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Done that too earlier..I could flash the rom and everything works fine for sometime and then it starts hanging, mostly after 3-4 hrs. The screen takes a lot of time to respond.Apps will not respond fast.This was not the case earlier. This problem I have noticed after using the KitKat roms but not sure if that can be any reason.
Any suggestions, on the best way and the the best version of MiUi V5 I can use? I love MiUi.
rexhyd said:
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Any suggestions, on the best way and the the best version of MiUi V5 I can use? I love MiUi.
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Firstly, don't ask for the "best version of MIUI".
Secondly, there's only one MIUI port based off CM10 here which can be found in the developer forums.
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