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[Q] ICS for Xperia ARC

Hi!
I've got a question that i couldn't find on this forum.
When will Sony official release ICS for xperia ARC?
And will ICS working good on the ARC?
thnx

It's already out
and they recommend you stay on GB for Arc

SevenD2 said:
It's already out
and they recommend you stay on GB for Arc
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No they do definitely not! It works like a charm...
Skickat från min Arc S med ICS

Well... It all depends on your region. But if you unlock your bootloader, then it does not matter. Here are lot of things and ROMs to test on this forum, including the latest builds.
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SevenD2 said:
and they recommend you stay on GB for Arc
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Can only assume you're taking the piss with that quote!!
Dazza

Questions go in the Q&A section

alkanaft said:
Well... It all depends on your region. But if you unlock your bootloader, then it does not matter. Here are lot of things and ROMs to test on this forum, including the latest builds.
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You do NOT need to unlock your bootloader to flash the latest official ICS.

BluechipJ said:
You do NOT need to unlock your bootloader to flash the latest offical ics/QUOTE]
He said it because not of all regions can be upgraded to ICS now
So he can up to any custom rom with unlocked bootloader
Sent from my LT18i
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hungragezone said:
He said it because not of all regions can be upgraded to ICS now
So he can up to any custom rom with unlocked bootloader
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Again, wrong.
The ICS update may not have been released for his specific SI # or carrier, but any phone can flash any FTF file.
Rogers (Canada) won't be releasing ICS for another few weeks yet I had ICS a week ago.

Dazza2910 said:
Can only assume you're taking the piss with that quote!!
Dazza
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"The reason for this is that Sony believes the new update may be less stable than Gingerbread.
Apparently the company wants to allow users to make 'an informed decision' over the upgrade and whether or not they want the new features at the possible expense of stability."
And I remember Sony saying ICS uses 30mb more RAM (on stock)

Where did that quote come from?
I'd say ICS is more stable so far. I used to get a few apps closing and regular pauses on some applications for no reason at all.
Not had any of that on ICS so far!! Also seems to run fine speed wise, even if it does use more RAM.
Fingers crossed, but all way better than 2.3.4 so far.
Dazza

WIND Galaxy S4 M919V's UNITE

I thought I'd create the first thread for the Canadian variant of the M919's similar to the thread on the S3 subsection. This is basically a thread where owners of the M919V can discuss amongsts each other based on our model of the phone.
STARTER LINKS for M919V's
STOCK Wind/Mobilicity/Videotron Firmware:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-M919V&pcode=0#firmware
Which ROMs work with the M919V and which one's don't:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
SIM Unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
LTE Band Enable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42044290&postcount=10
How To Root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258633
Installing TWRP Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263947

Did anyone else get an update this morning? I am with videotron and i got updated to build MDJ - I think I was on MDF before - haven't really noticed anything different.
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whittssg said:
Did anyone else get an update this morning? I am with videotron and i got updated to build MDJ - I think I was on MDF before - haven't really noticed anything different.
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Yes. My M919V from Wind (using it on Virgin) got an update this morning. MDC to MDJ now. The firmwares posted on samfirmware are the newer ones that includes today's 18 Mb update.
I didn't notice any difference as of yet. The description only read "Stability Improvements".

Me too I got update on videtron .
Guys now that you have open this topic it will nice to have real guide for our version for Rooting andvalso listing whic recovery and Rom work on Videtron / wind version.
I am too scared to brick the phine so I need guide from people who already done it.
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Root
Is there any root for our version?

I had my S4 crash on me once so I'm assuming the update fixed that. I'm not sure what caused the crash but it reminded me of the crashes I'd get with AOSP roms on my S3 which shocked me. So far no crash though. TBF, I think that the roots for the TMO work for us as well, however I haven't tried yet either as I'm also waiting for confirmation hehe. :good:
BTW has anyone gotten the unlock for the M919's to work on M919V's? When I dial the code in, it doesnt want to accept it.

Netuser said:
Me too I got update on videtron .
Guys now that you have open this topic it will nice to have real guide for our version for Rooting andvalso listing whic recovery and Rom work on Videtron / wind version.
I am too scared to brick the phine so I need guide from people who already done it.
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I suppose I'll get things rolling a little bit.
1) Root
The motochopper method works. Tested it myself. Even on the newest M919VVLUAMDJ.
Link here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258633
2) Sim Unlock
Again tested by me, works flawlessly even after flashing stock rom again.
Link here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285431
3) Recovery
Not tested by me, but others have had success installing TWRP.
Link here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263947
4) Stock
I flashed stock ROM with Odin after rooting to return back to stock. Everything is just how it is supposed to be.
Let's get going!

Thanks dj_aj, for root we don't need to go back to old firmware ?
I can confirmed I followed yesterday the method posted in the main Galaxy S4 Genreal forum(not T-mobile one) by looking at your links it look like same steps, and my videotron is unlocked I tried Telus sim of a friend it is working http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282683
For me the only important reason why I want to root and install a custom ROM is to have Pdroid as Apps now days ask for crazy permissions and I want to block that. Is there any Stock Base ROM that include Pdroid or OpenPdroid ? Because otherwise my phone is ultra fast and smooth no need of crazy flashing like I use to do before with my LG lol

Is there anyway to enable LTE on this model? My phone tends to jump to the Rogers partner network every now and then and the data is terribly slow on Rogers 3G compared to Videotrons 4G. Thanks.
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whittssg said:
Is there anyway to enable LTE on this model? My phone tends to jump to the Rogers partner network every now and then and the data is terribly slow on Rogers 3G compared to Videotrons 4G. Thanks.
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Open the phone dialer and press *#2263#.
Then select LTE Band Preference & then LTE All. This will force your phone to only connect to LTE.
To revert back chose Automatic from the service mode.
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Netuser said:
Thanks dj_aj, for root we don't need to go back to old firmware ?
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No that is not necessary. The new firmware is still rootable with motochopper.

Ever since I installed the firmaware update 2 days ago my batter life has tanked. Anyone else having this problem? (noob warning) Is it possible to revert to the previous version (non-rooted device)?

kochampiwo said:
Ever since I installed the firmaware update 2 days ago my batter life has tanked. Anyone else having this problem? (noob warning) Is it possible to revert to the previous version (non-rooted device)?
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Could you elaborate on how much the battery life has really tanked? Is it down to just a few hours? And how less is it compared to the previous times?
I ask only because even though I initially thought that my battery was draining much quickly on this new firmware, it isn't really so. I'm getting about the same battery life.
Also, at this moment there is no way to downgrade to the previous firmware. The reason being the only stock firmware available to be flashed is the latest one.

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No that is not necessary. The new firmware is still rootable with motochopper.
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Thanks for the confirmation
You rooted it but you didn't install/tested any ROM ? so basically any T mobile Rom will work ?
Also if OP author can add Videotron in the title of the topic we may get more people

Netuser said:
Thanks for the confirmation
You rooted it but you didn't install/tested any ROM ? so basically any T mobile Rom will work ?
Also if OP author can add Videotron in the title of the topic we may get more people
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You are welcome and no, I did not install any ROMs or custom recoveries. I like the stock touchwiz roms and generally only root to get rid of bloatware & do some minor tweaks.
I assume that all custom roms for the t-mobile sgh-m919 should work on our sgh-m919v variants. But, I have no expertise in this area & if anybody knows more can correct me.

I've updated the main post with links people have posted on here just for good reference. I hope that's okay with the original posters.

Just to confirm that i just rooted my videotron S4 with the link in OP . No need to roll back firmware worked perfectly with latest . Dont forget to turn on unlocked screen as you will be asked to allow root on your phone.
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Can someone confirm if Clockworkmod works on our model as well?
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I installed TWRP recovery via GooManager as linked in OP and it is working perfectly

dj_aj said:
Could you elaborate on how much the battery life has really tanked? Is it down to just a few hours? And how less is it compared to the previous times?
I ask only because even though I initially thought that my battery was draining much quickly on this new firmware, it isn't really so. I'm getting about the same battery life.
Also, at this moment there is no way to downgrade to the previous firmware. The reason being the only stock firmware available to be flashed is the latest one.
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So I dont think its the firmware. Forgive the noobiness. Here's what happened: for two weeks since I bought the phone I have been following the same usage pattern every weekday - full charge with phone off at night, turn on at 8am, an hour of radio streaming and some browsing, gmail syncing sms and sporadic short browsing, repeat hour of streaming/browsing on commute home, some browsing on wifi in the evening. I have all smart features disabled and only syncing my gmail and calendar all in the effort to conserve bbattery.NEway this process would take my battery to about 20% by 11pm. Then last week for 2 consecutive days my battery life plummeted during the day to the point where it was 100% drained by 6pm. I didnt consider whether I had done anything differently on those days but now I know. I tried to send pictures through gmail over the network. With each pic weighing I at approx 3mb gmail was working to send them for hours while draining my battery. It just so happened that this took plafe the day after I installed the upgrade. Lesson here for me is wait for wifi to email pics taken by the fantastic camera on this phone.e

E980 CM11 problem with WIFI

E980 rooted using freegee, flashed cm11 m3 and the previous nightly, everything works until i put my simcard, after that wifi stops working.
only way to solve is to remove simcard and do factory reset.
flashed cm 10.2 stable and everything works, including WIFI + Sim.
second issue, i have an Optimus G, and it runs KITKAT way smoother, cant explain, but the animations are jittery on E980, while on Optimus G they are smooth.

Guys, help me here, one day old phone here... How do you guys using the ROMs? When it won't work? Hope it's not the phone as cm11 M2 works fine.
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atifsh said:
Guys, help me here, one day old phone here... How do you guys using the ROMs? When it won't work? Hope it's not the phone as cm11 M2 works fine.
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Try setting region in settings>wifi>advanced
Also try to install the Jan 21 2014 cm11 rom, since some wifi changes were made starting from Jan 22 2014.
You can also try flashing the custom kernel from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50148452

arifqur said:
Try setting region in settings>wifi>advanced
Also try to install the Jan 21 2014 cm11 rom, since some wifi changes were made starting from Jan 22 2014.
You can also try flashing the custom kernel from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50148452
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anyway to make region stay persist after reboot.

atifsh said:
anyway to make region stay persist after reboot.
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Then you can confirm that this works for you?
Have not been able to make this stick.

arifqur said:
Then you can confirm that this works for you?
Have not been able to make this stick.
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yes clicking any region will enable wifi, but after reboot, you have to do this again.
changing the kernel fixes it, either use older m2 kernel or any custom kernel.

atifsh said:
yes clicking any region will enable wifi, but after reboot, you have to do this again.
changing the kernel fixes it, either use older m2 kernel or any custom kernel.
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I am confused as to why other people are not affected by this problem. Its not only with CM11 that this happens, all the newer versions of roms have the same issue. Cyanfox has exactly the same issue that it has to be ticked again after reboot. Slimkat on the other hand remembers once you tick the region. One rom I don't exactly remember which one does not even have the region settings( either Vanir or AICP) so any other kernel has to be flashed.

arifqur said:
I am confused as to why other people are not affected by this problem. Its not only with CM11 that this happens, all the newer versions of roms have the same issue. Cyanfox has exactly the same issue that it has to be ticked again after reboot. Slimkat on the other hand remembers once you tick the region. One rom I don't exactly remember which one does not even have the region settings( either Vanir or AICP) so any other kernel has to be flashed.
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exactly what i wonders... why not more than handful only complain, i have an E980, perhaps other models does not suffer this.
yes using a older kernel or a custom one fixes the issue, i have used kernel from M2 build and these days using the custom one.
only thing is the custom kernel gives me random reboot here and there.

atifsh said:
exactly what i wonders... why not more than handful only complain, i have an E980, perhaps other models does not suffer this.
yes using a older kernel or a custom one fixes the issue, i have used kernel from M2 build and these days using the custom one.
only thing is the custom kernel gives me random reboot here and there.
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After a lot of googling I found out that a lot of people have this issue but all of these people are using US version phones in other places than the USA.
The locale in the Sim does not match the one in the Settings Storage (or the MCC-Tables) in the phone and that creates a conflict.
If you remove your sim and then start your phone without it, the wifi works perfectly.
Give it a try.
Still can't seem to find a permanent solution to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/WiFi_regional_problem_on_Android

arifqur said:
After a lot of googling I found out that a lot of people have this issue but all of these people are using US version phones in other places than the USA.
The locale in the Sim does not match the one in the Settings Storage (or the MCC-Tables) in the phone and that creates a conflict.
If you remove your sim and then start your phone without it, the wifi works perfectly.
Give it a try.
Still can't seem to find a permanent solution to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/WiFi_regional_problem_on_Android
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yes i know, that it works without sim.

I think set region your wifi.

arifqur said:
After a lot of googling I found out that a lot of people have this issue .......
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Here my solution flash this every time i update a cm11 or cm11 based rom or try some new ROM.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7sfa46nytdivn02/E-980-M2-boot-img.zip
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atifsh said:
Here my solution flash this every time i update or try some new ROM.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6dCAzFim0RkMHl2aVlyWFp6eTA/edit?usp=docslist_api
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What is it?
Can't get to the page, says something like that request has been sent to the owner etc.

arifqur said:
What is it?
Can't get to the page, says something like that request has been sent to the owner etc.
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wait dropping it to dropbox, its M2 boot.img flashable from recovery
custom kernel always gives me random boot loops

atifsh said:
wait dropping it to dropbox, its M2 boot.img flashable from recovery
custom kernel always gives me random boot loops
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Found a solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658706

dear please let me know is there any permanent solution available for wifi region code issue because there is no option available for change region code in CM12 or android L please help

[help] zl bootloop

Friends, help.
My phone is having reboots on 4.3 rom be it any nationality.
Initially I thought it was due to the use of Xposed, but these bootloops have become an endless routine in my life.
Only in 4.2.2 i had no such problems, I am currently with stock rom 101 of Singapore and have been through this problem once.
What to do to stop this problem? I have unlocked BL.
Thanks

rkdss said:
Friends, help.
My phone is having reboots on 4.3 rom be it any nationality.
Initially I thought it was due to the use of Xposed, but these bootloops have become an endless routine in my life.
Only in 4.2.2 i had no such problems, I am currently with stock rom 101 of Singapore and have been through this problem once.
What to do to stop this problem? I have unlocked BL.
Thanks
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Are you able to revert back to 4.2.2?

ATRIXXIRTA said:
Are you able to revert back to 4.2.2?
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Yes, the problem that I can not use the new 4.3 roms
Without saying that my microphone is also in trouble.

and people still killing their pones with custom roms....

danieldp1990 said:
and people still killing their pones with custom roms....
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His problem is with stock firmware.... :what:
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[Q] t mobile note 3 gps problem

hello, i am new here and i learn a lot of my mobile from xda and i found here is a great site understanding my note 3.
ok first to start off,
I got my note 3 unlocked, rooted and flash to the version of 4.4.2 n9005 rom,
everythings working and only the gps seems having error on locating,
I have tried only locating in speedtest and it failed, showing me that im on the east coast instead im on the west coast of the US.
Everytime, the location will change differently when i reopen the app.
I start to wonder if the config file (gps.confg) which located under system/etc need to replaced to a different one to get it working.
I am sure my gps device in my phone is working flawlessly since I test it on a t mobile rom and its working.
So my question is, do i need to replace some of my files under system ? (since i flash to the international n9005 rom)
please if someone can provide a solution ill be greatly appreciated/.:victory:

Did you flash the wifi/nfc fix for the tmo varients after flashing the 9005 rom? I know it sounds odd, but they may also have a gps fix in there. Also make sure you're running a n900t kernel.
Sent from my leanKernel 2.5.1 powered stock 4.4.2 (NE6) SM-N900T

toastido said:
Did you flash the wifi/nfc fix for the tmo varients after flashing the 9005 rom? I know it sounds odd, but they may also have a gps fix in there. Also make sure you're running a n900t kernel.
Sent from my leanKernel 2.5.1 powered stock 4.4.2 (NE6) SM-N900T
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i hvnt flash that fix yet. where can i find the appropriate one? i find one but i am not sure if its the one u mentioning.
also i dont have wifi and bt issues the only ones that have problem is the faulty gps location.
thanks
PS: u have mentioned if im running a n900t kernel and i am not sure if thats the one u mention in firmware.
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arkkkk said:
i hvnt flash that fix yet. where can i find the appropriate one? i find one but i am not sure if its the one u mentioning.
also i dont have wifi and bt issues the only ones that have problem is the faulty gps location.
thanks
PS: u have mentioned if im running a n900t kernel and i am not sure if thats the one u mention in firmware.
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Don't think that's a kernel for our model. And Speed test.net doesn't use GPS. It uses your cell tower location, as in where your data comes from. My phone tests on a server in Dallas Texas, but I'm in Kentucky.
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That's not a N900T kernel, and if you didn't flash the fix I'm almost certain your still using a complete N9005 ROM. Search around for the thread that gives detailed instructions on how to proceed in flashing N9005 Roms to N900T