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[Q] Arc or Arc S?

I'm back to SE after three years of "HTCing", and already have a problem. I've bougt second-hand SE Arc (?), the box says that it's LT15i (Arc), but the phone info says that it's LT18i (Arc S). How can I know what do I have?
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It's probably just the Arc that has had a Arc S ROM flashed to it.

It really doesn't matter Arc/Arc S are practically the same, if you have rooted phone you can edit the build.prob and change what model the phone is if you like

MrModMan said:
It really doesn't matter Arc/Arc S are practically the same, if you have rooted phone you can edit the build.prob and change what model the phone is if you like
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Yup, but it does matter when you flash baseband.
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As far as i know Arc S should have a 1.4GHz procesor, when ARC has 1.0Ghz. But this is true with their official Rom`s, and it could be just a software limitation for ARC (back when i was having Gingerbread i have read a discussion where it was saying just that (that the CPU for ARC is software limited to 1 GHz).
So i believe that the only difference is that ARC is black (midnight Blue or something like that) and ARC S is white/silver.
About changing the model inside software is very easy, If rooted you can access the internal memory with a browser like Root browser and modify text inside file "/system/build.prop" from LT15i to LT18i on every line you encounter ... actually you can type anything you want there
P.S. (baseband) : Actualy it does not matter that much, at least with the .ftf`s you find here. The CDMA Cip is the same in both phones and it work no matter what baseband you put in it (i have a LT15i and installed BB70 for ARC S and it worked perfectly, and including the developer who released those base-bands answered that it does not matter, when i asked for BB for LT15i)

Marmalux said:
So i believe that the only difference is that ARC is black (midnight Blue or something like that) and ARC S is white/silver.
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Arc: midnight blue and silver
Arc S: midnight blue, silver, black, white and pink

I think arc / arc s is the same, just have a different processor. so it will be difficult to distinguish
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Just open your back cover & take out your battery . Then you know by looking at the back if its LT15 or LT18 .simple as that ..i dont know why ppl making a hassle about colour .
I agree with XperienceD, it just has a LT18i ROM flashed on it.

noim said:
Just open your back cover & take out your battery . Then you know by looking at the back if its LT15 or LT18 .simple as that ..i dont know why ppl making a hassle about colour .
I agree with XperienceD, it just has a LT18i ROM flashed on it.
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Thx, it really helped)
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noim said:
Just open your back cover & take out your battery . Then you know by looking at the back if its LT15 or LT18 .simple as that ..i dont know why ppl making a hassle about colour .
I agree with XperienceD, it just has a LT18i ROM flashed on it.
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:laugh: f-king genius. You should get into politics and get stuff done without all the bs!

If it has cracks it's the arc lol
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Poker gypsy said:
If it has cracks it's the arc lol
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This is so true.....

update the s model getting cracks also
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I heard that arc will not be getting jelly bean! I do.believe that all phone company's will not give more then 3 updates per model! Stop and think if they did no-one would buy new phones! That's my theory I could be wrong ? And in just not saying Sony, I'm saying Samsung,HTC, also
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Whatever that thing is, chage the prop file and make it an LT18i. and then just overlcock the hell out of it.

[Q] one more confused soul..Xperia S or Ion

Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You

arpith.fbi said:
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
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Xperia S !!
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I went with ion yeah it has lack of rooms right now but you can still root and have fun with it just as u can with the S, but like they say you can't go off wat people want u to get u gotta get wat u want, different strokes for different folks
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arpith.fbi said:
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
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Go for Ion :good: and I'll happily welcome you to the family bro
and also,the ion is lacking of custom ROM and custom kernel because most of the Xperia ion user have the at&t version (Lt28at),some got Rogers version and international version (both are Lt28i) and some got Lt28h (without LTE,like me in my country lol xD )

thanks for replying guys...in what terms ion is better than xperia S?

arpith.fbi said:
thanks for replying guys...in what terms ion is better than xperia S?
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Larger screen, SD card.
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jeriku said:
Larger screen, SD card.
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+ Much longer battery life

UchihaDareNial said:
+ Much longer battery life
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Not with lte. Xperia s has better battery life anyways.
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is there any 4.2 ro for the arc s?

I was looking for android 4.2 for the arc s
and I wanted to know if anyone tried

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147958
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i know that one but when I clicked download link i find the arc not the s

Nope. That's the only one. And it's a WIP. A little buggy as of now, but should be ironed out. But thanks to CM/FXP, at least we have JB for our phones.

kingrevenge said:
i know that one but when I clicked download link i find the arc not the s
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All arc ROMs work on arc s and vice versa.
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kingrevenge said:
i know that one but when I clicked download link i find the arc not the s
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Roms of arc and arc s are the same even if it's written arc s
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kvrjsoni said:
Roms of arc and arc s are the same even if it's written arc s
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Not exactly. You get more internal memory with the Arc S firmware.

Xperia E JB port/dump to Arc

first of all, sorry if this is already a duplicate thread, i can't find anything regarding Xperia E port to Arc.
Xperia E is known to have inferior hardware specs than Arc, but this one have stock jellybean (4.1.1?)
was there any straight port from the dump of Xperia E so that we have a close official form of stock sony jellybean, to run on our Arc?
i know also there are jellybean custom ROMs for Arc around, tried a few but it doesn't match the overall responsiveness of gingerbread. also, the custom ROMs more often look like stock android, losing the Sony style, but this depends on the owner's taste. for me i still prefer the Sony style and look.
i would assume the Sony stock jellybean running on Xperia E to be minimalistic and fast to support its hardware, so definitely would run better on the Arc, plus the Sony style is there.
is there anything out already, or no dev much interested in this? thanks fellow xda arc users!

nothing Is same e have chipset from s1 line we have s2 snapdragon also we strart porting xperia j rom

n1kolaa said:
nothing Is same e have chipset from s1 line we have s2 snapdragon also we strart porting xperia j rom
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why cant we use jb from xperia p? the sola's get jb from xperia p..
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daniLaLaLaLaLa said:
why cant we use jb from xperia p? the sola's get jb from xperia p..
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but those go,sola,p,u have novatur chipset ,uts easyer to port from qualcomm base chipset coz our phone have quacomm chipset

@n1koola did you continuing the work @emwmo left I.e porting xperia z jb ROM build 3 ... Or new build with xperia j dump ??

ok, so is there no Snapdragon S2 that got upgraded to jellybean?
those with Snapdragon S1 lucky to be jellybean ready then

[Q] [q] Xperia SL Worthwhile purchase in August '13?

Hi Team,
I've broken my HTC One X and am considering purchasing a Sony Xperia SL. I understand that it is no longer a top of the line device, however all of the new phones that are are 4.7"+ which is too large IMO. It seems that the S has a fairly active dev team, though I'm not so keen on flashing new roms so often these days (have been using the same rom on my HTC One X for about a year). Having said all that; are there daily driver ROMs available for the SL that I can stick with for an extended period &/or how does the update roadmap for the device look; is JB likely the final update etc.
Thanks in advance,

Try Xperia sp or zr
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luigi0824 said:
Try Xperia sp or zr
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Thanks, I'd probably consider the zr over the sp but both of these handsets are still probably a bit too big, and they don't really have the 'premium' look.

Xperia v and HTC one mini are 4.3 inch so same size as Xperia s
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I would recommend Xperia V but not SP (the 0.2 Ghz difference doesn't make so much difference, u can overclock if u plan to unlock bl and modify the phone with flashtool. The camera on XV is much better too)
Xperia V is even cheaper than Xperia S/SL in Hong Kong now (where i live)
The only thing that make V weaker is the 0.3mp front camera, while XS/SL got 1.3mp (SP seems got 0.3mp too, not sure)
Even XSL got 1.7Ghz cpu, the XV will be still much faster becoz the CPU on XV is snapdragon s4 but the CPU on XS is snapdragon s3
(s3 actually isn't that bad, it is just supposed to be a bit slower. but s3 actually overheat so much which will make it very laggy, s4 is much cooler)
but if u got money, XZ/XZR ofcoz

Xperia SL - a good choice
IMO xperia SL is a good choice considering the specs it has got that still many latest phones lack behind easily...
12mp camera, very nice screen and screen quality, hdmi port, 32gb inbuilt memory to list a few...
plus speaking of the developer support it has got a great developer support...
already got JB 4.3 :laugh:

Please give me a link for xperia sl jb 4.3 rom download
Saurav16 said:
IMO xperia SL is a good choice considering the specs it has got that still many latest phones lack behind easily...
12mp camera, very nice screen and screen quality, hdmi port, 32gb inbuilt memory to list a few...
plus speaking of the developer support it has got a great developer support...
already got JB 4.3 :laugh:
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Hey!! guys,
Please give me any link to download jb 4.3 for xperia sl..plz

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391058
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Have you tested on xperia sl
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391058
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Thanks for your support brother.. plz tell me It works on XSL. All stuffs work fine or have some bugs.

samr007 said:
Thanks for your support brother.. plz tell me It works on XSL. All stuffs work fine or have some bugs.
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Can't you read? Bugs are mentioned in 4.3 thread

Yes ROM hv many bugs..hv you another ROM option..plz tell me.
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