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I m plannin to buy Arc n had question about it. Hows it multi tasking (resuming browsing after reply to friend on im+ or whatsapp) compared to Galaxy S. I m using S right now and not well satisfied with it. Please share your expr.
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I m plannin to buy Arc n had question about it. Hows it multi tasking (resuming browsing after reply to friend on im+ or whatsapp) compared to Galaxy S. I m using S right now and not well satisfied with it. Please share your expr.
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It is working fine on my Xperia Arc, quick to return to previously app. The Arc can benefit from regular reboots if you need to multitask allot to free up precious memory needed to switch between apps without having them closed by the system. It all depends which apps or services you have been running and their priority in the linux kernel.
Only issue I have encountered is with DolphinHD browser, do not use this. It will reserve allot of memory even when closed down and only way to release it is by rebooting the phone. Same thing happens to my colleguages with Arcs, use default browser or opera instead.
Have tried to recieve a call while playing order and chaos, was surprised to be returned to the game right after I had finished the phone call. Would have thought the game was closed down as it need allot of memory to run.
hygge said:
It is working fine on my Xperia Arc, quick to return to previously app. The Arc can benefit from regular reboots if you need to multitask allot to free up precious memory needed to switch between apps without having them closed by the system. It all depends which apps or services you have been running and their priority in the linux kernel.
Only issue I have encountered is with DolphinHD browser, do not use this. It will reserve allot of memory even when closed down and only way to release it is by rebooting the phone. Same thing happens to my colleguages with Arcs, use default browser or opera instead.
Have tried to recieve a call while playing order and chaos, was surprised to be returned to the game right after I had finished the phone call. Would have thought the game was closed down as it need allot of memory to run.
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Ahan ur opinion helped alot
Hi all, I'm looking for a solution here,
I have an HTC Wildfire S, but I'm experiencing low memory issues too frequently for my liking so off to buy another budget android to use as a phone, but would like to keep using my Wildfire S possibly as a tablet.
When I say as a tablet I mean removing all the phone related features like messaging, phone, contacts and so forth, so would like to know if there are any good roms that are in this way. Or if possible editting the prop files to make the market think it is a tablet with similar specs, so if anyone can guide me here or give me any ideas on this it would be a great help.
As a quick solution to the low memory I'm doing a full wipe of my phone tonight until I get my new phone, which isn't ideal but I guess I will have to!
HTC Wildfire S A510e CDMA running robotomod
Rooted but S-On so cannot access system files to delete crap that's in there!
sugarglidezz said:
Hi all, I'm looking for a solution here,
I have an HTC Wildfire S, but I'm experiencing low memory issues too frequently for my liking so off to buy another budget android to use as a phone, but would like to keep using my Wildfire S possibly as a tablet.
When I say as a tablet I mean removing all the phone related features like messaging, phone, contacts and so forth, so would like to know if there are any good roms that are in this way. Or if possible editting the prop files to make the market think it is a tablet with similar specs, so if anyone can guide me here or give me any ideas on this it would be a great help.
As a quick solution to the low memory I'm doing a full wipe of my phone tonight until I get my new phone, which isn't ideal but I guess I will have to!
HTC Wildfire S A510e CDMA running robotomod
Rooted but S-On so cannot access system files to delete crap that's in there!
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Honestly if you want to remove all these apps you need root, and with root you can simply increase your internal storage
But there is a ROM, Paranoid Android, for ICS or Jelly Bean, and it allows you to choose your UI (Tablet or Phone) for each app and to "zoom" these apps if they are too small or too large with Tablet UI.
If you want to delete messaging, phone, etc. , as far as I knows, you'll need do delete files yourself beacuse there is no tablet ROM on a phone :silly: . Be very careful, make a full backup and delete just files you want to delete. But I don't advice you to delete contacts because many apps use them.
However I think it would be a lot easier just to use int2ext+, s2e, data2sd, link2sd or whatever because it is a simple flash through recovery or just an app to install and that's done
contacts are also on tablets without 3G so dont remove it
Hi guys
I was used a galaxy s plus with no comparable specification of Sony Xperia S, but unfortunately I found many problems when I used Sony Xperia S that doesn't appear to me in Galaxy S plus that has poor specifications.
For Example :
1 My Sony Xperia S always refreshing when I enter to Album
2 . The Keyboard Suddenly hidden and I can''t control it (when i typing hidden and appear)
3 . Font type can't change
4. My Xperia stop working one time for more than 7 Minutes and I can't do any thing !!!!
5. the signal of WiFi is poor and i try another device and the signal excellent
6. when I received What's app message during listen to music, the Sony will hung for a moment.
I am really sad when I choose Xperia S when I see these problems
because my friends don't have these problems and some people advice me to upgrade the system to jelly bean and current version of the system is 4.0.4
Please if anybody has similar problems tell me , I want to give a complaint to the company !!!
5, the wifi signal is fine, just because the phone shows it is low it doesn't mean it actually is, use WIFI Anaylzer to see the actual strength. Despite the signal shown as non existent i can connect to my router 60 yards away when stood at the bus stop.
6, Call me stupid but wont all phones pause the music briefly when you receive a message so you can hear the message tone?
Sounds like it could maybe be RAM related... Just another possibility
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MrBelter said:
5, the wifi signal is fine, just because the phone shows it is low it doesn't mean it actually is, use WIFI Anaylzer to see the actual strength. Despite the signal shown as non existent i can connect to my router 60 yards away when stood at the bus stop.
6, Call me stupid but wont all phones pause the music briefly when you receive a message so you can hear the message tone?
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thank you Mr for your thread but why signal of wifi appear not fine... ??
I will not call you stupid but my phone is different from other Xperia S so sometimes I feel my phone has a problem in a software
About of All I want now change phone's font but no option to change it directly how can use easy way to change it. I heard about doing something in the root to be able to change font type and I don't have enough experience at this field.
if you have any URL for Explanation of Font changing please post it here
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thank you Mr for your thread but why signal of wifi appear not fine... ??
I will not call you stupid but my phone is different from other Xperia S so sometimes I feel my phone has a problem in a software
About of All I want now change phone's font but no option to change it directly how can use easy way to change it. I heard about doing something in the root to be able to change font type and I don't have enough experience at this field.
if you have any URL for Explanation of Font changing please post it here
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The font change thing is a thing Samsung included. I think their idea was great, considering how much that stock font suck. For us, go to Xperia P, U, Sola section, Themes and Apps, and search for Font Changer Script.
i dont have any of yours problems ... sorry but i dont know why you have ...
only issue is battery drain, everyday charging makes me angry... but its very good phone, smoth and powerfull..
I have the same problem with whatsapp music stutters when message arives really disappointed and phone lags alot
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My Xperia S with ICS (.55 custom firmware) is perfect. Even when I was on stock there was no lag and everythings worked well.
dear friend if u know how to root ur Xperia S i have simple way for u just find a same Xperia S with
difrent build.pro after rooting ur phone use root explorer & copy past to system make rw,r,r permision
and reboot ur phone & update with Sony Update or do repair with PC Companion everything will be just great
i did the same my phone is wonderful
Really? I have no problems with it at all. Relating to speed, I can even say my S has a quite faster UI than a Galaxy S3 TouchWiz on 4.0.4 (S3 on jellybean is faster, though).
I must admit that with a stock rom I was also disappointed about the overall performance of this smartphone. Its hardware should be more than sufficient to work smoothly with ICS and it doesn't. It lags switching between desktops, in drawing recent tasks list, resuming apps and so on but with a custom rom (my BL is locked, so all of them come from stock) it works great.
It is still a disappointment because although I like to tests roms, they use to have several bugs so you have to flash again and again, wipe, backup, restore. It can be a pain in the neck.
In general, I love this phone, its design, its screen but its software and Sony's updates suport is disgusting.
Just change to other custom rom like XTX V9 or other base .55, you will free with all problem
AW: Xperia S Disappointed me.
I'm on Stock 45 and have none of your Problems. Everything is just fine. Reflash your rom and if that doesn't help update to another Rom.
Changing your Font is really easy, just use FontChanger! (PlayStore, root)
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I'm on Stock 45 and have none of your Problems. Everything is just fine. Reflash your rom and if that doesn't help update to another Rom.
Changing your Font is really easy, just use FontChanger! (PlayStore, root)
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Font Changer doesn't work with Sony way of setting fonts.
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AW: Xperia S Disappointed me.
Didn't know that.... With my old Devices it always worked fine...
Camera is the big dissapoint for me, an the weak flash led.
you (OP) should give your phone to your sony centre.
i think its hardware problem
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Camera is the big dissapoint for me, an the weak flash led.
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I am really satisfied with the camera, although a fix on XDA helped to make it focus faster. If you check the thread in this forum where people show their photos, you will see that it can take good photos (at least for a smartphone).
I wasn't thrilled with the stock ICS ROM, so I moved to a custom JB one. That was an improvement; no lags!
Back on the days when I was using stock rom I felt like this phone wasn't that great, I mean I felt it laggy, unresponsive and all that stuffs. However after many roms changes, I found XTx v9, and It's great very smooth. I do really love my phone in this way.
I am happy with my Xperia S from March 2012
It just run a little bit lag after I almost used up the phone memories with many folders on my Home screen.
I just exchange my yellow tint display from sony and reinstall a new custom rom
everything runs fine and fast
Hi,
I know that there is a discussion thread for 4.3 but instead here I'm interested in those that have or are thinking about downgrading back to 4.1.
I've been using Sony/Ericsson phones for years and most upgrades are good, but some aren't. One of the worst decisions probably was when they upgraded phones with 512mb RAM to 4.0. The phones became so slow that they were almost unusable. It was a perfect example of when an upgrade with an attractive Sony marketing appeal didn't work out well for the average user.
I upgraded normally to 4.3. The phone suddenly kept freezing until it could not be used at all. I had to remove the battery repeatedly. The next day I reinstalled the software via PCC to try to repair. The same situation. I changed the SI codes to other firmware. The same situation. I tried SUS and reset the phone entirely. This helped a little, the freezing is gone. However, there are a few annoyances I have left:
Why I'm Downgrading
1. Almost every time that I press the Home key, the screen stutters like it's having a heart attack. The screen kind of flashes white and black then eventually goes to home. What the heck is that?
2. I like the white UI but I don't like the themes or the dark colours in the SMS/phonebook. I much prefer the bright, happy colours of 4.1.
3. Everytime that I open the phonebook it takes several seconds. The phonebook is one of the apps supposed to be kept in constant memory. Why is closed and reopened all of the time? It's a primary function of a phone and it should work properly.
4. The phone feels slower, despite resetting the phone, repairing the software about 3 times. Why? That is not an upgrade.
5. People talk about the new Xperia Themes and yet they are broken. You have to unlock your bootloader to root to use a theme? That is insane and I'm not voiding warranty for a theme. It was a nice idea advertised by Sony about the 4.3 update (I have the screenshot) and now it is removed from the 4.3 advert. They screwed it up is why.
6. I cannot see any benefit in gaming graphics/speed/whatever else people want to imagine.
What I Need to Upgrade
When a new, major Sony update comes, I've often found it to be very buggy. But, some time later, a new, smaller upgrade comes that fixes many things I wait for that.
1. No lag.
2. No screen freezing / stuttering
Have you downgraded to 4.1? Are you thinking about it?
Please - this is for a genuine discussion with like-minded people. If you think talking about 4.1 is crazy, please no rude comments.
I agree.
And don't forget, the battery drains quicker.
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I never upgraded due to there not being a root method for 4.3 with locked bootloader. Like I mentioned, there really is no reason to upgrade especially if they still haven't fixed the blue tint camera problem in low light
i think u guys are not installed cleanly...
becoz mine in 4.3 is awesome,no lag,opengl3.0 activated meaning lot of games which has more graphics will work smoothly,..
bug is themer,battery draining /...but themer has fixer...after that i love 4.3...lot of cool themes...i m using spiderman 2 now
may be sony will fix the both in next update...
4.3 has lot of ported camera,apps...
try them...even z2 camera is ported...
camera quality is improved and can be stored in sd directly ...[till now i didnt face blue tint pics]
I haven't got any issues that you mentioned. I updated my phone via Sony PC companion and then made a factory reset. Everything works fine except few little bugs like not working themes or disappearing Google now shortcut (but I like this bug because this nav bar ring sometimes is really annoying).
p.s.
About battery life: I totally don't feel any difference.
True, phone app doesn't keep in ram but it opens fast (like 2 seconds) so I don't care.
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The only reason I'm not upgrading is because there is no full root for locked bootloaders , im just gonna have to wait
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paper13579 said:
The only reason I'm not upgrading is because there is no full root for locked bootloaders , im just gonna have to wait
sent from wadiya using my mafroom
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Oh yeah this is the biggest 4.3 issue because with root we can solve all other problems
Good to see others think the same. Also, because I repaired the software and did a factory reset a few times, I don't know why it would be a bad flash? I did try a few times.
I updated and honestly it's smooth and the battery life is equal or better than 4.1 and everything loads quite quick aswell so I'm happy with it at the time being
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i just reverted back to 4.1.2, its better overall.
Guys I need urgent help. I cannot restore my sms and contacts after downgrading. I used my backup data from 4.3 using Sony PCC and the built-in restore utility of xperia M, both reports successful after completing the restoration, but after I reboot, I still dont have my contacts and sms.
Ok, right there is a performance issue but some other that op mentioned.
After few days of using multitasking is much more worse than after reboot. I've had the same problem on 4.2 Anyone facing this?
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Use youlu address book
prince10t said:
i just reverted back to 4.1.2, its better overall.
Guys I need urgent help. I cannot restore my sms and contacts after downgrading. I used my backup data from 4.3 using Sony PCC and the built-in restore utility of xperia M, both reports successful after completing the restoration, but after I reboot, I still dont have my contacts and sms.
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I always use online synchronization of my contacts. So I could change my phone without worrying of contacts.
I trust "youlu address book" for the same for more than 5 years. Actually I love its dialer feature.
we could download contacts to any phone (symbian, android, ios, windows)
Everything works fine here, I did a factory reset 3 days ago and haven't really encountered any issues yet...I can live without root for now, I don't currently have sdcard at all actually, I have a couple of bigger games installed(shadowgun, riptide, minecraft) and a small music collection and I still have 450 mb left. Battery lasts for 1 full day and a half for me, it's more than enough. Therefore, I'm keeping it.
prince10t said:
i just reverted back to 4.1.2, its better overall.
Guys I need urgent help. I cannot restore my sms and contacts after downgrading. I used my backup data from 4.3 using Sony PCC and the built-in restore utility of xperia M, both reports successful after completing the restoration, but after I reboot, I still dont have my contacts and sms.
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Yeah this happened to me too. If you ever try 4.3 again, you'll see that it reads your SMS and contacts fine. So if it's backed up in 4.3 and restored in 4.1, those two parts don't come out right. Have you ever backed up contacts to your SD card?
If you have no other option, you would have to restore 4.3, restore the backup, then backup contacts to SD in phonebook and use an app to save SMS.
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Ok, right there is a performance issue but some other that op mentioned.
After few days of using multitasking is much more worse than after reboot. I've had the same problem on 4.2 Anyone facing this?
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It's strange that some of us have 4.3 working great and the rest of us don't. Plenty of us here know how to flash properly, upgrade, reset or repair in bad cases. I do not know!
Can confirm the performance hit. Apps that are affected include Home (album widget loads noticeably slowly). Album app also loads images slower. Superuser permission requests seem slower (really odd). Also I noticed that Titanium Backup is not able to uninstall system apps (Had to use another app from Play). Will update my experiences.
Overall I also think the phone itself felt snappier with 4.1.2. The lockscreen music player access is absent in 4.3, though themes are a welcome addition.
I've decided to stick with 4.3 for some more time and see if I can work through. Downgrading to 4.1 is definitely on my list though.
thinking to downgrade to 4.1
As all greedy guys out there, i updated my xperia m c1904 to 4.3... 5 days back...
Thing i've noticed so far
1.Getting struck while pressing the home button ( like a jerk)
2.Missing google now on press-hold and drag on the home button.
3.The main reason i updated to 4.3 is for the colorful themes, which seem to be missing as the phone has to be rooted( i dont wanna screw my warranty ) for accessing those themes, so i'm struck with the default themes.
4. The album and the walkman player take quite sometime to open although there is no lag after opening. This is a minor issue i can ignore though.
5. The worst part of 4.3 is the disability of not being able to function the equalizer app to boost the volume. Yes, i am an audiophile and i'd like to listen at loud volumes in my earphones. Whichever equalizer app i install fails to boost the volume of the phone. I haven't found this issue in 4.1 so I might be thinking more for this reason to downgrade my phone.
6.Another worst part is the contact and the call log loading slower than 4.1, when i receive a call it takes about 5secs to display the name which i already have in my phonebook, this is plain annoying and disgusting.
I've heard a lot in forums that a factory reset might help. I'm resetting my phone now, will update if any improvements.
Thanks
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2.Missing google now on press-hold and drag on the home button.
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This happens to me, but situationally. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't....
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ansebovi said:
i think u guys are not installed cleanly...
becoz mine in 4.3 is awesome,no lag,opengl3.0 activated meaning lot of games which has more graphics will work smoothly,..
bug is themer,battery draining /...but themer has fixer...after that i love 4.3...lot of cool themes...i m using spiderman 2 now
may be sony will fix the both in next update...
4.3 has lot of ported camera,apps...
try them...even z2 camera is ported...
camera quality is improved and can be stored in sd directly ...[till now i didnt face blue tint pics]
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Pardon me, how do you active openGL 3.0? Your wording seems as if there is one buried setting that I haven't turned on. I haven't noticed at ALL any improvements to my game, probably even more lag, but I ain't sure cuz I have really bad memory.
Keep in mind that OpenGL ES 3.0 won't make games magically run faster, you'll only see benefits if you run an game or app optimized to use OpenGL ES 3.0 (and there isn't many around -- right now I remember only of Dolphin emulator). Also, any ROM based on Android 4.3 will have OpenGL ES 3.0 enabled, there is no way of turning it off...
I have an old Xperia Play that's been lying around for a bunch of years now and looked back at my pile of phones including an Xperia Z1, Xperia Z3 and this Play and it dawned on me the uselessness of these working machines, especially seen as the Play has a fully functional gamepad. So my aim is to flash the most recent version of Android that still has drivers for the pad and to give it a tasty ROM on top. Trouble is, I'm seemingly inept. I've scoured the internet looking for instructions but I'm just not following. I have no prior understanding of the subject other than how to turn on USB debugging, the rest I've literally never seen or heard before so if some kind, patient soul could give me a step by step, it wouldn't exactly save the world but it'd make me warm and happy inside that I could play GTA on my upgraded Xperia play. the phone is barebones as it was in the shop atm, so Android 2.3.4 (I think), and I saw an XMB style ROM and would like to use that if that helps with the process of explaining. Thanks in advance.