I kept up a list of issues on the Esato.com forums that really pissed me off with the original X2 with the factory defaults. Now i have installed the new MR1 update, and things got even WORSE!
I have now created a Facebook-group for us unhappy Experia X2 users. Please join it here if you feel so: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110270035673269
I can't find enough of swear-words and curses how much this pisses me off, so I start to keep a new list on this forum.
The phone boots slowly. The update did not decrease boot-time. Still it's like watching paint dry! This sucks especially when i have to reboot the phone almost every hour..!
Crashes, crashes, crashes. As soon as the screen get's turned off (powersave etc), the chances of the X2 to die complete is more or less 100%. It has now crashed within the last 2 hours 5 times. Calling the phone, it rings 2 seconds, then it dies totally! Do I have to tell more? This SUCKS!
PIN-code. First thing after startup, i enter the secuity-pin. After this, i get a status-screen with info about email, wlan-status etc. Where the f*ck is the PIN-code screen?? I have to klick on Phone-button to get the PIN-screen in front of me! Being busy with work, you can't sit and wait for this screen to appear. Very often i realize 15minutes later that i still have not entered my PIN-code!
SIM-Contacts. I have contacts backed up on my simcard. I have used a tool to hide these, but still some alls/screens display these contacts. It's a STUPID limitation of Windows Mobile that I hate! Please fix this stupidity
Poking around the phone, reading forums and tips, i installed the spb 3.5.2 package with the panel-launcer. removed other spb-appd etc. At some point i removed almost all spb-apps, and i noticed that the speed of the phone seemed to be extremely fast. It looks to me that the SPB-apps somehow waste the phone's memory and resources even if they are not in use. I think that one of the big resource-eater is all the SPB-packages. They are nice eyecandy, but they are definitively not optimized for the Xperia X2. I think that SonyEricsson has to force SPB Software to optimize their bloated code!!
searching and dialing contacts is just a PITA! (Pain In The Ass). Cumsy user-interface, and not all functioning. The lag after picking the contacts number makes me often belive that i have not succeeded in hitting the number to call.. This results that when the phone finally figures out that i punched a number to call, in the next screen it get's hanged up, cause it registers a click on the red hangup-bar..!
I will update some more issues when i get some more time!
Cu!
René
Try to get this picked up by Engadget. Send the editors a tip or something.
Just take X2 for decoration only because it is beautiful. Get a glass box and put X2 in it. X2 is not for telecomunication use.
Check item before pay. Check specification before use.
Well, your advice are definitively meant for people concidering buying the phone now. I already bought it when it was released in sweden, and there where no updated reviews available at that time
The hardware and specs should be enough, but i did not think that Sony Ericsson could mess up the xperia x2 this bad!
Next week i'm going to bring the phone to the sony ericsson service, and if they can't fix the phones stability then I'm concidering bringing the phone back to the shop where i bought it from, and demanding my money back! Seriously!
An expensive businessphone that does not work as expected, is not worth ****!
cant say i noticed it booting any slower after the mr1 update. or any extra crashes.. try removing anything you definately dont need. panels and software.
the main annoyance i now notice is the keyboard lag in the sms application. was fine before!
Try change MicroSD to a new, or from other device
I changed memory card from Xperia X1, restart device, and all problems gone I'm also with MR1...
My phone is with all original apps, and nothing is added or removed. Crashing and hanging constantly. I'm now having my business-number ringing in the great k800i. Now i can be sure that i wont miss any calls...
I did not manage to bring my phone to the SE-service centre on friday, and upcoming week i wont have the possibility to do it either, so i have to wait one week before i can drop the phone for checkup..
Ok.
Right now I'm extensively testing X2 when using ONLY
standard WM Homescreen.
No TileWave Panel in usage.
SPB and City & Growing Panels removed..
So far so good.
Will report back....
New solution??
I have now tested to turn off the advanced battery option where the phone switches off the screen after eg. 2 minutes, and put it to go into standby in 40 seconds. This has not crashed the phone at all during the last 2 hours!
I'll tell some more if the phone is still alive tomorrow morning!
i got random freeze and slowness on my x1, my old asus p525 and a lot of WM pda,
AND 99% was the problem a corrupted sd card (so i change or formated the card) and all my problems were gone.
hope that will help
sx1-doc said:
i got random freeze and slowness on my x1, my old asus p525 and a lot of WM pda,
AND 99% was the problem a corrupted sd card (so i change or formated the card) and all my problems were gone.
hope that will help
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Well OK, these things happen too.
However there's a specific pattern when these freezes appear.
So it doesn't look like that really.
The amount of users experiencing IDENTICAL issues
is significant. I mean I didn't find a person
who using extensively X2 would not find all of the descibed problems.
So sorry, I don't think we all have memory card problems collectively
Here's my theory, for what it's worth:
- Because SE had the X1 made by HTC, they were assisted 95% by HTC in creating WM software that worked
- For some crazy reason, they switched to a manufacturer that, to my knowledge, does not make WM phones. Now we have SE, a company that knows very little about WM, + Foxconn, a company that knows very little about WM. Not a good combo.
- Now SE is on it's own to make the software work. That is, there are 3 college grad Sony software engineers sitting in cubicles trying to translate a copy of "Visual Studio for Dummies" into Japanese. Good luck.
If SE had stuck with HTC, the X2 could have basically been the HD2 slide, and it would have been the best smartphone on the market. It's easy to second-guess, but their leadership does not look good.
yes but if HTC had made the X2 then it would of fallen apart by now lol. im glad sony ditched them. anyway, sony wrote the software for the X1 not HTC.. so it wouldnt of made much difference if they had used HTC again. even with its bugs, the X2 is still far more stable than the X1 in most aspects, especially the phone side of things.
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yes but if HTC had made the X2 then it would of fallen apart by now lol. im glad sony ditched them. anyway, sony wrote the software for the X1 not HTC.. so it wouldnt of made much difference if they had used HTC again. even with its bugs, the X2 is still far more stable than the X1 in most aspects, especially the phone side of things.
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Excuse me but what are you talking about?
X2 is the only device I had which can freeze 10 times in 10 minutes.
X1 freezed maybe 10 times in total through 17 months.
And always BECAUSE of something.
I agree - it's better HTC did not manufacture this,
however on the software side: it would WORK!
I hope you guys receive your Custom roms soon. Maybe chefs will iron all the bad stuff from SE.
X2 seems to be a nice looking brick right now. I'll buy it after custom ROMs appear.
But guys, look at the good part, it doesn't have SOD issue .
No no no.
Custom ROMs may be my choice or not, it's our personal thing.
************* SE has to do it right when I pay for
the ************* product.
I bet the problem with X2 is that S-E decided to make too many phones with different systems.
"Let's make Windows Mobile smartphones! And Symbian phones! And Android phones! And continue to make dumbphones*! Well... we also have to watch our costs, so let's not hire additional engineers and testers, let our great marketing make for out lousy software development!"
*Which work the most flawlessly.
Biges said:
I bet the problem with X2 is that S-E decided to make too many phones with different systems.
"Let's make Windows Mobile smartphones! And Symbian phones! And Android phones! And continue to make dumbphones*! Well... we also have to watch our costs, so let's not hire additional engineers and testers, let our great marketing make for out lousy software development!"
*Which work the most flawlessly.
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Yup, exactly right. Specialization is the key to quality nowadays.
I know this is not relevant to the post, but does anyone has facebook panel working on the X2 after MR1? also does anyone have a copy of the CNN Panel they could send me?
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I know this is not relevant to the post, but does anyone has facebook panel working on the X2 after MR1? also does anyone have a copy of the CNN Panel they could send me?
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Nope. I don't have the CNN....
And I think - as was posted on SE Blogs - WM 6.5.2
has some changes inside which probably disable those Panels.
It's also ridiculous each time we get LESS Panels,
not more!
I remember the panels competition some time ago
but never saw the awarded ones available!
Hi everyone. How U think, can our X2 work with ROM from X10 mini pro? Both of them have qwerty keyboard, camera, they are sliders...
If somebody know anything about that idea please write something
no. not possible. read a little before asking dumb Qs
its like asking if a donkey can ride a monocycle
It isn't not possible, but (very)x100 difficult first HardSPL
jedi34ru said:
Hi everyone. How U think, can our X2 work with ROM from X10 mini pro? Both of them have qwerty keyboard, camera, they are sliders...
If somebody know anything about that idea please write something
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You got a pretty good razzing on this one, but I think your question was sincere so here's a little more explanation, including of the posts above.
To date, there is no user-accessible boot-loader. For example, unlike the X1, if you hose-up the X2 (let's say you delete a system file accidentally that stops the phone from loading/booting) ... the only real solution is to hook up on the internet to SE's official site and re-download the latest firmware to the phone (even though it would say you have the latest version, it will allow you to re-download).
So, when the post above talks about "HardSPL"....it's meaning that FIRST someone has to figure-out how to install a user-accessible boot-loader unto the X2.
Next, I believe that there's a big learning curve for someone to not only understand (reverse-engineer?) the hardware drivers for Windows Mobile, but how to interface with the core hardware components from Android.
Then, providing all that went well, the x10 Mini-Pro would probably NOT be a good first-fit. It might be more logical to dump a Droid onto the X2 instead. ...For at least 3 reasons:
1) The Mini-Pro is extremely low res; the X2 uses an extremely high-res display
2) The Mini-Pro is a 5mpxl camera; the X2 uses an 8.1mpxl shooter.
3) The Mini-Pro (I think) is still running an old version of Android, not even 2.1 (meaning that you wouldn't have much joy from the advanced bluetooth and other hardware features of the X2.
So, ...nothing's "impossible". But, the challenge your 'dream' presents requires a whole lot more knowledgeable hardware/software hackers to be excited about the X2 than there realistically are.
It's a crying shame, really. The X2 hardware is really sleek and awesome. And, when it runs right, it's a killer phone. (But when it doesn't....)
Is there any ICS un official software that's stable and has most the features like camera, calling, texting, 2G/3G, wifi, bluetooth and if possible the new face unlock?
I have rooted my Xperia play and now want to install custom software since sony has now ditched the Play sadly it could do with a few PS games or should i just sell this phone and get a new one with ICS?
There are lots of roms: CM9, AOKPlay, PlayOSP. I wouldn't buy another phone, because of all the ICS-based roms, but if you have enough money, it's up to you.
Honestly
I have yet to use an ICS based custom rom that doesn't decrease performance.
Your best bet is to use one of the many Xperia S builds as they offer the best speed and most of the features you would ever want anyways.
cheers for your posts guys. can you cross phone software like xperia S on xperia play? ill check out the roms you mentioned and install one. do you guys know if that face unlock feature works in them? i dont really want to buy a new phone i just bought the xperia play lol
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cheers for your posts guys. can you cross phone software like xperia S on xperia play? ill check out the roms you mentioned and install one. do you guys know if that face unlock feature works in them? i dont really want to buy a new phone i just bought the xperia play lol
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For ICS I'd wait until the dust settles.
Given the flack Sony are taking on their social networking sites I wouldn't be surprised to see a turn around.
At any case, once the other 2011 Xperia lines are updated to ICS and there's stable running custom ROM's etc, you'll likely see some that are ported for the Play.
Can I use the ROM and Recovery mentioned in this forum for my A3300 Tablet. I just got it from China and I want to wipe off everything from it and install custom ROM. Can some one please help me with the same? The Tablet I have is A3300-T by Lenovo.
Same question
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Can I use the ROM and Recovery mentioned in this forum for my A3300 Tablet. I just got it from China and I want to wipe off everything from it and install custom ROM. Can some one please help me with the same? The Tablet I have is A3300-T by Lenovo.
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I'm new to Android (from the more user friendly iPhone garden) and have just gotten a Lenovo A3300-T tabletvia China as well.
After spending hours Googling and trying to make it useful I'm pretty much at a loss and ready to give up, but before I do, has anyone managed to either get Google Play to work on this model tablet or replace the firmware with something useful? (ie., that does have Googleplay included).
Cheers,
Mark @ NZ
MarkHodgeNZ said:
I'm new to Android (from the more user friendly iPhone garden) and have just gotten a Lenovo A3300-T tabletvia China as well.
After spending hours Googling and trying to make it useful I'm pretty much at a loss and ready to give up, but before I do, has anyone managed to either get Google Play to work on this model tablet or replace the firmware with something useful? (ie., that does have Googleplay included).
Cheers,
Mark @ NZ
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If anyone ever figures this out I'd love to hear back. Pretty much given up on Android for now but using this POS as a basic book reader until I get an iPhone 6 plus from work.
Suprised at how low quality the screen is though, makes my ancient iPod Touch look positively modern :crying: