what's new in 4.0.2.A.0.42 - Xperia Arc General

yesterday, i got a notification to update SE PCC, so i update it.
and after that PCC told me that 4.0.2.A.0.42 is available, so i update that too.
last firmware i got was 4.0.1.A.0.283, and i don't see any diference.
after searching the forum, i still have no clue what's new.
so, could anyone tell please tell me, what's new in this firmware ?

- Andriod version 2.3.4
- 3D Camera
- 3D Album
- Some changes to HDMI

^ nope, that's not new. already have them before.

squalldua said:
yesterday, i got a notification to update SE PCC, so i update it.
and after that PCC told me that 4.0.2.A.0.42 is available, so i update that too.
last firmware i got was 4.0.1.A.0.283, and i don't see any diference.
after searching the forum, i still have no clue what's new.
so, could anyone tell please tell me, what's new in this firmware ?
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The .283 was released for Nordic region and .42 is for the rest of the region plus the Nordic region. No much difference.

Apparently .42 is bugfix compared to .283.
BTW I never got .283 just .42.

i've flashed my arc to LT15i_4.0.A.2.368_Generic Global
then i got the 4.0.1.A.0.283 update from PCC (20 sep)
then got the 4.0.2.A.0.42 update from PCC yesterday (29 oct)
i was hoping to get the 3d multi-angle stuff, but i guess it wasn't there

There are some new apps like 3D Album, 3D Camera.
Some new features like you can share apps directly to Facebook in SE Launcher.
But i think, most important thing is, you can take screenshot now without root.
I waited for the update to .42. After few days im bored and rooted. Now my phone is ROCK bro. Stock is good ( just SE i think others suck ) but customize with root is amazing feel

oojjii said:
There are some new apps like 3D Album, 3D Camera.
Some new features like you can share apps directly to Facebook in SE Launcher.
But i think, most important thing is, you can take screenshot now without root.
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the 3d album, the 3d camera, share apps to facebook, and screenshot is already available since 4.0.1.A.0.283.
it's not something new..

oojjii said:
There are some new apps like 3D Album, 3D Camera.
Some new features like you can share apps directly to Facebook in SE Launcher.
But i think, most important thing is, you can take screenshot now without root.
I waited for the update to .42. After few days im bored and rooted. Now my phone is ROCK bro. Stock is good ( just SE i think others suck ) but customize with root is amazing feel
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How have you customised if you dont mind me asking? Im still waiting on the update im on 02 uk
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@rkanwar
I'm still customising actually. I started with Status Bar and Status Bar Icons.
I switched my Launcher to Go Launcher Ex. Which i think smoother than Stock Launcher even there are cool animations in it.
You can do a lot of customizing without root in GoLauncher Ex. But if you combine GL Ex with Root features. Than you can feel freedom and can't stop customizing
I'm trying to make Status Bar Transparent ( now it is fully black but im working on it . Also you can change every images on screen (like wi-fi icon,battery), you can also change lock screen. And you can change windows animations (which i like most).
Now i can set CPU freq. I'm not using doomkernel right now so i can't make it more than 1 Ghz but i can make it lower so battery life can be longer.
I just realised that, it's not worth to wait for update. If you are waiting update for root.
Here how it's look like right now;
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@squalldua
I'm not sure which FW is but i didn't have that features (screenshot etc.) while i was using 2.3.3
After update it became .42 (2.3.4) and have them all. Before update i was using .368 i guess,but im not sure which one was that.

so far, 4.0.1.A.0.283 and 4.0.2.A.0.42 looks exactly the same.
both are 2.3.4, added 3d camera stuff, screenshot, and share with facebook.
maybe SE did some minor changes, but i don't see it

Maybe. Are you using .42 or .238 ?
Maybe it's about firmware. Some of the World get .238 some others .42
but almost same features.

oojjii said:
Maybe. Are you using .42 or .238 ?
Maybe it's about firmware. Some of the World get .238 some others .42
but almost same features.
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i've flashed my arc to LT15i_4.0.A.2.368_Generic Global
then i got the 4.0.1.A.0.283 update from PCC (20 sep)
then got the 4.0.2.A.0.42 update also from PCC (29 oct)
maybe its just a coinsidence, but i noticed that some hd games load faster than usual... like contract killer, e.warrior, and star blitz

I think .42 is a bit quicker but than can also be placebo.
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Flo95 said:
I think .42 is a bit quicker but than can also be placebo.
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No, it's definitely snappier.

I saw a video before, it shows a 3D Image on the Arc which uses the Accelerometer to create the 3D effect
Until now i cannot find that feature on Xperia Arc, or that feature is only for Xperia Arc S?
is that feature cancelled? or what?

The only difference I noticed is the version update with Home Launcher,

ShyamSasi said:
The only difference I noticed is the version update with Home Launcher,
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The baseband number is also changed. Other changes maybe just bug fixes, which is invisible to normal user like us. Previously I used 4.0.1.A.0.283 GB Generic. Now with 4.0.2.A.0.42, I feel more responsive.

how about downgrading from 0.42 to 2.3.2 145 does this cause the 0 battery problem plz don't test it .im only want to know if someone did it

Better don't risk it and use Doom's tool to root it
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Related

Xperia range now official mobile of the UEFA Champions League

For those of you that follow football will no doubt know that Sony has been sponsoring the UEFA Champions League (the most lucrative football tournament in the world) for years now. Now Sony Ericsson is jumping on the bandwagon and has become “the official mobile handset of the UEFA Champions League” until 2012.
As part of the new partnership, Sony Ericsson will be developing a new mobile application for the Xperia family of smartphones, in conjunction with UEFA.com. It’s unknown what this will entail but the app will utilise the “GPS capabilities of Xperia smartphones”.
day after day i fell in love with my phone more and more and thanx myself for making the right choice.
I see that after the 2.1 update Generic UK we've got this application (UEFA.com).
Has anyone been able to do anything with it? It tried to start it, I filled in some data I was asked, but nothing happened afterwards...
I just download it from PlayNow
It really has a friendly user-interface with nice touch
you can see clubs' group standings, view calender, news, pictures, choose favourite club and many more
very nice app I recommend it
Play now is not available in my country (Peru) plz somebody post a link to download it... Thnx
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desperate plan from SE just to keep "alive" an almost outdated phone
Somebody plz place a link 2 download the apk
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[email protected] said:
Somebody plz place a link 2 download the apk
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+1 This is what I see when I try to download it...
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1. I hate soccer.
2. Nothing more than a gimmick to sell more x10 phones.
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I'm going to try and let you guys know soon
P.S - I just realized I posted on the wrong thread. Sorry guys!
PlayNow is not fully available for me too becouse T-Mobile AT blocked it (only Music) but i used Root + Marketaccess to get access to all in PlayNow and it worked i downloaded UEFA.com App.
Wolfbreak said:
PlayNow is not fully available for me too becouse T-Mobile AT blocked it (only Music) but i used Root + Marketaccess to get access to all in PlayNow and it worked i downloaded UEFA.com App.
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Any chance you can upload it?
OmegaRED^ said:
1. I hate soccer.
2. Nothing more than a gimmick to sell more x10 phones.
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removed from phone pftttt what a waste more room for tunes !!
Plz updload uefa.com apk
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alankstiyo said:
desperate plan from SE just to keep "alive" an almost outdated phone
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with the update my phone scores 17pts in linpack, above of the galaxy S. lets see how it performs with an optimized kernel. outdated eh?
I have both the Galaxy and the X10 and im sorry but unfortunatley the galaxy blows the X10 away in every dept , i love my X10 but even after the 2.1 update its still not that fast and as an actual telephone ( to make phone calls) it is the worst one ive ever owned , i really hoped that sony would sort out the in call volume issues but they havent ! and the horrible blue theme and menus suck , but hopefully someone will release a custom rom which will sort at least some of the problems out.
do I have to get it through PlayNow? Couldn't find it in the market, and I have uninstalled PlayNow (I have a backup somewhere, though).
1. I do like Football (aka Soccer to some of you)
2. It is free even though it may be a gimmick
3. I'd use it quite a bit..
but
4. It does not seem to want to work. I register it, and then it closes down on me... anyone else have these issues and were able to resolve it? I can ee it in Play but it wont let me re-download it...
UEFA Android App apk
Decided to reinstall Playnow to get it...
Thanx buddy... I love UCL
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TripNArc [email protected]! Opinions needed

I'm working on a 1-on-1 port for Xperia X10 from your phones. I want to make it really 100% the same. But just faster then yours
Just kiddin about the last part.
Tough i need some opinions from some Arc owners about it. Is looking the same as yours? What things you know about stock Arc rom. Bugs? Pro's Cons? etc.
Maybe my bugfixes can be used on your phones to.
Here is an image of the upcoming release (just one thing needs to be fixed then its released)
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Hello Trip=)
On screens your ROM looks like our on 100% exept a black bg in "about phone" screen.=)))
It's have darkblue color.
This is just mine opinion about Arc stock rom:
1.I have obtain Xperia Arc about month ago, and till now i don't have any bugs or FC.
2.It's really very fast, smooth and stable.
3.It's very comfortable(for me) for customizing(folders, vidgets, etc.)
4.At this time it's have only one big minus: it's become very glitchy and stock dialer looks like **** when we changed LCD Density.
Tarmitar said:
Hello Trip=)
On screens your ROM looks like our on 100% =))
This is just mine opinion about Arc stock rom:
1.I have obtain Xperia Arc about month ago, and till now i don't have any bugs or FC.
2.It's really very fast, smooth and stable.
3.It's very comfortable(for me) for customizing(folders, vidgets, etc.)
4.At this time it's have only one big minus: it's become very glitchy and stock dialer looks like **** when we changed LCD Density.
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Isnt the Timescape Font bigger and the Settings with a Blue Background on your ARC.
Oops,yes, i look on my screen now, and see it's bigger(a little bit). But realy, Trip's font is better look=)
I think the "About Phone" Screenshot, the model number is different (shouldn't it be X10?) Lol.
Well, my big problem is the battery life. Some people complain that the battery draining is even worse when you have used the stock camera application, but for me no difference. Other than that, the phone is really smooth (I used X10 before) and just zips through no matter how you load it, with widgets and/or applications.
The timesscape font is lot bigger in Stock Arc phone. The playnow application is totally new one in Arc (though I don't use it, I'm sure it's completely different).
Maybe with upcoming screenshots we may be able to provide more different
Hope this helps.
Timescape widget IS black.. but yes.. that font's too small!
Camera - There's a problem with the HD video recording - voice and video gets out of sync.. if you've fixed that I'd be chuffed!
Can't zoom on camera for resolutions above 2Mpx
Can't zoom on video.
Have you got the 16m colours working on x10 (haven't checked in there since the start of april!!.. )
We're running on 2.3.3 rather than 2.3.2
no major problems really.. runs very well! but faster is always better..
oh and Trip - any chance you and the other devs over on X10 can help us out with creating a recovery method.. porting xrecovery seems the obvious one.. but a lot of people are talking about CWM too..
My daughters got the x10 now.. so if you can get this fully functional.. she'll be a happy girl!
im_iceman said:
We're running on 2.3.3 rather than 2.3.2
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Maybe You are, I am on 2.3.2
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Trip's ROM has been out for a few days I guess...
im_iceman said:
We're running on 2.3.3 rather than 2.3.2
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Are you sure! When was that updated? I've got mine running only 2.3.2
well oddly enough..when I looked last night I thought it was odd..but it was late and I was tired.... but here's a screen shot.. I haven't upgraded.. running on .184 firmware..
Sent from The Arc!
Arc has the better looking background on anything, like the settings and etc.
It'll be jolly good
im_iceman said:
well oddly enough..when I looked last night I thought it was odd..but it was late and I was tired.... but here's a screen shot.. I haven't upgraded.. running on .184 firmware..
Sent from The Arc!
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What you have posted (screenshot) is as good as nothing (See whether you can read it at least )
Yeah, we cant read that screenshot, so that's not exactly proof
On 184 here, and definitely 2.3.2.
That's rubbish aint it!!.. uploaded that via XDA app.....
here's the full version..
and for the record... I'm NOT trying to prove that I have android 2.3.3 just that my phone seems to think I have it!! I've not done anything to put 2.3.3 on there.
im_iceman said:
That's rubbish aint it!!.. uploaded that via XDA app.....
here's the full version..
and for the record... I'm NOT trying to prove that I have and 2.3.3 just that my phone seems to think I have it!! I've not done anything to put 2.3.3 on there.
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That is nice. I am not even sure differences between the two version but 2.3.3 is due by the end of May and the version is a bit different.
im_iceman said:
That's rubbish aint it!!.. uploaded that via XDA app.....
here's the full version..
and for the record... I'm NOT trying to prove that I have and 2.3.3 just that my phone seems to think I have it!! I've not done anything to put 2.3.3 on there.
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You changed the battery icon and settings wallpaper, you could also do the same with the Android Version(which is very easy to do).
3.0.A.2.184 is not the 2.3.3 update, it's the 2.3.2 english version with the BBC player
This is the true 2.3.3:
im_iceman said:
That's rubbish aint it!!.. uploaded that via XDA app.....
here's the full version..
and for the record... I'm NOT trying to prove that I have and 2.3.3 just that my phone seems to think I have it!! I've not done anything to put 2.3.3 on there.
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Owe! That's better and there you go!
But really kinda hard to believe still you got v2.3.3 with the same built number (not me) most of the people have hear!!
If it's for real, Thumbs up!!
prathaban said:
Owe! That's better and there you go!
But really kinda hard to believe still you got v2.3.3 with the same built number (not me) most of the people have hear!!
If it's for real, Thumbs up!!
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One quick question: how did you made a transparent settings? :O
It is possible to change it on x10 or just in Arc?
figured this out.. apparently the google talk video implementation from modaco spoofs 2.3.3 to make it work... that's why it says 2.3.3..
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!! 4 New Pictures added!! Leaked Nozomi Picture! Is this Sonys New ICS\GB UI?

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This is leaked picture of the sony ericsson nozomi, wich will (if we belive the rumors) ship with ICS. So this could be how our ICS uptade will look like...
Update 12.12.2011:
And i found this one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20230317#post20230317
Sources: (not english)
http://www.areamobile.de/news/20389-sony-ericsson-nozomi-heisst-spaeter-wohl-xperia-arc-hd
http://www.techorz.com/smartphones/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-hd-nozomi-lt26i-hk/
Let's hope not, that looks like a step down from SE's current UI
i think the dockbar looks nice but the wallpaper is ugly. The statusbar is not so good t see....
Isn't that bad, though its horrible compared to Vanilla...
I think it's gingerbread, the folders look the same as sony's current 2.3.X and the notification hasn't changed, they would take everything good away from ICS so yeah... gingerbread
ff7fan4eva said:
I think it's gingerbread, the folders look the same as sony's current 2.3.X and the notification hasn't changed, they would take everything good away from ICS so yeah... gingerbread
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but why would they create an entire new UI for gingerbread when they already have a pretty nice one... The Notification bar is alight but the dock is horrible
TheCraig said:
but why would they create an entire new UI for gingerbread when they already have a pretty nice one... The Notification bar is alight but the dock is horrible
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The current ui is for the "xperia" range. The nozomi will be the first phone released under the Sony brand. No doubt sony intend to set themselves apart from the SE brand with there own ui.
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AndroHero said:
The current ui is for the "xperia" range. The nozomi will be the first phone released under the Sony brand. No doubt sony intend to set themselves apart from the SE brand with there own ui.
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Good point. Though I hope its vanilla as possible...
AndroHero said:
The current ui is for the "xperia" range. The nozomi will be the first phone released under the Sony brand. No doubt sony intend to set themselves apart from the SE brand with there own ui.
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But at the top of the phone is still sony ericsson and its real name will be xperia arc hd.... That does not sound like a new brand for me...
I actually LIKE the entire UI.
AndroHero said:
The current ui is for the "xperia" range. The nozomi will be the first phone released under the Sony brand.
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I doubt that. This will be a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD or Nozomi. Sony Ericsson phones will still be coming out until mid-2012, that's when the first Sony branded phones will be released. This will likely be the Sony Ericsson ICS interface
Source 1 Source 2 Source 3
P.S. I really like the leaked shots of this phone so far. This may be my 2012 replacement phone if it looks anything like these shots...
I can tell you from experience.the phone is slick. Solid build quality. Very good looking and fast as u know what. I'll see if I can get more hands on time with it. Was only able to play with it for 10 minutes a couple weeks ago. The battery cover and full back has almost a felt or suede feel to it. It was running GB 2.3.5 if I remember correctly.
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Some more pictures apperead today:
But they dont show much more detail
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And i found this one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20230317#post20230317
Gsmarena has exclusives which state it runs 2.3.5 gingerbread. And will do at launch

{PRO} General Chat.! Feedback about the ICS Update..

Hello
We all know how much we love our device. The only globally available qwerty smartphone. The xperia pro. Also known as iyokan, MK16i and MK16a. There was a user on xda named king-iyokan(guess how much he loved it). So here is a thread to show how much you love, share anything and everything about anything and everything.
Regards.
EDIT: TEMPORARILY THIS THREAD IS FOR THE ICS UPDATE DISCUSSION
Lemme say something at first.
I have an xperia pro since it was launched. I love it.
My brother got an xperia s on his birthday about two weeks ago. I wanted to try it out so I exchanged my pro with him for a week. After using the pro for a week he loved it so much that today he sold off his xperia s and got an all new xperia pro himself.
So our device is even better than the xperia s. :thumbup:
I love my Pro too, it is very bad that we have no own SubForum. It is my first qwertz phone that i ever have, and the hardware keyboard is so good . Its sad, that my MIUI port stuck on bootscreen, so no MIUI for the pro... sorry guys
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I love my Pro too, it is very bad that we have no own SubForum. It is my first qwertz phone that i ever have, and the hardware keyboard is so good . Its sad, that my MIUI port stuck on bootscreen, so no MIUI for the pro... sorry guys
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If it's blackscreen the problem is on ramdisk.
If it's stuck on boot screen the problem is on kernel.
If it's stuck on boot animation the problem is on ROM.
Perhaps that might give you some tips and hope you continue your development there
Got another Xperia pro. Yay..!
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I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but:
Settings -> Applications -> Quick Launch.
It's a quite handy option I noticed few days ago (despite having the phone for a month now.).
wiidbzxt said:
I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but:
Settings -> Applications -> Quick Launch.
It's a quite handy option I noticed few days ago (despite having the phone for a month now.).
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Which rom.. cant get this on cm9
Don't forget to hit 'THANKS' if I helped..
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Finally Our pro is getting an ICS update next week.. Yuppie..
now.i.feel said:
Which rom.. cant get this on cm9
Don't forget to hit 'THANKS' if I helped..
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I'm using TEAM stock ROM.
Curious thing happened with my Xperia Pro.
I got a MK16i (which is the international version) and living in Mexico.
So I couldn't get to my carriers 3G, I was bummed.
I decided to try changing Kernel/ROMs about some weeks ago, and by changing to CM7.2.0 by Freexperia, it suddenly started working.
Now I love my phone even more!
So the Arc gets an ICS update today.. Wish our pro soon follows it..
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I'm starting to think that they let go the updates information too soon. It happened with X10 2.3.3 update aswell. One day they said the update was ready, the next day they said the roll out would need few more days.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony...t-update-for-Xperia-X10-was-premature_id20709
Xperia Pro ICS update roll out
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38384
I've had my phone since Nov 2011, love it, I need a physical QWERTY keyboard as I can not see to use the on screen keyboards and since the Xperia Pro is the only Android phone with a Keyboard, that's what I got.
Strange how, in the UK, it got such a soft launch, no carries where stocking it, I had to go through a 3rd party to get it on an O2 upgrade, so only could get the black one, I wanted the Red!
Anyway I noticed on the Sony Talk forum that ICS is now out for our phone, http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38384
I don't have WinDoze or Mac PC (I'm a Linux user) so I can not use PCC to update (Bad Sony Bad)
Happy updating
P.S. XDA needs a Pro sub forum, I don't know how many thread, news item or votes I've completed for this and still nothing, very poor :'(
leona said:
I've had my phone since Nov 2011, love it, I need a physical QWERTY keyboard as I can not see to use the on screen keyboards and since the Xperia Pro is the only Android phone with a Keyboard, that's what I got.
Strange how, in the UK, it got such a soft launch, no carries where stocking it, I had to go through a 3rd party to get it on an O2 upgrade, so only could get the black one, I wanted the Red!
Anyway I noticed on the Sony Talk forum that ICS is now out for our phone, http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/38384
I don't have WinDoze or Mac PC (I'm a Linux user) so I can not use PCC to update (Bad Sony Bad)
Happy updating
P.S. XDA needs a Pro sub forum, I don't know how many thread, news item or votes I've completed for this and still nothing, very poor :'(
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Dont worry.. I'll upload an ftf for u as soon as i get the update..
seriously i love this device very much...
i cant spell it in words, its the best phone i ever have... the qwerty keyboard is AWESOME...
and one thing that makes me so happy is my SI number is on the list...
Hello.. what all you guys think about the ics update..
I'm loving this but i'm unhappy with the dialer.. it takes a lot of time to load..
now.i.feel said:
Hello.. what all you guys think about the ics update..
I'm loving this but i'm unhappy with the dialer.. it takes a lot of time to load..
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is that 4.0.3 or 4.0.4? as I knew there where problems with .3 but I thought it was solved with .4
leona said:
is that 4.0.3 or 4.0.4? as I knew there where problems with .3 but I thought it was solved with .4
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Its 4.0.4..
I think that bug hasn't been fixed as yet...
How do I have this appearance the Official Ice Cream :
What aplication ??
Nova Louncher does not ¡¡
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Android 4.2.2 Update - Impressions & Reviews!

Yup, finally it's out. Though Sony promised us the update 'soon' enough, it wasn't too late either. The forums will be all over active regarding the update and it's time for us to post the reviews and impressions of the update. The following topics (not limited to) can be discussed:
1. Screen
2. Battery
3. Launcher (Even smoother then .307 if available)
4. Any camera changes (Quality wise and speed)
5. Wi-Fi coverage and stability etc.
I have update mine using the Spain FTF without wiping data and I'll post my detailed review soon. Till then and always, this thread is all yours!
My quick first find: Only the status bar is transparent and the dock isn't. Does my eyes have the problem or what? (Updated: It's just a wallpaper problem, reset it and it's all done).
Second: Camera does take 3 secs on an average to initialize, but the consecutive ones becomes noticeably faster. (Lock-screen camera opens a bit faster either)
Third: A nice animation like the screen gently fading off when screen turns off!
Fourth: Wi-Fi is as worse as before!
ROOT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY V15 OF DOOM'S EXPLOIT (LB-UB):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472
Updates moved above ^
gire.prasad said:
My quick first find: Only the status bar is transparent and the dock isn't. Does my eyes have the problem or what?
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go repair it with PCC
LitoNi said:
go repair it with PCC
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Oh, hope then my eyes are fine
it's great so far. almost to the point that I don't need a custom rom. The transparent nav bad is cool, while everything else on the whole is a lot smoother. For someone who frequently listen to music like me, the new lockscreen widget is a godsend!
P.S: are you the same prasad on NBR?
long2905 said:
it's great so far. almost to the point that I don't need a custom rom. The transparent nav bad is cool, while everything else on the whole is a lot smoother. For someone who frequently listen to music like me, the new lockscreen widget is a godsend!
P.S: are you the same prasad on NBR?
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Hope you liked the update! My dock is not transparent though and am going for a full wipe now.
It's not me I hope
not sure if its a placebo , but I just unlocked my bootloader backing up TA and installed the CM10.1 and found the color calibration of the screen is really good with CM10 and now I relocked BL to the official 4.2.2 and screen colors are a bit light compared to CM10... anyone else observed this?
Despite system that is only getting better and smoother, some considerations about UI:
1 - The union between the lower action bar with shortcut bar, have a slightly gap, and transparency of lower action bar and transparency with glass of shortcut it's not the same, doesn't fit.
The glass effect os shortcuts is really strange, could be much better.
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2 - I really have to say something? It's really strange.
3 - this white color and size, including spaces between shortcuts, it's all just strange.
UI could be more (can't remember the world) "one color", i.e. If the "theme" is to be black, than uses all color "as black as possible", not include a white stripe somehow in the middle of the UI.
Camera improves are great, but in intelligent auto is changing too fast os modes, the camera find the type os picture that I want to take but in a blink it reads again a slightly move that I do and changes to another SCN, like soft skin (?).
Wi-Fi still worst than ever.
Battery is OK, not so much improves, and is consuming more in standby so, in other words, worst than last 4.1.2 (253).
LitoNi said:
go repair it with PCC
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right now my phone is 4.1 if i repair it with PCC i'll get 4.2 ? or the same 4.1
lay_forat said:
right now my phone is 4.1 if i repair it with PCC i'll get 4.2 ? or the same 4.1
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The same 4.1 you have.
Hmm... Since updating it doesn't seem to reach 100% when charging. Only goes to 99%. Other then that I can see the difference in the stock launcher, much smoother for sure!
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gire.prasad said:
The same 4.1 you have.
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thanks for reply
A peculiar doubt: Where are the Developer Options?
gire.prasad said:
A peculiar doubt: Where are the Developer Options?
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You have to keep pressing "build number". Different I know
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it's kind of a cool easter egg. This time around we can both root and install recovery from the stock rom!
@Prasad: yeah you're a different guy i think, unless you moved since the other one is in Bangalore. NBR stands for notebookreview btw.
LitoNi said:
go repair it with PCC
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my navbar was also stay in black color after update, but I reset my wallpaper, everything is fine now.
My short review on Official Stock v4.2.2 - 10.3.A.0.423 firmware. I use ftf one as Malaysia not receiving update prompt yet.
Finally! Now it as smooth as my sister ZL which base on same firmware as well.
The smoothness is back, not like previous leak .407 which not so smooth.
Thanks Sony remain .253 screen panel color tune. Current .423 firmware color tune is same awesome.
Thanks Sony for the nice look semi transparent status bar and notification bar.
Camera quality is back! Superior Auto is working fine!
Too dark area, is better use SCN - Night Portrait.
Camera quality is outstanding, by far the best I ever seen
Sample indoor snap using v4.2.2 - 10.3.A.0.423 Superior Auto Mode.
one thing i dont like is the lockscreen: swipe up or down doesnt go away after 3 tries.
sillypilot said:
my navbar was also stay in black color after update, but I reset my wallpaper, everything is fine now.
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I had this problem too but with the leak. I found that it was a wallpaper app that was making it turn black. Soon as I uninstalled it, the problem went. Using zedge now and no problems so far.
Ps. Has anyone managed to charge to 100%?
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Is this new 4.2.2 rootable yet?
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