*** The official Sony Xperia S thread ***
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Anything else i should know before i take the plunge?
I am coming from an x10 now so Im aware it will come with some sony bloatware. Can you just uninstall it?
I don't want to flash the phone at all apart from the ICS update. I hope thats straight-forward on a simfree phone.
I don't think I wil be doing anything exotic on it compared to what I use my phone for now so it should all be within specs.
Cheers
sid
I am coming from an x10 now so Im aware it will come with some sony bloatware. Can you just uninstall it?
I don't want to flash the phone at all apart from the ICS update. I hope thats straight-forward on a simfree phone.
I don't think I wil be doing anything exotic on it compared to what I use my phone for now so it should all be within specs.
Cheers
sid
I like the thought of high res screen + 32gb storage. Size seems decent. I don't want anything too big.
I will pay about £370ish for it.
Its this or the HTC one S basically.
Yeah, I'd say it's fairly evenly matched with the One S in most respects. Though the One S internals are a lot better, as is the battery life.
I know the Xperia S may seemingly have a far better camera, but there's not much in it, though the camera button is a plus.
Tried them both in a shop?
Nah I haven't tried either tbh, I might well do next week.
I've never liked the look of the HTC phones tbh, 2 years ago it was the desire or the xperia, looks like a similar choice now.
SGS3 is too big and expensive tbh.
It will come down to the screen, storage and android skin in the end, going by what you have said there.
Pretty much just going to echo what Robbo said, the one S is the better phone overall and if you aren't too keen on SE's android skin and want something that will work out of the box, then the S with sense V4 is great for that, you shouldn't be disappointed, IMO sense V4 is very nice, feels polished throughout and the apps/widgets have a very unified feel to it, you don't really have to faff about at all with 3rd party apps etc.
Everything you need to know about the one S is in my review of it (below in sig) and Robbo has done a great guide as to which phone to get, which covers the S and compares it to the other top 2 phones, the X and GS 3:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18417660
For storage on the S, you get 10GB for videos, photos etc. and 2.21GB for apps, if that isn't enough for you then the XS is the better option or something else like the GS 2 would be a better device, just to give you an idea as to what the storage is like:
I have over 70 apps installed (including a few games as well), over 700 photos, that also includes a lot of 1080P footage as well as slow motion videos and N64, SEGA etc. emulator ROMS and I have 1.67GB left for apps and 6.10GB left for user file storage.
You also get 25GB of dropbox storage for the next 2 years.
Also something else to consider is the new version of android, jelly bean, no idea if the XS will get it, if it does, then it will be a long wait again no doubt, where as with the S you can be pretty much guaranteed that the one S will get it and a lot quicker than the XS.
The camera on the S is very good (one of the best things about the phone IMO), only let down by slightly jerky 1080P video recording and over saturating reds on auto settings. It is feature packed, more so than any other device and the sense gallery has loads of editing features, which are great.
Again as Robbo said you will have to have a nice long play with both devices and see which one you prefer
Pretty much just going to echo what Robbo said, the one S is the better phone overall and if you aren't too keen on SE's android skin and want something that will work out of the box, then the S with sense V4 is great for that, you shouldn't be disappointed, IMO sense V4 is very nice, feels polished throughout and the apps/widgets have a very unified feel to it, you don't really have to faff about at all with 3rd party apps etc.
Everything you need to know about the one S is in my review of it (below in sig) and Robbo has done a great guide as to which phone to get, which covers the S and compares it to the other top 2 phones, the X and GS 3:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18417660
For storage on the S, you get 10GB for videos, photos etc. and 2.21GB for apps, if that isn't enough for you then the XS is the better option or something else like the GS 2 would be a better device, just to give you an idea as to what the storage is like:
I have over 70 apps installed (including a few games as well), over 700 photos, that also includes a lot of 1080P footage as well as slow motion videos and N64, SEGA etc. emulator ROMS and I have 1.67GB left for apps and 6.10GB left for user file storage.
You also get 25GB of dropbox storage for the next 2 years.
Also something else to consider is the new version of android, jelly bean, no idea if the XS will get it, if it does, then it will be a long wait again no doubt, where as with the S you can be pretty much guaranteed that the one S will get it and a lot quicker than the XS.
The camera on the S is very good (one of the best things about the phone IMO), only let down by slightly jerky 1080P video recording and over saturating reds on auto settings. It is feature packed, more so than any other device and the sense gallery has loads of editing features, which are great.
Again as Robbo said you will have to have a nice long play with both devices and see which one you prefer
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Just picking up on what Sid said about microsims.
Do they not just cut your normal SIM down to size in the UK?
I'm in Shanghai and they just put my old normal SIM into a device that looks like a stapler, it made a horrible crunching sound, then my SIM popped out the other end as a microsim. No messing about with getting anything new or re-activating !?!?
Secondly, I'm popping back home to blighty in a couple of week and will need a cheap and cheerful UK SIM for a couple of weeks. So can you pick up prepaid microsims in a newsagents or do they still only sell full size sims ?
Do they not just cut your normal SIM down to size in the UK?
I'm in Shanghai and they just put my old normal SIM into a device that looks like a stapler, it made a horrible crunching sound, then my SIM popped out the other end as a microsim. No messing about with getting anything new or re-activating !?!?
Secondly, I'm popping back home to blighty in a couple of week and will need a cheap and cheerful UK SIM for a couple of weeks. So can you pick up prepaid microsims in a newsagents or do they still only sell full size sims ?
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Hi guys every time I try and update my Xperia S it won't let me. I get message telling me the "software has been modified" I have definitely not modified it. The only thing I can think is when I bought it I was sold has sim free and the last owner could have had it unlocked.
Is there anything I can do? I was thinking of going Stafford and seeing if the Sony Center there can do anything. I just hope it's not expensive to sort out.
Is there anything I can do? I was thinking of going Stafford and seeing if the Sony Center there can do anything. I just hope it's not expensive to sort out.
This should help - post #2.
RE Rooting. Finally got mine rooted but it was a right hassle! Here are a couple of hints from the me and the thread.
Safe apps list (ones that you can remove safely) can be found here. Reclaimed some more RAM
Stolen from Grrrrr in the 'what is rooting' thread:
RE Rooting. Finally got mine rooted but it was a right hassle! Here are a couple of hints from the me and the thread.
- It's important to have Stock GB .75, NOT .73.
- Download Flashtool 0.80 and the 0.8>0.8.6.0 - had major problems with other versons
- When it says daemon started successfully, just wait a few minutes, it will work. If it doesn't work in 5 minutes, then restart the whole process again. Make sure you do have the needed ADB drivers installed for the process to work
- To check if it all worked, download SuperUser from play store. Then, download "Root Check Basic"
- Always close Flashtool every time it finishes
- The guide mentions turning the phone on after a stage whilst plugged in - this didn't work for me so I unplugged, quickly turned on and plugged back straight in
Safe apps list (ones that you can remove safely) can be found here. Reclaimed some more RAM
Stolen from Grrrrr in the 'what is rooting' thread:
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Well this is odd. My update progress bar slows down massively on the "Preparing Computer for Update" and then comes up with an error. Any ideas anyone?
Can anyone help me with this please? I'm using the PC companion to update