The Official Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Thread

RSR · 25 Sep 2011 at 19:11

sarge78 said:
Has anyone got the livedock yet?

Shame about all the wires sticking out but it looks a better solution to Motorola's proprietary docks (which needs correct HDMI/USB spacing etc)

They are not out yet are they? I did have a look the other day...

Hmmmmm now do I trade the Arc for a Arc S tomorrow

RSR · 27 Sep 2011 at 18:11

Official Cyanogen Mod support now for the current SE line up.

http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/09/27/cyanogenmod-7-officially-coming-to-xperia-smartphones/#comments

RSR · 28 Sep 2011 at 09:28

Its_Me said:
IIRC you can unbrick it with Omnius remote flash

There is also a guy on XDA who does remore stuff and in the thread ppl have said he fixed bricked Arcs.

Omnius is a cost option now.

Xperia flash tool should work fine. IIRC Its very hard to brick the current Xperia line. However, if you have re partitioned the nand on a 2011 handset I think that will cause a few problems.

RSR · 28 Sep 2011 at 15:02

matt100 said:
I'm pretty sure it's flashtool I'm trying to use thats saying I can't install s1 boot or something when I try it?

Do you have SEUS and Sony Ericsson PC Companion installed?

RSR · 28 Sep 2011 at 20:07

SEUS is self updating, so it shouldn't matter what version you download.

Excellent news.

RSR · 29 Sep 2011 at 10:10

This is epic news!

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/wp/2011/09/28/sony-ericsson-supports-independent-developers/

Karl-Johan Dahlström, Head of Developer Relations at Sony Ericsson, has just posted a very interesting post over on the SE Developer Blog. He has just confirmed that Sony Ericsson has been assisting the FreeXperia developer team, beyond what we’ve seen from most other manufacturers.

If you’ve been following us for a while now you’ll know that the FreeXperia team over at xda-developers have been providing custom ROMs for the Xperia X10 initially and branched out to all other Xperia phones. One of the problems that has always been difficult to solve is the proprietary work that Sony Ericsson has undertaken on the camera side of things.

Well apparently the hard work and passion shown by the dedicated FreeXperia team caught the attention of Sony Ericsson. They have worked hard to assist the team in making a CyanogenMod custom ROM for the Xperia range of smartphones. Sony Ericsson has given around 20 handsets to the team and even provided “debugged and rebuilt camera library binaries”. These libraries will made available to all under a special EULA license shortly to further assist developers.

So what does this mean? Well it shows that not only are Sony Ericsson delivering timely Android updates, but they are now actively helping the developer community not only in unlocking the bootloader but providing solutions to get custom ROM’s to the people that want them. This is some superb news and hopefully long may it continue.

RSR · 29 Sep 2011 at 17:00

Si Lad said:
Andy will you be upgrading to the Arc S ?

I am not sure at the moment. However, the Arc S in white does look very nice.

RSR · 29 Sep 2011 at 18:10

Si Lad said:
Being a builder my X10i is coming to an end, the screen is cracked(but still works) its getting rather slow and I am looking to upgrade but dont know what to get. Arc, Arc S or Ray.
What are your thoughts please as you seem to know what your on about

PS does the arc have a louder speaker when in calls I mean. the X10 was always quiet for me.

The Arc has no problems in terms of loudness from ether in-call or loudspeaker, infact I think its one of the loudest phones I have used in a while.

I believe the current Arc has or is going EoL shortly. So that would leave the Arc S and the Xperia Ray.

It basically boils down to what handset you think will suit you best. The Xperia Ray would be more pocketable but lacks the HDMI output. However, if its media orientated phone with HDMI output id go with the Arc S. Other than that I believe they have the same feature set and specs.

Also its worth noting that SE's new flagship handset will be due March 2012, so it depends if you can wait that long.

RSR · 29 Sep 2011 at 20:01

xibinim said:
March? I thought it was Q4? What ever happened to the official announcement due a while back?

Meh..... I think it was a bit of a red herring. They announced a load of other handsets instead.

RSR · 29 Sep 2011 at 20:33

Id be careful unlocking the bootloader, as it comes with a few caveats. It removes the DRM content from the phone so a few applications will no longer work and also updates by SE will no longer work.

The SE update problem has now been fixed by a member on the XDA forum, which is a simple file which resets some flags on the handset.

I believe the PDA Net has drivers for the SE fast boot, have you also downloaded the Android SDK?

RSR · 21 Oct 2011 at 12:24

Simian said:
Any News on the 2.3.4 update from Vodafone yet??.. (Not unlocked my phone!! can't be arsed!!).. I want the 'Panorama' thinngy on the camera!!.. just got a new Sony Telly that will play this back on screen!!

Plus I heard a little rumor that ICS was coming to the Sony Ericsson Xperia range soon (Nov/Dec 2011, Jan/Feb 2012)... anyone??...

Vodafone need to approve the update before its released on SUES or OTA. :mad:

Just debrand the handset with the Generic UK image, you do not need root to perform this as its a simple flash.

RSR · 28 Nov 2011 at 23:14

sarge78 said:
Just got one myself, so it better be a good Andy

Excellent Choice Sir,

RSR · 2 Dec 2011 at 19:23

I think the factory fitted one is to stop the screen smashing or something long them lines.

RSR · 15 Dec 2011 at 17:19

Hmmm looks good.... Man another new phone.... LOL

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