Sony Xperia S

ED E wrote: »

Personally I really like the stock kb on it, has swipe functionality as standard at all. If you dont like it though try Swiftkey, it costs a few bob but there's a trial.

Must say that I agree here. I have been using SwiftKey for the last couple of years but since getting the Experia S a couple of weeks ago I haven't bothered activating Swiftkey on it. The stock keyboard is very good...well, once I figured out that tapping the spacebar twice quickly put in a full stop that is

I work for a major phone retailer (who deal with all networks ) and we recently got correspondence from our head office that there is an email address you can contact to get the NFC tags for your phone if your phone didn't come with them. I can't remember the exact details but you can contact the retailer you got your phone from to find out more.
(Legal note, I am not being told by my employers to tell you this, I'm doing it out of courtesy, please do not PM me or contact me about any matters relating to my work, thank you)

marcbrophy wrote: »

Yeah, i was sent those details the other day!
Have sent an email with the details required, but yet to hear back! Not sure if i will hear back or not, they'll probably just send me the tags

Any chance you could pm me the email address? Didn't get any with mine.

manu2009 wrote: »

Any chance you could pm me the email address? Didn't get any with mine.

Sent!

naughtb4 wrote: »

Is there anyway to get .73 in ireland yet?

Yeah, you can do it unofficially. BUUUUT, it means unlocking the bootloader, which voids your warranty. And with the yellow tint issue I wouldnt do that.

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Warrenty should still be valid for hardware faults. Is with HTCs bootloader unlock anyway

I would have thought so too, but apparently not.

Can't you use the x10 Flashtool to get it?

ED E wrote: »

Yeah, you can do it unofficially. BUUUUT, it means unlocking the bootloader, which voids your warranty. And with the yellow tint issue I wouldnt do that.

Any idea when/if it will be out officially here?

It would be very disappointing if it didnt come out, apparently its a massive improvement in battery life

ED E wrote: »

billbond4 wrote: »

Can't you use the x10 Flashtool to get it?

Yes, but warranty breaks and you lose DRM keys.

Just reflash it when the official firmware
is available and your warranty is restored

billbond4 wrote: »

Just reflash it when the official firmware
is available and your warranty is restored

Nope. Sadly this isnt the case. You can reflash the proper firmware fine, but once you break open the bootloader, thats it. Cant be restored to its original state, warranty gone along with DRM.

Yeah, the you can relock to use SEUS/PCC, but I dont know about warranty after that. I assumed it was still gone, but not sure now.

I'd have to read more on the DRM keys.

ED E wrote: »

Yeah, the you can relock to use SEUS/PCC, but I dont know about warranty after that. I assumed it was still gone, but not sure now.

I'd have to read more on the DRM keys.

Yeah, it's really not clear what relocking does. Maybe it just spoofs SUES and PCC to allow a firmware update

The DRM thing bugs me, cos I have already unlocked my bootloader, and flashed a generic .67 firmware, but I can't see any loss of function?

ED E wrote: »

Try using TrackID :P

I did, the day I flashed it and also there to test again, and it works perfectly

I don't understand it myself!

ED E wrote: »

Da fuq?


Are you on XDA? Could you post your config and info there and see what the devs say on this. Cause if A) I can relock for waranty and not lose keys I'll flash rooted .73 straight away.

Yeah, i'll post up the question later on when I get home from work in the unlock and relock thread, and see if this is normal.

Firstly, I thought the DRM maybe to do with stuff that you acquire from the PlayNow store, like music games and other apps from there, but as I never purchased anything in there, I can't really test that! Then I checked TrackID, which worked as expected. I also checked the pre-loaded 5 or 6 music tracks (not sure if they are DRM protected) and they played fine!

Maybe I'm gone blind, but the reason I went with the .67 f/w and not the .73 one was that it was the pre-rooted one from Bin4ry.
Are you planning to flash a regular .73 f/w or have you found a pre-rooted one?

ED E wrote: »

I was considering DooMKernel which would root it automatically.


BUUUT, anyways, I'm an idiot, didnt cop the fact that my branding would prevent me doing it. Three branded = bootloader unlocking not allowed. Thus the Sonymobile service wont work.


Stuck waiting for three to push updates.....:(:(:(:(:(:(

Ah balls!

I got mine from CPW on O2, and it was sim free, so I caught a lucky break I guess!

Hopefully Three won't take forever with the firmware push for you!

naughtb4 wrote: »

Is this difficult? any risks?

Read the thread, but to summarise:

There is a slim chance of bricking if you do something really stupid.
Warranty could be affected, but in the past with the Arc Sony has honoured the warranty as long as you didnt break your handset with an overclock.
You'll have to relock the bootloader to use official updates once more.

If you're reasonably good with tech this will be fine, just be careful and read everything before you start and dont skip a step.

TeddyTedson wrote: »

How does this phone sync music ect? Can I use iTunes or a similar method to the iPhone?

think its good old drag and drop, im sure there are synching alternatives out there

Hi,

Got this today

Any tips on first time battery charging/set up etc??

marcbrophy wrote: »

I got those smart tags in the post yesterday anyway!

Pretty handy little things!

Just noticed i didnt get any NFC tags with mine, can you PM me the addres for the NFC tags?

Bought on Meteor today and have .73 firmware

Just to let people know, hopefully itll come on all Irish networks now

tui0hcg wrote: »

is it locked to Meteor? Just wondered as its handy to be able to put in another sim if travelling (all phones I have got from Meteor so far have been unlocked)

Dont have another Micro Sim to test, how would i check this?

Is it not possible to get Playstation games on this? cant find th option to do it

Thanks,

Am i right in thinking given the yellow tint issue that has been mentioned rooting may not be the best option?