Sony Xperia S

Ludo · 23-04-2012 8:04am

marcbrophy wrote: »

PM sent

Can I get that address also please as I got no tags with mine from meteor...thanks.

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-04-2012 9:10am

Ludo wrote: »

Can I get that address also please as I got no tags with mine from meteor...thanks.

Sent it on

marcbrophy · 23-04-2012 9:31am

Perhaps I'm going mad, but is there a way to set the calendar week start day to Monday on this phone?
I've been able to do it with all other android phones I've had before!

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 9:53am

naughtb4 wrote: »

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

Got mine in CPW yesterday and also dont have another micro sim to test so I dont know either if its unlocked - wonder how we would test this?

naughtb4 wrote: »

Sent it on

Also didn't get the NFC tags - can someone PM me the address please

marcbrophy · 23-04-2012 11:51am

tui0hcg wrote: »

Also didn't get the NFC tags - can someone PM me the address please

PM sent!

tui0hcg wrote: »

Got mine in CPW yesterday and also dont have another micro sim to test so I dont know either if its unlocked - wonder how we would test this?

Try this:

Open the phone dialler and type the following:
*#*#7378423#*#*
This should bring up the service menu.

In the service menu, click on Service info, the on SIM lock.

You should see a bunch of bunch of [] beside things like Network and Service provider.
If any of these contain an X like so: [X], then it is sim locked.
If they are all blank like so: [], then it is not sim locked.

Hope that helps!

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 12:05pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Try this:

Open the phone dialler and type the following:
*#*#7378423#*#*
This should bring up the service menu.

In the service menu, click on Service info, the on SIM lock.

You should see a bunch of bunch of [] beside things like Network and Service provider.
If any of these contain an X like so: [X], then it is sim locked.
If they are all blank like so: [], then it is not sim locked.

Hope that helps!

Worked a treat and best of all its unlocked - happy days:)

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-04-2012 12:45pm

Really liking the LED notifcation on this phone

BostonB · 23-04-2012 1:08pm

naughtb4 wrote: »

Really liking the LED notifcation on this phone

Why whats different about it. Surprising how many "smart" phones don't have a decent notification.

ED E · 23-04-2012 1:14pm

BostonB wrote: »

Why whats different about it. Surprising how many "smart" phones don't have a decent notification.

Dunno if they're talking about the regular LED or the bar, but the bar is nice(much more noticeable than the single led).

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-04-2012 1:19pm

ED E wrote: »

Dunno if they're talking about the regular LED or the bar, but the bar is nice(much more noticeable than the single led).

The single LED, my previous phone didnt have it. Just find it useful for the quick glance in work

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 1:27pm

Anyone recommend a case for this?

Also how do people feel about the charger port cover? Its annoying me already and I only have the phone 24 hrs – has anyone removed it?

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-04-2012 1:29pm

i bought this one last night http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261005750309&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:IE:3160. Seems decent enough.

Yeah the cover is very annoying, saw a picture of the phone with i cut off though, and it does take away from the look. Think it was on XDA

ED E · 23-04-2012 1:33pm

tui0hcg wrote: »

Anyone recommend a case for this?

Also how do people feel about the charger port cover? Its annoying me already and I only have the phone 24 hrs – has anyone removed it?

Nilkin all the way

I wouldnt remove it, as above somebody did on XDA, looks terrible and any dirt could fúck up you USB port, killing the phone.

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 2:24pm

Whats the story with Wisepilot and McAffe?
Are these trials - can they be uninstalled

ThunbergsAreGo · 23-04-2012 2:32pm

McAfee was a trial, i uninstaled it, whether that was wise im not sure

Is there a way to get all the pre-installed apps (not those you can delet through the app screen) off without rooting/flashing?

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 2:42pm

I don't think Anti Virus is required - I had Lookout before but it was a space hog and seemed to slow down the phone (Desire)
Also interested on a way to remove the junk without rooting

So far love the new toy - need to delve a bit deeper to find out all the good stuff

ED E · 23-04-2012 2:54pm

You need to root to remove the bloatware as they're in as system apps.

No need for antivirus on Android......yet :rolleyes:

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 3:05pm

Last question for today!!

Is there a Car Mode that can be activated on this for example when i connect my Bluetooth speaker in the car? I cant find it anywhere

ED E · 23-04-2012 3:36pm

tui0hcg wrote: »

Last question for today!!

Is there a Car Mode that can be activated on this for example when i connect my Bluetooth speaker in the car? I cant find it anywhere

Define "Car Mode"?

If you have a mount for the phone of some sort, by attaching a smart tag to trigger apps/settings OR if you're using a bluetooth device as you said you can trigger an app once it connects using the "Liveware manager".

cloud493 · 23-04-2012 3:37pm

I'm actually looking at getting one of these, are they any good?

ED E · 23-04-2012 3:40pm

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm actually looking at getting one of these, are they any good?

Le sigh

Read the bloody thread.

BionicRasher · 23-04-2012 4:04pm

ED E wrote: »

Define "Car Mode"?

If you have a mount for the phone of some sort, by attaching a smart tag to trigger apps/settings OR if you're using a bluetooth device as you said you can trigger an app once it connects using the "Liveware manager".

Ok - I was looking at something like this Car Panel
But I also have Car Home Ultra installed and I can see now that the Liveware app should be able to fire this up once I connect Bluetooth.
I will test and see how it looks later

BTW that Liveware app is pretty cool - lots of things I could do with different connections

ED E · 23-04-2012 6:27pm

Just got me a PS3 controller, time for some fun

marcbrophy · 23-04-2012 6:51pm

ED E wrote: »

Just got me a PS3 controller, time for some fun

Care to elaborate ED?

ED E · 23-04-2012 7:55pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Care to elaborate ED?

Will do, with a video....eventually. The fact that I dont have root is causing a bit of a hiccup

And I cant get it cause of sim+boot -lock

marcbrophy · 23-04-2012 8:11pm

There seems to be very little progress getting root on the BL locked phones!
Very frustrating!

IncognitoMan · 23-04-2012 10:03pm

tui0hcg wrote: »

Anyone recommend a case for this?

Also how do people feel about the charger port cover? Its annoying me already and I only have the phone 24 hrs – has anyone removed it?

Don't remove it. I have mine about a month now and the cover has loosened up a lot. Much easier to use it now

BionicRasher · 24-04-2012 11:11am

Just noticed the 50GB free:) BOX account - looks handy and its for life too - I think you can hook up a sync between Google Docs/Picassa photos/Dropbox etc so it may be a handy back up tool for important stuff

ThunbergsAreGo · 24-04-2012 11:41am

tui0hcg wrote: »

Just noticed the 50GB free:) BOX account - looks handy and its for life too - I think you can hook up a sync between Google Docs/Picassa photos/Dropbox etc so it may be a handy back up tool for important stuff

Googled this very easy to do

Havent used Box before, nice extra

BionicRasher · 24-04-2012 11:58am

naughtb4 wrote: »

Googled this very easy to do

Havent used Box before, nice extra

Yes seems like a great extra (I know HTC One devices got 25GB Dropbox account for a 2 year period but this is double and for life)

I use SocialFolders on PC at home and that syncs stuff between all types of accounts and will connect to your BOX account so its like drag and drop on your PC for example and you can sync stuff between lots of services

I can PM a link for that service if you want and we both get an increase of 1000 file limit

Maybe I should set up a SocialFolders referral thread

ThunbergsAreGo · 24-04-2012 12:00pm

tui0hcg wrote: »

Yes seems like a great extra (I know HTC One devices got 25GB Dropbox account for a 2 year period but this is double and for life)

I use SocialFolders on PC at home and that syncs stuff between all types of accounts and will connect to your BOX account so its like drag and drop on your PC for example and you can sync stuff between lots of services

I can PM a link for that service if you want and we both get an increase of 1000 file limit

I cant see any reason not to, cheers

marcbrophy · 24-04-2012 4:36pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Perhaps I'm going mad, but is there a way to set the calendar week start day to Monday on this phone?
I've been able to do it with all other android phones I've had before!

Anyone?
Is it possible?

ThunbergsAreGo · 25-04-2012 8:57am

Seems to be according to language selected, which is a bit disappointing

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/182938

marcbrophy · 25-04-2012 10:21am

naughtb4 wrote: »

Seems to be according to language selected, which is a bit disappointing

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/182938

Thanks

It's more than disappointing, it's stupid that the customisation has been taken out

BionicRasher · 25-04-2012 10:38am

Anyone figure out how to get the calendar working correctly or even get it to work consistently?

I have a good few calendars that I use through my Google account and on previous androids I could see appointments and they were colour coded according to the calendar the came from – now I just get one colour and a lot of the time I have to manually sync to get the calendar to update correctly

Any tips for a decent calendar app and widget?

120_Minutes · 25-04-2012 12:41pm

Ok, whats waking my phone up? i've turned off everything i can think of, have juice defender knocking off data and wifi, task killer killing apps when the screen is off, but as you can see from the screen shot, my phone is waking up many times overnight. my battery lasts 16-24 hours tops with normal usage, whereas my iphone with similar usage lasts 26-32 hours.

screenshot

ThunbergsAreGo · 25-04-2012 1:10pm

120_Minutes wrote: »

Ok, whats waking my phone up? i've turned off everything i can think of, have juice defender knocking off data and wifi, task killer killing apps when the screen is off, but as you can see from the screen shot, my phone is waking up many times overnight. my battery lasts 16-24 hours tops with normal usage, whereas my iphone with similar usage lasts 26-32 hours.

screenshot

What firmware are you on?

Ludo · 25-04-2012 1:13pm

120_Minutes wrote: »

Ok, whats waking my phone up? i've turned off everything i can think of, have juice defender knocking off data and wifi, task killer killing apps when the screen is off, but as you can see from the screen shot, my phone is waking up many times overnight. my battery lasts 16-24 hours tops with normal usage, whereas my iphone with similar usage lasts 26-32 hours.

screenshot

Weird...my graph flat-lines from when I turn off wifi at night til it comes back on in the morning and no awake time. Is there any app listed as using battery power in the screen previous the the screenshot you sent on?

BionicRasher · 25-04-2012 1:28pm

Just spotted the screen protector pre installed

Has anyone removed this?

Maybe that's why the capacitive buttons are a little finicky

marcbrophy · 25-04-2012 1:40pm

tui0hcg wrote: »

Just spotted the screen protector pre installed

Has anyone removed this?

Maybe that's why the capacitive buttons are a little finicky

I was thinking this too after I spotted it!
Would it really be that simple?

120_Minutes · 25-04-2012 1:42pm

Ludo wrote: »

120_Minutes wrote: »

Ok, whats waking my phone up? i've turned off everything i can think of, have juice defender knocking off data and wifi, task killer killing apps when the screen is off, but as you can see from the screen shot, my phone is waking up many times overnight. my battery lasts 16-24 hours tops with normal usage, whereas my iphone with similar usage lasts 26-32 hours.

screenshot

Weird...my graph flat-lines from when I turn off wifi at night til it comes back on in the morning and no awake time. Is there any app listed as using battery power in the screen previous the the screenshot you sent on?

Any non standard app on the list isn't even using double digits, percentage wise.

ThunbergsAreGo · 25-04-2012 3:15pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

I was thinking this too after I spotted it!
Would it really be that simple?

Apparently they are built as hard press capacitive buttons to stop accidental pressing of the buttons

ED E · 25-04-2012 3:22pm

1. Its not a screen protector, its a shatter sheet, sony covering their arses in the legal sense.

2. Yes it does reduce their sensitivity.

BionicRasher · 26-04-2012 3:09pm

This is driving me nuts
how do I create a new contact and assign it to a group? Or edit a current one and add see what group its in

As in
I have different groups in my Gmail contacts and in all other Androids I have used before I could choose to add it to a group for example I could add my phone number for Joe Bloggs to a group called work and Jane Doe could be added to a group called friends

ED E · 26-04-2012 3:41pm

S doesnt seem to read gContact groups. I send bulk messages("anyone for pints?") every now and then and found the only way to do it on the XS was with a 3rd party app(I use handcent). Groups were created with a browser(contacts.google.com).

TBi · 26-04-2012 3:41pm

tui0hcg wrote: »

Just spotted the screen protector pre installed

Sony doesn't use gorilla glass so it needs a protector to stop scratches (unlike iPhone, HTC, samsung & nokia).

ED E wrote: »

1. Its not a screen protector, its a shatter sheet, sony covering their arses in the legal sense.

It's a screen protector, as per above. Unless you have proof that it's a "shatter sheet". Although sony might call it this to distract people from the fact that the phone needs a screen protector because it doesn't use gorilla glass.

ED E · 26-04-2012 3:47pm

TBi wrote: »

It's a screen protector, as per above. Unless you have proof that it's a "shatter sheet". Although sony might call it this to distract people from the fact that the phone needs a screen protector because it doesn't use gorilla glass.

Sony reps have said it dozens of times. Google it or check XDA. They install a shatter sheet in the factory and send a screen protector in the box.

It may not be gorilla glass, but just because my runners arent nike doesnt mean I cant run in them. Those who have taken the risk in not using a protector have said that its rather resilient and that one isnt really necessary.

BionicRasher · 26-04-2012 3:48pm

ED E wrote: »

S doesnt seem to read gContact groups. I send bulk messages("anyone for pints?") every now and then and found the only way to do it on the XS was with a 3rd party app(I use handcent). Groups were created with a browser(contacts.google.com).

Ya Handcent is perfect for sending the messages but I want to be able to add contacts to a group on the phone - bit of an oversight really

I wonder is there 3rd part contact apps out there that will do it

TBi · 26-04-2012 3:51pm

ED E wrote: »

but just because my runners arent nike doesnt mean I cant run in them.

And just because someone calls a runner 'Nike' doesn't stop it from being just a runner.

manu2009 · 29-04-2012 4:28pm

Got my smart tags in the post, thanks marcbrophy

Sony Xperia S

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