Sony Xperia S

April 14th....will it come true?

ED E wrote: »

April 14th....will it come true?

Whats that?

@tui0hcg

If you go into your settings you can select that the power button ends the call so you dont have to wait for the screen

Settings> Accessibility> Power button ends call.

Hope that helps

IncognitoMan wrote: »

@tui0hcg

If you go into your settings you can select that the power button ends the call so you dont have to wait for the screen

Settings> Accessibility> Power button ends call.

Hope that helps

Thanks
I was aware of this but it really is not much good as I still need to have the phone return to the screen that i was on before the phone call took place. I believe that is what happens on stock Android and it also happened on my old HTC. So in other words if I press power button to end the call i still need to unlock the phone to go back to what I was doing before the call. At the moment the screen just goes blank and stays blank even if the other party ends the call or if I press power button to end the call.

Crap Sony bugs that they refuse to fix and with 5 months left on my contract I am counting down the days to when I can get rid of this load of junk.....

Don't even start me on the other faults with the phone or with the Xperia U my wife has or even the Xperia Tipo my daughter has!

tui0hcg wrote: »

Thanks
I was aware of this but it really is not much good as I still need to have the phone return to the screen that i was on before the phone call took place. I believe that is what happens on stock Android and it also happened on my old HTC. So in other words if I press power button to end the call i still need to unlock the phone to go back to what I was doing before the call. At the moment the screen just goes blank and stays blank even if the other party ends the call or if I press power button to end the call.

Crap Sony bugs that they refuse to fix and with 5 months left on my contract I am counting down the days to when I can get rid of this load of junk.....

Don't even start me on the other faults with the phone or with the Xperia U my wife has or even the Xperia Tipo my daughter has!

What FW you on? I had problems where it wouldnt wake during a call whatsoever but that was back on .42 IIRC.

ED E wrote: »

New versions have already been certified and XDA members have got their hands on leaked builds(about a month ago) so its at least close to ready if not impending.

I am currently with Vodafone and I havent flashed my phone yet. I think my android version is something like 2.3.7 . Does anyone have any instructions on how to flash the phone so I can install the latest version of android?

ED E wrote: »

Get flashtool and .2.55 firmware. All available on XDA or XDA Fileserver(completely different site, not affiliated).

Cool Thanks for that

tui0hcg wrote: »

FW version is 2.45

Should I have a newer version?

Depending on branding you may or may not be offered it from pc companion, but you can grab it manually with flashtool as above.

Nope, no sign of it on XDA earlier either. Was just more BS. Who knows when we'll get it.

Unfortunately few android phones are flawless out of the box, even the nexus' have some issues from time to time.

If sony gets the AOSP deal with google going then the XS may be come essentially a nexus device, but we havent heard much about that in a long while.


I know you shouldnt have to tui0hcg, but if you put in ~30 minutes into wiping and updating, you should have a lot less issues.

I'll give you the steps to start with:
1. Root current FW
2. Use Titanium Backup to back everything up to SD
3. Copy TB folder to PC for safety
4. Factory reset Phone.
5. Connect to PC Companion, if it offers .2.55 update with that, if it doesnt then use flashtool(depends on what network you bought from).
6. Root again
7. Restore with Titanium Backup - Important, dont restore everything, just your own apps, accounts, launcher, contact data, wallpaper. You dont want to restore the system settings as changes in the FW and using old settings causes bugs.

Tools:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2204321 - Root tool for 2.55, should work for the older version you are on now, but if not
here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219781 is an alternative rooter that should.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup





Regarding the Data connection settings, you probably wiped the APNs, you can add them manually or the Sony first time setup app finds them automatically(handy as fuark).



If you have any questions lemme know. Once you get used to using TB its an extremely powerful tool to have. Every month or two I do a full backup and push it to drobpox meaning that if my phone was ever stolen I still have all my app data etc, as well as the stuff like contacts that google syncs.

The XS may be a pain SW wise but its just gorgeous hardware, hate to see people be put off.

IDD, Sonys developers are shooting the entire company in the foot. They need to release less models and spend more time on supporting fewer handsets.

HTC sense has had its issues too(generally too heavy back in the day) as has Touchwiz(Samsung), but they've improved where sony hasnt

My second phone and every phone since has been SE/Sony, this will probably be the last though(Nexus 5 will be my next).

Ahh, hopefully they made that on hard info.


S should be getting it before the GO, f'ckers.

tui0hcg wrote: »

Used the set up and it sorted my data connection - thanks a million. Going to look at Rooting over the weekend.

Question.
If I root and install .2.55 via Flashtool do I really need the Titanium Backup?

I have all my photos/videos/music and stuff on my PC already and I dont mind having to set up things like Gmail an wallpaper and the few apps I use regularly. Whats the advantage of the Titanium?

If you dont care about any of your app data then none really. I have 140 user apps and some of them (games, widget apps, data monitors) I care about the data for, a clean install is a pain. If you are the kind of person who mainly uses stock apps and not much else then just do it manually.

billbond4 wrote: »

JB Update should be coming in May:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/04/16/french-operator-sfr-says-xperia-s-jb-update-landing-in-may/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

in the comments...

the_black_dragon • 10 hours ago
ehm guys... that is the Carrer timetable for BRANDED devices... not the sony timetable for free devices...
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Emmanuel van den Brûle the_black_dragon • 9 hours ago
At least one guy optimistic... Hope you're right
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the_black_dragon Emmanuel van den Brûle • 9 hours ago
I just trust informations from DooMLoRD (one of the Cyanogenmod/FXP develoeprs) who said it will arrive end of this week... he is very Close with some sony developers
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zaid the_black_dragon • 8 hours ago
me too i hope DooMLoRD is right
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Pontus the_black_dragon • 8 hours ago
Yeah, my carrier in Sweden (3) are SUUUUUPER slow with updates but we get it week 17!
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Jonas Johansson Pontus • 7 hours ago
Super slow? My XV gets the updates one-two days after sony releases it and i have the same carrier and live in the same country as you...... I would rather call them suuuuuper fast......
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fanboygotstuck the_black_dragon • 5 hours ago
Last time i check that "end of next week" was posted lastweek there are a lot of "by the end of this week" dude, this week will be the 2nd by the end of this week. Good thing i got rid of my ion and never experience this same old sony ****
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the_black_dragon fanboygotstuck • 3 hours ago
las thursday he said "end of next week"... so end of THIS week
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Lucian the_black_dragon • 4 hours ago
true, he was right many times.
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not sure what he means by free devices, assuming he means SIM free & he's talking about a generic ROM being put out

Free devices means unbranded. Once that comes out we can all just flash it if we want to, we just wont get it over the air or from PC companion till Three/02/Metor etc have had their way with it(usually a few months ^^).