[Damoedge]

Originally Posted by marcbrophy

Speaking of chargers, here's a bit of a stupid question!

Will using the 2 Amp (2000 mAmp) charger cause problems for the XS battery?

I'd been using the charger that came with the XS to charge it. I think its 700 or 850 mAmp, not certain. Then last week, I got the nexus 7 tablet, and that comes with a 2 Amp charger. I tried it on the phone and it charged it about 60% in around 30 mins.

Needless to say, that's pretty fast, but I was left wondering if long time use would fook up the battery on a phone that it is non-replaceable?

Well it would fook up the battery over a few years use and i dont think we will have our sxs phones in a few years well i wont anyways.

The battery will draw a max of 1500mA charging as far as i know anything over it just denies, the battery has some kind of on board chip on it to create this limit of charge although the highest iv seen on mine was about 1560mA charging with the set up above.

It also depends on the cable you use, the cable that comes with the phone is a data/charge cable and because of this it also limits the charge, the cable linked above is a dedicated charge cable which has bridged connectors on it just for charge only BUT also has a little switch on it to change between charge and data

Hope this throws some light on the subject

[marcbrophy]

Originally Posted by Damoedge

Well it would fook up the battery over a few years use and i dont think we will have our sxs phones in a few years well i wont anyways.

The battery will draw a max of 1500mA charging as far as i know anything over it just denies, the battery has some kind of on board chip on it to create this limit of charge although the highest iv seen on mine was about 1560mA charging with the set up above.

It also depends on the cable you use, the cable that comes with the phone is a data/charge cable and because of this it also limits the charge, the cable linked above is a dedicated charge cable which has bridged connectors on it just for charge only BUT also has a little switch on it to change between charge and data

Hope this throws some light on the subject

Yep, that makes perfect sense to me.
As long as the battery has some sort of in built management of the power it accepts, that makes me happy!

Thanks

[JayEnnis]

Any idea when ICS is out on vodafone?

[tui0hcg]

Originally Posted by sean1141

What is the story with the tags? Should they be included with the phone?

email - sonytag@sbe-ltd.ie

include this detail and they will send them to you in the post

Details:
1. Name -
2. Address -
3. Contact Number -
4. IMEI -
5. Network -
6. Store Purchased in -
7. Date Purchased -

[tui0hcg]

Originally Posted by JayEnnis

Any idea when ICS is out on vodafone?

Check your SI number here - you should have it at this stage

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/223759#223759

[JayEnnis]

Should have had it in July.. Any idea why I can't get it?

[tui0hcg]

is your SI number on the list?

Have you tried connection with a PC and updating that way?

[JayEnnis]

Yeah it's on the list and it should have been updated 19th July. Just tried through Sony Bridge and it says that my software is up to date even though its still on gingerbread? Also tried through the sony wesbite and the same thing?

[tui0hcg]

Originally Posted by JayEnnis

Yeah it's on the list and it should have been updated 19th July. Just tried through Sony Bridge and it says that my software is up to date even though its still on gingerbread? Also tried through the sony wesbite and the same thing?

[JayEnnis]

It's really annoying me, I've tried through PC suite and the same thing. I'm going to repair the phone. Are SMS's saved to the SD card or the phone memory?

[tui0hcg]

there are a few SMS backup apps - I use one that syncs my SMS to a label in my Gmail

[JayEnnis]

Could it be that its a bill phone and so its locked? I really can't figure this out.

[marcbrophy]

Did anyone try CM10 on this yet (Jellybean)?
CM9 (ICS) was no where near finished the last time I tried it

[flazio]

I'm in the same boat, have a Vodafone Xperia S, SI number says it's been available for a month, but both the PC companion and the Website updater say I'm already up to date.
Threw in a query to Sony Mobile Ireland's facebook page and the CPW Geeksquad as they are the company exclusively selling this phone on Vodafone they should know.

[ED E]

Just flash an official version of ICS guys. You can do it simlocked and bootloader locked. Grab an ftf of CH, UK or NL and away you go. Will remove a bit of crapware too.