[ROM] Official Sony Xperia ICS Beta ROM for arc S, ray, neo V

theynd · Apr 16, 2012

dvfk said:
I use the 'Stock with CWM' kernel from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1515148

It's shouldn't make any difference for you since I believe yours and this kernel are the same except from the possibility to press Volume down at boot when the buttons light op and take a backup to the SD card (and other tools).

But you could try it - and the two other kernels in the link above. The kernel is flashed in fastboot mode (turn on, hold menu, plug USB in) with flashtool.

Another difference though could be that I'm actually running Arconium ICS 1.0 from the link above - that's the official Sony ROM but with some unnecessary bloatware stripped, I think. You can flash that after installing a kernel with CWM and using "Install zip from SD-card" but backup first so you can restore. I don't think you need to Wipe factory to defaults when using the ZIP file with the arconium ROM update - but I'm not sure.
None of my suggestions here should make a difference though... your videos shouldn't freeze since we're on the same hardware - and almost same software already, right?

Nothing I keep skipping the video recording, I'll try arconium 1.0

Many thanks for your interest.

noowb00 · Apr 16, 2012

dvfk said:
NOW I get it

If you let it turn off itself automatically it does NOT lock if I turn if on before the delay.

The bug is: If I lock it MYSELF it ALWAYS locks - ignoring the delay

Hehe. Maybe my english is a little bit twisted. Sorry about it.
If you lock it yourself, you have to press the LOCK/power button, right? So the screen should be locked because you pressed the 'LOCK' button. ...

You understand what i'm saying right? I don't think its a bug

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theynd · Apr 16, 2012

I'm going back to 62 with kernel 3021 of doomlord and v6 supercharger that is impressively well, with pain in my heart the ics is still in its infancy or at least (and making a constructive criticism) games are not all fluids, the launcher fluid is not nothing, the camera compared to the penalty of .62 is because I think the pictures lose quality, with the chamber 62 is very rare that a picture or no color blur or poorly focused with this camera buff, videos jump and when you finish recording a video takes forever to save and then on the thumbnail image display, meanwhile you can not reuse the camera: (

Lords of Sony appreciate your effort to get this update as soon as possible to ICS and I trust that these points as they polish after trying on different devices and different forms lt18 installing your official ICS via updating both via PC companion horn. Tft trying different files I am convinced that there will be more users with the same problems.

I apologize for my English

bengtner · Apr 22, 2012

For you all experiencing lag problems with the stock ICS ROM I can share my experience.

I was very disappointed with the performance of the ROM after the official upgrade. A lot of lag swiping between screens, 15s delay to show contacts etc. Since I've read some posts about a complete reset of the phone solved this issue, I tried factory reset and reinstalled all applications, but with the same result.

I was about to give up and downgrade to GB, when I decided to try a fresh ICS install with SEUS. And voilà! It's like a new phone! All problems are gone, and the phone is very smooth and responsive.

My taking from this is you should not try to upgrade to ICS with PC Companion. Make a fresh install with SEUS. Or do a factory reset before upgrading with PC Companion. I guess this will work as well. It seems like the attemp to save all installed apps and settings ****s up the installation, and you can't fix this without a clean reinstall.

I'm afraid Sony will have to pay a high price for this problem, and unfortunately ICS will also have a share of this as well...

pteale · Apr 23, 2012

Is ICS officially out for Xperia Ray now then?
When I run PC companion it says my phone is up to date but its still on v2.3.4
And often the PC companion just crashes.

noowb00 · Apr 24, 2012

pteale said:
Is ICS officially out for Xperia Ray now then?
When I run PC companion it says my phone is up to date but its still on v2.3.4
And often the PC companion just crashes.

Maybe it hasn't arrived at your area yet. I'm in the same situation as you too. Since I want ICS sooner, I just flash Nordic's firmware. So, why wait? It's already here! Flash it!

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Babis_ECE · Apr 25, 2012

Hi KalleD,

First of all I have to mention how great this is, having an active Sony Developer participating in the XDA Developers forum and the online dev community. Coming from a Motorola, where they don't even unlock the bootloader, it is really remarkable! Well done, you gained a client for the future.

I wanted to ask, where should we state some pointers/bugs after trying the official Xperia Arc S Rom that is out, to our Xperia Arc. (Yes, we couldn't wait for another 1.5 month..!)
Should we mention them here? By e-mail perhaps?

BTW, The Arc is a great device, and runs ICS smoothly even if it is a single-core 1GHz device.

Thanks.

pteale · Apr 30, 2012

noowb00 said:
Maybe it hasn't arrived at your area yet. I'm in the same situation as you too. Since I want ICS sooner, I just flash Nordic's firmware. So, why wait? It's already here! Flash it!

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Do you have any links for this? Thanks.

noowb00 · May 1, 2012

pteale said:
Do you have any links for this? Thanks.

For which phone? Try to look at the phone's development section

Edit: Sorry, didn't read your previous post. Hehe. Here, I found it on the Ray development section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1627627

Pick the Ice Cream Sandwich firmware and flash it using Flashtool

Cheers!

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Babis_ECE · May 3, 2012

Hi Kalled,

Following your answer here are my thoughts after using Xperia Arc S' ROM on the Arc:

- Camera definitely needs improvement. I read that Android 4.0.4 brings such improvement, so an update (even after the first release in a couple of weeks) should be considered, or a re-write of Sony's Drivers: The iPhone 4S has a Sony 8MP Camera and the photos you can capture with it are significantly better than the Arc's, and its a shame because I think you can do really better with the same lens.

- When you drag down the notification bar and want to press the "X" button on the upper right corner to clear all notifications, it isn't pressed easily, it usually takes 2-3 clicks to "engage". Hope you get what I mean.

- Phone Application sometimes loads in 3-4 seconds where it should take 1-2 secs, if not instantly.
After all it is a phone, a very smart and sexy one, but a phone nontheless.

3 things I think are worth mentioning.

Have a nice day and thank you for reading this.

Babis

pteale · May 11, 2012

Still no ICS update from Sony for my Xperia Ray.
Don't think I'll be buying a Sony phone again they take too long to update there phones.

mansy_gupta · May 11, 2012

pteale said:
Still no ICS update from Sony for my Xperia Ray.
Don't think I'll be buying a Sony phone again they take too long to update there phones.

How come mate. I think it's released all over the globe now.

pteale · May 11, 2012

The Sony companion just keeps telling me my software is up to date when I check it there.

mansy_gupta said:
How come mate. I think it's released all over the globe now.

pteale · May 16, 2012

pteale said:
The Sony companion just keeps telling me my software is up to date when I check it there.

I think they must be pushing this to UK owners last, last Sony phone I ever buy.

dvfk · May 23, 2012

KalleD said:
Hi .
Today we release an Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) beta ROM

http://developer.sonymobile.com

Please update the touch driver - 7 out of 10 taps are interpreted as tiny swipes. This makes it especially impossible to tap e.g. the hour wheel in a calendar event to get a cursor since it wiggles/rolls instead

m.morcielago · Jun 23, 2014

Hey guys I need notification toggles for ICS beta.
I want to flash it from recovery .
Anyone can help me?

eliangela · Sep 18, 2014

My wifi isn't working

Hi, guys!

I'm Android developer and I've installed the ICS beta in my cellphone. Unfortunately, my Wifi and Bluetooth is not working.
The Wifi MAC Address appears "Not Available" in Configurations -> About the phone -> Status.

What can I do about that?

Thanks in advance!

Almena92 · Sep 21, 2014

eliangela said:
Hi, guys!

I'm Android developer and I've installed the ICS beta in my cellphone. Unfortunately, my Wifi and Bluetooth is not working.
The Wifi MAC Address appears "Not Available" in Configurations -> About the phone -> Status.

What can I do about that?

Thanks in advance!

why you install a beta version that have years?
You have an official (very bad) stable version, and a lot of roms based on stable version. Try one of this, dont use the beta.

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