ICS First Impressions

hogaburger · Apr 26, 2012

Looks great so far. The Home launcher is much more responsive so I can do away with ADW EX for now.

Kind of wish there were more small apps, but browser, calculator and IR remote are great choices for those and they work terrifically.

What do you guys think so far?

ckmaster · Apr 26, 2012

hogaburger said:
Looks great so far. The Home launcher is much more responsive so I can do away with ADW EX for now.

Kind of wish there were more small apps, but browser, calculator and IR remote are great choices for those and they work terrifically.

What do you guys think so far?

When is 4.0.4 coming!!! :-D, so far so good on my end, seems more responsive. WIFI seems to stay on and work a lot better.

jbatch · Apr 27, 2012

Upgraded to ics and my play store keeps crashing. Tried clearing cache and data, then it runs for about 5 min and crashes again...anyone else having similar issues?

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using Tapatalk 2

pokoedge · Apr 27, 2012

jbatch said:
Upgraded to ics and my play store keeps crashing. Tried clearing cache and data, then it runs for about 5 min and crashes again...anyone else having similar issues?

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using Tapatalk 2

Just tested Play Store, no issue for me.

manny315 · Apr 27, 2012

jbatch said:
Upgraded to ics and my play store keeps crashing. Tried clearing cache and data, then it runs for about 5 min and crashes again...anyone else having similar issues?

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using Tapatalk 2

Uninstall from settings and go in as market... That fixed it for me...

eus107709 · Apr 27, 2012

The tablet was initially very laggy after the update but a reboot seemed to fix things, with the exception of the notification menu. It stutters very noticeably and is extremely annoying. Many apps also don't rotate properly anymore.

Still better than Honeycomb despiute those drawbacks.

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using XDA

the_black_dragon · Apr 27, 2012

DAMN YOU SONY!!!

Things i hate:
- this annoying wifi keepalive issue is still there!!! there is no way to keep wifi active during standby -.- damned why don't they let us users the choice... there IS an option to set the standby behavior but its still completely useless....

- sometimes there are widget issues (doesn't matter if 3rd party or preinstalled) that widgets change into editor mode when just pressing a button like update... changing screen ang going back will fix this temporarily... had this 2 times now...

- auto brigtness issue still not resolved... in low light the screen is MUCH too dark and when changing from full brightess to automatic it keeps full for a while and then goes down to min

- homescreen lag is still too much in portrait

- forced portrait is still not changable (damn i'm righthanded and want to hold it on the ROUND side when portrait is forced!!!!)

- the new ICS launcher... Sonys previous own launcher had a better overview with the sorting possibilities but ok we can have folders now...

- still no thumb keyboard -.-

things i like:
- media from SD card is now directly available and nut just for transfer... finally i have enough memory also without root and mounting stuff ^^

- the new mini-apps are nice but there is still much potential for more apps

- the new version of "Favorites" App is very nice animated and faster

- ICS possibility to deactivate system apps that are not removable... finally i get this google music player away

- a few other ICS related things...

ALL IN ALL this update is a big disappointement... they updated to ICS, integrated one or thwo new features and that's it??? all the big issues are still there since more than six months!!!!!

crh8 · Apr 27, 2012

I have personally had a fantastic experience with the ICS update. Everything seems faster across the board. Menus more responsive, faster browser, better keyboard response/feedback. I also like the ICS look and feel and the mini apps. Really happy with the update so far.

EwanG · Apr 27, 2012

I used to be able to DL directly to my SD Card, and using ES File Manager to move files around. Now it refuses to do so. Anyone else having this issue? If not, what file manager are you using?

intellix · Apr 27, 2012

My tablet seems to have gone really slow after the ICS update.
I tried a factory restore to ensure that I didnt have too many things installed and decided to start afresh. Didnt help. The tablet is still very slow. While the touch is responsive and I like the features of ICS like slide to dismiss, reading files directly from SD card etc, I definitely donot like the amount of lag I am noticing.

All my apps seem to be really really slow.
My Honeycomb seemed to be far more faster irrespective of all the issues that it had.

Any suggestions anyone?? I am on non rooted US version 16Gb Wifi.

pokoedge · Apr 27, 2012

intellix said:
My tablet seems to have gone really slow after the ICS update.
I tried a factory restore to ensure that I didnt have too many things installed and decided to start afresh. Didnt help. The tablet is still very slow. While the touch is responsive and I like the features of ICS like slide to dismiss, reading files directly from SD card etc, I definitely donot like the amount of lag I am noticing.

All my apps seem to be really really slow.
My Honeycomb seemed to be far more faster irrespective of all the issues that it had.

Any suggestions anyone?? I am on non rooted US version 16Gb Wifi.

Have you tried going into Settings > Developer Options and tick "Force GPU rendering"?

reddytej · Apr 27, 2012

I'm thinking of buying the sony tablet s. I've read on various reviews that this tablet's battery life is not that impressive (Honeycomb0, is that true? And btw how is the battery life after the ics update? Is there any improvement?

taruu · Apr 27, 2012

someone can connect tablet with PC on MTP usb

i tried many times but i couldn't

bassir.masood · Apr 27, 2012

ics update

i havent played around much since the update but the little time i did spend with my tab i found it more responsive and smoother.... i am liking the ics update... dont know why others having issues but i think we should give it a couple of days so that all issues are ironed out....

pokoedge · Apr 27, 2012

taruu said:
someone can connect tablet with PC on MTP usb

i tried many times but i couldn't

On the first time, it took a while to show up as windows tried to reinstall the drivers for the tablet. Maybe you should keep it connected on USB and wait for a while and see if it shows up?

taruu · Apr 27, 2012

pokoedge said:
On the first time, it took a while to show up as windows tried to reinstall the drivers for the tablet. Maybe you should keep it connected on USB and wait for a while and see if it shows up?

i'm steel keeping connection but nothing happened
should i try to reinstall drivers forcibly?

macmeier · Apr 27, 2012

I don't understand the problems with wifi-keep-alive.There a apps in the playstore to force this. It worked well for me in Honeycomb.

Same with a thumb-keyboard.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

taruu · Apr 27, 2012

taruu said:
i'm steel keeping connection but nothing happened
should i try to reinstall drivers forcibly?

pokoedge said:
On the first time, it took a while to show up as windows tried to reinstall the drivers for the tablet. Maybe you should keep it connected on USB and wait for a while and see if it shows up?

sorry, i found it

i just reboot the tablet s and connect again

then it works

cezarL · Apr 27, 2012

macmeier said:
I don't understand the problems with wifi-keep-alive.There a apps in the playstore to force this. It worked well for me in Honeycomb.

The problem with that app from the market is that it keeps the device awake when you turn off the screen, and it eats through the battery.

On the Android phones I've used (Legend, Desire, Arc S), the WiFi remained connected, but the phone also went to sleep, battery drain was minimal.
This is the behaviour we were expecting to see in the ICS update, but unfortunately it hasn't been fixed...

derFrink · Apr 27, 2012

Hey, i have a 3g tablet, because that i have to wait for upgrading.

But i have an important question for hifi guys: What is with the IR-Remote app...
Are there any changes to the App on Honeycomb?
I bought the tablet for controlling my homecinema an know i want to know if we get makros in the IR-Remote app?

pls check it and give a response to me

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