Hi all,
I've been on this site a while now and with my new phone, the Mini ST15i I noticed that it is bunched together with various other phones. With my last phone, it had a section to itself and it was MUCH easier to navigate. I understand that XDA won't be creating a new section for EVERY new phone, but if it's partially a matter of usage and partially requests, I would certainly like to ask XDA to create a new section for our Mini.
If you don't know much about what it looks like for other popular phones, it's something like:
Xperia Mini (ST15i)
General
Questions & Answers
Accessories
Development
I don't mind if it's a different format, just that we would have our own section. I DIDN'T see another therad like this when I wrote this, so is it partially a matter of demand? Would you be interested in this?
Themes and Apps
I will use this topic to bring out another issue:
Will there be an easy way to root xperia mini pro .62 firmware? Is someone working on it?
Couldn't find any thread about it.
I dont think so. You can try rooting with SuperOneClick( but i doubt it'll work on .62 FW).
Flashing custom kernel with root will work.
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First, to the topic starter: In "About xda-developers.com" forum section, is being discussed over new sections of phones. Since Xperia Mini is not that popular and it doesn't have many custom stuff, it doesn't need own section. Yet, who knows, in future might it change.
Also, on the other hand, Xperia Mini has quite similar system as some other 2011 Xperia's, so it is easier for developers to create one topic of ROM/Kernel, which works for many phones.
To poster nomailx:
There is no exploit in .62 firmware, which would allow it to be rooted. Currently, you can either downgrade your firmware to a older one or flash a new kernel(lots of these can be found in Development section).
To poster duki994:
SuperOneClick does not root .62 firmware, as it uses the same exploit as every other Xperia rooting program, and that exploit is fixed, so that's why it does not work.
But the 2010 X10 Mini and X8 got their own sections...is the 2011 Mini really less popular??
Here is the proper place to vote for a phone to get it's own section. I voted. You simply reply to the post Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini +1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416406
lol its not worth it. i mean, mini and mini pro shares the same hardware/software except the hardware keyboard other than thats its all the same
Mini and Mini Pro is fine, yes they're near identical. But no other phones in the same section. Have you used the section of another phone on here? It's actually a pleasure to navigate through the sections. It's quite a task on the other hand in our section to find a rom that's for our phone, it's all jumbled up. Like I said, for anyone who has already used another section on this site, knows what I'm talking about.
phoneyericsson said:
Mini and Mini Pro is fine, yes they're near identical. But no other phones in the same section. Have you used the section of another phone on here? It's actually a pleasure to navigate through the sections. It's quite a task on the other hand in our section to find a rom that's for our phone, it's all jumbled up. Like I said, for anyone who has already used another section on this site, knows what I'm talking about.
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Active, Live with Walkman, Mini and Mini Pro, all these use the same chipset and same hardware, just Live with Walkman has dual speakers and Mini Pro has keyboard etc.
Comparing hardware, we can also add Ray, Play and Arc, these also have same chipset, just 8MP camera etc.
OMG people read the post everyone in the world knows the hardware is similar, that is NOT what I talked about.
phoneyericsson said:
Have you used the section of another phone on here? It's actually a pleasure to navigate through the sections. It's quite a task on the other hand in our section to find a rom that's for our phone, it's all jumbled up.
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I'm with you on this one, partially though. Imagine having to control 4 different dev threads, with people spamming all over the place. It would be "nice", but not practical. Since most fixes work for all minis I suggest they keep them as they are.
X10 mini and x8 had different screen sizes.
Whats worse, they havent made a SE Xperia Pro thread at all...
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nomailx said:
I will use this topic to bring out another issue:
Will there be an easy way to root xperia mini pro .62 firmware? Is someone working on it?
Couldn't find any thread about it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626215
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Hey Ppl Let's Try To Make Enogh Noise to give the live a subforum instead of relying
on the Mini/Mini pro/Ray & Active subforum.
how are you going to do that?
By Keep posting and demanding that we need a sub forum and why. We need to be Aggressive
AcreaperJB said:
By Keep posting and demanding that we need a sub forum and why. We need to be Aggressive
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haha well what about a petition ?
try this
Lol Thnx Bro I did one just now would you like to sign it? http://www.change.org/petitions/xda...-we-need-a-sub-forum-for-se-live-with-walkman
AcreaperJB said:
Lol Thnx Bro I did one just now would you like to sign it? http://www.change.org/petitions/xda...-we-need-a-sub-forum-for-se-live-with-walkman
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now I'll try to spread it on forums
Thnx man
+1 for the idea!
Thnx man. Try to spread the word about this and the petition posted if u can
I agree because this device is new and I cant find something for my walkman because everything is for mini/pro/active
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That's why we need a proper forum to work in development would be much better if we had the space of our own forum
Am I the only one who sees this as a redundant idea?
Why make a subforum for a device that is almost identical to the mini/mini pro/active, that so far has no development on it other than FXP. The only reason Xperia Ray has a different development subforum is because it has a completely different screen size, along with different internals. Instead of petitioning for a possibly completely empty subforum, try and help to fill up the already development-wise Mini/minipro/live/active subforum.
Splitting each device differently has various negative impacts. Since they are identical, most apps will work on all of these 4 phones. For example the 4x4 home. It works for all. The quick menu, etc etc etc. Having each phone in a different subforum will drive off people who can work between devices.
dumraden said:
Am I the only one who sees this as a redundant idea?
Why make a subforum for a device that is almost identical to the mini/mini pro/active, that so far has no development on it other than FXP. The only reason Xperia Ray has a different development subforum is because it has a completely different screen size, along with different internals. Instead of petitioning for a possibly completely empty subforum, try and help to fill up the already development-wise Mini/minipro/live/active subforum.
Splitting each device differently has various negative impacts. Since they are identical, most apps will work on all of these 4 phones. For example the 4x4 home. It works for all. The quick menu, etc etc etc. Having each phone in a different subforum will drive off people who can work between devices.
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well these threads will get lost becaus off litle support, then what about adding the name to the forum of MINI/PRO/Active because maybe some devs can't find it on XDA
Yeah the Live isn't even in the name of the sub forum we at least need a a little recognition
RafayelG said:
well these threads will get lost becaus off litle support, then what about adding the name to the forum of MINI/PRO/Active because maybe some devs can't find it on XDA
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I 140% agree with you on that one.
dumraden said:
I 140% agree with you on that one.
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so who is the MOD for this forum? Can someone contact him
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lK5rP103OL3StU3q9iqwX9LU_k8XABeSQIAT3EHCqgM/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CIWz1JkM&pli=1#
Apparently its kennthepenn...
I just PM'ed him... hope he considers it
I wud say adding name to mini / mini-pro subforum shud be great. That way people know where to post.
Hi all, sorry for being a noob here, but I was wondering... I have a brand new, SIM-locked Xperia Ray. I want to put CM7 or MIUI on it.
I noticed that Sony Ericsson offers an official bootloader-unlock method, but as some of you have said, it has issues.
I was wondering if anyone could please tell me the order in which I should be doing things (as I still need to get my phone sim-unlocked, as well) in order to get my phone to have CM7 on it. There are several threads discussing related things, but I'm not entirely sure where to start, or what to do first.
I've put CM on my old Desire-Z and Touchpad, but it seems to be a little more complicated with the Ray...
Thank you so much!
Hello to everyone and excuse me if my question is probably going to be dumb but I'm quite clueless about the issue I'm experiencing and I hope to find an advice here.
I own and X10 mini with MiniCM7 2.1.6 and 2.6.29.6-nAa-08 kernel. Everyhing's fine, really a great piece of work that has put new life into my beloved X10 Mini but I'm experiencing the 'screen cut' issue that's discussed around here too (though it seems confined to the X8's): it happens only with some games (Labyrinth for example but also Ellis Markov Basketball and others) but it happens and I'd like to get rid of this.
I don't know if it could be an issue related to the apps not being designed for Gingerbread but I don't think so because I expect something different should this be the case.
I've read that the kernel nAa-08b is intended to solve this issue but it seems (maybe I'm wrong) that it isn't suitable for my X10 mini (I've made some digging around and the latest kernel version for my mini seems the one that I've already installed while the 08b seems to be intended for the X8). I'm sure that the reply is already around here but I couldn't succeed in finding it though I've read a lot (really a lot!) of posts here and there, especially on the official thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1068553
where unfortunately I couldn't post because I'm a new member with less than ten posts. Some advices? Thanks anyway!
Moved to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27904796#post27904796
If you have a Mini, rather than a X10 Mini, you need to go to that forum rather than this one. I'm sure you'll find an answer there.
ok, thanks, I was unaware they were 2 different devices...
Okay, at the moment it is:
Sony Xperia S, P, U, Sola, Acro S.
Eventually, if it continues in this fashion, it will be:
Sony Xperia S, P, U, Sola, Go, Acro S, Acro HD, T, SL....
You get the message.
Can it be changed to Sony Xperia NXT Devices please? It looks really messy.
KeiranFTW said:
Okay, at the moment it is:
Sony Xperia S, P, U, Sola, Acro S.
Eventually, if it continues in this fashion, it will be:
Sony Xperia S, P, U, Sola, Go, Acro S, Acro HD, T, SL....
You get the message.
Can it be changed to Sony Xperia NXT Devices please? It looks really messy.
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I agree there is no need for the really long name, how ever i still think each device should have its own category on the forum. The general forum gets crowded with questions from the whole NXT series.
And its a pain in the donkey to search for a particular device
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I agree with having a sub forum for each device, this is too messy.
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DeanBoro said:
I agree there is no need for the really long name, how ever i still think each device should have its own category on the forum. The general forum gets crowded with questions from the whole NXT series.
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Creating this thread won't do nothing about it, but at least it means people are here to follow my suggestion.
Obviously this kinda thing has gotta be dealt with by one of the admins, so if we all contact an admin and individually request this change to happen, there's more chance. It still might not happen, but at least it will bring it to their attention if so many people are requesting it.
Just be sure to be concise when asking an admin for this change. Don't simply put, "We need sections for each new Sony phone. Merrr"
Say something along the lines of, "Even though this has already been brought to your attention before now, I'd like to request a change in the forums in regard to the Sony NXT series of devices. What I'd like to suggest is to have the main forum name as "Sony Xperia NXT" then inside there I suggest we have sub forums for the Xperia S, P, U etc etc. If this does indeed happen, it'll make it much easier for the following 2 reasons especially. First of all, rather than simply expanding the forum title whenever there's more devices, it's straight to the point with no confusion. Secondly, it will stop as many threads being placed in the wrong section because when that happens, the OP tends to get ridiculed for it and/or getting flamed which causes affected members to be in trouble aswell. All in all, its making it easy for our community and for the moderators of the Xperia range, as a whole."
That's pretty much what I'll be sending to an admin anyway
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For example they will create sections for all samsung phones but they can t for few xperias.
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Yes i would also like to see a forum for each Sony individually, i mean even the S3 has it's own forums for all the different ones (even though it's the same phone).
Its a load of old **** having so many devices in one forum
I don't want devices to be in their own individual forums, believe me, it's easier to catch up on development the way it is now. It's just the forum title is so ugly.
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Yes this this forum ( i mean Xperia S section ) looks a bit messy