i want my gb lww to look totally like ics. lock screen,noti,etc..any tips???
i really don understand the people who is still on GB. Finally sony released ICS, who is much better and beautiful. Whats please your reason? :/
If you want in mobile everithing like ICS why just not install ICS?
00471 said:
i really don understand the people who is still on GB. Finally sony released ICS, who is much better and beautiful. Whats please your reason? :/
If you want in mobile everithing like ICS why just not install ICS?
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1. notification LED bug (and for some people LED notifying is pretty important feature)
2. battery drain, as reported by some people
3. laggy UI, as reported by some people
4. not all games work on ICS (although the situation's getting better and better I guess)
najodleglejszy said:
1. notification LED bug (and for some people LED notifying is pretty important feature)
2. battery drain, as reported by some people
3. laggy UI, as reported by some people
4. not all games work on ICS (although the situation's getting better and better I guess)
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hi, so thats reasons what you wrote are not true! i have ICS on my LWW and tha UI isnt lagy, battery drain is the same (if not better) and LED is working... for me is too important so im watching this and its working until now. maybe you should try it, and if you have any problems, you still can restore backup of GB
that's why I added "as reported by some people". the LED bug shows up for MP, that's for sure. and people post different feedback regarding battery life - some say it's better, some say otherwise. the same with UI.
najodleglejszy said:
1. notification LED bug (and for some people LED notifying is pretty important feature)
2. battery drain, as reported by some people
3. laggy UI, as reported by some people
4. not all games work on ICS (although the situation's getting better and better I guess)
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agreed, especially point 4 n ICS only degrade my phone performance
still waiting for full working JB, n let see if the performance is better than ICS
najodleglejszy said:
1. notification LED bug (and for some people LED notifying is pretty important feature)
2. battery drain, as reported by some people
3. laggy UI, as reported by some people
4. not all games work on ICS (although the situation's getting better and better I guess)
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1. Fixed quite long ago (I'm using Lasan's mod that has it)
2. No drain whatsoever... in 90% of cases it was caused by buggy apk, like FBCalendarSync... FYI, I get on average 2-3days with moderate usage
3. smoother than GB
4. i'm not a gamer, so cant really comment, but 2-3 games i had, worked just fine
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1. Fixed quite long ago (I'm using Lasan's mod that has it)
2. No drain whatsoever... in 90% of cases it was caused by buggy apk, like FBCalendarSync... FYI, I get on average 2-3days with moderate usage
3. smoother than GB
4. i'm not a gamer, so cant really comment, but 2-3 games i had, worked just fine
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1. Not everyone like to use fixes like this.
2. You're wrong, even CM9 use less battery than stock ICS. Battery drain is faster after charging, phone needs to be restarted to temporarily fix this bug.
3. For me smooth ideal was PolishBlood ICS, but IMO GB was a little bit faster than stock ICS.
4. I can agree here, few games were working for me and I didn't found any game causing problems on stock.
The biggest problem is that Sony really don't want to fix those problems. We can't expect JB if they can't release small OTA to fix i.e. LED and battery drain bug.
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1. Not everyone like to use fixes like this.
2. You're wrong, even CM9 use less battery than stock ICS. Battery drain is faster after charging, phone needs to be restarted to temporarily fix this bug.
3. For me smooth ideal was PolishBlood ICS, but IMO GB was a little bit faster than stock ICS.
4. I can agree here, few games were working for me and I didn't found any game causing problems on stock.
The biggest problem is that Sony really don't want to fix those problems. We can't expect JB if they can't release small OTA to fix i.e. LED and battery drain bug.
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2. I was talking subjectively - I've never needed to restart after charging, and i dont have battery drain problems (i've removed FB and all apps that comes with it)
I would suggest everyone that has battery drain problems, to install better battery stats app and get to the root of what is really causing the drain. Most often it's some app or service that prevents the OS to go to a deep sleep (wakelocks), so it'll only say 'Android OS' is causing battery drain (in Settings->Battery).
Yeah, it's highly doubtful we'll receive JB, so Sony should to at least patch and optimize the ICS.
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1. Fixed quite long ago (I'm using Lasan's mod that has it)
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notification LED bug is not 100% solved
-XMP sk17 with Lasan's mod not working (semec phone FC after missed call)
-Acratrac's mod work on XMP sk17 but with Light Flow app(without Light Flow sms and missed call led not work)
dejanp1 said:
notification LED bug is not 100% solved
-XMP sk17 with Lasan's mod not working (semec phone FC after missed call)
-Acratrac's mod work on XMP sk17 but with Light Flow app(without Light Flow sms and missed call led not work)
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did you try Lasan's all-in-one pack ?
pikpok said:
1. Not everyone like to use fixes like this.
2. You're wrong, even CM9 use less battery than stock ICS. Battery drain is faster after charging, phone needs to be restarted to temporarily fix this bug.
3. For me smooth ideal was PolishBlood ICS, but IMO GB was a little bit faster than stock ICS.
4. I can agree here, few games were working for me and I didn't found any game causing problems on stock.
The biggest problem is that Sony really don't want to fix those problems. We can't expect JB if they can't release small OTA to fix i.e. LED and battery drain bug.
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In regards to the led fix, why wouldnt people like using fixes like this? Ins't that exactly how sony would fix it?
And for the charging bug, I dont have this, or havent noticed it anyway. I charge my phone over night. Then unplug it in the morning and most of the time it would only be at about 60% by 10 that night. I usually use for two days then charge over night again.
00471 said:
i really don understand the people who is still on GB. Finally sony released ICS, who is much better and beautiful. Whats please your reason? :/
If you want in mobile everithing like ICS why just not install ICS?
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Maybe ICS UI is more beautiful, but there are many ways to put an ICS theme for GB. So that isn't a problem. Problem is that many games aren't compatible with ICS, and ICS drains a little more battery. I recently installed Cyanogenmod and a ICS theme so it looks very good, like if I have ICS installed on my phone. Besides I read in a website that ICS users are less than GB. I don't know but I prefer GB I think is the best right now. Maybe if they improve or update ICS later I will update it again.
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Besides I read in a website that ICS users are less than GB.
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actually that's irreleveant, since:
1. ICS is newer than GB. yeah, it's been around for a while, but operators might delay the updates for their branded phones etc.
2. continuing point 1., some operators might even not release the update, and not everyone is a power user
3. take a look at Sony 2011 phones: unless you connect your phone to PC Companion, you won't know about the update if you don't read mobile phone blogs and so on
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So I FINALLY took the time to update it from 2.1.9 to 2.2.0 yesterday, since I've been busy and haven't had time ever since the release.
I noticed it's running a lot faster (although on 2.1.9, I've never had a problem with speed or performance anyway). Google Play market doesn't lag at all, I could download multiple apps and at the same time check out other apps without any lag or interference. I also noticed that the keyboard light bug is fixed too.
However, I did notice once problem though and I think some people have experienced this as well. The battery drain is crazy fast. I went to sleep with my phone at 14%, after 6 hours I find it down to 4%. 10% drain in 6 hours of idle use is just crazy. I've never had a battery problem on 2.1.9, in fact it was so awesome that I could let it sit idle for 6 or 7 days.
I've installed the same apps on 2.2.0 as I did on 2.1.9. Nothing too out of the ordinary, just the common usual apps that most people use, like GoSMS etc. I haven't overclocked at all, everything is on stock/default settings. I do use underclock and my own custom settings on 2.1.9, but I just wanted to test 2.2.0 before making any changes to it and judging from this, the battery life is really bad on just stock settings.....
I've turned off wifi & bluetooth, and set the mobile network to 2G and data disabled. I normally just use my phone for txting. I don't listen to music or watch videos at all because I use my iPad or iPod Touch for that, since they have bigger screens. I also don't use internet that much unless I do an occasional app update from Google Play market. I also don't call much either.
I've already wipe battery stats from recovery, and will do more testings. One thing I must note though, the charging takes really fast.......
+1, it's true. I've read that the battery drain is related to the signal too. Maybe is variable to each of us. More feedback of other users about this will be appreciated
Haha! Yes man YES!!! I saw this fast charge too. I'm uninstall all social app. All app who use data , sync and etc. I say in MINICM tread this come from kernel and when my 3G I on I'm lose my batt for a 3 , 4 hours. NAa come up and start saying its Android fool. I not answer him coz I respect that boy but how the hell when I'm on 2.1 3G work like it be , phone not rise temprature, battery last long -17h and so on but in minicm its give bug ? I can't understand coz baseband its same 3G chip is same. I say this coz NAa tell chip work with baseband not with kernel or ROM.....
ANYWAY now I'm on hard searching for a PC coz im sick of this ROM and can't handle it anymore!!!
Its camera bug , radio bug or what ewer other bug , dalvick bug ,clasex bug and so ob WILL NOT BOTHER me coz I can live with it but BATTERY ?!! NO SIR I CANT.
Ewen now while I type this post its drop 3% !! For a one post
I'm tired to charge phone 2 times a day.
I'm tired to apply tricks ju-defenders and hell of stufs just for save battery
In fact my ST15i its with same GB ... but from Sony.
In fact usage of phone is same as my robyn
In fact ST15i last 3 days - robyn -3 hours.
Notice this: apps are same data sync wifi and etch seting same.
Cpu- faster than robbyn no OC/UV
CPU - UV set to 600 max
Wish me luck to find PC soon ...
Bye
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Haha! Yes man YES!!! I saw this fast charge too. I'm uninstall all social app. All app who use data , sync and etc. I say in MINICM tread this come from kernel and when my 3G I on I'm lose my batt for a 3 , 4 hours. NAa come up and start saying its Android fool. I not answer him coz I respect that boy but how the hell when I'm on 2.1 3G work like it be , phone not rise temprature, battery last long -17h and so on but in minicm its give bug ? I can't understand coz baseband its same 3G chip is same. I say this coz NAa tell chip work with baseband not with kernel or ROM.....
ANYWAY now I'm on hard searching for a PC coz im sick of this ROM and can't handle it anymore!!!
Its camera bug , radio bug or what ewer other bug , dalvick bug ,clasex bug and so ob WILL NOT BOTHER me coz I can live with it but BATTERY ?!! NO SIR I CANT.
Ewen now while I type this post its drop 3% !! For a one post
I'm tired to charge phone 2 times a day.
I'm tired to apply tricks ju-defenders and hell of stufs just for save battery
In fact my ST15i its with same GB ... but from Sony.
In fact usage of phone is same as my robyn
In fact ST15i last 3 days - robyn -3 hours.
Notice this: apps are same data sync wifi and etch seting same.
Cpu- faster than robbyn no OC/UV
CPU - UV set to 600 max
Wish me luck to find PC soon ...
Bye
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I appreciate you sharing your opinion, but I don't like your tone. Nobody is forcing you to use nAa's rom, the least you can do is give constructive feedbacks and point out bugs so that he can fix and improve upon them.
I haven't had any problems on v2.1.9 except for the occasional keyboard lights and wifi, although the wifi might just be related to my router because it works fine when I'm at UNI. I guess it's gotta do with the custom kernel, but I use my iPod Touch or iPad on wifi most of the time anyway. Other than that, I would prefer a custom rom over a stock rom any day.
And btw, the battery problem for me isn't that bad. I charged it to 100% yesterday morning, and today I still have 65% left. I estimate that I get about 2 days worth of usage from a 100% full charge. It's acceptable somewhat, just that on v2.1.9 it would last me about 3 or 4 days.
If you really dislike it, switch everything back to stock and don't complain.
Yep I'm goin to do back to 2.1
And I thing buy Ipad Iphone and Isiktir to coz they are better.
Yeah I can live without custom ROM
In fact I can live without phone.
Point myself to NOKIA LUMIA - the next gen SP
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I've been reading up a lot about custom ROMs, and more often than not CM9 always gets a mention. I'm tempted to flash it but just wanting to know is it really worth it? Does it have major improvements on battery and performance, and what are the main things that make it so much better than the stock ROM?
Also is it easy to revert back to the stock? I've already got my phone rooted with CF-Root, is that the clockworkmod recovery I've read about, and if so can I just go ahead with making a backup and flashing with CM9?
Any help/info would be appreciated.
joeyh51 said:
I've been reading up a lot about custom ROMs, and more often than not CM9 always gets a mention. I'm tempted to flash it but just wanting to know is it really worth it? Does it have major improvements on battery and performance, and what are the main things that make it so much better than the stock ROM?
Also is it easy to revert back to the stock? I've already got my phone rooted with CF-Root, is that the clockworkmod recovery I've read about, and if so can I just go ahead with making a backup and flashing with CM9?
Any help/info would be appreciated.
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Its users choice read what does not work first .
CF root is not Clockwork Recovery but it probably has CWM recovery incorporated .
CWM manager in apps and boot to recovery should show CWM options .
jje
CM9 is experimental and still has several flaws and issues.
I'd not recommend it for everyday usage if you're not a developer or like living on the edge.
Plus, 3G battery life is terrible since CM9 has no Fast Dormancy. Within ~5 hours the battery was always dead on me.
Samsung-based Roms make it more than 24 hours in contrast.
It will of course get better when the ROM is properly fixed and all features integrated. It always does =)
Also is it easy to revert back to the stock?
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Flash Stock firmware through Odin, then factoryreset the phone in CWM. You're back to stock
d4fseeker said:
CM9 is experimental and still has several flaws and issues.
I'd not recommend it for everyday usage if you're not a developer or like living on the edge.
Plus, 3G battery life is terrible since CM9 has no Fast Dormancy. Within ~5 hours the battery was always dead on me.
Samsung-based Roms make it more than 24 hours in contrast.
It will of course get better when the ROM is properly fixed and all features integrated. It always does =)
Flash Stock firmware through Odin, then factoryreset the phone in CWM. You're back to stock
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So that must be the drain issue everyone is talking about. I use 2G only on T-Mobile and I get awesome battery life haha. Good to know I must be the only one
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a lot of the battery issues are due to not resetting battery stats. You fully charge the phone, clear the stats, then charge it again I think? Search there are instructions.
I've got CM9 on an Atrix which isn't even a supported device and it's totally daily usable. The only things I lose which are only b'cause it's an atrix are:
Fingerprint reader
Webtop
video camera
Check out what works and doesn't with CM9 for your phone and decide. I like it a lot, it's TOTALLY stripped though, like no google aps (you can install them as a package)... There are lots of weird intricacies to it but it's cool as hell IMO
NonovUrbizniz said:
a lot of the battery issues are due to not resetting battery stats. You fully charge the phone, clear the stats, then charge it again I think? Search there are instructions.
I've got CM9 on an Atrix which isn't even a supported device and it's totally daily usable. The only things I lose which are only b'cause it's an atrix are:
Fingerprint reader
Webtop
video camera
Check out what works and doesn't with CM9 for your phone and decide. I like it a lot, it's TOTALLY stripped though, like no google aps (you can install them as a package)... There are lots of weird intricacies to it but it's cool as hell IMO
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Resetting/erasing battery stats does nothing.
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I've got CM9 on an Atrix
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At least the build for Atrix is not pre-alpha EXPERIMENTAL =)
It takes some time for the developers to get it right on the S3. I've never said CM9 itself had issues, it's the combination of CM9+ i9300 that needs some serious work.
I have or manage a couple of CM9-flashed devices (from Galaxy S1 over Galaxy S2 to Motorola Xoom) so I know how awesome the Rom is =)
Cheers for all the replys.
Are there any other custom ROMs worth looking at? I've heard CM9 is the most popular but if it's not quite usable daily yet I might give something else a try.
CM9 is currently very usable. I have no problems whatsoever. It has many advantages to stock ROM like no low free memory problem, no launcher redraws and no lags. The only real disadvantage is that the camera app sucks compared to stock.
It must like your phone better.
Kept turning off the modem for no reason, sometimes restart was necessary to connect.
It also has no fd as already described, so many people will notice a huge drain in 3g.
Btw you can easily get rid of memory issues by freezing/removin, all the apps you do not need but which are always running.
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aydc said:
CM9 is currently very usable. I have no problems whatsoever. It has many advantages to stock ROM like no low free memory problem, no launcher redraws and no lags. The only real disadvantage is that the camera app sucks compared to stock.
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I agree 100pct.
I don't even notice it's rom'd till I want to take a video or use webtop :-(
The tablet switching roms work great though. I played with jokers and LOVED it but couldn't get gapps installed for some reason.
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Hi guys,
I just bought xperia mini, it has official firmware GB .62.
I want to stay at stock, so people with experience of stock GB and Stock ICS, kindly advice me if i should stay at GB or should i upgrade to ICS, as GB has most of the main features as well, like hotspot, apps2sd and others which are useful, as some of people expressed, ICS is not that fluent or lags etc.
Kindly spare a minute or two and advise me!
Thanks in advance.
Incredible, I just came here to post that exact same question I used to have a mini pro but I sold it before there was ICS update, now I got another one for my brother and wonder if he should upgrade to ICS... have they solved the bugs that came with the first ICS release or is it still pending?
If you want to be on Stock, then remain on GB. It´s best in every way. ICS need more resources, so battery will drain faster, and it will use more RAM.
Also, a lot of apps don´t work well on ICS.
I´ve flashed my mini pro a lot of times, with a lot of ICS ROMS, and always i got back to GB.
I hope it helps you, it´s only my opinion
Gb good for gaming
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Stay on gingerbread, less bugs, better for gaming and on ics aren't so many better functions compared to .62. Only a few android bug fixes and security fixes, but better stay on gb
Follow up question... is there a way to prevent the upgrade notification which comes on again and again?
galimpic said:
Follow up question... is there a way to prevent the upgrade notification which comes on again and again?
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Eh ... the update notification isn't for the ics upgrade if it comes on the phone, because the ics update can only be done via your pc. What does the information tell you?
Well thanks guys, so i should remain on GB, i don't have mental problems of being on ICS, i just need working phone, special when ICS does not bring any substantial feature on Xperia Mini.
Kindly tell me, when i charge my Xperia Mini, LED light turns green when charging reaches about 90%, what i want to know shoudl i unplug the phone when LED turns green at about 90% or should i continue to charge it till 100%, what is better for battery health and battery life?
usmanxhmed said:
Well thanks guys, so i should remain on GB, i don't have mental problems of being on ICS, i just need working phone, special when ICS does not bring any substantial feature on Xperia Mini.
Kindly tell me, when i charge my Xperia Mini, LED light turns green when charging reaches about 90%, what i want to know shoudl i unplug the phone when LED turns green at about 90% or should i continue to charge it till 100%, what is better for battery health and battery life?
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Better for battery life is to charge until 95-100%, this should be okay for the health
if you gamers the i think u should choose gb :good:
Just stay on ur GB rom..
It more stable, savingmore batt life instead of ICS.
Ugh... i miss my GB stock rom
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dhallbhoo said:
Just stay on ur GB rom..
It more stable, savingmore batt life instead of ICS.
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+1
I Think you should try ICS, if you not suitable, you can back to GB
I tried ICS on nexus s, it was cool there, but there is not much difference in GB and ICS on mini, so its easy to stay on GB, as ICS is not a major step farward for Mini at least, those who are missing stock GB, i think it takes 3 minutes to come back to GB by flashing stock ftf GB Rom with flashtool, i use to do it with x10 mini.
Someone one said charging battery to 100% is not good for battery health.
mihahn said:
Eh ... the update notification isn't for the ics upgrade if it comes on the phone, because the ics update can only be done via your pc. What does the information tell you?
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You are right, it was for the .62, I applied it. Thanks.
Hi guys, I'm running the latest version of Slim Bean with stock modem XXLE8 and whatever kernel comes with Slim. I've noticed that there is a 1.5-2 second delay upon hitting the power or home button to the screen turning on and being ready to use. It's pretty annoying as you can imagine, I've actually figured out what the problem is, my phone is going to deep sleep too early and is taking up to 2 seconds to wake up, I wouldn't mind this if the phone has been left alone for 2 hours or so, but if I leave my phone for 5 minutes I shouldn't have to wait 2 seconds to unlock it. I came to this conclusion by using the app softlocker from the market, which disables sleep, and the lockscreen is perfectly fine with no lag, so should I try a new modem or a new kernel or is there something else I have to try to solve this issue?
There are already some discussions about that problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687328
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1636680
It is a very annoying problem and I don't really understand how a top range device like the Galaxy S3 has such a problem.
I was hopping that the official Jelly Bean update would fix it... If it does not, I will contact Samsung (as should everyone who is annoyed by the wake up lag).
DeadVirus said:
There are already some discussions about that problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687328
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1636680
It is a very annoying problem and I don't really understand how a top range device like the Galaxy S3 has such a problem.
I was hopping that the official Jelly Bean update would fix it... If it does not, I will contact Samsung (as should everyone who is annoyed by the wake up lag).
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I've read both but neither seem to provide much of a solution. It is pretty ridiculous a phone like the S3 with such powerful hardware suffers from unlock lag. My HTC Desire Z used to unlock instantly... Kinda disappointing.
I'm totally annoyed because of this problem, too.
isn't there a kernel or something where this doesnt happen??
No issues with Omega v34, instant
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I'm totally annoyed because of this problem, too.
isn't there a kernel or something where this doesnt happen??
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I've been looking but can't seem to find one. The delay is about 1.5-2 seconds on Siyah, was about the same with YANK kernel.
jj92942000 said:
No issues with Omega v34, instant
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Hmmmmm I might flash a stock rom and check it out because I don't remember it happening when I was running stock, tho that was for a grand total of 3 days lol.
This has always been a particular issue surrounding the Android software in terms of the optimisation of the OS...Keep in mind that kernels and ROMs with plently of adjustment may also mean plenty of variables, as small settings adjustments may alter and cause detrimental lags and issues as such. I use Phenomenal which is pretty good as there is little adjustments, disabled logs and undervolted...very good battery and response...I would recommend looking at something like that...unfortunately, should you wish not to root your device and keep it as standard, you may look at if there is an app that might be causing your the issue...but please note that slow unlocking/wake is because the device is in deep sleep.
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This has always been a particular issue surrounding the Android software in terms of the optimisation of the OS...Keep in mind that kernels and ROMs with plently of adjustment may also mean plenty of variables, as small settings adjustments may alter and cause detrimental lags and issues as such. I use Phenomenal which is pretty good as there is little adjustments, disabled logs and undervolted...very good battery and response...I would recommend looking at something like that...unfortunately, should you wish not to root your device and keep it as standard, you may look at if there is an app that might be causing your the issue...but please note that slow unlocking/wake is because the device is in deep sleep.
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sure, but i own quite a view other android phones and none behaves like the s3, not even the superlow-budget htc one v
i installed the omega 4.2 AOKP rom today, but the lag is there, too....i got back to arhd for now...
theres a app called softlocker, but with that the cpu never gets to deepsleep, my s3 gets warm and the battery drains badly
Hi folks,
Thought it would be best to start a new thread instead of clutter the release thread.
What do we make of the JellyBean upgrade for the Xperia Tablet S?
So far;
- Not received any random shuts downs, the device used to turn off over night.
- Screen flickering 'seems' to have been eradicated.
- Battery life has improved considerably when compared to a days usage on ICS yesterday.
- UI is indeed buttery smooth - no lag experience yet.
- Device wakes up instantly when the power button is pushed. Used to take a few seconds on ICS.
- Camera quality seems better for me. Images aren't blurred.
- Rendering issue with the default browser seems to have been fixed.
The tablet now seems to well rounded off. Perhaps if this was released earlier, they'd made a few more sales.
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied.
Things ive observed:
Positive:
- No shutdowns.
- No issues with video playback.
- Rendering in browser is indeed better.
- Battery life is better, 4.0.3 is known for battery ineffectiveness.
- Less overall delays, better transitions.
- Havent noticed screen flickering for now.
Negative:
- Wifi problem still persists, wifi still gets disconnected if the display is switched off. It then gets reconnected again, but its still annoying.
- Wifi still cant be turned on when you click on the settings bar in bottom right, instead of that, you need to enter in the settings menu first.
- Homescreen is still uncustomisable (you cant add or remove home screens)
- Overall, i cant see why it took Sony so long to release this tablet out, since most of the improvements are already Jelly Bean Stock related.
- AGAIN, THE BOOTLOADER IS LOCKED AND THE TABLET IS HARD TO ROOT
Ubichinon said:
wifi still gets disconnected if the display is switched off. It then gets reconnected again, but its still annoying
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Yes, is the way it supposed to be by default.. You have to configure the wifi policy.. I never had any problems with the wifi.. and I still have ICS. :good:
btw!.. is the home launcher the same? the app drawer is transparent now? or is black again? Thanks! and sorry for my bad English!
rspy said:
Yes, is the way it supposed to be by default.. You have to configure the wifi policy.. I never had any problems with the wifi.. and I still have ICS. :good:
btw!.. is the home launcher the same? the app drawer is transparent now? or is black again? Thanks! and sorry for my bad English!
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This isnt the way its suppose to be, and it isnt like that on any other android device, including my Xperia Arc S and my friends Galaxy S3.
Normally, when you turn off the screen, the wifi is supposed to be on, so you still recieve notifications, but on XTS, it doesnt work, even if you set the wifi options to "Never turn off Wifi when turning off the display, even if the Wifi isnt being used".
Pros
No shutdowns so far
Stock browser is really fluid and support flash
Is all around more stable and fixed some graphics issues
Its jellybean, so we got the "new" api
Better multitasking
Cons
The 3d graphic performance has decreased a lot
The ui is a combination of sony, ics and jellybean and is not... clean
New graphic glitches
No major update feel, this is like ics with some things ported from jb...really mediocre
improvements
more respondsive faster then 4.0.3
5G performance wen't up 85%
no random shutdowns yet.
bluetooth headset interfearance with 5G not had so far think its fixed, can't confirm 2.4g yet.
bugs
google voice if saying set alarm in 10 hours it searches instead or sets alarm in 2 hours, or searched random stuff non related to what if asked it to do.
text got ported from xperia T which low resolution font some of ui elements got ported asswell.
if you look at the bar you see its bit pixelated even on big fonts.
UI is't butter smooth always
apps crash a lot especialy stock browser on sony america's own forum.
sony remotes don't fully save or only partly save or not save at all setup problem.
screen flickering is now a spark that sometimes occurs but less common.
missing stuff
jelly bean home launcher
jelly bean butter smooth animations.
jelly bean homescreen
jelly bean lock screen
jelly bean fonts icons
jelly bean camera app the one now is from ICS
In before get a full refund already, btw they did offer me one today i just told them i don't want one.
I'm not any better off with different brand due my curse anyway.
Oh, screen flickering has completely gone for me to.
You've basically covered everything there is about this update. It's definitely a lot more polished than ics ever was, which I am grateful for.
Ubichinon said:
This isnt the way its suppose to be, and it isnt like that on any other android device, including my Xperia Arc S and my friends Galaxy S3.
Normally, when you turn off the screen, the wifi is supposed to be on, so you still recieve notifications, but on XTS, it doesnt work, even if you set the wifi options to "Never turn off Wifi when turning off the display, even if the Wifi isnt being used".
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I'm not really sure if these wi-fi drops are a bug anymore, as this could simply be a 'deep-sleep' or battery saving function. I have a friend who's tab also has these drops, although I can't quite remember what it was.
SammiSaysHello said:
You've basically covered everything there is about this update. It's definitely a lot more polished than ics ever was, which I am grateful for.
I'm not really sure if these wi-fi drops are a bug anymore, as this could simply be a 'deep-sleep' or battery saving function. I have a friend who's tab also has these drops, although I can't quite remember what it was.
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some apps can prevent sleep in certain conditions are met
If you uploading something then disable screen wifi disables and everything you upload gets error due wifi being disconnected.
defiantly still bugged
Zer0K3wL said:
improvements
more respondsive faster then 4.0.3
5G performance wen't up 85%
no random shutdowns yet.
bluetooth headset interfearance with 5G not had so far think its fixed, can't confirm 2.4g yet.
bugs
google voice if saying set alarm in 10 hours it searches instead or sets alarm in 2 hours, or searched random stuff non related to what if asked it to do.
text got ported from xperia T which low resolution font some of ui elements got ported asswell.
if you look at the bar you see its bit pixelated even on big fonts.
UI is't butter smooth always
apps crash a lot especialy stock browser on sony america's own forum.
sony remotes don't fully save or only partly save or not save at all setup problem.
screen flickering is now a spark that sometimes occurs but less common.
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Blurred fonts?
If anything, all my fonts are a big improvement over ICS, sharp, crisp and certainly no blurring.
No WiFi issues here either.
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Zer0K3wL said:
bugs
google voice if saying set alarm in 10 hours it searches instead or sets alarm in 2 hours, or searched random stuff non related to what if asked it to do.
text got ported from xperia T which low resolution font some of ui elements got ported asswell.
if you look at the bar you see its bit pixelated even on big fonts.
UI is't butter smooth always
apps crash a lot especialy stock browser on sony america's own forum.
sony remotes don't fully save or only partly save or not save at all setup problem.
screen flickering is now a spark that sometimes occurs but less common.
missing stuff
jelly bean home launcher
jelly bean butter smooth animations.
jelly bean homescreen
jelly bean lock screen
jelly bean fonts icons
jelly bean camera app the one now is from ICS
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I just tried setting a number of alarms and various commands with Google Voice and it worked flawlessly, do you think it might be your accent that it is having trouble with?
Font's are really clear on mine as well as SWF has reported, perhaps there is something wrong with your screen? Just had a look with a magnifying glass as well and doesn't seem to be any excessive anti-aliasing either? Alot of fonts are vector based, which can scale without quality degradation, I would be surprised it these were a bitmap font, but don't know for sure.
I agree with your points about the stock JB icons and homescreens, damn Sony and their branding across all devices! If only they could just leave JB as it is and pop their bloatware on.
Sounds like Sony have been pretty reasonable with you to offer you a full refund for the tablet, if you do decide to turn that down you really will have to stop complaining about it, as much as you want to, your voice just isn't going to speed up their updates and/or improve their quality for you. Just going to have to suck it and and live with it...glitches an' all.
skimpychimpy said:
I just tried setting a number of alarms and various commands with Google Voice and it worked flawlessly, do you think it might be your accent that it is having trouble with?
Font's are really clear on mine as well as SWF has reported, perhaps there is something wrong with your screen? Just had a look with a magnifying glass as well and doesn't seem to be any excessive anti-aliasing either? Alot of fonts are vector based, which can scale without quality degradation, I would be surprised it these were a bitmap font, but don't know for sure.
I agree with your points about the stock JB icons and homescreens, damn Sony and their branding across all devices! If only they could just leave JB as it is and pop their bloatware on.
Sounds like Sony have been pretty reasonable with you to offer you a full refund for the tablet, if you do decide to turn that down you really will have to stop complaining about it, as much as you want to, your voice just isn't going to speed up their updates and/or improve their quality for you. Just going to have to suck it and and live with it...glitches an' all.
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it actualy often search it instead which makes me think its not just accent.
If i ask who's president of america it does work correctly.
I can set dutch voice recognition asswell inside google voice no problem but again it works like crap and even worse.
Maybe its my top denture that i'm having or my tmj dysorder which makes me speak little harder.
Anyway if read so far more people reporting issues with font, old font was more crispier and sharper in ics 4.0.3 release6b
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SWFlyerUK said:
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Think you not realising some issues might be just per region also or certain range, maybe your lucky or maybe your just blind.
Maybe its my social disability and my autism, but as i understand you now you talk as if no one has issues and their no issues for anyone.
then again your quoting me on that which makes me believe you think their no issues at all and i'm just picky guy.
Anyway if not always been picky but if you buy lot products in a year and see they are all DOA death on arival or damaged on arival or death after a month or damaged after a month, you really start to get pissed off a lot.
Now fear is playing with me and i got replacement which has right side where buttons are not sealed off correctly.
Sony insisted to give full refund even after i told them i don't want to.
It was't untill i say'd i was talking with other people from sony about software bugs and passing on feedback through them to the devs that they given me the choice for replacement.
Anyway won't known whats gonna happen untill tomorow.
Anyway i can basically take peak inside since not sealed properly which made me panick that was't splash proofed either.
Also a close of port was molten ruber.
I see broken products as a curse that i wanna get rid off asap, i wanna buy products that are in perfect quality condition not semi quality or poor quality.
software or hardware related.
Even wen't through like 12 eye glasses in single year all different opticiens all either scratch coating not right or AR coating not working.
along with all other problems if had with even samsung corrupt schandal they pulled with me i developed lot stress and tmj dysorder.
Anyway every time i buy something their something wrong it drains my will to life.
These software issues like blurry text i can life with for the momment better then random shutdowns, but these are issues that should be adressed and fixed.
The biggest deal atm is missing jelly bean homescreen and features.
but i do realise they just fixed random shutdowns and felt it was improvement aka rushed out for just that reason, and that a few follow up updates will follow soon to slowly add missing stuff and fix current bugs.
Zer0K3wL said:
[/COLOR]Think you not realising some issues might be just per region also or certain range, maybe your lucky or maybe your just blind
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Ok ok, I'm not getting into the pissing match again, we all know what happened last time.
But maybe have a think about your previous statement as it might actually be more relevant to you, not me. I have nice clear text and you don't - so who is blind? Maybe take a picture up close and in focus and post it and we could compare to see if your anti-aliasing is much worse than on other users, just a thought.
Over and out.
Keep the tone of the conversation civil, or I'll close the thread.
MD
Pressing the power button to wake is still kinda slow for me but it's whatever, and Wi-Fi reconnects a lot faster when it comes back from sleep so I have no problem with it.
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When pressing the power button it takes a while to wake up on mine too! When I enable WiFi I have to disable and re-enable it to connect to any of my saved networks most of the times! :/
Hmm, that's interesting as the device wakes up instantly and the WiFi reconnects immediately too!
Weird.
Xperia Tablet S
I received JB update for my device yesterday. Now i got some little bugs.
After update, i tried to charge the battery. At %90, lockcreen notification indicated full charge and red led on side of the device turned to green. Anyway I continued to charge and it could reach %100.
Another issue, yesterday night i used my device over 1 hour watching youtube and surfing the net without any problems. This morning i started to watch youtube, but in the middle of a video device lost wifi signal for a while and recovered again. Then it started to do the same thing frequently (like maybe 3 minutes intervals). I shut down the device completely ad restarted, now i'm observing with a long youtube video.
One more thing. Sometimes (but very rarely) i see a thin horizontal line on the screen. It looks like a noise.
Regards,
I noticed the battery percentage issue in ICS, but seeing as though my Xperia T also had it, I assumed it was some built in feature by Sony?
Power saving perhaps?
Also, since running JellyBean, I've seen the line you mentioned on 2 occasions. Did I read somewhere that some Tegra 3 devices experience it - seems rare though, or at least alot rarer than the screen flickering on ICS?