Planning to buy Xperia Ray - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Im planning to buy Xperia Ray after i hard bricked(totally dead) my galaxy mini plus but i have couple questions to ask first before buying.
1. Is it ok to upgrade to official ICS even with some issues? or should i stick to GB?
2.What are the issues after the ICS is isntalled?
2. What is the latest GB? because in my galaxy mini plus its 2.3.6
3. Is it easy to root? because my classmate said the higher your phone is the harder to root
4. If i want to to install custom rom what is the best rom?
all my questions are for Xperia Ray. ill wait for some replies beforing doing something after i bought Xperia Ray.

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mickeyzkun said:
Im planning to buy Xperia Ray after i hard bricked(totally dead) my galaxy mini plus but i have couple questions to ask first before buying.
1. Is it ok to upgrade to official ICS even with some issues? or should i stick to GB?
2.What are the issues after the ICS is isntalled?
2. What is the latest GB? because in my galaxy mini plus its 2.3.6
3. Is it easy to root? because my classmate said the higher your phone is the harder to root
4. If i want to to install custom rom what is the best rom?
all my questions are for Xperia Ray. ill wait for some replies beforing doing something after i bought Xperia Ray.
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1.Gb is more stable than ics,and gaming etc is better on gb
2.the latest gingebread version for our phones is 2.3.4
3.Rooting shouldnt be a problem,there are a lot of tools in development section
4.If you want ics custom rom try real ics r5.2 it was the best for me, when you want gingerbread try my rom (signaature)hasa rom by sandy07,or nerodroid
Note:To install custom roms you will have to unlock your bootloader and flash kernel manually (This will void garanty,i think in samsung the kernel flashes automaticly in CWM) But there are also custom roms that can be installed on locked bootloader my rom,hasa gb,real ics etc
Hope i helped you
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ohh so i can't install custom rom yet if my phone is still under warranty not like in samsung they said it will only void the warranty once you open your phone aka hardware.
is the real ics r5.2 is stable and its like an official ICS?
mind telling me what are the issues of ICS on xperia ray.

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mickeyzkun said:
ohh so i can't install custom rom yet if my phone is still under warranty not like in samsung they said it will only void the warranty once you open your phone aka hardware.
is the real ics r5.2 is stable and its like an official ICS?
mind telling me what are the issues of ICS on xperia ray.
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You can install a custom Rom,just unlock bootloader wich will void guarantee but you can also relock it and you can use Roms that work on locked bootloader,Real Ics is a very great Rom,its stable and much faster than stock Rom,
Only issues i think are the LED when you receive sms or missed a Call they dont work
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i think im just going to root it and nothing more because i don't want to waste another money .

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mickeyzkun said:
Im planning to buy Xperia Ray after i hard bricked(totally dead) my galaxy mini plus but i have couple questions to ask first before buying.
1. Is it ok to upgrade to official ICS even with some issues? or should i stick to GB?
2.What are the issues after the ICS is isntalled?
2. What is the latest GB? because in my galaxy mini plus its 2.3.6
3. Is it easy to root? because my classmate said the higher your phone is the harder to root
4. If i want to to install custom rom what is the best rom?
all my questions are for Xperia Ray. ill wait for some replies beforing doing something after i bought Xperia Ray.
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I'll try to answer it, hope can help you
1. GB is more stable, more efficient on battery, good for gaming.. but it's ok too if you want to upgrade it to ICS, actually it's stable and good though GB is a bit better.. if you want more rocks on ICS then do some tweaks or use Custom kernel and ROM
Issues just lag on your phone but it just a little bit and if you try to use phone like a monster device(?)
2. Latest GB from Google is 2.3.7, but on Ray (Official Sony) 2.3.4
3. No .. there too many ways and awsome people will break up the shadow!
4. The Best ROM.. everyone have different experience for use their phone and CusROM also offer different advantages, so it's all back to you again..
Tips from me , if u want use CusROM for daily use then choose ROM wif minimal bugs or NO BUG..
That's from me, thanks
CMIIW
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why dont u go for xperia p Or U they are new phones with new ics update...??? xperia ray is not so good.

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knightazura said:
I'll try to answer it, hope can help you
1. GB is more stable, more efficient on battery, good for gaming.. but it's ok too if you want to upgrade it to ICS, actually it's stable and good though GB is a bit better.. if you want more rocks on ICS then do some tweaks or use Custom kernel and ROM
Issues just lag on your phone but it just a little bit and if you try to use phone like a monster device(?)
2. Latest GB from Google is 2.3.7, but on Ray (Official Sony) 2.3.4
3. No .. there too many ways and awsome people will break up the shadow!
4. The Best ROM.. everyone have different experience for use their phone and CusROM also offer different advantages, so it's all back to you again..
Tips from me , if u want use CusROM for daily use then choose ROM wif minimal bugs or NO BUG..
That's from me, thanks
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i see GB is way better than ICS. i searched on the net about ics issue on ray and this is what i've found from aug 7-9 >http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/261582#261582 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/262223#262223 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/262337#262337 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/263034#263034 im afraid to tweak even i want but i dont want to waste another money.
if i upgrade to latest ICS can i still get back to latest GB?
no? you mean its not easy to root?
thanks for suggesting on what custom rom to use.
gmp009 said:
why dont u go for xperia p Or U they are new phones with new ics update...??? xperia ray is not so good.
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xperia P and U doesn't have card slot even they're better than ray and i dont want to buy too expensive phone and im only a student dont have a job yet. im ok with ray
@all
what is the difference between st18i and st18a except that a is from US.

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mickeyzkun said:
i see GB is way better than ICS. i searched on the net about ics issue on ray and this is what i've found from aug 7-9 >http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/261582#261582 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/262223#262223 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/262337#262337 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/263034#263034 im afraid to tweak even i want but i dont want to waste another money.
if i upgrade to latest ICS can i still get back to latest GB?
no? you mean its not easy to root?
thanks for suggesting on what custom rom to use.
xperia P and U doesn't have card slot even they're better than ray and i dont want to buy too expensive phone and im only a student dont have a job yet. im ok with ray
@all
what is the difference between st18i and st18a except that a is from US.
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Root is easy there are lots of Tools here,you can easy Flash back from Ics to gb and there is no difference between this phones st18 is the commercial Name and St18i/st18a are only model numbers no difference
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mickeyzkun said:
i see GB is way better than ICS. i searched on the net about ics issue on ray and this is what i've found from aug 7-9 >http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/261582#261582 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/262223#262223 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/262337#262337 http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/263034#263034 im afraid to tweak even i want but i dont want to waste another money.
if i upgrade to latest ICS can i still get back to latest GB?
no? you mean its not easy to root?
thanks for suggesting on what custom rom to use.
xperia P and U doesn't have card slot even they're better than ray and i dont want to buy too expensive phone and im only a student dont have a job yet. im ok with ray
@all
what is the difference between st18i and st18a except that a is from US.
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hmm strange in my country xperia ray price is higher then xperia p and u

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mickeyzkun said:
Im planning to buy Xperia Ray after i hard bricked(totally dead) my galaxy mini plus but i have couple questions to ask first before buying.
1. Is it ok to upgrade to official ICS even with some issues? or should i stick to GB?
2.What are the issues after the ICS is isntalled?
2. What is the latest GB? because in my galaxy mini plus its 2.3.6
3. Is it easy to root? because my classmate said the higher your phone is the harder to root
4. If i want to to install custom rom what is the best rom?
all my questions are for Xperia Ray. ill wait for some replies beforing doing something after i bought Xperia Ray.
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as of my experience:
1. Yes ics is really brilliant but and has a smoother web broeser than gb. however its main issues are you just cant play some games on it as well as its a real pain for hd graphical games to play , might cause serious lags fcs in games. for such reasons i rolled back to gb.
2.ics can handle certain things faster than gb but as we know Xperia 2011 series are now classified as low range phones.because they've got single core 1 ghz with 210/512 mb ram which is only meant for gb only.
rooting is not a big issue once you've rooted ur phone the rest is like a butter. latest official rom is 2.3.4
3 for thhe custom rom 2.3.7 is best.
4. you'd better buy Galaxy Ace2( Dual core processor .and 750 mb of ram space its a good device for ics and gaming (which sported by mali gpu 400.:good:

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KhemaraS. said:
Root is easy there are lots of Tools here,you can easy Flash back from Ics to gb and there is no difference between this phones st18 is the commercial Name and St18i/st18a are only model numbers no difference
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yah i know its easy but i dont wan to make mistake again like what i did on my galaxy mini plus that lead to hard-bricked.
btw where can i download official ICS? because i read on the net that clean install of ICS is recommended the problem on ICS is lesser than upgrading to ICS.
btw how do i clean install official ics? just preparing all i need to do when i bought the phone.

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mickeyzkun said:
yah i know its easy but i dont wan to make mistake again like what i did on my galaxy mini plus that lead to hard-bricked.
btw where can i download official ICS? because i read on the net that clean install of ICS is recommended the problem on ICS is lesser than upgrading to ICS.
btw how do i clean install official ics? just preparing all i need to do when i bought the phone.
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DO IT LIKE THISownload flashtool (dev section) and a ftf File from official Ics Update(dev section) 2. Install drivers for flashtool you will find them in flashtool folder=>drivers (you only need fastboot and flashmode drivers 3.shut down your phone and wait 5 sec 4.Connect your phone to pc via USB while youre Holding the volume down Button 5.the LED should be green now you are connected in flashmode 6.Start flashtool drag/drop the ftf File and Start flashing wait till it ends and youre done
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crytec4 said:
as of my experience:
1. Yes ics is really brilliant but and has a smoother web broeser than gb. however its main issues are you just cant play some games on it as well as its a real pain for hd graphical games to play , might cause serious lags fcs in games. for such reasons i rolled back to gb.
2.ics can handle certain things faster than gb but as we know Xperia 2011 series are now classified as low range phones.because they've got single core 1 ghz with 210/512 mb ram which is only meant for gb only.
rooting is not a big issue once you've rooted ur phone the rest is like a butter. latest official rom is 2.3.4
3 for thhe custom rom 2.3.7 is best.
4. you'd better buy Galaxy Ace2( Dual core processor .and 750 mb of ram space its a good device for ics and gaming (which sported by mali gpu 400.:good:
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thanks for suggesting me better phone but i can't aford it and i already decided that ill choose xperia ray and someone said that it can play every single hd games and its cheap. if im going to buy too expensive phone just for gaming,i rather buy ps vita and be contented on my super low end phone.
KhemaraS. said:
DO IT LIKE THISownload flashtool (dev section) and a ftf File from official Ics Update(dev section) 2. Install drivers for flashtool you will find them in flashtool folder=>drivers (you only need fastboot and flashmode drivers 3.shut down your phone and wait 5 sec 4.Connect your phone to pc via USB while youre Holding the volume down Button 5.the LED should be green now you are connected in flashmode 6.Start flashtool drag/drop the ftf File and Start flashing wait till it ends and youre done
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so thats how to clean install official ICS. thanks ill copy paste that instruction in notepad.
ill do those instruction when i have the phone.