Posted by adsada
On 2011-08-11 18:22:14, mediar wrote:
To all of you, who have updated your Arcs to the latest firmware - what do you think about the new overview mode? Isn't it pretty useless in its current eye-candy effects?
yeah I agree it was better when they stayed still! I think it's for the new mini's which were realised on this firmware, so that all the widgets could fit on the smaller screen...If you shake the phone they go all crazy and fly about
Posted by mediar
Yes, but
Arc definitely isn't a mini.
Posted by Xajel
I'm having a problem with my Arc which started yesterday...
in most times peoples can't call me, the response is like when the phone is out of range or is off while it has full signal !!
later after many hours I receive SMS's regarding the calls I missed !!
in the mean while I can call, send SMS without any problem... it's only happens to me so it's not coz of network and only started yesterday morning !!
Posted by doministry
On 2011-08-12 08:18:45, Xajel wrote:
I'm having a problem with my Arc which started yesterday...
in most times peoples can't call me, the response is like when the phone is out of range or is off while it has full signal !!
later after many hours I receive SMS's regarding the calls I missed !!
in the mean while I can call, send SMS without any problem... it's only happens to me so it's not coz of network and only started yesterday morning !!
Well but it definitely looks like network....
BTW did you drop your device or something?
Posted by adsada
On 2011-08-12 08:18:45, Xajel wrote:
I'm having a problem with my Arc which started yesterday...
in most times peoples can't call me, the response is like when the phone is out of range or is off while it has full signal !!
later after many hours I receive SMS's regarding the calls I missed !!
in the mean while I can call, send SMS without any problem... it's only happens to me so it's not coz of network and only started yesterday morning !!
Yeah looks operator related, can you recieve SMS fine too or is it them as well as calls?
Posted by monkie2007
I love my Arc! It's fast, no bugs or reboots seen and it's by far the most sexyest phone!
1 problem trought, i can't seem to find out how the facebook integration realy works. For some contacts, the facebook acount is added automaticaly but for the most it isn't.. And i cant seem to figure it out how to add them manually?
I added e-mail adressen etc but none work.. Someone knows how to do?
Posted by drinki
On 2011-08-13 14:56:36, monkie2007 wrote:
I love my Arc! It's fast, no bugs or reboots seen and it's by far the most sexyest phone!
1 problem trought, i can't seem to find out how the facebook integration realy works. For some contacts, the facebook acount is added automaticaly but for the most it isn't.. And i cant seem to figure it out how to add them manually?
I added e-mail adressen etc but none work.. Someone knows how to do?
Make sure the names/surnames of your contacts match those of Facebook for seamless integration. You can also link the same contact (if you have two separate contacts with the same name) by editing the contact/pressing menu/join contact.
Hope this helps
Posted by mervy
Just updated the ARC manually since the update was not available in my area. i just made a video for those who would like to see what it looks like. Its really good!! Also a video on the Landscape HMDI mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxeH_HoOB8&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfKmzXtW0u0&hd=1
Posted by rickster2kuk
Battery has definetly decreased on the new firmware, which is a really pity.
Love the new CRT animation and last call/weather widget. Speed is also better.
Posted by mediar
On 2011-08-13 15:57:55, mervy wrote:
Just updated the ARC manually since the update was not available in my area. i just made a video for those who would like to see what it looks like. Its really good!! Also a video on the Landscape HMDI mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxeH_HoOB8&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfKmzXtW0u0&hd=1
How do you control the arc in HDMI mode? Using the TV remote control?
Posted by bronxdude
hi guys...im about to get the Arc.
I wanna ask what's the best photo editing tool out there? something that's very similar to iphone's instagram.
thanks
Posted by adsada
On 2011-08-13 14:56:36, monkie2007 wrote:
I love my Arc! It's fast, no bugs or reboots seen and it's by far the most sexyest phone!
1 problem trought, i can't seem to find out how the facebook integration realy works. For some contacts, the facebook acount is added automaticaly but for the most it isn't.. And i cant seem to figure it out how to add them manually?
I added e-mail adressen etc but none work.. Someone knows how to do?
Yeah, I figured this out by mistake, in your contacts long press the contact you want to sync and click 'Join contacts' it will suggest who they think it is, or you can find them manually.
Posted by mervy
On 2011-08-13 18:20:18, mediar wrote:
On 2011-08-13 15:57:55, mervy wrote:
Just updated the ARC manually since the update was not available in my area. i just made a video for those who would like to see what it looks like. Its really good!! Also a video on the Landscape HMDI mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxeH_HoOB8&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfKmzXtW0u0&hd=1
How do you control the arc in HDMI mode? Using the TV remote control?
Yup, that's right!
Posted by monkie2007
Make sure the names/surnames of your contacts match those of Facebook for seamless integration. You can also link the same contact (if you have two separate contacts with the same name) by editing the contact/pressing menu/join contact.
Hope this helps
& adsada Thank you for the quick answer! "join Contact" did the job! I think they could it make it easier to fin but im happy now! Many thanks
Posted by adsada
welcome
btw does anyone else think the radio is pretty poor? I mean I love the interface, but sitting listening to radio 1 in my garden the signal is pretty bad even when I fiddle with the headphones. Sitting here a year ago with my K850i, I had no problem and got crystal clear sound...
Posted by dibdin
Need some advice. This evening when I went into the market and looked to see what apps may need updating, it said YouTube (update manual). When the update was completed, i noticed that where where the YouTube widget was on one of my homescreens had now disappeared. When I went to add YouTube widget to where it was before, I was unable to place that widget on that part of the homescreen. Its like in a way the phone thinks there is something occupying that space. Rebooted phone to see if that would help, but still same problem. Has anyone else had this, and if so what can I do??
Cheers
Posted by Alihosny
hi ,
i am about to buy an arc but i want to know how good are the in call quality and volume? because in x8 and x10 it was very poor while i have several motorola phones it was crystal clear .
does anyone know what does the import version at mobilecityonline come with(accessories)?
thx
Posted by argiriano
On 2011-08-14 04:25:22, Alihosny wrote:
hi ,
i am about to buy an arc but i want to know how good are the in call quality and volume? because in x8 and x10 it was very poor while i have several motorola phones it was crystal clear .
does anyone know what does the import version at mobilecityonline come with(accessories)?
thx
improved their call quality a lot, compared to 2010 Xperias. Arc and Neo have excellent call quality. If your network provider has HD Voice you`ll enjoy calls like never before... of course if the other phone has it too. 
edit: and volume is something like doubled compared to X10... or more.
[ This Message was edited by: argiriano on 2011-08-14 10:01 ]
Posted by Alihosny
thx a lot
Posted by doministry
On 2011-08-14 01:19:03, dibdin wrote:
Need some advice. This evening when I went into the market and looked to see what apps may need updating, it said YouTube (update manual). When the update was completed, i noticed that where where the YouTube widget was on one of my homescreens had now disappeared. When I went to add YouTube widget to where it was before, I was unable to place that widget on that part of the homescreen. Its like in a way the phone thinks there is something occupying that space. Rebooted phone to see if that would help, but still same problem. Has anyone else had this, and if so what can I do??
Cheers
Maybe YouTube widget is bigger now.
Posted by doministry
On 2011-08-13 18:24:39, bronxdude wrote:
hi guys...im about to get the Arc.
I wanna ask what's the best photo editing tool out there? something that's very similar to iphone's instagram.
thanks
I think the best one is PicsSayPro.
Great app.
Posted by dibdin
On 2011-08-15 01:45:24, doministry wrote:
On 2011-08-14 01:19:03, dibdin wrote:
Need some advice. This evening when I went into the market and looked to see what apps may need updating, it said YouTube (update manual). When the update was completed, i noticed that where where the YouTube widget was on one of my homescreens had now disappeared. When I went to add YouTube widget to where it was before, I was unable to place that widget on that part of the homescreen. Its like in a way the phone thinks there is something occupying that space. Rebooted phone to see if that would help, but still same problem. Has anyone else had this, and if so what can I do??
Cheers
Maybe YouTube widget is bigger now.
No, it's the same size as before.
Posted by adsada
just noticed a nice addition in the media player, the colour of the text, playing bar and background turn the same colour as the album art...
Posted by ^^HAMID^^
Q :
How is the MKV/Divx support? Can Arc play full frame 720p video with no lags? (specially MKV format)
Posted by djin
i dont think it can, galaxy s2 was able to play few mkw 720p and few it would just play video and no sound etc.
Posted by mediar
Who needs a scanner?
Posted by ^^HAMID^^
i dont think it can, galaxy s2 was able to play few mkw 720p and few it would just play video and no sound etc
!!! It seems far!
cause I tested MKV@24 fps on GSI and smoothly handled !
Can any one test the DICE PLAYER and test the mkv's ?
Posted by idumbakumar
Yesterday I updated my xperia Neo and I compared the xloud with arc. Now Neo loud speaker is damn louder than arc.. wonderful..
Posted by adsada
On 2011-08-15 22:31:36, idumbakumar wrote:
Yesterday I updated my xperia Neo and I compared the xloud with arc. Now Neo loud speaker is damn louder than arc.. wonderful..
Did you update the arc as well? Then it to will have xLoud
Posted by idumbakumar
I think u dint get the point l.I compred xloud with arc, means arc was updiated already.
Posted by arcmhyke
My Channel for Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
>Unboxing
>Review
>Games and Applications
ArcMhyke Xperia Arc YoutubeChannel
Posted by ^^HAMID^^
Hey guys! answer me! It's important !!
Posted by danman7_200
The Arc cannot play 720p MKV's. The only phone as far as I know that can is the Samsung GS1 and GS2.
Samsung have the codecs to take full advtange of the GPU whereas on any other phone, software uses CPU only.
It's the single biggest feature I miss on the Arc. Damn shame, as i'm sure its not that difficult to do and would make the HDMI port sweet as!
Posted by SKIBBE
Was thrilled about the theme thing, but the damn launcher still is blueish, and makes the background look ugly :/
Posted by bronxdude
On 2011-08-15 01:48:27, doministry wrote:
On 2011-08-13 18:24:39, bronxdude wrote:
hi guys...im about to get the Arc.
I wanna ask what's the best photo editing tool out there? something that's very similar to iphone's instagram.
thanks
I think the best one is PicsSayPro.
Great app.
doministry - can I get that on the android market? where do i get it? thanks
Posted by doministry
On 2011-08-16 15:18:51, bronxdude wrote:
On 2011-08-15 01:48:27, doministry wrote:
On 2011-08-13 18:24:39, bronxdude wrote:
hi guys...im about to get the Arc.
I wanna ask what's the best photo editing tool out there? something that's very similar to iphone's instagram.
thanks
I think the best one is PicsSayPro.
Great app.
doministry - can I get that on the android market? where do i get it? thanks
Yes Android Market.
Posted by Xajel
I used to use Market Enabler to enable all apps in the market ( faking US T-Mobile ) and it was working perfectly even in market.android.com web site ( it shows I'm using T-Mobile network )...
duo to the fact I'm using the free Market Enabler, I have to repeat the steps every time I restart.. and I was experimenting something With Google Maps, so I removed it and rebooted... and here's the problem. Market Enabler doesn't have any effect now on Market I'm back to my local market which misses a lot of apps including Google Maps !!
the only way I can have Google Maps now is to manually install it from .apk file but I just hate the fact I can't do this using Market...
I tried several times and I tried MarketAccess also without success... the provider is faked without a problem but Market still sees my original provider !!
now I'm thinking of Master/Factory Reset but I'm seeking any other option atm... if there's any
Posted by doministry
Until few days back GPS was working like a charm.
Today I performed an upgrade of Google Maps to 5.9 .
And GPS doesn't work!!! Searching and searching, not able to
fix satellites!! Outside, sunny day...
Uninstalled upgrade, rebooted phone, reinstalled upgrade... .
GPS doesn't work! On old and new version of Maps.
Any ideas what can cause that? Anybody experienced similar
problems??!! What a disaster!
Posted by adsada
On 2011-08-17 19:33:10, doministry wrote:
Until few days back GPS was working like a charm.
Today I performed an upgrade of Google Maps to 5.9 .
And GPS doesn't work!!! Searching and searching, not able to
fix satellites!! Outside, sunny day...
Uninstalled upgrade, rebooted phone, reinstalled upgrade... .
GPS doesn't work! On old and new version of Maps.
Any ideas what can cause that? Anybody experienced similar
problems??!! What a disaster!
Try the GPS in other things like does the geo tagging symbol come up when you go to take a photo? Or download another app that uses the GPS and see if it works with that.
Pretty strange if it doesn't work with the original version of GM
Posted by Arne Anka
@doministry
Try to install and run GPS Test and see how many satelites it can find (if any) and the quality of the GPS signals.
You can also try to uninstall Google Maps 5.9 and run the previous version and see if it still behaves the same.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2011-08-17 20:31 ]
Posted by doministry
On 2011-08-17 21:30:30, Arne Anka wrote:
@doministry
Try to install and run GPS Test and see how many satelites it can find (if any) and the quality of the GPS signals.
You can also try to uninstall Google Maps 5.9 and run the previous version and see if it still behaves the same.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2011-08-17 20:31 ]
Previous version didn't work either.
This is crazy but after second reboot it works again.
It's so strange!
Posted by rphilippe
Just got a notification about an arc firmware update this morning...
Anyone done this yet?
Need to know if it will wipe my phone or there is the option to keep your settings and SMS etc like the last update that contained the facebook sync update.
Thanks,
Posted by dibdin
Updated mine this afternoon OTA. Everything fine...no apps or any kind of data missing at all after update.
Posted by radheck
And what about the housing crack , any official answer ???
Posted by mange69
Anyone in Sweden that have received the update yet?
Posted by Arne Anka
On 2011-08-19 16:57:38, mange69 wrote:
Anyone in Sweden that have received the update yet?
Apparently yes if you read the Swedish forum on Swedroid
http://www.swedroid.se/forum/f86/
Posted by doministry
Unfortunately there are mixed reports regarding the newest software.
Some people say the batt life came back to much worse condition.
So anybody having this new FW please share your experiences.
I love batt life on my Arc now on .145 and don't want to lose it.
[ This Message was edited by: doministry on 2011-08-19 23:40 ]
Posted by Ricky D
From my first few hours playing with the new FW (4.0.A.2.368) I can't comment on battery but I do like the effect on the pinch to widget overview in the new launcher; the widgets seem to float and move if you knock or shake the phone. I like the lock screen animation too. The setup guide has had a make-over. Other changes are very minor. I had a weird problem before where APNs weren't showing in the settings so if I wanted to change my APN I had to create a new one, this problem seems to still be there, my APN list is empty but I'm connected to the internet with no problems.
Just a question, I've been off the forum for a few weeks, when was this update released?
[ This Message was edited by: Ricky D on 2011-08-20 01:44 ]
Posted by dibdin
It seems it was released this week, with my phone receiving the update on Thursday. Overall I am quite pleased with the update. I like the CRT-off animation, new look calendar, new weather widget and some new apps that came with the update. With battery life, I would say there is definately no improvement, IMO I would say it is the same before. One thing I have noticed, which may not be a concern to some users is when i exit out of a app by pressing the home key, it takes a good second or more to take me to the homescreen. Before it was pretty much instant.
Posted by SKIBBE
Mange: jag har!
I updated last week, using SEUS
i have a sim -free ARC misty silver
Edit: i have worse battery life now, just because i have to use "all animation" to get the CRT off animation, i have always used "no animation" to speed up and save battery, don't need that fancy all it does is slow my phone down :S i think i will sacrifice the CRT off animation shorty, it's not worth it.
[ This Message was edited by: SKIBBE on 2011-08-20 08:50 ]