Posted by Ranjith
So you mean the homescreen redraws all the icons...
Can you see how much free RAM you have?
Every now and then when i click the HOME soft key from Facebook or WALKMAN or Messages.The Home screen goes empty and then immediately all the widgets show up one by one.even the Media folder icon takes time to show up the icons in the folder.Mind you its NOT ALL THAT SLOW,all happens quickly but its kinda irritating and not smooooth :-. Happened to me around 10 times today but seems fine right now.
Couple of simple things i miss are the Slide to Silent in the lock screen and the Shortcut for Screenshot from Power Button Options(though ICS has Volume Down Key+Power Buttons to capture a screen shot)
Free RAM seems to be one the lower side i guess.
[ This Message was edited by: Ranjith on 2012-06-28 13:17 ]
Posted by doministry
181 MB free = cr..p.
I should see how it would be with my usage.
As I see you keep in the bckgr apps I would never use...
Posted by Ranjith
On 2012-06-28 14:27:21, doministry wrote:
181 MB free = cr..p.
I should see how it would be with my usage.
As I see you keep in the bckgr apps I would never use...
around 240MB free as soon as i Kill the apps.but then they pop up right back.some are apps i haven't even opened. :-\\ anyway to kill them permanently?
Posted by doministry
On 2012-06-28 14:40:49, Ranjith wrote:
On 2012-06-28 14:27:21, doministry wrote:
181 MB free = cr..p.
I should see how it would be with my usage.
As I see you keep in the bckgr apps I would never use...
around 240MB free as soon as i Kill the apps.but then they pop up right back.some are apps i haven't even opened. :-\ anyway to kill them permanently?
Still worse, on GB 350MB free...
I read so many different & confusing reports, I think I will skip this upgrade.
BTW, don't use Advanced Task Killer, but rather built in app killer...
[ This Message was edited by: doministry on 2012-06-28 13:54 ]
Posted by smclion102
@Ranjith
Ohh thats bad man.. My ICS is swizz version and i have 125apps installed and thank god dint experienced yet and Hope i wont.
and I get around 150mb free Ram
Posted by smclion102
@Ranjith
Is the illumination Bar app Stable ?? I installed it and It crashed a lot of times never worked well..
Posted by doministry
On 2012-06-28 15:45:10, smclion102 wrote:
@Ranjith
Ohh thats bad man.. My ICS is swizz version and i have 125apps installed and thank god dint experienced yet and Hope i wont.
and I get around 150mb free Ram
150MB lol....
Posted by Arne Anka
On 2012-06-28 14:40:49, Ranjith wrote:
around 240MB free as soon as i Kill the apps.but then they pop up right back.some are apps i haven't even opened. :-\ anyway to kill them permanently?
I believe there is an option under Settings|Apps where you can disable apps you don't want to load into memory.
Also, a factory reset usually cures issues with the kind of issues you have.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2012-06-28 16:23 ]
Posted by smclion102
On 2012-06-28 16:10:56, doministry wrote:
On 2012-06-28 15:45:10, smclion102 wrote:
@Ranjith
Ohh thats bad man.. My ICS is swizz version and i have 125apps installed and thank god dint experienced yet and Hope i wont.
and I get around 150mb free Ram
150MB lol....
But it really Runs Smooth
Posted by Ranjith
On 2012-06-28 15:45:10, smclion102 wrote:
@Ranjith
Ohh thats bad man.. My ICS is swizz version and i have 125apps installed and thank god dint experienced yet and Hope i wont.
and I get around 150mb free Ram
Luckily its getting smoother now
yes the Bar app did crash a lot as soon as i updated ICS but its fine now.
On 2012-06-28 17:20:19, Arne Anka wrote:
I believe there is an option under Settings|Apps where you can disable apps you don't want to load into memory.
Also, a factory reset usually cures issues with the kind of issues you have.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2012-06-28 16:23 ]
Thanks,will look into it
On 2012-06-28 16:10:56, doministry wrote:
150MB lol....
Things are getting better for me.inspite of the low RAM its smooth!
[ This Message was edited by: Ranjith on 2012-06-28 18:13 ]
Posted by NightBlade
SI list updated.
http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/223759#223759
Mine still isn't on there.
Posted by reclo
On 2012-06-28 14:03:18, doministry wrote:
On 2012-06-28 14:01:31, reclo wrote:
Hello
Would I like to know if one among you uses ear-phones different that those from origin, which and the noticed evolution? Thank you.
Not yet of update to ICS in Belgium either .
I use Sennheiser CX 215 and I just recommend them,
they're brilliant.
Thanks a lot for the answer !
I also would like to know if some people here are using really high end ear-phones as Westone, Shure,.........?
Posted by borg_
On 2012-06-29 11:45:49, NightBlade wrote:
SI list updated.
http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/223759#223759
Mine still isn't on there.
Neither mine
Posted by Detox
I could fix my signature, if you know what i mean
. Or in other words: I could update my Xperia S two days ago, just when 4.1 was announced 
. Really like the update so far. Nice, selective improvement of performance and many other things. Good job, Sony.
Posted by ofiaich
Hi Detox,
which country do you live in?
Just wondering if anyone in the UK has the update yet. Off to check out XDA now!
Ofiaich
Posted by Ranjith
Overall im happy with the Update now. Even though available RAM is Lower,it doesn't slow it down or crash.It does not lag at all anywhere.
Posted by randomuser
Ranjith, do u have the homescreen re-draw issue now ?
Posted by Detox
On 2012-06-30 01:29:48, ofiaich wrote:
Hi Detox,
which country do you live in?
Just wondering if anyone in the UK has the update yet. Off to check out XDA now!
Ofiaich
Zurich, Switzerland
.
The update was announced on the 21st and since then my SI-number was in the list. On the 26th, I received for the first time the information, that there is an update. However, everytime I tried to update, an error message occurred. The servers had to be strained excessively. Like I said above, it was not possible for me to update until the 27th, but then without any problems and buttery smooth
. That is all from my Android update history, thank you for reading .
Posted by ofiaich
thanks Detox!
Glad it all went smooth! Still waiting here! East Yorkshire, UK, in the rain, being patient,
Ofiaich
Posted by Ranjith
On 2012-06-30 07:16:30, randomuser wrote:
Ranjith, do u have the homescreen re-draw issue now ?
Nope.I believe it was due to the "Dont Keep Activities" option being checked under Developer Options :-\\.Like i mentioned earlier,inspite of the Low Available RAM,its all nice and smooth,no issues.BUT one nagging issue is when i click the "Phone" option to open the dailer,it takes a moment to open up
gotta figure out why!
Posted by smclion102
On 2012-06-30 16:29:02, Ranjith wrote:
On 2012-06-30 07:16:30, randomuser wrote:
Ranjith, do u have the homescreen re-draw issue now ?
Nope.I believe it was due to the "Dont Keep Activities" option being checked under Developer Options :-\\.Like i mentioned earlier,inspite of the Low Available RAM,its all nice and smooth,no issues.BUT one nagging issue is when i click the "Phone" option to open the dailer,it takes a moment to open up
gotta figure out why!
Same Problem i am facing from couple of days My Phone dialer and Message app take more than 5sec to open
Posted by Oogamous
Updated to ICS. Did a fresh clean install.
Here are some observations:
1) Some nice new Live wallpapers seem to have been added
2) The new album app is simply outstanding
3) The Walkman app doesn't feel any different
4) The Swipe to remove individual notifications is really neat
5) Overall the phone feels as responsive as before. Neither faster nor slower
6) Been playing with ICS for past 3 days - Free ram hovers around the 160 -180 mark, but I do not have the screen refresh problem. The apps and widgets do not take time to appear - they are already there. Only in the photo widget sometimes It takes a few seconds for the photos to appear.
7) However I have this new status bar icon which i have no clue what it is. I cannot seem to remove it as It doesn't appear in the swipe down notification. It just remains there all the time. Any Idea what it is?
Thanks.
Posted by randomuser
^
What's that Xperia Arc back icon on your homescreen
Posted by Oogamous
On 2012-07-01 06:40:20, randomuser wrote:
^
What's that Xperia Arc back icon on your homescreen
That's a widget of an app called "Android Flashlight".. to turn on and off the LED
Posted by tobias84
On 2012-07-01 04:54:05, Oogamous wrote:
Updated to ICS. Did a fresh clean install.
Here are some observations:
1) Some nice new Live wallpapers seem to have been added
2) The new album app is simply outstanding
3) The Walkman app doesn't feel any different
4) The Swipe to remove individual notifications is really neat
5) Overall the phone feels as responsive as before. Neither faster nor slower
6) Been playing with ICS for past 3 days - Free ram hovers around the 160 -180 mark, but I do not have the screen refresh problem. The apps and widgets do not take time to appear - they are already there. Only in the photo widget sometimes It takes a few seconds for the photos to appear.
7) However I have this new status bar icon which i have no clue what it is. I cannot seem to remove it as It doesn't appear in the swipe down notification. It just remains there all the time. Any Idea what it is?
Thanks.
Itīs icon for NFC, if you turn NFC off the icon will disappear.
Posted by Oogamous
^
Thanks! That did the trick.
Posted by angryman
Bloody Sony!
They stuffed around with the auto brightness again.
I work right under a light and any slight tilt makes the screen light up and dim non stop.
Is there a setting somewhere on ics which disables auto brightness?
Posted by Ranjith
Any idea how to remove failed Facebook Upload Notification from the top? :-\\ many times the failed ones just get stuck there without any option to remove it
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2012-07-02 14:50:09, Ranjith wrote:
Any idea how to remove failed Facebook Upload Notification from the top? :-\\ many times the failed ones just get stuck there without any option to remove it
You can't swipe them left/right to get rid of them?
Posted by Ranjith
On 2012-07-02 14:58:04, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
You can't swipe them left/right to get rid of them?
Nope
.since morning i have a Notification stuck at 0% :- Only rebooting clears it.[ This Message was edited by: Ranjith on 2012-07-02 19:11 ]
Posted by Detox
Hey guys, does anybody else receive the message, that com.android.phone has stopped functioning since updating to ICS? It always pops up, when I disable flight mode. It also seems like Sim-Toolkit can't run on ICS. I didn't notice any restrictions so far because of them though...
[ This Message was edited by: Detox on 2012-07-02 19:17 ]
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2012-07-02 20:08:01, Ranjith wrote:
On 2012-07-02 14:58:04, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
You can't swipe them left/right to get rid of them?
Nope
.since morning i have a Notification stuck at 0% :- Only rebooting clears it.
[ This Message was edited by: Ranjith on 2012-07-02 19:11 ]
Seems pretty strange. I've had ICS on mine for about a week and no issues like this.
On 2012-07-02 20:15:13, Detox wrote:
Hey guys, does anybody else receive the message, that com.android.phone has stopped functioning since updating to ICS? It always pops up, when I disable flight mode. It also seems like Sim-Toolkit can't run on ICS. I didn't notice any restrictions so far because of them though...
[ This Message was edited by: Detox on 2012-07-02 19:17 ]
I've had nothing like this either, and I have used flight mode once or twice. SIM Toolkit still runs fine for me on ICS.
[ This Message was edited by: Muhammad-Oli on 2012-07-03 06:09 ]
Posted by Ranjith
On 2012-07-03 07:09:06, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
Seems pretty strange. I've had ICS on mine for about a week and no issues like this.
i had this issue even with GB..hmm..anyway re booted now
EDIT-Force Stopping Facebook from Apps under settings clears it
[ This Message was edited by: Ranjith on 2012-07-03 13:41 ]
Posted by Detox
On 2012-07-03 07:09:06, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
On 2012-07-02 20:15:13, Detox wrote:
Hey guys, does anybody else receive the message, that com.android.phone has stopped functioning since updating to ICS? It always pops up, when I disable flight mode. It also seems like Sim-Toolkit can't run on ICS. I didn't notice any restrictions so far because of them though...
I've had nothing like this either, and I have used flight mode once or twice. SIM Toolkit still runs fine for me on ICS.
[ This Message was edited by: Muhammad-Oli on 2012-07-03 06:09 ]
Thanks Muhammad-Oli. It's not that annoying, but of course I would prefer a Xperia S without any "flaws". What do you recommend? Shall I do a factory data reset, install 6.1.A.0.452 again, wait for a new firmware or hope for better days
?
Edit: Everything is fine, when I restart the phone. It only happens with the next attempt(s)...
[ This Message was edited by: Detox on 2012-07-03 18:09 ]
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
Not sure what you could do. I guess a reset or reinstall won't hurt, other than that you'll have to spend a while setting up the phone again.
I now have a couple of issues that have only begun since ICS:
Now Sony Bridge For Mac doesn't recognise my phone. It knows it's there because the program opens when I plug the phone in, but the program won't properly initialise and allow me to transfer files.
I deleted all my music off my phone and that fixed it. Trouble is, I use Bridge to put music ON my phone, so as soon as I have done that once, Bridge then doesn't work any more. ARRRGH!
Why is Sony so bad with desktop software?! I don't know why they don't just allow drag and drop.
The second issue I have is that when I get an SMS message from someone, I tap on the notification to go to the message, and it opens the messaging app to a completely blank screen. I then have to hit 'back' to view my list of contacts in the app, then go into the message again to view it. Frustrating to say the least!
Posted by Detox
On 2012-07-03 18:16:11, Detox wrote:
Edit: Everything is fine, when I restart the phone. It only happens with the next attempt(s)...
[ This Message was edited by: Detox on 2012-07-03 18:09 ]
After all, I have to say, that this is not always the case.
I did a factory data reset and also installed 6.1.A.0.452 again, but no improvement
. We'll see... Thanks anyway. You have enough problems of your own.
Isn't there any other software from Sony for Macs?
Posted by borg_
Just Updated my SXS for ICS Official Way
It's too early but at the moment no problems
Posted by doministry
On 2012-07-05 12:54:46, borg_ wrote:
Just Updated my SXS for ICS Official Way
It's too early but at the moment no problems
Cool keep us updated
Posted by doministry
Yesterday my SI number appeared on the list with many other numbers.
Gonna update tomorrow.
Posted by dibdin
On 2012-07-06 10:36:37, doministry wrote:
Yesterday my SI number appeared on the list with many other numbers.
Gonna update tomorrow.
Posted by chunkybeats
@oli
hey did you check you're USB connection mode, ie mass storage that might effect bridge, just wondering as it did that for me in gb
Posted by ofiaich
Hi everyone,
still nowt on O2, UK....
I know I want them to get the update right, but wish they would get a move-on!
Ofiaich
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
On 2012-07-06 12:34:15, chunkybeats wrote:
@oli
hey did you check you're USB connection mode, ie mass storage that might effect bridge, just wondering as it did that for me in gb
My phone only gives me the option of MTP, if you can call it an option when there's only one choice... I would love it I could use Mass Storage!
I did a fresh install of ICS on mine the other day which temporarily solved the messaging bug I had, but today it happened again. I'm pretty annoyed. I hope Sony gets all these issues sorted out!
Posted by owlsfan_72
On 2012-07-06 12:49:13, ofiaich wrote:
Hi everyone,
still nowt on O2, UK....
I know I want them to get the update right, but wish they would get a move-on!
Ofiaich
I'm starting to get a bit befuddled. I'm in East Yorkshire and on 02 and thought I had the official UK firmware. I updated mine using the swiss firmware, that was knocking around on XDA, last week. Then the following day I plugged the phone in and the official update happened, I used SEUS, and I've got an official ICS update that's working perfectly. I presumed it was the UK version, but obviously not as people are now saying the SI update for 3114 hasn't happened yet. How can I find out what version I've got?
Posted by ofiaich
Another East Yorkshire person
I guess in -settings -> about phone, Build Number
and also *#*#7378423#*#* but I do not know these menu's well!
I can see service information, service settings, service tests and customization settings.
My service info -> software info shows
Phone Software Version 1252-0023-6.0.a.3.7.5
But I know very little about upgrading etc
and tend to wait for Sony's/O2's update as reported here and at XDA to use Sony PC Companion!
Ofiaich
Posted by Felimenta97
On 2012-07-06 13:32:42, Muhammad-Oli wrote:
On 2012-07-06 12:34:15, chunkybeats wrote:
@oli
hey did you check you're USB connection mode, ie mass storage that might effect bridge, just wondering as it did that for me in gb
My phone only gives me the option of MTP, if you can call it an option when there's only one choice... I would love it I could use Mass Storage!
I did a fresh install of ICS on mine the other day which temporarily solved the messaging bug I had, but today it happened again. I'm pretty annoyed. I hope Sony gets all these issues sorted out!
If you root the phone, there is an app on XDA that allows you to acess Mass Storage Mode.
Posted by adsada
Hey guys not been on in a while,
I got desperate and found a shitty french .ftf with loads of bloatware. Can someone give me the link to a better generic one with less (none if possible) bloatware.
As for ICS I have this to say overall I like but there a few things that I don't:
-The new font found in some areas, which is bold and I don't like it, I don't think it matches the aero thin font that was used throughout on the NXT line with gingerbread.
-I would also make it an option to change the colour of the main blue colour (which is found throughout the phone on the volume icon control and the tabs at the top of apps. These should change colour when the theme is changed. It would just make it look a lot nicer.
-I don't like the new idea that everything accessible is at the top of the phone, its one of the things I never liked with the iPhone that you always had to stretch your thumb to the top left corner to go back. Now it seems ICS is doing this too. It was quite nice in gingerbread having everything at the bottom in thumbs reach, but especially with phones' screens getting bigger this is a crazy adoption in my opinion.
-Linking on with that, is the menu bar that comes down when you tap anywhere on the homescreen. I can get used to this, however I have already noticed I am swiping through and the phone sometimes thinks I am tapping so this options bar comes down. It just looks unfinished and maybe they should make it so you have to long press to get it to come.
-It's very slow to auto rotate, in gingerbread this was a lot faster. Although this could be because it didn't have the fancy animation it is still far to long to have to wait, can be a good 3 seconds sometimes
-I also don't like the WALKMAN app icon and text. Seeing as everything else has been square shaped it seems strange song made the icon a glossy bubble, it just doesn't match the other apps, and also the WALKMAN text being written in all capitals 'Walkman' would look better... -okay so admittedly this one isn't that important, but it still annoys me
Posted by Bonovox
Has camera improved in ICS??
Posted by idumbakumar
as far as i know, no improvements in camera
Posted by Ranjith
My phone keeps unlocking by itself!
.i had turned off all Screen Locks and this led to un-intentional key presses in my pocket!
now ive put pattern lock and the phone still keeps trying to unlock.the screen lights up but the pattern lock prevents from unlocking.any help?