Bye to Sony Ericsson

Sony Completes Full Acquisition of Sony Ericsson
Sony to Rename the Company Sony Mobile Communications and Accelerate Business Integration

February 16, 2012, Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced that the transaction to acquire Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson’s (“Ericsson”) 50% stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (“Sony Ericsson”) has been completed as of February 15, 2012 (Central European time). This marks the completion of the transaction jointly announced by Sony and Ericsson on October 27, 2011, and makes Sony Ericsson a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony.

Sony will rename Sony Ericsson “Sony Mobile Communications”, and further integrate the mobile phone business as a vital element of its electronics business, with the aim of accelerating convergence between Sony’s lineup of network enabled consumer electronics products, including smart phones, tablets, TVs and PCs.

Company Overview

New company name:

Sony Mobile Communications AB

Date of name change:

February 2012 (planned)

Representative:

Bert Nordberg, President and CEO

Corporate Headquarters:

London, UK

R&D sites:

Beijing, Lund, Silicon Valley and Tokyo

Headcount:

Approximately 8,000 (as of February 1, 2012)

Principal business:

Design, development, manufacture and sale of mobile phone products

Stated capital:

EUR 100 million

Source : http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201202/12-025E/index.html

so now it has complete control over the mobile world. hopefully

its Ray!!

hey... its been like bout 3-4months you've been on the market Ray!! So, who are you anyway? so how do you fit in?



the story behind the design



the Unboxing



this is how phonearena feels bout it.



GsmArena

the ray of light review



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CM-6.1.3 froyo_Achotjan v03 rom for Xperia X10i

this is one alternative froyo rom that i believe has great feature if you are bored of Wolfbreak Rom.

the rom is mod and cook by Achotjan from the xda.

link to the original thread

This rom;
- fully rebuilded by Achotjan-x10-cm-6.1.3_sources  
- added gingerbread screan on/off animation
- no glow effect , but themers can incued it easy , all the hard work is already made by me
- fixed some bugs
- more performent then ever !
- battery tweakes for better battery life
- improved screen scrolling speed
- added my SE like themed miui music app
- phonebook and sms/mms SE like ( thanks wolfbreak and all who worked on it )
- reviewed the theme of the rom
- added gingerbread keyboard
- thiss is my ROM ive made it by my own sources and is not based on anybodys work
- no more need a fix package , all is in again thanks to " wolfbreak "
- all the big work is do to creat a new sources and a new stable and fast rom , enjoy the bigest and finest v03
- havent added inteligent text selection of gingerbread but this too theamer can incled it easy
- Big thanks to Jerpelea to responcing all my question and helped me for the creation of the sources

Download :

Baseband 54 / 55 / 58 / 61 / 65 / 67

Achotjan_v03_baseband_54/55/58/61/65/67_Full 
http://www.mediafire.com/?ncvd33dp2tgng8d

Baseband 46 / 49 / 52

Achotjan_v02.2_baseband46/49/52_Full 
http://www.mediafire.com/?t4ry88el92to5ky

Installation:

1. Do a factory reset
2. Wipe Cache Partition
3. Wipe Dalvick cache
4. Wipe Battery stats
5. Flash the update.zip package via xRecovery
6. Reboot and leave the phone alone 5min , Login into the market then reboot
7. Install new market via xRecovery , reboot
8. Go to CyanogenMod Settings , Tweaks and extras : and Select theme and choose CM6.1.3-V4


Requirements:
1. Rooted 2.1 eclair ROM or custom froyo 2.2 / gingerbread 2.3 with (multitouch kernel)
2. xRecovery
3. Baseband ALL baseband supported , .67 is verry stable!


Credits goes to;
THE DEV AT XDA FORUM. 

X10 get Gingerbread but what bout x10 mini and x8?

Whilst Xperia X10 owners are rejoicing on the news about Android Gingerbread heading to the headset, unfortunately it is not good news for the smaller Xperia models. Sony Ericsson has confirmed that as they need to “prioritise” their resources and thus there are no current plans for the X10 mini, X10 mini pro and X8 to receive the update. What we do know with SE is that they always seem to change their mind, so if you’re being optimistic maybe we will see it at some point down the road after all.


via Unofficial X10 blog

news on Gingerbread for X10

Official Announcement by S.E.

Sony Ericsson To Release 9 Android Devices In North America, UK Xperia Play Gets A Release Date

Sony Ericsson hit us with a bunch of hotness today. First off Android Community is reporting that Sony Ericsson plans to dominate North America with 9 new handsets. This seems like a lofty goal but with all their announcements at both CES and MWC it’s definitely possible.
Android Community is also reporting that the Sony Xperia Play will be available by the end of the quarter. (Look on TDG for some other exiting Sony Xperia Play today) It’s also widely reported that the Sony Xperia Play will launch in the UK by March 31st.
We ran this story earlier while we were at MWC where Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg talked about the importance of dominating iin the United States and that the US didn’t like to get the rest of the world’s sloppy seconds which is why the first round of Xperia Android devices weren’t big hits in the US. In fact the two mini devices the Xperia X10 mini and mini pro skipped a US release all together.
Other than the Xperia Play we know that the Xperia Arc is on the way.

taken from : TDG
Source: Android Community

Enabling Multitouch/Driver Installation on the Xperia X10 (Dual Touch)

this is a deep tutorial by bluechipj on how to make the dual-touch to work on all software in the xperia. as you know, the official dual-touch update by SE only workson google maps and the browser. this tweak will enable the dual-touch update to be use on all app on the xperia. if you go to the description of this video, there's a link to the xda forum. enjoy...

Xperia arc launcher on xperiq x10

Xperia arc Home Launcher now available for X10

Tested, run perfectly. But you have to manually freeze the original launcher via titanium backup or just installed the homescreen manager from the market. I'll post some video later.

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papertoss for android

here's a video review of Papertoss. its super glamour at the ios platform. and now building up their empire on the android platform.

boost your xperia performance with a custom JIT Compiler

Definition;

In computing, just-in-time compilation (JIT), also known as dynamic translation, is a method to improve the runtime performance of computer programs. Traditionally, computer programs had two modes of runtime operation, either interpreted or static (ahead-of-time) compilation.^{[citation needed]} Interpreted code is translated from a high-level language to a machine code continuously during every execution, whereas statically compiled code is translated into machine code before execution, and only requires this translation once. for a deep info refer here 


Why JIT? 


XPERIA is so slow... that why we should do the tweak... hehe... 


Requirement before doing Jit:


1. a rooted xperia with the latest busybox
2. xrecovery installed
3. all the necessary file.


this jit compiler version only work with xperia x10. 
Download: JIT_Enabler_v2-zdz.zip


the main tread at xda-developers


HOW-TO-INSTALL

Download JIT Enabler v2 to your PC. Do NOT unzip the file

Transfer the file to your Xperia X10 SDcard. Put it on the root and give a easy name to look for.

Re-boot into xRecovery.

From the xRecovery, go to menu select ‘Advanced Options’ and then select ‘Wipe Dalvik Cache’. It will ask you whether you are sure, select ‘Yes – Wipe Dalvik Cache’. this will not reset your phone. dont worry. you can google for the definition if you want to know Dalvik mean.

in xRecovery menu, select ‘Install custom zip’. Select ‘Choose custom zip from sdcard’ to browse where the zip file is located on your memory card and install the file.

after that just go back to the main menu and reboot the phone. after a few boot the the speed of the phone would increase significantly. 

my score with Quadrant Standard with overclock Widget boost. before Jit installed.

after Jit installed.

thanks to the Dev at XDA-Developers for this powerfull tweak. all credits goes to them. 

installing xrecovery (Xperia X10 only)

so for this post i'll be posting How-to-install xrecovery on your xperia x10

What is xrecovery?

"xRecovery is a custom recovery console that allows you to manage backups and install ROMs, themes and applications from zip files. Other functions include the ability to wipe your phone and manage partitions. "

This is the only xrecovery that would only work with the Xperia x10i. So I don’t recommend using other app that you might find on the app market, unless you have made a study on it.  Remember! I don’t guaranty other app or method will work. You might brick you Xperia.

A special thanks to xda dev member

zoz33 for his apk installer!
Walkmann for X10 HD solution

You can get the latest xRecovery from the Xda forum. Version 0.3 is latest version during this writing that works perfectly on xperia x10 and for xperia x8 get the 0.1 version. Try to visit the xda-developers forum for the latest info on the xrecovery version and method on installing.

Requirement before proceeding,

1. a rooted xperia

2. busybox by stecricson- can be download from the market.

3. of cos the xrecovery.apk from a trusted source.

Features:

·         ADB root shell

·         Reboot

·         Install update.zip from SD Card

·         Factory reset (full wipe)

·         Wipe cache partition

·         Install custom zip

·         Backup and Restore

·         Partition tools

·         Mount/unmount partitions

·         Format partitions

·         Mount as USB Storage

·         Advanced options

·         Wipe Dalvik cache

·         Wipe battery stats

·         Fix permissions for apps (FC fix)

How to install xrecovery,

transfer the apk file to your SD then Open xRecovery installer app with a file manager and tap "Install xRecovery"

look at the picture below, follow the sequence of the picture, the xrecovery installer only help you detect the xrecovery.apk file and installed it.

after installing the xrecovery installer, let the installer look for the xrecovery.apk file that you have put in the sdcard. put it on the root of the SD to make it more easy to find.

make sure you select the "allow" button,

success!!!

Manual Installation:
- Download the apk, rename it to xrecoveryZIP
- Unpack the file, find ./res/raw folder inside. It should contain 3 files (chargemon, busybox, xrecovery.tar)
- copy these 3 files into /system/bin using root explorer (remember to remount /system rw

Notes:
Please bear in mind that it's not the regular android recovery (we cannot replace recovery image without cracked bootloader). Instead, the boot hijacking is used to start recovery mode. You still need basic files on your /system partition to use this. NEVER use the "format /system" option (it's there only to check if anyone reads this long, boring note).

This recovery is NOT tested for compatibility with app2sd! Use at your own risk.

This recovery WILL be used to flash custom roms easily.

DO NOT reinstall busybox. Recovery depends on it's particular busybox version

TESTING!!!

If you are confidence with the installation, its time to do some testing. It may sound easy, but sometime we just make mistake. So testing is required. To boot into the console, restart your phone and press the back button a few times after the white text Sony Ericsson logo appears (its the first logo that appear when you start up the phone). Once it starts (something like the following picture), use the volume-up and volume-down buttons to scroll through the menu. Press the home button to select an option and the back button to go back.

the xrecovery interface should look like this, 

this guide is base on the guide from the xda forum thread. 

DOWNLOAD LINK

xRecovery 0.3-release

xRecovery-charge-offline.zip - flash with xRecovery to get offline charging.

tank hero v1.11.mp4

installing busybox and verifying Root installation

What is Busybox?

"Busybox is a tool pack that brings additional handy LINUX / UNIX based commands. We need to install this app as some of these commands are needed for certain root level tasks."

that's what you get when you ask the Developers at the XDA Forum.

Installing busybox in Xperia X8 is not hard at all. You dont have to be a techgeek to do so, But the main thing is to get the phone ROOTED first. To get your phone rooted, pls follow my post before this. Then, Busybox is the Second thing you have to get, to let your phone do additional task that i cant do before. You must have Busybox installed Before proceeding to other mod on your Xperia X8.

To install BUSYBOX,

1st, Open Android Market, type on the search box ‘Busybox’. Get the BusyBox Installer by Stericsson.

2nd, after installing, open the app and tap on Install on the bottom of the app (make sure to give the Super User permission to get the app operating). Tap on the latest version of Busybox. Dont worry about the warning when you open up the application. our phone are compatible with the busybox version.

If you have a .sh file of busybox in your SD card, make sure its the latest version so that the installer would detect the busybox. If you does not have it. just tap on installed, wait till it finish downloading and installed the busybox.

then you are done.

as and extra percaution, i recommended you to install ROOT CHECKER apps. this is to verify you installed the apps correctly...

remind me of my xperia x1

Taking this helicopter screen shot of my xperia remind me of my xperia x1. If you have been a xperia x1 user before. You might remembered it glory time during the window mobile era. It has the same spec as the htc touch pro but come with a special customised ui from sony Ericsson. The X panel. By pressing the X button, an animation of panel similar to the screen shot above will appear. Since I'm blogging from my xperia x10, i cant make link to some website that related. This just a short sharing of my xperience with my xperia. Thanks for reading. Dojt forget to sunscribe to this blog. Follow me on twitter.

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i dons seem to have my old screen shot of my xperia x1, well i just add some video down here.

ROOT tutorial

Lately I've been quite busy with my work, so im just posting others people blog or just paste an article. There are numerous apps in the market that are related to blogging but none really work as what i want to. There's bug on posting screen shot. That just to share my main problem on updating mods that I make to my x8.

 After month of exploring the android arts, I finally get to a part that I just got the sense of it but im not the master of it. There's still lots of thing to learn. And its exciting to learn and share with other x8 users.

Regarding on the Dual Touch update on the xperia X8, some say YES and some say NO. SE is busy building up they momentum with the 3 sets of the new xperia flagline so, we might as well be forgotten.    I'm sure most of the X10 owner are already satisfied with their Dual-Touch update and us might not.

So if you thinking on staying with X8 so I suggest you ROOT it to get the best out of it.

There's a lot of methods on rooting the xperia, and the easiest way is by using the SUPER ONE CLICK program.

First of all, the main thing to do is getting all the tools that are required for rooting. Its more simple than flashing a rom though. There have been minor reports on people bricking their phone cause of rooting but we cannot say it wont happened too.  I want you to understand ROOTING would cause you a warranty lost. So make your study first before rooting.

So what is rooting?

Rooting is a method of enabling the user to make changers in the non-user area. That is accessing the system in the phone, when rooted, you be able to access system file, change permission of a program, making you a Power User. If you are familiar with Window Mobile and UIQ3. than you might get what im saying.  But what's good in The Android system is the Developers has make it to work as an app so we will get a pop-up each time a program try to make changes in the main system. Kinda like a in window 7.

So how to root?

1. Download the Super One Click program,

In the folder should look like this, there are 11 item in the folder after you unzip/unrar

And when you click on the SOC exe, it must look like this…

This is for the Donut version, if you are still using  1.6 android...

So now we've ready to start the second part,

Make sure you have make a backup of your phone. But I would recommend you to use a fresh firmware - repair your firmware(using SEUS) Sony Ericsson Update Service first. When ready, make sure the battery is more than 50%. Some would say 30% is enough, but for me, pre-caution is better … bad thing happened if the phone shutdown while in the process.

On the phone, go to

Settings/ Applications/Unknown Source -----> tick on the box

And

Settings/Applications/Development/USB debugging  ---->tick on the Box 

So now we are ready to connect the phone…

CONNECT and please don’t mount the SD card but don remove the SD card. Tap on the "Charge Only".

Wait for the PC Companion to pop -up, and Open SOC with administrator in window pc.

Now can start the rooting process, click on the Root button… and wait till it say the rooting is done.

SOC will sent a notification to the phone to test the SU(SUPER USER) authorization. If you see the notification on the phone, then you are done.

The SU icon  -Super User app should look like this,

Open it to see if its access able. Now you can go to the apps market to try out app that required a rooted phone.