The Official Xperia S thread

[PongRareRare]

The IMEI number is printed on the phone itself, or can be gathered by accessing the Service Menu (press *#*#7378423#*#* in your dialer or enter *#06# in the dialer). So documents such as warranty cards and receipts are not really needed.

He photocopied my receipt... Maybe nid date of purchase? And there's no warranty card, my bad.. Haha

 

[globalzorian]

The long wait without proper estimation/notification from SONY is killing me...

 

[rssd21]

I doubt those without yellow tint screen to be honest. It's either they have yet to heat up the phone to a specific temp, or they do not know what is yellow tint at the first place, or they sold it off even before they notice the problem.

Yellow tint will appear if brightness level is low. For mine, i hardly notice the yellow tint until after i exit gaming.

How low should the brightness level be? Im usually on 30% to 40%, heavy gaming till temperature 40c to 42c. Did not really notice any yellow tint on the screen. Any specific place to see for yellow tint?

 

[rssd21]

For now, rooting the Xperia S requires that you unlock the bootloader first. There is no known root exploit for locked bootloaders. And as you know, unlocking the bootloader voids warranty.

For me, I chose not to root at this time, because there really isn't any benefit in doing so. There aren't many custom mods, ROMs or kernels released for the phone yet, so no point in having to unlock the bootloader just to achieve root.

Yes, you are right.

I just spotted the root solution at xda for locked & unlocked bootloader, xperia phones with official ICS version. We can just wait for ICS update to xs & safely root without unlocking bootloader.

 

[hush66]

Yes, you are right.

I just spotted the root solution at xda for locked & unlocked bootloader, xperia phones with official ICS version. We can just wait for ICS update to xs & safely root without unlocking bootloader.

There is still no root solution for locked bootloader for Xperia S. Were you looking at the XDA Arc forums instead?

In any case, it isn't guaranteed that root for locked bootloaders will be available as soon as ICS is released for Xperia S. The developers need to find out whether old exploits work or whether a new exploit is needed. All these take time.

 

[PongRareRare]

How low should the brightness level be? Im usually on 30% to 40%, heavy gaming till temperature 40c to 42c. Did not really notice any yellow tint on the screen. Any specific place to see for yellow tint?

For me, brightness is 10~30 depending on where I am... Temp is good for a yellow tint... Look at the bottom... The space bar area... Even now at 34c I can see yellow tint... Slight.. Not obvious... Or perhaps I'm too sensitive to colour.. Or juz my mind playing trick :x

 

[rssd21]

There is still no root solution for locked bootloader for Xperia S. Were you looking at the XDA Arc forums instead?

In any case, it isn't guaranteed that root for locked bootloaders will be available as soon as ICS is released for Xperia S. The developers need to find out whether old exploits work or whether a new exploit is needed. All these take time.

Yes, for now its arc s, neo v & ray. No guarantee for future root ICS xs but keep our hopes up for the moment.

 

[rssd21]

For me, brightness is 10~30 depending on where I am... Temp is good for a yellow tint... Look at the bottom... The space bar area... Even now at 34c I can see yellow tint... Slight.. Not obvious... Or perhaps I'm too sensitive to colour.. Or juz my mind playing trick :x

Ok, I will keep a lookout for any signs of yellow tint.

 

[DoraemonBoi]

I dunno.. Perhaps u are right but if Sony has this normal screen. I'll choose Samsung since even if they hav the same problems, I never noticed any on any of my friend's phones.. So Sony have a normal screen with more obvious yellow tint..

You know why Samsung phones can't really see the yellowish tint? Almost the whole thing is yellowish. http://givelinks.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/galaxysii_yellowtint_031606165361.jpg The one on the sony seems to be a problem with the screen... hopefully the replacement of the screen arrive soon...

 

[ragnarok95]

What time the service center close?

 

[globalzorian]

What time the service center close?

On my receipt, it says the service center operates from 1100 to 1945 hours.

 

[globalzorian]

Oh, but it is for making inquiry calls...

 

[hush66]

What time the service center close?

Moderator never read sticky threads.

 

[ragnarok95]

Back from service center.

Long story cut short.

Went there to change the lcd panel. PLUS....change my casing.

Out of sudden, the top of my casing cracked. The headphone area, to the back. A small crack. That happen WITHOUT me dropping the phone or knocking against any hard object. Called them, they ask me to go down straight away.

Once i reached, told them the problem. One of the senior lady saw it was also shock it cracked. Another one quickly check his XS to see if his crack or not.

According to their data base. I am the FIRST person to report this. They will feedback my case straight to Sony. Because of this, my case is labelled as URGENT. So it's sort of like jump Q all the way to the front...



LCD panel, first batch came and some got it fixed. They are now waiting for 2nd shipment which they hope is this week or next week. They are out of LCD panel.

So guys, check your XS, top area, around the headphone jack. See if there is ANY crack or not.

 

[pker88]

good to see Sony making a effort to serve it customers
kudos to them
keep it up and kick HTC and samsung hahaah

 

[SoggyBear]

is there a date on when ics will be released for the xs?
still dunno to get xs or 1x =/

 

[hush66]

is there a date on when ics will be released for the xs?
still dunno to get xs or 1x =/

No fixed date. But Sony did say it would be released to Xperia S at the end of Q2, which is end June.

 

[Dixon.]

That's long man. end June. Zzz

 

[ragnarok95]

No fixed date. But Sony did say it would be released to Xperia S at the end of Q2, which is end June.

Q3 or start Q4 will be the launch of LT29i. Make sense to release in june, sort of.

 

[SINple]

stock ics doesnt look any different from gb, apart from some font and icon. so I guess ics doesnt really matter anymore?