I cannot wait for Malaysia OTA official rom.. I finally flash it... i thought it is very difficult... but with just refer to xperia blog , it is just simple 3 step... And I'm now using global rom with 2.3.4. i'm surprise i still see chinese keyboard and other language as well

the left one..what it is? it is widget? where i can get it?

is this a good news or what :-)

http://blog.gsmarena.com/cyanogenmod-adds-...ported-devices/

Eh guys, how to know wheather my phone is Nordic (Northen) or generic / global?

anybody flashed the cyanogenmod 7.1 in arc? just wanna know how does it work? is that worth to unlock the device and flash this rom? if we flash so we dont have those xlaud and sweep panarama?

Nope, bravia n xloud won't be there in cyanogenmod..

Imho, stock firmware is very good enough to use for those normal user, which is .283 version..

Custom Rom is for those who wanna try something else, and perhaps even better than stock..

For me, it won't affect much for now, as se still rolling out firmware update for arc.. With root, n removing useless bloatware and apps, n little tweak, makes my phone smooth n im lovin it..

But yeah, speedy and smoothness is there in custom rom..

I've managed to flash CM7.1 with out having any issue... (seems there's battery drain... but not confirm yet)

The way I did from unlocking bootloader till flash CM7.1:
- Flash using flash tool to LT15i 4.0.A.2.368 Generic Global
- Unlock Bootloader
- Extract the boot.img from the CyanogenMod update.zip and copy it to the same folder as fastboot (the /tools folder within the Android SDK folder).
- Disconnect the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc from the computer and power it off.
- Download CM7.1
- Unzip it and copy all the zip file frm the 7z you've downloaded into your microSD
- Press & hold the Menu button while connecting the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc to the computer.
- On the computer, open terminal and run the following command:

fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img
fastboot -i 0xfce reboot

- Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the side Volume Rocker to move around, & the Power button to select.
- Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
- Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
- Select Install zip from sdcard.
- Select Choose zip from sdcard.
- Install the CM7.
- Install Google Apps.
- reboot.

NOTE: IF YOUR CONTACT IS IN SYNCML/SONY ERICSSON SYNC, PLEASE COPY YOUR CONTACT TO GOOGLE BY PERFORMING BELOW STEP:
- Go to Contact
- Setting > Backup Contact > choose memory
- Setting > Import Contact > choose gmail account
- Once you have successfully installed CM7.1, it will autosync the contact from gmail contact to your phone one you have setup the google account.

You can refer steps from XDA-Developer as well.