im with you bro,when first time want to flash this phone

beautiful learning its from mistake....if your phone still able to boot at sony logo..no worry ure phone still safe

Manage to get my arc s working after flashing the stock ttf
No time to play with now but aurely will try unlock root n install custom rom..haha..
This phone is quite good la..great display..great sound..dunno why nt that famous..

Hey guys ... Is Xperia Arc S having some connection problems ? It seems that the WiFi has some problem , I keep getting disconnected from WiFi . Googled on the net , it says hardware problem.
How do I rectify this problem ?

Not happened to me yet....yours is stock or custom rom?did you try factory reset,sometime could be caused by the software ...

Guys....cm10.1 aka jb 4.2 just released .....looks like arc s will lasting a little bit longer

How do I check whether it's stock or custom rom ?

go to setting and about device ...see the rom version name...if not semc something or got other name like ultimate hd or blaa2...you are on custom rom...

Is it the kernel version ?
If it is , then mine is SEMCUser@SEMCHost#1
LOL ....

Your kernel is stock kernel....the easy way to check your rom is rooted or not download root checker apps from market and run in..

i got same prob too.. but just downgrade it to gb then the result would be okay

GB is version 2.3 above right ?
Mine is 2.3 something ..

yes 2.3.7

Bro can help me? I just bricked my Arc

First time installing custom ROM on Sony....tried ultimate HD rom. Whenever i power it up, shows Sony Ericsson logo, then black screen....

Flash stock firmware with flash tool first, then flash custom ROM again. Please browse post# 2067 & 2099, you can get all download link there.

Just flashed the stock ICS.. no more bricked


But anyhow, what is the best custom ROM in terms of stability and battery life?

TQ

Currently, I'm using custom kernel + rooted stock firmware.

I can't recommend which the best custom ROM since I not using them. You need read through the users feedback for each custom ROM thread (xda-developer website).

I used few custom ROM before. This is own experinces and opinions, I can't denied some custom ROM are fast and smooth, but at the same time it create some bugs at certain area. I encountered GPS software lag at some custom ROM, bootloop issue during upgrade, etc. Some ROM developer updated their ROM too frequent, they not resolve previous bugs and continue add new features, new bugs with new features.

At the end, I choose go back to stock firmware and rooted it, remove all unwanted apps, applied themes from other xperia model. I'm happy with all modifications which I applied to stock firmware, it run smooth and all apps run fine for my daily use.

As conclusion, you need to try custom ROM by yourself and see whether suit for your need or not. Sometimes, you need to try few custom ROM before you can find the best ROM for your need.

This post has been edited by pc-ox: Dec 15 2012, 08:55 PM

ultimate 2.0 is one of the best rom for arc s ..one of my favourite...pureness got beautiful look. paired with correct kernel set up you will get excellent battery life ...for aosp rom fxp and cm10 got gud performance but battery not very gud..

for stock rom..rooted with junk apps removed and paired with supercharger V6 you also able tol get gud performance set up also...

just try any combination out there to suit your likes..

This post has been edited by shahrul_sama: Dec 15 2012, 08:02 PM

yes u are right... try one by one.... the best will suit u...
and yess again arc/s best rom for me is ultimate HD.... the dev is currently working on HD+.... let's wait for it.. hihihi

just change my kernel to VDS... tryin to search the best batt usage kernel.. huhuhu

never tried vds before ,quite satisfied with ktg for now

guys...im still using GB...so juz wanna ask...does arc GB support usb OTG?tq

Iinm only ics n above support the otg.