topic Re: Should I update to ICS? in XPERIA archive

Should I update to ICS?

just_ice_cream — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:42:57 GMT

I have an Xperia Arc S. It has a low internal storage so I am wondering if I should upgrade. Will it eat up alot of my internal storage. I have only 60mb left.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

system32 — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:51:21 GMT

You just have too many apps installed. Root phone and uninstall unused apps.

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I upgraded a long time ago, so i don't remember how much space it took. The best thing I ever did was get root access to the phone though.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

Sam — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:39:43 GMT

The update itself does not use a lot of storage.

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Re: Should I update to ICS?

Melath_Prakash — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:10:16 GMT

I was update my Xperia Arc from GB to ICS two months back. Actually, it improves the speed and increase free size of my storage and I don't know how it was done. My free space before update was 80 MB but it has been increased to 110 MB. Hence, update to ICS is better than working in GB. But, the only drawback is ICS has many bugs, i.e., lag, reboots, etc. Even my device hanged a while and reboots 20 times a day approximately. I am waiting for the next update (firmware 4.1.B.1.13) to solve this problem. Hence it's your choice to update or not? Before update read all the topics related ICS update in this blog. All the Best

Re: Should I update to ICS?

eldis_design — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:48:28 GMT

Melath_Prakash wrote:

I was update my Xperia Arc from GB to ICS two months back. Actually, it improves the speed and increase free size of my storage and I don't know how it was done. My free space before update was 80 MB but it has been increased to 110 MB. Hence, update to ICS is better than working in GB. But, the only drawback is ICS has many bugs, i.e., lag, reboots, etc. Even my device hanged a while and reboots 20 times a day approximately. I am waiting for the next update (firmware 4.1.B.1.13) to solve this problem. Hence it's your choice to update or not? Before update read all the topics related ICS update in this blog. All the Best

You must be kidding, right? :smileygrin:

I have to print-screen this.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

ArcSBlack — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:28:08 GMT

You see.. in the first part it improves speed and by the end of his post his Xperia has already a lag ... Happy smoking, dude!!!

Re: Should I update to ICS?

kiranak — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:48:32 GMT

Dont !

uninstall the apps u dont use it'll free up your internal memory but with ics you have a lot of probs.

GB is stable.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

Melath_Prakash — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:18:56 GMT

It's true. I feel that the speed is better than GB. But the only problem is it hanged sometime which leads to restart. Otherwise, when compare to GB, ICS provides good speed for my Xperia Arc.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

Poseidon360 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:17:21 GMT

I have read all the post i could find and i still dont know. Should i Upgrade to ICS or not? I still have GB and have no problems with my xperia arc s, Still it would be nice to have ICS. Is it worth to update? I dont want game laggs or random restarts.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

eldis_design — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:28:27 GMT

Poseidon360 wrote:

This is more than enough reason NOT to upgrade to ICS.

Believe me, I'm using periodically both of them, and ICS is HUGE step back regarding performance. It looks fancier, it's richer with options, but it's terribly slow.

Sometimes it becomes almost unresponsive when you load it with few task at the same time. And gaming, heh... What gaming. You can forget about any serious gaming.

Re: Should I update to ICS?

Poseidon360 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:38:56 GMT

Thank you very much. I will now definitly stay at GB. Playing GTA3 on this device is alot of fun and taking that away is worth no amount of prettienes or any amount of new options. Will keep checking for updates but unless they fix the gaming lags I will stay on GB.