Issues after ICS Update to Neo V

[#1]

1. Performance lag is there although I have removed many apps and Internal memory as well as RAM available is more than what it was earlier. Any suggestions?

2. Apps crash. The most worrysome is the scenario when you are not able to receive a call because concerned app is crashed. After that no trace of call so you can not even call back. This has happened couple of times after update on 25th April.

3. Today morning I used camera with smile detection on. Camera kept clicking pictures after detecting the smiles. Auto click was off. Any one else faced this problem?

4. In ICS, you can not do screen capture by pressing power button? I read some where to use Power button & volume down button simultaneously. However it some times works, most of the time does not. Any suggestion.

Madan Mohan

[Nabeel]

1) it is suggested to format SD card and reinstall your phone's software again using PCC or SUS

2) Same as above

3) if you will set it to smile detection, obviously it will click pics when you will smile ( again and again)

4) same as 1 and 2, just take care to press at the same time ( exact) and hold them there unitil you take a shot

Conclusion :  Please format your sd card and reinstall your phone's software using pcc.

Your experience may change

[#3]

Thanks, Nabeel.

This is hell lot of job. I will do it when I have sufficient time. But any reason for suggesting this as I was never required to do this earlier. Sony should have advised that in the beginning itself.

As far as camera issue is concerned, your assessment is not true. Even with GB, I have seleceted smile detection. It only focuses on smile but you are required to click. That is true for my Nokia 5800 as well as Canon camera. Would request you to recheck.

For point 4. At this time it does not work most of the time. I will receck & report after SD Card format & reloading the software.

regds, Madan

[#4]

Dear Nabeel,

Finally I did format the SD card & repair the software which is nothing but fresh installation wiping out all installed apps. Performance is much better now although I had to spend couple of hours.

Except camera (smile detection issue - now I have put off) I find it OK. I hope Sony will come out with with some patch later on. Any way not a big issue. Will observe the performance for few days.....

Thanks a lot for your suggestion,

I have not yet rooted the phone. Do you think performance will improve a lot if I do that and remove unwanted apps?

regds,

Madan Mohan

[Nabeel]

Yes, performance may change a lot.... but your warranty may get void if you root

[#6]

I was reading elwhere in the forum that one will still get updates etc so when says warranty will be void what is affected? Does that means, some thing goes wrong with the hardware Sony is not going to attend? If that is so it bad on their part!

I understand that you still rooted your phone!

[Nabeel]

Yes you are right about the warranty thing......

I rooted because i don't care about the warranty at all

Although i rooted after 3 months becuase in these 3 months i was checking my device for defects and etc like issues.... but there wasn't any, so i did because the real joy of a smartphone comes after rooting....

[#8]

Hi Nabeel,

I also rooted the phone last week and removed unwanted apps. Performance has improved however there is still a lag. Icons take 2-4 second to appear on home screen. I am getting used to it.

The bigger problem which I thought was resoved with "repair" option suggested by you is stopping of phone app at the time of receiving call. The msg states " the process "com.android.phone has stopped functioning". Once you press OK screen returns to normal with no trace of call in missed or received call log. The LED continues to flash until you restart or get another call. This happens almost every other day. Any idea why it happens and what to do to resolve this?

Tx n regds,

[Nabeel]

I think you removed a system file that shouldn't be removed ,...

Okh tellme how may apps you have on your mobile..

Also post a screenshot of your ram usage here

and if you have task killers and battery defenders juicers, etc , uninstall them right away ...

[#10]

Tx Nabeel for quick response. I do not think I would hve removed a system file.

I have 61 apps. No games. As advised, I have removed Advanced Task Killer. I do not use battery defender etc.

I am enclosing screen shot for memory usage (Both ASI and Apps). Also enclosing the Apps removed by me (have kept all of them in a folder called Junk apps)

Pl let me know your analysis,

regds,

regds,