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My Review - Xperia P ICS update

premvarma
Visitor

My Review - Xperia P ICS update

Here is my review

Date of update : 18th August late night

Pros: Improved battery life.. its true.. I have been using wifi for the whole night yesterday till 4 am and fel asleep, still more than half battery was lef when I woke up.. which is lot better than GB..

No death grip or network grip issues so far.. call clarity is awesome and consistent on earphone, main speaker and call speaker.

Love the new facelock function and pattern lock option if first one fails..

The new notification area looks pretty with settings option incorporated.

Improved response and performance.

The new data usage tracker option is helpful.

ICS has something called developer options.. havent touched that section yet since I am not a developer lol

Seettins menu seems more sophisticated, arranged and advanced

Cons: When I put media volume to maximum I can hear cracking here and there.. plus I am still unable to succesfully take a screenshot.. tried pressing volume down and power puttin together, but it just either increase ring volume or switch off the phone.. lol.. they aint working together for a screenshot any suggestions?

If any body annoyed with the mix up of pics and videos in album, here is the trick.. you can see a downward arrow on the righ corner of the album.. click on it and you will get it sorted by just pics and videos.

Picture zooming option sucks big time!! This was great in GB as compared to ICS sad.. even after reducing animation and animation speed to minimum.

Taking screenshots was too easy in GB as compared to ICS.. whenever I tried to press volume down and power buttons together, only one of their functions pops up .. means either it will reduce ring volume or it will power off .. lolzz

Overall : Worth updating.. you can just close your eyes and go for it.. if not concerned some above mentioned minor cons.

I have uploaded the screenshots in facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3262670298564.116458.1621416960&type=1&l=e50fcb21b4

26 REPLIES 26
vince
Visitor

bro i didnt get Face unlock ? whats wrong ??

farhan1
Visitor

was der death grip issue ever? there was netwrk drp issue fr sure due 2 a faulty fw.. i still face prob using WCDMA/GSM.. can u plz use it n c even u have d same prob o its jst me.. takin screen shots is very easy try using both ur hand ...

fr vince setting =>security=>screen lock=>face unlock

ryan515
Contributor

Hello farhan,

Did you try repairing with SUS and then restore factory setting with erase all?

dimon2242
Visitor

For fix animation, go to in settings->For developers->Force 2D GPU Render check and reboot!

dave
Visitor

Hey, you said your download file is 325 MB, so how come mine is 371 MB?

premvarma
Visitor

I am already using WCDMA/GSM on my phone from starting as I am using a 3G connection.. it works fine,, no network grip issue for me Slightly_smiling_Face

And the screenshot issue is also over.. I have figured out it somehow Slightly_smiling_Face

premvarma
Visitor

No idea brother, 325 MB is the standard file size for ICS

girish_kn
Visitor

Its showing 373.7 MB for my XPP in India. Updating through SUS with "Facory Reset + Update" option. I guess no issues with that until everything goes fine!

pratikranjan
Visitor

About taking screenshot, i am able to do it successfully after failing one. Only thing is that the pressing of Power and volume down should be simultaneous.

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