Share your experience!
On 1 May 2012 bought my first smart phone.... the Arc S (after reading loads of good reviews) first few days it was great and i down loaded close to 200 Apps... but now the Arc S feels very very slow and sluggish... it doesn't feel like it has 1.4 ghz cpu.
When try to swipe the touch screen it takes forever....
I've checked how many Apps are running in the background and there are loads (almost every one I down loaded)... I don't think the cpu is at fault but i suspect it lack of ram...as I have 44k left....
Tried to move loads of Apps to 8gb SD card but its no use Arc S still feels slow.
When the phone get hot thats when it also really slows down.....
Overall I suspect its too many apps trying to access to little ram = slow Arc S
According to - http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/12/12/link2sd-guide-never-worry-about-internal-memory-limits-again/#m...
The ram can be sort of increased by partitioning part of the SD card...
I am an IT pro and use to using Unix and Linux at root at work....
How do I get root access on the Arc S with out wrecking my warranty ?
Also how can I permanently kill those apps running in the back ground ?
oh sorry , please mention the firmware \ build number also.
if its 0.62 you cannot root , you have to flash to 0.42 then root. flashing will also void warranty.
build no = 4.0.2.a.0.62
base band version = 8x55a-aaabqoazm-203028d-64
kernal verson = 2.6.32.9-perf semcuser@semchost#1
yeah build 0.62 cannot be rooted.
you could root .62 either 1) by unlocking your bootloader (BAD idea) 2) changing kernel or 3) just downgrade to .42 -> root with super one click -> turn on your wifi -> settings > about phone -> software update -> you will get .62 rooted
But with - 3) just downgrade to .42 -> root with super one click -> turn on your wifi -> settings > about phone -> software update -> you will get .62 rooted
won't that blow my 2 yr warranty if I do it that way ?
flashing "could" void your warranty even rooting could void your warranty
Then I'd rather not take the risk..
at the end is your decision
I've checked out other sony phones and all before Xperior arc have 512mb of ram and 320mb of usable onboard storage after the OS..... thats crazy as it sets the number of apps you can have...
The Xperior S has 1-1 1.5 gb of ram so they'd be no need for to do what i want to do in this thread...
Sony designers made a great Arc S but screwed up big time on the ram side....