root, backup, and update

[z3balawi]

can i root my xperia s, back up the rom, then unroot and update to ics and see if the ui is laggy and slow besides having issues with it, and if it actualy is laggy and slow root again and go back to gb via the backup i did?

[Uliwooly]

if the update it's available yes it will update your phone to ICS

[z3balawi]

but i dont want that, thats why i want to use cwm recovery and i cant get that unless i root right?

[Thommo]

Which country's GB firmware are you after and I'll see if I have it

[z3balawi]

uae/ dubai

[Uliwooly]

yes which issues are you referring to?

[z3balawi]

issues with ics?

[Uliwooly]

yes, you said

z3balawi wrote:
i know but some handsets have issues with ics and my handset could be one of those, so can i do it the way i said it?

[z3balawi]

1>Laggy UI

a)In Pinch To Floating Widgets

b)Browsing Through App List And Homescreens

2>Gallery Is Laggy In Image Viewing,Pinch Zooming

3>Missing ICS Feature 'Wi-Fi Direct'

4>Movie App Does Not Support Regular movie Format (.MKV With .AAC)

5>Camera With No New Funtionality-Such As Burst Mode, Or Frame Grabber

6>Gaming Framerate Drops,Thats Benchmark

7>Power Saver Mode Malfuntions When Its Killed By ICS Task Killer

And Two Both Saver (Low Battery Saver & Time Saver Does not Work Simultaneously)

other issues

1>Wi-Fi Signal Drops

2>Bravia Engine Not Working When Browsing Images In Gallery

3>Very Low Ram, Effects In

a)Multitasking

b)Application Loading (Specially In 'Phone' Appliacation)

c)Music Player Statter

c/a)Laggy Bluetooth Audio (Specially In Gaming & Multitasking

d)Video Framerate Drops In In-build Player

e)Low Gaming Benchmark

5>Appearance Of Useless Applications Can Not Be Uninstalled (For Non-Rooted Device)

6>Facebook Application Gets Older Layout

7>Battery Backup Drops Then GB .75 Kernel

as told by users from the form and xda developers

[Uliwooly]

1 & 2 ) I haven't experienced this with ICS just yet

3) wifi direct it's not available with any xperia this is not an issue

4) I've seen a user having issues with mkv but again this is an smartphone you have the market to use better movie players

5) it was never promised and this is not an issue

6) I haven't check this

7) you do NOT need taskillers or antivirus or battery apps, they create a LOT of issues.

1) haven't experienced this

2) nor this

3) very low ram? not at all, unless you have a lot of apps running and bad coded apps like taskillders, antivirus, battery apps and ram apps

you skipped 4) not all firmwares have the same preloaded apps, for the most part they can be uninstalled, or DISABLE (w/o rooting)

5) the fb app it's up to fb to update it not Sony

6) that's not quite true, that's on how you use your phone, I've seen this a lot and then the issue were apps.

[z3balawi]

you might be lucky but i want a backup incase any thing happens can it be restored from ics via cwm or something else?