Android 4.0 Upgrade For Sony Xperia Smartphones Opens a Pandora Box 181
First time accepted submitter ctrl-alt-canc writes "The udpdate to Android ICS offered for free by Sony to the Xperia smarphone users has caused plenty of troubles. Not only the decision by Sony of not updating Xperia Play phones to ICS caused rage among customers, but those who were lucky to get an upgrade for their smartphones discovered that WiFi connection did not work anymore. Up to now, the only suggestion proposed by Sony to fix the problem is to turn off the encryption, and reboot the smartphone and the access point."
Someone doesn't understand what a pandoras box is. (Score:5, Informative)
If it opened a pandoras box, then all hell on earth would break out.. all manner of terrible things would be unleashed upon the world.
Having a few problems with your phone is not a pandoras box.. at best, you could say it opened a can of worms.
Someone doesn't know what a can of worms is (Score:4, Insightful)
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For a company that geeks already hate pissing off the customers of your flagship phone and then having that fact announced in the media across the world kind of does fit the definition of all manner of terrible things being unlashed upon their world, the Sony world.
Also this has been common and accepted use of the phrase in the media for a long time now.
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Re:Someone doesn't understand what a pandoras box (Score:5, Funny)
a baggie of thunder-monkeys
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The analogy only works before you start eating them.
LT18 WiFi works on LT15 (Score:1)
LT18 WiFi works on LT15
I have an Xperia Arc (LT15) but have flashed on the Xperia Arc S (LT18) without any issues to WiFi.
Re:LT18 WiFi works on LT15 (Score:4, Insightful)
I've got an unlocked Arc (LT15) myself and Sony pushed out the ICS update for me two weeks ago. Wi-fi works perfectly. Maybe part of the reason they decided to hold back the update for the Play was because they knew it might bork the wi-fi... any time you flash unofficial firmware you're taking your chances without a safety net.
This is news? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:This is news? (Score:5, Funny)
wait, what? ppl are buying Sony stuff still? (Score:4, Informative)
Didn't we learn our lesson from the last N rounds of user-hostile actions taken by Sony?
Who in their right mind buys Sony gear any more, after them suing their customers, removing advertised features from products after you bought them, root-kitting people's PCs, leaking your private data to the whole world, etc etc?
Seriously? People are STILL buying from Sony? Why on earth would anyone want to encourage their behaviour?
Re:wait, what? ppl are buying Sony stuff still? (Score:4, Insightful)
Sadly, despite them kicking us in the junk all the time, they do make a lot of superior products.
My most recent purchase was a PS3, not for the games, for the bluray player. The first one I bought was complete garbage. And was pleasantly surprised to find I could stream movies from my extensive video library on my computer too.
But that's probably why they're abusive and still around, there are enough people that tolerate the abuse because they otherwise have the best product.
Re:wait, what? ppl are buying Sony stuff still? (Score:4, Informative)
My most recent purchase was a PS3, not for the games, for the bluray player.
Which has a nasty habit of ramping up its power supply fan to take-off speeds about 30 minutes into a movie and staying that way until powered off, sounding much like a vacuum cleaner with a wad a paper stuck in the nozzle. I don't know about you, but that's a killer flaw from where I sit.
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I have a high quality very solid entertainment center with reinforced glass doors, no sound escapes it. Though I did notice the fan on the PS3 can get loud when the door is open.
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I have a high quality very solid entertainment center with reinforced glass doors, no sound escapes it.
Impossible. If heat can escape then sound can escape, unless you have a far more sophisticated setup than I think you have. I believe that our definitions of "no sound" differ. I can practically guarantee that my ears will detect the fan of your PS3 and be annoyed by it whenever the sound track becomes quiet.
A better solution for the videophile is to not use the PS3 as a crappy Blu-ray player, where "crappy" is the only technical term that accurately describes its performance in that regard.
Re:wait, what? ppl are buying Sony stuff still? (Score:4, Insightful)
I compared Sony to a beautiful but abusive ex a few years ago. You swear you'll never talk to her again but a year goes by and you run into her at the mall and she's looking hot. Dinner seems safe enough. Public place and all. One thing leads to another...
Someone pointed out that /.ers don't know what it's like to have a hot ex and I should stick to car analogies.
I've sworn off Sony a couple of times but then they put out a product with the perfect mix of features and price so I make an exception "just this one time".
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I didn't know about the HMZT1 until yesterday. [sigh]
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>Why on earth would anyone want to encourage their behaviour
Sony is now effectively a financial services (insurance) company, so it doesn't matter what happens with hardware. It's kind of a loss leader for them, like the Macintosh hardware at Apple.
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The Macintosh is so not a loss leader!
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Personally, it's a decision that I still regret.
I bought an Xperia X10 Mini Pro because it was the only Android device I could find with a slide-out keyboard. The actual Android portion of it has been as fine as you'd expect, but from the Sony side:
1) They've refused to release an official update beyond 2.1. Among other things, this means that it doesn't have the feature of saving apps to memory card- a colossal draw back. There's no technical reason for this, they just don't want to support their old phone
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I still buy Sony stuff if it doesn't have any software in it. Otherwise, no fucking way.
What do you think they make that has no software on it?
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Headphones?
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Quoth Gruber... (Score:3)
Because android is open.
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That's what I came here to point out. This is no time for whining, griping, teeth-grinding.
This is the time for real hackers to get in there and fix the problem! After all, that's what open source is all about!
So no complaining, no misplaced hacker rage, just lift up your head, let your neckbeard jut out proudly, suck in the cheetos-gut, make sure mom hasn't moved and/or turned off the wifi router, and get hacking!
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Because the last time someone hacked a Sony product it ended up swell for him...
No, wait, it was a horrible, horrible mess that paved the way to having such a bad public image that when your network is pwned the collective response wasn't of outrage, but of a giant "Ha-Haa!!!" (in Nelson's voice, of course).
The issue is that consumers have a stupidly short memory when it comes to pain. How many times have you gotten called to fix a computer for someone, clean out the massive amount of porn related viruses/T
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Doesn't matter how many times you tell someone don't go to those sites, they still do. Why?
Im going to save you a lot of pain and hassle and explain to you why your acquaintances keep getting viruses, because you dont really understand it.
Theyre getting viruses because they have out of date {plugin | browser} and are visiting {any website with ads}. People get viruses from facebook, because facebook has ads, and every ad is untrusted content from who knows where that can launch and exploit any vulnerable plugin.
Want to keep them from getting viruses? Stop yelling at them to be clairvoyant about
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Except for the fact that the problem is in a binary firmware blob, that we can't really do much with.
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Alright then smartass, I think the Nouveau guys could use your expertise then. Or perhaps you'd like to write open firmware for all those Broadcom chips that require firmware upload?
You know, since any hacker could to it.
News at nine (Score:5, Interesting)
The real problem is that Sony totally blew at testing the WPA stack before release. This isn't altogether hard to fix, but it's time that could be taken away from their next great phone they want you to buy. Android vendors are hit and miss on this upgrade thing. Some vendors are really amazing at providing updates and some just blow. Being able to root one's phone is the only real salvation. So I don't think this deserves the hype to author is putting into this, Sony sucks, is there anyone of us surprised by this? Will they fix it? Who knows, maybe, however this is yet another reminder that this mobile stuff is still pretty new shit. Tread with caution.
Re:News at nine (Score:4, Interesting)
Indeed, it's not just Sony, and this is one real benefit Apple has. Control over the one device and the software roll-out provide for a consistent upgrade experience. Also because Apple have a centralised user base (i.e. one upgrade that doesn't work will likely piss off ALL their customers) they have more incentive to test upgrades properly.
My big stink was still with Samsung. The Galaxy S was a wonderful bit of hardware in its time, but Android ran on it so slowly that some apps were thought to have crashed by the system. The problem was identified really early on in the 2.1 releases by xda-developers who offered a quick fix (they called it the lag-fix). It was a poor choice of a file system and a poor kernel drivers for it. The fix was as easy as converting the system to ext3. Yet Samsung rolled out 2.2 and it was still slow, 2.3 and it was still slow, 2.4 and it was better but still slow compared to the xda fix.
The phone ran amazingly with Cyanogen mod, and frankly the only reason I would buy from Samsung again is that the hardware has been great and the bootloaders aren't locked. Actually quite the opposite they must have one of the most easy to flash phones out there.
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WTB Actual Editor (Score:4, Informative)
Android 4.0 Upgrade For Sony Xperia Smarphones Opens a Pandora Box
It's a smartphone, ffs, and the box is Pandora's.
I'm beyond even thinking about asking Slashdot to edit; I know that's too much to ask for. Could you at least run a fucking spell check?
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And udpdate instead of update...
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Android 4.0 Upgrade For Sony Xperia Smarphones Opens a Pandora Box
It's a smartphone, ffs, and the box is Pandora's.
I thought "Smarphones" were phones used by Smarphs.
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I propose a moderation system for editors so we can prevent the lazy ones from doing new posts.
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Hmm? What? Hey! I thought the box was Pandorica's.
And I should know. I'm a doctor.
Wait, I think I get it (Score:3)
When geeks, gamers, and other people who are interested in technology buy from Sony, it's like when a wealthy, 80-year-old Jewish businessman goes to a high-priced dominatrix who will dress up in an SS uniform, shove a ball gag in his mouth, and...
Anyone else got any ideas as to why people keep giving their money to these jackasses?
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Idée fixe (Score:2)
I would say the people still buying Sony have an Idée fixe about them.
Like religious nutjobs, fanbois, conspiracy theorists, stalkers, etc
"An idée fixe is a preoccupation of mind held so firmly as to resist any attempt to modify it, a fixation. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id%C3%A9e_fixe_(psychology) [wikipedia.org]
It's not an official term in case someone has an idée fixe that terms describing psychological conditions Must Be Official.
Just code the patch yourself (Score:3)
Android is open source. All you have to do is build your own rom
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Device drivers in ICS largely aren't open source, though.
To be fair iOS had this too (Score:2)
With iOS 4 and some wifi access points. At work I could never get my 3GS to work with ios 3 or 4
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It's a completely different situation.
Have There Ever Been Good Updates From Sony? (Score:2, Insightful)
Aren't updates from Sony almost always related to shutting off features or disabling jailbreaks or crippling functionality that they perceive as a threat? Has Sony ever released an update (and left it in place) that opened up their products or added some great free feature that was met with applause by customers? What was it?
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Aren't updates from Sony almost always related to shutting off features or disabling jailbreaks or crippling functionality that they perceive as a threat? Has Sony ever released an update (and left it in place) that opened up their products or added some great free feature that was met with applause by customers? What was it?
What, you mean like this site [sonymobile.com]?
I don't think too many other Android manufacturers support that...
np: Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Accelerator)
Double strandards (Score:4, Funny)
Meanwhile my WP7 phone (like all phones running Windows Phone) is up-to-date running silky smooth.
And yet slashdot continues to make posts about how terrible WP is and how great Android is.
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The hilarious thing is, you're wrong *twice* in two completely different ways.
First of all, CE is hardly archaic. It originally came out in the mid 90s. The NT, Linux, and Mach kernels are are all years older. Although it was designed much more limited than those others, CE served its purpose quite well enough for the time.
Second, CE7 (which is the closest documented thing to the WP7 kernel) bears almost no resemblence to prior versions of CE except for the API. They're re-written the memory manager (removi
Who Provides Upgrades? (Score:5, Insightful)
We've reached a point where phones are becoming computing appliances, and end users shouldn't be held hostage by this sort of nonsense. If a major upgrade is available, I should have the option of installing it now, not when some bean-counter in Toronto decides it can no longer be avoided.
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And you do, provided you choose the right phone. Several vendors now officially allow you to root your phone. This may not be suitable for all users but neither is re-installing your PC with the newest OS. Anyway, there's no point to bitch about this any longer. Vote with your cash and buy phones that support rooting.
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Also, I know running a rooted phone is against my carrier's TOS (Sprint).
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You don't have to root it at all -- the Nexus S is easily updated to official Google firmware so you can avoid this issue. I did it, so have many others:
http://webtrickz.com/guide-to-update-samsung-galaxy-nexus-yakjuxw-to-android-4-0-4-and-get-future-updates-from-google/ [webtrickz.com]
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Google releases new version of Android, gives it to phone manufacturers.
Phone manufacturer has to adopt it to their devices (add drivers, make tweaks like Sense or Touchwiz), gives it to carriers.
Carrier adds their own modifications (pre-installed apps you can't uninstall, disabling certain features like tethering, etc).
Update is rolled out to you.
I'm guessing Telus is a CDMA carrier? Google dropped its level of support for the CDMA [androidcommunity.com]
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Telus and Bell were exclusively CDMA until late 2009/early 2010; they partnered to introduce a GSM/HSPA network just in time for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, that way they didn't just let Rogers have all the fun charging millions of visitors massive international roaming charges. The only thing they didn't build in was the legacy EDGE system, so it's 3G (and better) or nothing.
They still sell some CDMA phones, but IIRC most of their new phones are GSM or its successors.
Probably not a huge deal (Score:3)
Sony should've tested the upgrade a bit more before releasing it.
That said, I imagine users with rooted phones probably have many alternatives to get Wi-Fi working.
Wi-Fi problems are possibly the most common issue in Android (possibily Linux as well, possibly in every OS).
While I imagine it's a pretty big issue for those people who upgraded, I wouldn't be surprised if the fix is pretty straightforward.
Overall, I wouldn't describe it as a "Pandora's Box."
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Yeah since when does one issue make a pandoras box... ?
Missing Keyword (Score:1)
Atleast sony are trying hard... (Score:1)
No other major manufacturer has committed to delivering ICS to their last range of phones like Sony has. I recently purchased an Xperia mini pro from which I'm typing this post and that was on the basis that it was both cheap and would have ICS support. This came in the form of the upgrade being presented to me the second it synced up with Sonys software.
They support the community as much as they can, releasing beta ROMS for feedback, feedback that lead to the decision to not release ICS for the Play. While
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No other major manufacturer has committed to delivering ICS to their last range of phones like Sony has.
I think HTC is arguably the best in that area. Either way, both Sony and HTC are light-years ahead of Samsung (in releasing updates).
Are you kidding? (Score:2)
I got burned by HTC. The phone I bought was always way behind on Android versions, and never even got an official upgrade to Froyo, although the guys on Cyanogen had Froyo running on it with no problems.
Across the board, Android phone makers have a horrible history of supporting their phones with the latest OS. Apple looks positively angelic in this respect.
cut them loose (Score:2)
At some point we just have to say anyone who is still buying any Sony products deserves everything they get.
It wasn't like they weren't warned.
I hope it's his last submission too (Score:2)
He writes like a 'tard.
How many phones effected? Was it quickly fixed? (Score:1)
Re:It's not a bug, it's a feature! (Score:5, Funny)
"We just did it to make you open your wi-fi to the world, so everyone can have access using your internet connection! :P
That way people can pirate our movie and music works on your opwn Wi-Fi. Then we'll send threatening letters to you about this infringement. You'll settle the case without going to court, and we'll profit!"
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Re:It's not a bug, it's a feature! (Score:4, Insightful)
For the two people who haven't figured it out, MAC address spoofing is trivial, and finding a valid MAC address is as easy as listening in on ONE packet from a connected device.
It may keep the average user out, but it'll barely slow down even the lamest of script kiddies.
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And people still buy Sony products... poor fools. When will they learn?
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And people still buy Sony products... poor fools. When will they learn?
Well, my Motorola phone has no ICS update yet. I'd rather have ICS and open wifi than an older version of android.
Re:Just 1 person got the update? (Score:4, Funny)
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I can't speak about it myself since I got the Xperia Play but my father didn't have any issues with his ICS Xperia Arc S. I'm sure if WiFi didn't work he would already have come to me and demanded free tech support.
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Well, you can count on a company's track record, to some extend. Apple will often update old iPhones (sans most new features), most others will only update flagship devices once (though the Nexus line is sort of a LTS release and such devices receive more updates), Sony will mess it up and/or remove old features you had, while suing you, your family, your dog and leaving a bag of shit on your doorstep.
I didn't base it on hope (Score:2)
I purchased it with the stated promise of the company that it would be upgraded. I actually looked for that official statement before making the decision to buy.
I guess the hope part is hoping that a company would keep its word. But given that its word got me to buy their product, and they broke their word, isn't that fraud?
This could be fun. Small claims court, here I come!
Re:Not Unexpected (Score:4, Interesting)
This _is_ Sony, right?... Let's see... rootkits, Playstation network security problems... Nope, not surprised.
Its not Sony's fault. (Well, its no ONLY Sony's fault).
This is a long standing problem with Android and certain wifi chip sets and ICS. It first reared its head in the Nook first edition
a long time ago, then it disappeared for quite a while only to come back with a vengeance with ICS.
Simply google the words: connecting authenticating obtaining ip loop
and you will see this is common to a LOT of Android handsets and tablets.
Google search click here. [google.com]
The entire flagship HTC One line has similar problems. Samsung has the same problem, as does ZTE, Achros, Huawei and several others.
Some of these vendors (HTC) have promised fixes (and all have failed to deliver as best as I can tell).
If you fiddle with it long enough it will connect, eventually. Often rebooting your router will work, but you can't always do that.
Often connecting to your neighbor's "guest" network will work, and then subsequently reconnecting to your own network will also work fine.
(especially if said guest account is an open network with no encryption).
Its never a problem of a bad password. Its not something you can fix with a static IP.
The problem is in the actual authentication layer of the wifi connection, before it even gets around to asking for an IP Address.
Seems to affect 802.11G routers more than others. Its not specific to certain router brands.
I've alogcated my self into a stupor and dug thru some of the opensource code.
The only thing I can see is that it appears some token is supposed to be incremented by the handset with each authentication attempt, and it is not
being incremented, so the router disconnects the client. But so much of wpa_suplicant is running in binary blobs that the end user is at a
serious disadvantage trying to dig through this stuff.
I can induce this error at will on my HTC One X, and I can recover from it by simply connecting to an unprotected wifi "guest" account
near by, then wait 30 seconds, and re-connect to my wpa2 secured router. I also solved it by running a spare router with no security
and leaving the router unconnected to anything. I use this for connection, wait 30 seconds, then reconnect to my home router.
Its a major pain. But its not SONY's fault, I suspect its Google's fault or the wifi chipset manufacturer's fault.
Re:Not Unexpected (Score:4, Informative)
Oh, the token I mentioned was the EAPOL replay counter. (What ever the hell that is).
See this thread http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=177798 [fedoraforum.org] where the resolution (near the bottom) was as I mentioned, connecting to any unsecured router than connecting back again.
Re:Not Unexpected (Score:5, Insightful)
This is very good information, but... isn't it Sony's responsibility to test their products before they ship?
Reminds me of all those 1st-gen SSDs powered by JMicron controllers. They studdered and froze the machine constantly while trying to flush the buffer, rendering the whole PC virtually unusable. When I bought an OCZ Apex and had nothing but problems with it, several people yelled at me and told me that I should expect to have problems with such an early, immature product. For long-term reliability, sure, but for extremely obvious problems at launch? Fuck that. I sold that OCZ drive to a Linux junkie who was willing to tweak it until it worked, and got myself a Corsair P128, which is still working flawlessly.
I didn't blame JMicron. Supplier issues are not my problem. I squarely blamed OCZ for not testing their product properly and deciding to ship such a buggy piece of junk.
Strange how smart phones and tablets are far more closed and proprietary than PCs, and manufacturers are still having the same interoperability issues. No, wait... it isn't.
Re:Not Unexpected (Score:4, Insightful)
Absolutely the manufacturer's fault.
Considering that every ICS handset manufacturer seems to see this problem, why is anyone releasing any ICS build without testing for this specific issue? Are they so internally focused that they are unaware that this is going on in the market as a whole?
Re:Not Unexpected (Score:4, Insightful)
Nobody has the advantage.
Yeah, our product is defective, but so is everyone else's, so you might as well buy ours.
Computer marketing in a nutshell. These same people sit around wondering how Apple makes so much money.
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You're very naive. Yes, it's fair to believe it's the manufacturers responsibility to test this, but in reality they either just don't care or lack the resources to properly test such a complicated device across all hardware/software-configurations possible - or any combination of the above reasons or other reasons I haven't mentioned.
The sad reality is that Joe Average demands the latest shiny crap, and he demands it immediately. Companies making technology today need to push out the latest and greatest wi
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Sounds like the problem my wife's HTC Desire was having with a particular hotel's WiFi network when we were traveling in Europe. Of course, it probably wasn't reasonable for me to ask the hotel manager to reboot their router... could I have? :)
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I suspect its Google's fault or the wifi chipset manufacturer's fault.
Indeed, it is Google's fault for operating a faux-open project model.
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Really? And you have ready comprehension issues. I said faux-open ->project model<-
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Really? And you have reading comprehension issues. I said faux-open ->project model<-
FTFY. Might want to proofread before you start bitching about literacy problems, next time.
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Really? And you have reading comprehension issues. I said faux-open ->project model<-
And I see that not all Googlers possess sufficient moral spine to refrain from spinmodding on Slashdot. But of course I already knew that. Sadly, the don't be evil has left the building.
HTC One and WiFi (Score:2)
The entire flagship HTC One line has similar problems.
I bought one of the very first HTC One V's in our market three months back - in fact my first Android phone/ smart phone as I was waiting for the technology to become a bit mature and the software / hardware to be polished.
I have ABSOLUTELY NO problems with WiFi. There is a "death grip" issue for HTC One X, but that is not a "chip set" or software / hardware / device driver issue.
And I have been following xda forums and HTC One forums and I cannot find any serious issue with WiFi being discussed. So yo
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Or, you might actually take the time to click the link I posted and broaden your experience.
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Pretty certain I had the same issue on my Xperia Play with Gingerbread, except trying to connect to any other network, encrypted or not cleared it. The ICS beta misbehaved exactly the same way.
After switching to AOKP ICS 4.0.4 I'm struggling to understand how Sony could screw up their ICS build so much, it's like using a different phone. It doesn't run out of RAM, runs smoother, has more free internal space and hasn't crashed at all, the exact opposite of the pile of shit Sony released.
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I've been running ICS on my Galaxy Nexus since 9:10AM 12/15/11 ... NEVER have I had an issue with Wifi.
This is absolutely Sony's fault. The hardware THEY choose to use has drivers and should have been tested. It was not. I know quit a few folks who have ICS on various models and it works fine.
Sony chose the chipset maker. Sony put together the ROM. Sony sold the phone. It's Sony's problem. Maybe if Sony .. like many others would take the resources they put toward their UI overlays and ACTUALLY put them towa
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As I stated, this happens on a wide variety of handset from multiple makers. Are those all Sony's fault too?
Just because your device hasn't exhibited this does not mean that all those others posting about it are lying.
Climb down off your pedestal hot shot.
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No, but it's a decent indicator that the fault doesn't lie in the OS's network stack (and thus not Google's doing), but rather in the specific hardware (including drivers).
That being said, Google isn't the ones who've pushed out a defective OS image to devices in the field. As far as Xperia phones go, this is ENTIRELY Sony's fault for skipping on proper QA. Proper testing would've discovered this problem before it hit end users, ESPECIALLY if they are smart enough to look at known issues for OTHER ICS devi
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Of course it's Sony's fault. Nobody forced Sony to use this specific WiFi chipset, nor did anyone force Sony to use or update to Android 4. Not to mention that Sony can be expected to have the engineering capabilities to fix some WiFi drivers. Finally, if this is such a well-known issue, Sony should have warned it's users before upgrading.
Thanks for the background information, which is useful, but it in no way excuses so for crippling people's devices.
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Sony had that chipset in use prior to the update, and likely, it worked fine, so it's hardly Sony's fault that the chipset they used wasn't future proofed from a bug that, at that time, was nonexistent. Sony probably shouldn't have upgraded to ICS, but had they not, customers would have been frustrated and Sony would have gotten a black eye for not offering ICS. Customer satisfaction demanded that Sony give ICS. Is there no way for customers to revert back?
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If it worked before, and the only thing that changed was software, then it can fixed in software. It IS Sony's fault they didn't perform a proper QA job, and didn't fix the problem in the software before releasing the update.
If they were aware of the issue, and really DID feel pressured to release the update, they could have just come clean on why the update was being held up, and release the update as an unsupported beta version for power users to try out. It shows the community that they really ARE work
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You got them there. QA is one thing Sony could control and ought to have.
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Different problem.
But if it were specific to a type of AP, people would soon figure this out. People on various message boards and forums are comparing router models, encryption settings, etc.
You glossed over the point about it working fine, then you walk out of range, and later walk back into range and the handset can't connect. Change nothing in your settings, connect to an un-encryption AP, then you can again connect to your encrypted AP. It has nothing to do with permanently recalcitrant routers. T
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Android is winning.
Yes, it is.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/29/nielsen-smartphones-account-for-nearly-50-percent-of-us-mobile/ [engadget.com]
According to its latest report on Smartphone OS shares, of those smartphone purchases, 48 percent of buyers went with Android, 43 percent landed iOS a close second
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Come on. That's like punching the kid in the helmet.
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Sony are unlikely to use the other stock answer of "your phone sucks get a Nexus", at least...