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Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:50:13 GMT

I just purchased the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc from amazon.com,which says it is an LT15a. Should I be concerned? Sony's site now has the Arc INDEFINITELY backordered,and was $200 more than what I could get on amazon.com. I lost my X10a,AND I MISS MY ANDROID! Worse,I heard that SE started rolling 2.3 out for generic X10a's like mine. I flashed my Xperia from xda and never looked back!

I am here in the USA,and my mobile carrier is at&t. I won't have problems with phone setting,SMS and MMS messaging settings.etc.,will I? Had problems sending MMS messages over at&t to others,I believe after the official 2.1 OS was rolled out at the beginning of June.

Google's Android market support was FANTASTIC!! Called them,asked about my current X10a apps to rollover to the new Arc,and the young man from CSR said that I could!! I think Google really cares about its customers and how we can customize our mobiles via the market and other developer sites.

Mind you,I'm still a novice when it comes to Android and the tech talk surrounding it,but excited enough to do research to flash my mobile if need be,to get better results for my mobile. I always read up,ask questions,and try to take in all the information that is out there,to put it to my use,to make my mobile work FOR ME AND MY LIFE!

I would also like to thank everyone on here at Sony Ericsson support,for those who will answer my qusetions here;your input is invaluable. Although disappointed at Sony Ericsson at times for neglecting its customer base,the people on here at support are wonderful. FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:00:18 GMT

Congrats on your LT15a now you need to install the latest firmware

I have an LT15a and I'm using AT&T so trust me it WILL work

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/20095

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:02:34 GMT

on your computer go to

Market.android.com

click on my library and then start sending the apps to your Arc

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:03:26 GMT

Oh and remember that you can Backup everything on your X10 and then transfer it ot your Arc by installing the backup & restore app on your Arc, yes it works on the Arc, neo, play, etc check the link above

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:48:34 GMT

Thank you so much,I knew you would help me!! I haven't received it yet,having ordered it a few days ago,but I'm anxiously awaiting its arrival via USPS. So,and update is in order? Guess I will bring my pc to the nearest wifi so I can download that update!

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:51:04 GMT

I lost my X10a,and I did have the backup and restore app that I paid for from the Android market. There are some apps that I can redownload from the Market to be sent to the Arc,but I will sync contacts and whatnot from Google and Facebook.

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:59:19 GMT

Some of my music from my C905a I will bluetooth,since the Media Go doesn't recognize some of my files. I think they are mp4,and somehow I cannot redownload Quick Time,and therefore download Media Go ver.1.7,which blows. All this from a POS Sony Vaio laptop pc that isn't even five years old!!

See that there are TONS of issues with wifi,but I don't use wifi that much,unless I'm in my friends apartment in NYC. I asked and received a one time upgrade from at&t to unlimited data for smartphone. And I can't get it on my other line,so I reverted back to a laptop connect because: 1) I live in a rural area with NO BROADBAND OTHER THAN WIRELESS and 2)I USES LOTS OF DATA (6mb-10MB/month). I just hope I am NOT one of those who they will throttle back because I'm a heavy data user.

Are there issues tethering the phone via WIFI?

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:00:51 GMT

I did check out this thread. Thank you for the link,though,I appreciate it.

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:05:50 GMT

Anytime

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:06:52 GMT

syncing w/ google is by far the best option (rather than SE)

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:10:51 GMT

You can use Format Factory

http://www.formatoz.com/

to convert them to mp3 files

I haven't encountered any wifi issues (after the update)

and 6-10mb is nothing now if its 10GB per month they might want to say something but its not a lot, 15GB per month that will be an issue

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:05:36 GMT

Thank you so much for all your input. Will use the link to convert my files.

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:43:22 GMT

no problem

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:28:06 GMT

Just checked amazon,and the phone is at the PO!! Cannot wait to try it out. Will take pc with me to update the OS as you have perscribed. I just hope it is the ARC LT15a!!

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:25:21 GMT

You will love it, specially the camera its quite fast, still no burst mode but you can take pictures quite fast

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:08:36 GMT

I hate to say this,but the mobile is running 2.3.3 gingerbread right out of the box!! Really no need to update the OS!! The phone is GLORIOUS;big,smooth,better keyboard feel than the X10a I had. The only thing I do not see on the camera is image stabiliser,at least what I cannot find on the phone's camera menu. And I do need it to be a steadyshot!! I did turn that on for the video cam,but cannot find it in camera menu.

Otherwise I love the mobile. It is using HSPA,and now I have to either try tethering or use PDANet,which I paid for and love.

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:12:39 GMT

Otherwise I love the mobile. It is using HSPA,and now I have to either try tethering or use PDANet,which I paid for and love.

Spoke too soon;found image stabiliser under normal mode.

Have both screen protector and rubber case;this time I was prepared. Also have my SE HBH-DS220 paired,only SE accessories for my SE phones!!

Re: Purchased Xperia Arc from amazon.com

Uliwooly — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:27:09 GMT

yes but do you have the latest 2.3.3

go to

settings -> about phone -> Build Number

the latest update is

4.0.A.2.368