X10 X10i, X10a

White paper

September 2010

White paper | Xperia X10

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Sony Ericsson product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology.

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This White paper is published by: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, SE-Lund, Sweden www.sonyericsson.com Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2009-2010. All rights reserved. You are hereby granted a license to download and/or print a copy of this document. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Sixth released version (September 2010) Publication number: 1234-3441
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Table of contents

Product overview....4 Everyone. Everywhere. Right where you want them..4 Facts dimensions, weight, performance and networks..5 Application overview list...7 Full feature list...8 1. Signature features...8 2. Categorised features....9 3. Google applications...10 Technologies in detail....11 Device-to-device communications (local)...11 Wi-Fi....12 Messaging....13 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)..13 Email.....13 Positioning location based services...14 Multimedia....15 Audio & Video....15 Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS)...16 Web browser...16 Trademarks and acknowledgements...17

Product overview

Everyone. Everywhere. Right where you want them.
Love having your friends close? Dont let distance keep you apart. Pull out the Xperia X10 and weave your social web, any time, any place with the Sony Ericsson Timescape application. One window for Facebook, Twitter, messages and all your friends. Lots of friends? One press of the infinite button and youll see everything thats been going on with each person. The new stage for showbiz Bored? Add horror to your rock, enjoy an epic or see stars all from one spot. Sony Ericsson Mediascape tells you whats happening in the highlife with all your music, videos and photos in one place, just waiting to be enjoyed. Hungry for more? Press the infinite button and the fun continues. Never forget a face The Xperia X10 recognizes up to five faces in any photo and automatically stores them under your friends in your phone, so you can post them on your page, or simply show them off. Who says image isnt everything? Open for the future Whether you want to work out, go out, or just chill out, you can download any application you want direct from Android Market. Tired of whats inside? Just customize the X10 to make it uniquely yours. And thats just the start. Every new update downloads right to your phone, making it better all the time. So youll have a hard time trying to rate when its out of date.
Facts dimensions, weight, performance and networks
Operating system Processor Google Android Eclair version 2.GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250
Size Weight Available colours Main screen Colours Resolution Size (diagonal) Scratch-resistant Input mechanisms Motion sensor Text input Touch screen Memory Phone memory Memory card support Networks Variant 1 Variant 2 Data transfer speeds GSM GPRS GSM EDGE UMTS HSPA (upload) UMTS HSPA (download)
119 x 63 x 13 mm 135 grams Sensuous Black Luster White
65,536-colour TFT 480x854 pixels 4.0 inches Yes. Shatter proof sheet on mineral glass
Accelerometer Quick text, Onscreen QWERTY keyboard Capacitive (single touch)
1 GB internal Up to 32 GB external microSD, up to 32 GB
UMTS HSPA 900, 1700, 2100 GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 UMTS HSPA 800, 850, 1900, 2100 GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900

Up to 85.6 kbps Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 2.0 Mbps (uplink, Cat 5) Up to 7.2 Mbps (downlink, Cat 8)

Talk time (GSM)

Up to 10 hours 4 hours 50 min according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique Up to 415 hours 315 hours according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique Up to 8 hours 5 hours 50 min according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique Up to 425 hours 330 hours according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique

Standby time (GSM)

Talk time (UMTS)

Standby time (UMTS)

Application overview list
Sony Ericsson signature applications
Sony Ericsson Timescape Sony Ericsson Mediascape Sony Ericsson Home application 8.1 megapixel camera with Face recognition Contacts with dialer, Call log, Favorites

Sony Ericsson services

PlayNow arena* TrackID Sony Ericsson Sync
Open Handset Alliance applications
Alarm clock Browser Calculator Calendar Email Messaging

Google applications

Android Market Client Gmail Google Calendar Google Maps with Street View Google Media Uploader Google Phone-top Search Google Search widget Google Sync Google Talk Google Voice Search YouTube

Other applications

Moxier Sync Application set Microsoft Office Viewer Quadrapop game Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation (free trial version)* Backup and Restore PC Companion
*The service is not available in all markets.

Full feature list

1. Signature features

Sony Ericsson Timescape

The place to meet your friends The Timescape application manages all your communication with one person in one place. Browse through your conversations the bright way to check out your Facebook, Twitter, photos, emails, and texts. Now theyre all kept together so you don't have to open loads of different applications to see what's going on.

Sony Ericsson Mediascape

Now thats entertainment Mediascape is the smart way to get all the music, photos and videos you want from your favourite friends and artists. It accesses content from everywhere your phone, YouTube, PlayNow applications* and presents everything for you.

Infinite button

Everything you want from everywhere Find out all about your friends in a flash. Press the infinite button in the Timescape application and smart filter everything thats going on with each person. In Mediascape the infinite button presents all the information you want about your favourite celebrities and artists.

8.1 megapixel camera with Face recognition
Detects up to five faces in any photo.
Sony Ericsson Home Sony Ericsson Sync Contacts with dialer, Call log, Favorites
*PlayNow services are not available in all markets.

2. Categorised features

Camera
8.1 megapixel camera Up to 16x digital zoom Continuous Auto focus Face recognition Geo tagging Image and video stabilizer Photo and video light Send to web (photo and vide upload) Smile detection Video recording (HD 720p) Scene detection Recent shot tray
Album art Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) Media player Music tones (MP3/AAC) PlayNow TrackID
Bookmarks (webpage thumnails) Geo Location Pan & zoom Web search (from standby) Web feeds WebKit web browser HTML 5.0 XHTML 1.1

Communication

Call list Polyphonic ringtones Sony Ericsson Timescape Speakerphone Vibrating alert Wisepilot

Messaging

Design
Conversational Messaging (SMS/ Auto rotate Picture wallpaper MMS) Touchscreen Email Exchange ActiveSync Picture messaging (MMS) Predictive text input Text messaging (SMS) Video messaging (MMS)

Entertainment

3D games Media browser Quadrapop game Sony Ericsson Mediascape Video streaming Video viewing

Organiser

Alarm clock Calculator Calendar Email Flight mode Infinite button Office suite Phonebook with dialer Sony Ericsson Home with digital clock widget

Connectivity

3.5 mm audio jack A-GPS Bluetooth technology Micro USB connector Moxier sync application set USB support vCard Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)

3. Google applications

Google

Technologies in detail

*NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Ericsson Developer World or your Sony Ericsson contact person where applicable.
Device-to-device communications (local)
Bluetooth wireless technology
Bluetooth profiles supported Advanced Audio Distribution Profile Audio/Video Remote Control Profile Generic Access Profile Generic Object Exchange Profile Handsfree Profile Headset Profile Object Push Profile Phone Book Access Profile Service Discovery Application Profile Serial Port Emulation Serial Port Profile 2.1+EDR All products supporting Bluetooth spec. 2.0 and at least one of the profiles above

Core version and supported core features Connectable devices
More information: www.sonyericsson.com/developer www.bluetooth.com
Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet and network connections. Wi-Fi hotspots exist in an increasing number of locations e.g airports, hotels, cafs and bistros. Mobile phones that support Wi-Fi can facilitate high data transfer rates and lower calling costs. Supported standards Connectable devices Frequency band Data transmission rate Security Wi-Fi certified. When applicable, 802.11g is prioritized over 802.11b. Wi-Fi access points 2.4 GHz 54 Mbit/s Open Open WEP Shared WEP WAPI WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise TKIP and AES WMM-UAPSD QoS, WMM

Encryption Power save

MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)

MMS 1.0 is supported.

Bearer type (IP) Character sets GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS USASCII UTF-8 UTF-7 UTF-16 ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish ISO-2022-JP Japanese Shift_JIS Japanese BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB2312 Simplified Chinese KOI8-R Cyrillic Windows 1251 Cyrillic Windows 1252 Windows 1254 Turkish Windows 1258 Vietnamese POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) SSL/TLS, both port methods (POPS/IMAPS) and STARTTLS Yes (read only)
Protocols Push email Secure email HTML mail More information: www.sonyericsson.com/developer www.openmobilealliance.org
Positioning location based services
Supported standards: OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 3GPP Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location) Qualcomm GPSOneXtra

Multimedia

Audio & Video
Audio Playback Decoder format Audio decoding MPEG-1/2/2.5, audio layer 3 AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ AMR-NB AMR-WB WMA version 2, 7, 8 WMA version 9 WMA Pro (profile M0a) General MIDI (GM) GML SP-MIDI DLS (Mobile DLS supported) Linear PCM iMelody RTTTL/RTX OTA Ogg vorbis Supported in file format MP3 (.mp3) 3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4,.m4a) 3GPP (.3gp); AMR (.amr) 3GPP (.3gp); AMR (.amr) AMRWB (.awb) WMA (.wma,.asf) WMA (.wma,.asf) WMA (.wma,.asf) SMF (.mid) SMF (.mid) SMF (.mid); XMF (.xmf,.mxmf) XMF (.xmf) WAV (.wav) iMelody (.imy) RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl,.rtx) OTA (.ota) Ogg vorbis (.ogg) Note: All listed audio file formats are supported ringtone file formats Video Playback Decoder format MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile H.264 Baseline Profile H.263 Profile 0 VC-1 (WMV9) Streaming transport Encoder format MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile AAC Encoder format AMR-NB DRM (Digital Rights Management) features the rights and copy protection of downloaded content. Supported in file format 3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4) 3GPP (.3gp); MP4 (.mp4) 3GPP (.3gp) WMV (.wmv,.asf) RTSP according to 3GPP Supported in file format MP4 (.mp4) Supported in file format AMR-NB (.amr) OMA DRM 1.0

Audio/Video Streaming Video encoding

Audio encoding DRM

Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS)
OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2. OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0. Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol version 2.5
Related information: www.sonyericsson.com/developer

Web browser

Browser version Navigation/rendering Android OHD Browser (WebKit version AppleWebKit/530.17) Pan & Zoom* Landscape/portrait rendering* Full page PC rendering* Double-tap zoom * Adobe Flash is not supported. Search Browser compliancy Internet Search Find on page HTML version. 5.0 XHTML 1.1 CSS 2.1 ECMA-script 262 3rd edition HTTPXMLRequest AJAX DOM 2.0 Protocol compliancy HTTP/1.1 TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0
Trademarks and acknowledgements
The Liquid Identity and Liquid Energy logos, PlayNow, TrackID, Xperia and Timescape are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. MEGA BASS, Memory Stick Micro, M2, Sony and "make.believe" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under licence. TrackID is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. Google, Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Search, Google Sync, Gmail, YouTube, Google Voice and Android are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google, Inc. Facebook is a trademark or registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. Twitter is a trademark or a registered trademark of Twitter, Inc. Wi-Fi is a trademark or registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. DLNA is a trademark or registered trademark of the Digital Living Network Alliance. MicroSD and Transflash are trademarks or registered trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. XHTML is a registered trademark of the W3C. Microsoft, Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Exchange ActiveSync are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. 3GPP is a trademark of ETSI. SyncML is a trademark or registered trademark of Open Mobile Alliance Ltd. Moxier is a trademark or a registered trademark of Emtrace Technologies USA, Inc. Snapdragon is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Wisepilot is a trademark of Appello Systems AB and its products are the property of Appello Systems AB and are protected against unauthorized use by trademark laws. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.

Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial
benzmar 195 posts since Jul 13, 2010
Xperia X10 Tastes Android 2.2 via New Custom ROM
Sony Ericsson might not come up with an official Android 2.2 Froyo software update for the highend Xperia X10 smartphones, but custom ROMs that enable users enjoy the benefits of this OS version already started to emerge into the wild.
The new ROM available for Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 devices is currently available only in a beta flavor, and can be installed through xRecovery. The software comes from the XDA-Developers forum, and is described in this thread: FreeX10 is a clean, fast and stable rom for Xperia X10 based on AOSP and CM sources.
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For those users interested in installing this ROM on their Xperia X10 smartphones, we should note that it requires a rooted 2.1 ROM to be present on the device.
As usual, we warn users that the rooting of any mobile phone results in voiding the warranty for that device.
It should also be noted that installing unofficial software in the device is sometimes quite risky, and that users should refrain from doing so, especially if they are not familiar with what the rooting of a mobile phone is all about. As for this particular ROM, we should note that, being only in a beta flavor for the time being, means that it still comes with a series of issues, and that users might experience random crashes with it, or that the camera does not work as of yet. The USB Mass Storage, the hardware video enc/dec + Youtube and Wifi DNS/DHCP / ringtone loop issues initially present with the software already got hotfixes, and the existing known issues might be solved in the near future as well.
Additional info on this custom ROM for Xperia X10, as well as the necessary download links can be found in the said forum thread. While no OS upgrade will be on its way to Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 devices past the Android 2.1 platform version, users would still benefit from software updates from the handset vendor, it seems. One of them is reportedly the 2.1.A.0.390 firmware update, unavailable for end-users at the moment, which should bring forth multi-touch capabilities.
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benzmar 195 posts since Jul 13, 2010 1. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 22, 2011 6:13 PM
Remember, its beta version only. Guys in XDA are working on get all the known bugs fixed.
Besides these, the same team is working on 2.3 (gingerbread) in alpha version to start with.
SE, what's happening with you? Will you really not support your customers? Will you still bang the same old condolence to switch over to Arc? Will you not take your words back and hire XDA guys into your team and make your customers glad?
uliwooly 5,326 posts since Jul 3, 2010 2. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 22, 2011 6:16 PM

I was about to say that

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9654908&postcount=4068
drXlabs 392 posts since Sep 16, 2010 3. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 22, 2011 8:06 PM
I'm just waiting for some SE employed coming here to say WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND DO NOT MIGRATE TO A THIRD PARTY ROM SINCE YOU ARE GONE TO LOOSE WARRANTY AND OUR FAMOUS SOFTWARE XPERIENCE to answer about their quality support and the one big mistake of announcing X10 would not receive any one more upgrade because a customer who had bought an X10 yesterday morning is in time to planning PHONE REPLACEMENT with Arc loosing his first Xperia just out of the box because of NO REAL REASON. Finally I would say that such warranty politic is not so good since like a PC any software warranty is quite different to the HW one and you wont loose the latter depending to the former.
uliwooly 5,326 posts since Jul 3, 2010 4. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 22, 2011 8:28 PM
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What user experience? hahaha
agposts since Sep 23, 2010 5. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 22, 2011 10:57 PM
You need the right threads.
I have used this roms through the development and everything you need for day to day use including the camera (except for video recording) does work on this 2.2 rom now, if it is installed correctly if it isn't that is where the issues come from random crashes, reboots etc, don't rush it to see it working take the time to do it properly I have not had any problems it is stable.
2.2 rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900441
xrecovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9561641
Flash & root tool with Generic roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
Dual Touch (installed via flash tool) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920669

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This is the only way you will get 2.2 on your x10i, this is not for the mini, mini pro or x8, they have different threads
Download the flash and root tool, install it and follow the instructions Download and install xrecovery follow the instructions (this version requires an app such as root explorer as you need to make the system files writeable for the process) There are other ways of installing if you check out the XDA forum From the 2.2 thread you need to download the rom, the hotfix and the gapps, the install process using xrecovery
Install the rom via xrecovery, reboot phone Install gapps via xrecovery, reboot phone Install the hotfix via xrecovery, reboot phone
Leave the phone alone for a minute then turn it off, leave it another few minutes, tunr it on
Job done you have 2.2, 99% working version only minor issues to resolve but it does not stop the phone working
Apps2sd Flash player in stok browser and 3rd party browsers Gmail SMS / MMS Phone call functions
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Just to name a few

benzmar 195 posts since Jul 13, 2010 6. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 23, 2011 8:53 AM
Still I am not able to believe whether SE will really stop upgrading Xperia X10i. Gosh! its sounds so scarry with goose pimples all over my body. lol. No way, it cannot be. It should be updating. It's still in the market and customers are buying, and how can SE keep quite without upgrading it further or tweaking it further. Indeed, the price has dropped drastically. I purchased on June 2010 for 30,000 Indian Rupees, and today in the same Indian market its price is only 22,500/-.
I think we need to wait for updates from XDA Community for the Xperia customers to get their X10i updated to 2.2 and 2.3 respectively.
By the way, another sideline question
Button Savior is an wonderful app. I have installed in my Xperia X10i and it's awesome. The only thing I need is, that app should float below or top and not on left or right. It's little nuisance to see it on right. Besides, the icons should be customizable. Any idea, how to get these fixed. I literally want to stop using the hard keys and go for such soft keys. Please let me know your thoughts.
uliwooly 5,326 posts since Jul 3, 2010 7. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 25, 2011 11:01 PM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900441
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2.2.1 ROM

FormBee 203 posts since Jan 15, 2011 8. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 25, 2011 7:44 PM
I want to do this but every time I start, boom my bottle goes. I am scared I turn my 330 phone into a shiny coaster. Every forum post I read loses me on line 1. What the chuff does 'a rooted version of 2.1' mean ???
agposts since Sep 23, 2010 9. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 26, 2011 8:38 PM
android is linux. linux has a "super user" account called root so rooting means that the user or owner of the phone has super user access on it a non rooted phone is locked to the software or network provider basically rooting a phone makes it fully accessible to you, to do as you want with, its your phone now.
Use this tool to root yours you want break it and if you do just connect back to SEUS and flash it back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920669
First have a go with this to flash the dual touch function from the same thread, flashing the rom is the same if you can flash the dual touch with ease you can do the whole rom which are on this thread
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
Or you can just do the full rom including dual touch which is included in the first x10i Generic rom This one will be fine for UK
After that you need to install the xrecovery from XDA
FormBee 203 posts since Jan 15, 2011 10. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 26, 2011 8:45 PM
Excellent stuff, thanks for that. I AM going to do it, and I'm NOT going to lose my bottle.
drXlabs 392 posts since Sep 16, 2010 11. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 26, 2011 8:23 PM
benzmar 195 posts since Jul 13, 2010 12. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 31, 2011 9:46 AM
Will upgrading dual touch, will allow me to zoom-in angry birds?
And btw, when will we get stabilized 2.2 Custom ROM? Anyone having any idea on it?
FormBee 203 posts since Jan 15, 2011 13. Re: Xperia X10 2.2 - Unofficial Jan 31, 2011 9:55 AM
I am running a 2.2 custom ROM now.
Running 1 day, no lag, no FC, no crashes.
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http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/12034?tstart=0
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