XPERIA X1a Gets VGA 30fps Through UK ROM

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By: Daniel Webster | Date: 25-Feb-09 | - Comments

United States owners and perspective buyers of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1a all know of the video recording limitations. Broadcom, the creator of many mobile patents in the US, have forced Qualcomm (HTC’s main processor supplier) to set the X1a's video capacities to 24fps for QVGA and 10fps for VGA resolutions. This has made it a debate as to whether one should have US 3G speeds (850 MHz, 1900 MHz) or 30fps VGA video recording. Without surprise many people opted for the 3G speeds over the video capabilities, but not anymore.

With a simple ROM update anyone with a United States version X1a can now upgrade to the United Kingdom generic X1i while still keeping their 3G speeds. The upgrade requires users to first install HardSPL which allows for ROM installations using HTC’s ROMUpdateUtility. The newest UK XPERIA X1i ROM is dated 2Feb09 and available with all the files needed to port over to the X1a including instructions.

Remember that loading a cooked ROM onto your device may render it inoperable and void your warranty, so we don’t recommend it.

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