Sony Ericsson X10 firmware update introduces wildly annoying WiFi bug

Apparently, the latest firmware update for Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 (which, yes, is still based on Android 1.6) does more harm than good -- if you're frequently using WiFi and you find yourself in weak cellular coverage, anyhow. Basically, any time your cellular signal drops to zero then bounces back, WiFi turns itself off, which is particularly brutal considering that a weak signal is probably why you're leaning on WiFi in the first place. We don't have details on what X10s are affected, but R2BA026 sounds like the offending version -- so if you see it, we'd probably stay far away until SE manages to push another update.

[Thanks, Sergio M.]

[Rabid Posted Aug 4th 2010 3:27PM]

A Sony phone with an update that breaks part of a year old OS? Where do I sign up?

[jdavidsson Posted Aug 4th 2010 4:12PM]

I can confirm that the problem is R2BA026...annoying...

[Tayyab73 Posted Aug 4th 2010 10:30PM]

2.2, when?

[goonie Posted Aug 5th 2010 1:13AM]

Come on Sony!
Wish they would get it together with there android handsets..

[JmeBud Posted Aug 6th 2010 4:42AM]

Was this an over-the-air update?