[Q] OTA Updating Issue - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys! I have been lurking for quite some time here, compiling threads and reading many how-to's. I own the Xperia Play for Verizon, the R800x and i cant be more upset with this POS! My first phone had a screen issue, second phone was DOA, now my third phone LAGS hard and force closes everything. I mean everything! So it led me to wanting to fully customize my phone, starting with rooting it. Finding this forum i was extremely excited. As i compiled knowledge for the task ahead of me, i have been stuck on ONE thing... My phone is running 2.3.2!! I try every day to update OTA and all i get is "device up to date." I HAVE to do the update to 2.3.3 as seen from this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
can anybody, somebody please shed insight as to what i can do to have a functioning phone where i get my moneys worth. thank you!
-Don

also i went to Manage Applications and find "Mobile Care" and select "Clear Data" and that still did not work for my update

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helpp!!??

Hello guys. I'd like to start by saying I'm familiar with phones to a certain degree. I'm not completely lost. I'm coming from an iPhone. I had my 3g for about 2 years Nd was very happy with it. Was a snap to jailbreak and the info was easy to find. Not to mention the community was great. Needless to say I've now upgraded to the Evo so I'm now here. I've been searching these forums and YouTube like mad trying to figure this phone out. There are so many options and different options on here. I'm so lost right now. Everytime I find a thread which seems like its the answer it ends up being the answer to another application and not mine. When I first got the phone I used the unrevoked method for rooting. I'm guessing that's the equivalent to jailbreaking on the iPhone. Now all was well, I use the tethering at work with my laptop. The new update came out promising better battery life. I searched for how to retain my root and also be able to update. The answer seemed to be the new version of the unrevoked. Version 3 I believe. I did the ota update then tried to use unrevoked 3.1. It didn't work for me. I haven't been able to tether for like 3 weeks now. I don't know where I am or where I should be at this point. I wish this android stuff was more straight forward for new people. I want to know what should I be doing right now. Am I assed out temporarily or is there a way to get my root back? Greatly appreciate the help. I'm sure there are other people lost in this huge forum.
I completely agree. I have spent the past 2 hours trying to figure out this stupid OTA simpleroot thing and I still don't have root. This community is probably the most unorganized thing I have ever seen in my life hands down. Jailbreaking an iPhone needed 1 app that took 30 seconds. This thing needs 50000000 links to 10000 different things to install and configure just to change a theme....
Did this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720565
Give it some time, your going from absolute control to open source. There is much more that can be done, it takes time to adjust from one major system to the other. Read threads take your time. Playing with the phone is often the best training one can have.
Thanks for the prompt responce silkyt but that didnt work either. I watched the video and the thing that were happening on the phone in the video wasnt happening on mine. i have htfc sync and the netframework 4 installed. Phopne rebooted once and was still in the same state. This is an example of a thread I mightr have come across that seema to be an answer for me but really wasnt. I'm not clear on am i stuck with this update until the hacking community finds an answer or is there something i'm missing? build is 1.47.651.1 firmware is 2.1 and baseband is 2.05.00.06.10
werxen said:
I completely agree. I have spent the past 2 hours trying to figure out this stupid OTA simpleroot thing and I still don't have root. This community is probably the most unorganized thing I have ever seen in my life hands down. Jailbreaking an iPhone needed 1 app that took 30 seconds. This thing needs 50000000 links to 10000 different things to install and configure just to change a theme....
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1.) Go back to iPhone?
2.) Don't root your phone?
3.) Figure it out your self and ask for help in the appropriate fourm/thread? Instead of whining and saying that the community sucks and the simple root sucks...
Oh and just for a little addition, even a Jailbroken iPhone couldn't do a tenth of what the Evo can do once rooted.
Sky is the Limit.
Remember what Verizon always says "When there is no limit to what droid gets, there is no limit to what droid does"
werxen said:
I completely agree. I have spent the past 2 hours trying to figure out this stupid OTA simpleroot thing and I still don't have root. This community is probably the most unorganized thing I have ever seen in my life hands down. Jailbreaking an iPhone needed 1 app that took 30 seconds. This thing needs 50000000 links to 10000 different things to install and configure just to change a theme....
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I completely agree. You should leave. First post, isn't a question, isn't help, it's a "THIS PLACE SUCKS" post. Please leave, return your android and go back to your iPhone. You're comparing a bicycle to a car and wonder why it's more complicated. The phone has been out for just over a month with 2 over-the-air updates already. The 1-click iPhone Jailbreak wasn't out this fast for the first iPhone, and you complain? Get a life.
DarthMar said:
Thanks for the prompt responce silkyt but that didnt work either. I watched the video and the thing that were happening on the phone in the video wasnt happening on mine. i have htfc sync and the netframework 4 installed. Phopne rebooted once and was still in the same state. This is an example of a thread I mightr have come across that seema to be an answer for me but really wasnt. I'm not clear on am i stuck with this update until the hacking community finds an answer or is there something i'm missing? build is 1.47.651.1 firmware is 2.1 and baseband is 2.05.00.06.10
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So you've got stock 1.47.651.1 without root. When you boot the phone while holding the volume down button, do you have the option to enter Recovery? If you do, then enter recovery and see what version it is. If you come up to a screen with an exclamation point or a box, then you don't have a recovery installed. If you've got a bunch of options to scroll through with the volume buttons, then you've got one installed and are already rooted, all you would need to do is install a ROM.
Now, while you're in there, check what version of HBoot you have (it's at the top of the menu that comes up while holding the volume down button.)
If it's version 0.79.0000 then you could follow this thread, and then this one to regain root. Granted, they aren't "1-click" methods, but they are pretty easy if you take the time, and you'll be much more educated to fix problems in the future.
If you have version 0.76.2000, then you can just follow the second thread back to root.
Also, this belongs in Q&A in the future, not General.
Thanks for the help. It's a little overwhelming to be a new android user. I like that there are alot of options in terms of how you want your phone to work. I like that there are a verity of roms for different users. I have hboot 0.79.0000 and the recovery option takes me to the screen with the exclamation mark. Gonna check those threads you mentioned and hopefully be on my way to understanding this new os. I'll let you know if it works. Whats an adb by the way?
ADB = Android Debug Bridge and is basically a commandline to your phone
MadhouseMedic said:
1.) Go back to iPhone?
2.) Don't root your phone?
3.) Figure it out your self and ask for help in the appropriate fourm/thread? Instead of whining and saying that the community sucks and the simple root sucks...
Oh and just for a little addition, even a Jailbroken iPhone couldn't do a tenth of what the Evo can do once rooted.
Sky is the Limit.
Remember what Verizon always says "When there is no limit to what droid gets, there is no limit to what droid does"
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Oh no don't be rude! The people that are giving responses like this are considered evil, mean, disrespectful and even hurtful
Hey OP did you check this out - http://theunlockr.com/category/howto/android_how_tos/htc-evo-how-tos/

Google Navigation and other crashes/freezing apps (CDMA, Sprint)

I clean installed (RAR file) the Blazn build w/ sound a couple of days ago. Now I having a lot more stability issues and Navigation freezes up every time I open it. I have searched through google and on here, and I see people with the same problems with the new build but no solutions or acknowledgement that multiple users are having issues like this. Here is what I did.
I go into google maps to insure I have a GPS fix. It finds me within 2 meters or so. I then go into navigation. It doesn't give me the location error because I have a GPS lock. I then type in the address I want to go to. I have the bar at the bottoms saying "Getting GPS" or something like that. In the middle of the screen it has the "getting directions" or whatever it says, but the little spinning circle animation freezes up. If I click to try to get to the menu. Android tells me it is not responding and I can Force Close or Wait. I force close. Of course Android opens it back up. I then hear the first voice prompt of where to go on my directions. When I click on Navigation to get back into it. It shows me the next turn, but freezes up again. This will go on forever until I force maps and navigation to close manually for good by going into settings and force stopping the processes.
I thought maybe it was the Blazn build, so I renamed the boot directory to something else and clean installed (using the RAR file) the stock build. While it is more stable and I don't get as many random crashes of apps and processes, I still get the same problem with Navigation.
I also have tried to format and attempted to clean install both builds and still have the same problem.
Is there any Sprint customer able to get navigation to work and not crash? I am thinking this is a CDMA/Sprint problem only, and it has something to do with the app accessing the sound, or at least that is my hypothesis, because it was working in all prior builds up to this one.
Any suggestions or thoughts?
slickdaddy96 said:
I clean installed (RAR file) the Blazn build w/ sound a couple of days ago. Now I having a lot more stability issues and Navigation freezes up every time I open it. I have searched through google and on here, and I see people with the same problems with the new build but now solutions or acknowledgement that multiple users are having issues like this. Here is what I do.
I go into google maps to insure I have a GPS fix. It finds me within 2 meters or so. I then go into navigation. It doesn't give me the location error because I have a GPS lock. I then type in the address I want to go to. I have the bar at the bottoms saying "Getting GPS" or something like that. In the middle of the screen it has the "getting directions" or whatever it says, but the little spinning circle animation freezes up. If I click to try to get to the menu. Android tells me it is not responding and I can Force Close or Wait. I force close. Of course Android opens it back up. I then here the first voice prompt of where to go on my directions. When I click on Navigation to get back into it. It shows me the next turn, but freezes up again. This will go on forever until I force maps and navigation to close manually for good by going into settings and force stopping the processes.
I thought maybe it was the Blazn build, so I renamed the boot directory to something else and clean installed (using the RAR file) the stock build. While it is more stable and I don't get as many random crashes of apps and processes, I still get the same problem with Navigation.
I also have tried to format and attempted to clean install both builds and still have the same problem.
Is there any Sprint customer able to get navigation to work and not crash? I am thinking this is a CDMA/Sprint problem only, and it has something to do with the app accessing the sound, or at least that is my hypothesis, because it was working in all prior builds up to this one.
Any suggestions or thoughts?
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remember this is a work in progress still. No need to freak out.
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remember this is a work in progress still. No need to freak out.
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I love you guys... I have lurked here for months and xda-developers for years. I love how you post toward people that don't post all the time. You treat them like idiots, crazy people or whiners.
I am not freaking out. I am not a newb. Is this not the place to post problems with the xandroid project? I am posting a problem that I have not seen posted on here before. I am not complaining about the usual stuff that still isn't working. I understand it is a work in progress. I was just posting a new problem that has come up since the sound started working. I did this so that potential programmers will see it, and to also see and get feedback on whether other Sprint users or other carrier's users are having the same problem, or if theirs is working fine.
slickdaddy96 said:
I love you guys... I have lurked here for months and xda-developers for years. I love how you post toward people that don't post all the time. You treat them like idiots are crazy people.
I am not freaking out. I am not a newb. Is this not the place to post problems with the xandroid project? I am posting a problem that I have not seen posted on here before. I am not complaining about the usual stuff that still isn't working. I understand it is a work in progress. I was just posting a new problem that has come up since the sound started working. I did this so that potential programmers will see it, and to also see and get feedback on whether other Sprint users or other carrier's users are having the same problem, or if theirs is working fine.
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Thats what we are known for .. but think about this.. where would the dev process be without us ? lol ..So sorry for treating you like one of the crazies ..
My advice is to hit up PPC geeks since most of the cdma community is there. Fyi, im not involved with xdandroid. Just with the kernel development and Those have really nothing to do with one another. However we do cross paths from time to time. Also dont be afraid to joint the irc chat for xdandroid. People there will be able to give you a better idea of whats up.

[Q] Issues with S3 Hotspot

Hi everyone,
First of all, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone here for being such a great resource in the past. I have performed many roots via guides on here.
My real question, I was super excited to get KitKat and immediately accepted the AT&T Software Update...2 hours later I realized that my Portable WIFI Hotspot app was no longer functional due to the upgraded OS. I figured a factory reset would be fine since it wasnt KitKat when it first came to me, sadly it wasn't.
Does anyone have any advice for a work around? I have unlimited data with AT&T right now and do not wish to sacrafice that for hotspot services but it is a very convienent feature to have when I am on the go. I've thought of rooting, reverting (which didn't work), and search hours in the app store testing different ones.
Any and all advice/suggestions will be greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance guys and gals!:good:
There is no way around it without rooting, until they create another app, unless there is one that I don't know about. You need a modified framework file in the system directory, which cannot be accessed without root permissions. I'm guessing that you were using foxfi, like so many others around here. I might be wrong.
And next time, please do some research before accepting these toys, I mean OTAs. (I keep calling them toys, because the only reason I see why we so quickly rush to these OTAs is to play with them.) There is plenty of useful information here at XDA for you. Don't just look to fix your problem and then run. Some of the purposes of OTAs are to prevent rooting and block tethering (Foxfi has been broken a couple of times). When you do some more reading, you will see all of the problems that many are having around here after jumping to play with this new toy, I mean update, without waiting or doing enough research.
Personally, one of the best things I have done with my phone is not accepting this latest OTA.
ya, I completely regret not doing my usual research. I thought I read somewhere that you cant root this current version as well. If you can root, if someone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it, if not I can take a look around after work
The app was Portable WIFI Hotspot
Here you go if you need to root. It's in the general section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47747640&postcount=1
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[Q] Experiencing major issues with any custom rom. Please help!

((if this is in the wrong place or has been covered before, I apologize...))
Hello all.
I just became the new owner of a family member's Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T). Already owning and tinkering with two xperia Ion's I wanted to have a little more freedom and experience Kitkat on the GS3.
I had no experience in unlocked bootloaders and all that, so I figured that I would let the Cyanogenmod Auto-Installer do the work for me and install CM11 on my device.
It worked great initially! No problems whatsoever aside from minor glitches here and there. As soon as I started installing some more apps and Xposed modules, I noticed that things were getting odd.
Eventually, my phone wouldn't connect to google's play services whatsoever. Despite countless resets of the phone itself and my modem/router, nothing seemed to help. Flushing the cache and dalvik didn't help either, nor did a factory reset. The issue kept coming back.
Thinking that perhaps another rom wouldn't have the problem, I installed C-Rom (which was based on 4.4.4 KK). It ran BEAUTIFULLY! It is sure one hell of a rom. But then, not too long after I had everything installed and running the way I wanted it to, it had the same errors as before.
I don't know how to explain the error other than the phone just generally messing up. I don't recall it ever having those issues on stock, but then again, it wasn't my phone on stock, and the first thing I did upon receiving it was put a custom rom on it.
But the error can only be explained as a general f***-up of the entire OS. Commands run brutally slow (I will launch the flashlight and it wont turn on until seconds, even minutes later. Alternatively, text messages take eons to send and receive, which I am positive is not an error on the AT&T side of things). Then, whenever I try to download or install an app from the play store, the application will download partially and then stall for what feels like eons. Some of the applications just stop there, and some I will find installed on the device some 30 minutes later. Not to mention that the signal icons on the quick setting tiles are all turned orange for some bizarre reason. Another bizarre issue is that no matter what, I can never launch the terminal to execute an htop, logcat, or anything! The terminal just stalls and eventually crashes, while it worked fine before.
I've checked online for errors similar to this, but haven't found anything that has helped the phone. Anyone out there who is willing to give this a crack or just point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
benhofb said:
((if this is in the wrong place or has been covered before, I apologize...))
Hello all.
I just became the new owner of a family member's Samsung Galaxy S3 (AT&T). Already owning and tinkering with two xperia Ion's I wanted to have a little more freedom and experience Kitkat on the GS3.
I had no experience in unlocked bootloaders and all that, so I figured that I would let the Cyanogenmod Auto-Installer do the work for me and install CM11 on my device.
It worked great initially! No problems whatsoever aside from minor glitches here and there. As soon as I started installing some more apps and Xposed modules, I noticed that things were getting odd.
Eventually, my phone wouldn't connect to google's play services whatsoever. Despite countless resets of the phone itself and my modem/router, nothing seemed to help. Flushing the cache and dalvik didn't help either, nor did a factory reset. The issue kept coming back.
Thinking that perhaps another rom wouldn't have the problem, I installed C-Rom (which was based on 4.4.4 KK). It ran BEAUTIFULLY! It is sure one hell of a rom. But then, not too long after I had everything installed and running the way I wanted it to, it had the same errors as before.
I don't know how to explain the error other than the phone just generally messing up. I don't recall it ever having those issues on stock, but then again, it wasn't my phone on stock, and the first thing I did upon receiving it was put a custom rom on it.
But the error can only be explained as a general f***-up of the entire OS. Commands run brutally slow (I will launch the flashlight and it wont turn on until seconds, even minutes later. Alternatively, text messages take eons to send and receive, which I am positive is not an error on the AT&T side of things). Then, whenever I try to download or install an app from the play store, the application will download partially and then stall for what feels like eons. Some of the applications just stop there, and some I will find installed on the device some 30 minutes later. Not to mention that the signal icons on the quick setting tiles are all turned orange for some bizarre reason. Another bizarre issue is that no matter what, I can never launch the terminal to execute an htop, logcat, or anything! The terminal just stalls and eventually crashes, while it worked fine before.
I've checked online for errors similar to this, but haven't found anything that has helped the phone. Anyone out there who is willing to give this a crack or just point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
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It sounds like you're the modules you're installing are crashing your system. I'd suggest you do a clean flash of w/e rom you wanna rush (you seem to like C-rom) and run it clean for a few days. You can install apps and such but don't restore system apps and don't install modules.
If it runs fine after a few days, you can cherry-pick the modules you wanna use (make sure they're made for the sammy phones). Install one or two, test for a couple days and so on. You'll eventually find which one is messing with your system (if that's actually what's causing the problems).
All seems to be well now. I've isolated the problematic app after slowly restoring all my app data one at a time. I have since moved to a different rom (SOKP) and everything is going running smoothly! Surprisingly, it wasn't Xposed causing the issue, but a market app that displays system info similar to conky on Linux computers. Once I installed it, the system just crapped out. Signals dropped, the terminal froze, and none of my apps seemed to work properly. But once I uninstalled the app and reset my phone, all was well.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

My Xperia play Has internet but can't connect to any servers...

I just got a new xperia play from hong kong. Its a R800A and its connected to koodo. The only issue is the fact that I can go on the browser but almost every site is blocked/cannot be connected. This is the same situation with every other internet app especially the preinstalled ones like Market. No matter what I do it says something like "Cannot Connect to Servers, Please try again later" It has me so upset and no matter where I go on the internet there is not a single person who can help so I'm making this report and hoping someone can help me.
To speed things up I live in Canada and I can call and text without issue. But when I go to the internet I can't do anything.
Thank you for reading if you have any information on what i can do or what will help please reply and help me
I just bought a used R800X and was wondering the same thing - Wifi doesn't work anywhere except for the stock browser. After some searching apparently Google Play Services support for Android versions under 4.0 was killed off earlier this year.
So if your Xplay is still on 2.3, you won't be able to use the Market or pretty much any app that uses Google Services. You can still sideload apps that you've backed up with Titanium on another device or just install some APKs from the net. If you really can't live without Google Services look into getting a custom ROM based on 4.0+.
My R800X has some dumb issues in regards to the bootloader so ROMs are pretty much out of the question for me, but I was still able to get it rooted and install a bunch of emulators. Hopefully you have better luck. Cheers mate!
jackspyro123 said:
I just got a new xperia play from hong kong. Its a R800A and its connected to koodo. The only issue is the fact that I can go on the browser but almost every site is blocked/cannot be connected. This is the same situation with every other internet app especially the preinstalled ones like Market. No matter what I do it says something like "Cannot Connect to Servers, Please try again later" It has me so upset and no matter where I go on the internet there is not a single person who can help so I'm making this report and hoping someone can help me.
To speed things up I live in Canada and I can call and text without issue. But when I go to the internet I can't do anything.
Thank you for reading if you have any information on what i can do or what will help please reply and help me
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Thank you! thankfully I'm bit of a nerd so I went online and force updated the app store to the latest version and now I can get basic apps. Down side is that it keeps breaking and crashing every few minutes so I'm going to uninstall most of the unnecessary apps and see if that will help fix most of the issues with crashing. Also the fact that most of them are always running in the background doesn't help xD.
I also have planes to overclock using my sd card. like take some of the memory to boost my phones power
I had a bit of the same but I managed to get it rooted and my bootloader is unlocked. Thing is most links (like it has been said) has been killed off. But I need a custom rom for the phone...it’s getting me really mad. Suggestions? Help? Please?
For custom ROMs, it's gonna be a crapshoot going through all of the threads and looking for links that are still hosted online somewhere. /u/ TheNameBrand had some success with installing CM9 recently, but ran into wifi issues or something. Here's the link if you're still interested: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024782
If you end up sticking with stock and don't have the Market/Play Store running, you can download the latest 2.3 compatible version of the Play Store here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...-2-02-release/

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