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First thing, sorry for not searching but I'm going to br busy over the coming week or two with school and tests so please, I would be very grateful.
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What are the main things I should know about the Xperia Play?
(In terms of Rooting and Bootloader Unlocking etc)
I'm coming from an Xperia 8 and I'm not a n00b at Android hacking so I can take a lot in.
Also, is there any bug in the Play that I should know about? I'm hoping that by the time I get mine (2 weeks) it will. Come shipped with ICS.
If not, I can use PCC ....right?
Thanks guys,
Really looking forward to joining the R800i community.
Anything guys?
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Go with it! :beer:
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It probably won't come with ICS. However, if you unlock your bootloader (free using Sony's official method if you have an R800i) we have an official ICS beta from Sony. It's perfectly stable for everyday use. There are also a few roms based on it.
We can't flash kernels from recovery so get used to using fastboot. It's actually pretty simple.
Be aware that the gamepad doesn't work properly in non-stock based roms - CM7 for example. Sony's stock rom is actually quite good anyway once you've de-bloated.
Other than that it's just another Android phone really
Michealtbh said:
It probably won't come with ICS. However, if you unlock your bootloader (free using Sony's official method if you have an R800i) we have an official ICS beta from Sony. It's perfectly stable for everyday use. There are also a few roms based on it.
We can't flash kernels from recovery so get used to using fastboot. It's actually pretty simple.
Be aware that the gamepad doesn't work properly in non-stock based roms - CM7 for example. Sony's stock rom is actually quite good anyway once you've de-bloated.
Other than that it's just another Android phone really
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Thanks for your reply
Yea, don't worry. I'm used to flashing kernels and backups in Flashtool from my X8 , so fast boot shouldn't be too hard, but I'll have have to learn more about it as we don't have that over on the X8....
Also, its a bit of a bummer that the game pad doesn't work on custom ROMs :/
But just as a matter of interest, does the game pad work on the ICS Beta and can the game pad or
down arrow be used for scrolling on web pages?
And I'm also very surprised that Sony have given access to a Boot loader Unlocking tool!
Anyway, thank you very much for your reply.
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not sure about the other questions although you can use the down/up button on the gamepad to scroll through pages
IrishStuff09 said:
Thanks for your reply
Yea, don't worry. I'm used to flashing kernels and backups in Flashtool from my X8 , so fast boot shouldn't be too hard, but I'll have have to learn more about it as we don't have that over on the X8....
Also, its a bit of a bummer that the game pad doesn't work on custom ROMs :/
But just as a matter of interest, does the game pad work on the ICS Beta and can the game pad or
down arrow be used for scrolling on web pages?
And I'm also very surprised that Sony have given access to a Boot loader Unlocking tool!
Anyway, thank you very much for your reply.
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Gamepad works fine on the official beta, although some games don't perform as well as they do in GB.
Yes, D-pad can be used for scrolling web pages
If I were you I'd flash the Sony beta ICS with the Sony kernel. Unless you like games, then I'd flash the latest Gingerbread ROM. Emulators (especially PSXperia) work better with GB.
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MilkyJoePD said:
If I were you I'd flash the Sony beta ICS with the Sony kernel. Unless you like games, then I'd flash the latest Gingerbread ROM. Emulators (especially PSXperia) work better with GB.
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Ah, OK thanks
And if I happen to get an R800i model, where can I unlock its bootlader, as MicaelBH said Sony have a free unlocking tool.
Also, I'm hoping that the Xperia Play can be rooted in flash tool..right?
Again, I really appreciate your answers.
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IrishStuff09 said:
Ah, OK thanks
And if I happen to get an R800i model, where can I unlock its bootlader, as MicaelBH said Sony have a free unlocking tool.
Also, I'm hoping that the Xperia Play can be rooted in flash tool..right?
Again, I really appreciate your answers.
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It's right here http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/
Thanks xRegrets.
Got my Play today, will be setting it up tomorrow.
Glad to be with you guys! I'm not a freaking ''troller'' so don't worry
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My warning to you: the slider ribbon cable tends to break easily. Don't fiddle with the slider and only open it when you're actually playing games.
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At the moment I cant unlock my bootloader, so Im wondering if there is a ICS Rom that works with the normal kernel. Im on the most recent NA 2.3.4 firmware for the R800a if that makes a difference and I have the Xperia Play 4G (R800at).
Thanks guys.
No
I didn't think so but I saw someone say something like that in the general subforum. Thanks.
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Nope. But on the plus side, the official ICS update from Sony is imminent.
Bacondroid said:
Nope. But on the plus side, the official ICS update from Sony is imminent.
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Not as imminent as you might have been led to believe.
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The only ICS roms we have right now require an unlocked bootloader. They alone aren't worth unlocking it IMO.
Might as well just wait for the official update.
Unlocking the bootloader is still a good idea in general, but if the only rom you wanna try is stock ICS, and not any custom ones, don't bother.
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I heard the ICS++ work with a locked bootloader...but i dont think its true
If you like the design of ICS then use a rom that is ICS themed...at least a little
MacCoremag said:
I heard the ICS++ work with a locked bootloader...but i dont think its true
If you like the design of ICS then use a rom that is ICS themed...at least a little
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It's impossible that it could work locked, since you need to flash an ICS kernel with fastboot.
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So its getting closer to june, we were told when ics was due in feb/march that it was being delayed till may/june.
My question is does anyone really think we will get an official ics at all?
I think there's no reason not to, we got the beta, and our Xperia Play's are pretty decent to run ICS has the Arc S.
Just a matter of time I believe
Don't say fast approaching! They'll delay it even further! You know they watch these forums, right!?
Slowly approaching...
Not to mention, the date they gave is when they start rolling it out, it could take 4 - 6 weeks from the first release til your specific one. August/September ; how does that sound?
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MilkyJoePD said:
Slowly approaching...
Not to mention, the date they gave is when they start rolling it out, it could take 4 - 6 weeks from the first release til your specific one. August/September ; how does that sound?
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Not to mention the fact that while all of you lucky R800i users will probably get an official ICS update, we R800x users probably don't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever getting it.
http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=18898
For R800i I take a regular look at this site. We'll be close to ICS when some new builds will show up here. Right now, the newest build for R800i is German's .69. So any future builds should be ICS builds I think.
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I'm on Stock 2.3.3 now and when IXS comes around for my R800i, will I have to unroot first?
(I'll be updating via PCC).
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romcio47 said:
http://www.ptcrb.com/vendor/complete/view_complete_request_guest.cfm?modelid=18898
For R800i I take a regular look at this site. We'll be close to ICS when some new builds will show up here. Right now, the newest build for R800i is German's .69. So any future builds should be ICS builds I think.
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Have you noticed that normal Arc and the other 2011 handsets that were due out same time as Play have been up there on there lists for a while ready to go. No sign of the Plays FW. With so many issues with games on there Beta Rom, Would it be a good idea from Sony to release FW which is very buggy and takes half of the plays features away. Cant see game Dev's rushing out to Fix there old titles just for Sony's mistake.
is there any reason why sony delay xperia play ICS? forget the beta version, we just need the final one
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MilkyJoePD said:
Slowly approaching...
Not to mention, the date they gave is when they start rolling it out, it could take 4 - 6 weeks from the first release til your specific one. August/September ; how does that sound?
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Can't someone just compile a ROM for us?
Just sit back and enjoy the ride the update will xome eventually if your obsessed with updates get a ps3 it updates everytime you turn it on
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That only updates often to try to stop cfw and true blu users.
I seem to remember Sony saying that people would be better staying on Gingerbread.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony didn't update.
Though, in all fairness, some of the ICS ROMs on here are better looking than the standard Sony stuff
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I am sure, that Sony will give us the ICS update.
The situation about updates was/is bad for Sony, so they want to change something a give updates earlier.
BUT, as they said, gingerbread is running good and ICS is not optimalized yet. I think, that update will came later than they said, but it WILL come.
Here is also question about gaming HW. So this is/will be big problem i think. On ICS it has different functionality than GB.
No one maked rom, that will support gaming HW in all ways like stock rom. And THIS will be problem about new ICS.
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I am sure, that Sony will give us the ICS update.
The situation about updates was/is bad for Sony, so they want to change something a give updates earlier.
BUT, as they said, gingerbread is running good and ICS is not optimalized yet. I think, that update will came later than they said, but it WILL come.
Here is also question about gaming HW. So this is/will be big problem i think. On ICS it has different functionality than GB.
No one maked rom, that will support gaming HW in all ways like stock rom. And THIS will be problem about new ICS.
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I'm gonna say that people should wait and see what the Cyanogenmod team do with it. They made gingerbread even better with CM7
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Still undecided whether I will update.
Will it be like installing Windows Vista on an old PC?
Or will it be like installing Windows 7?
If it's a 'Vista like experience' I deffo don't want to do it.
Gh61 said:
I am sure, that Sony will give us the ICS update.
The situation about updates was/is bad for Sony, so they want to change something a give updates earlier.
BUT, as they said, gingerbread is running good and ICS is not optimalized yet. I think, that update will came later than they said, but it WILL come.
Here is also question about gaming HW. So this is/will be big problem i think. On ICS it has different functionality than GB.
No one maked rom, that will support gaming HW in all ways like stock rom. And THIS will be problem about new ICS.
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I'm guessing that's because Sony hasn't released the source for the beta.
psxpetey said:
Just sit back and enjoy the ride the update will xome eventually if your obsessed with updates get a ps3 it updates everytime you turn it on
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Last time I updated my PS3 was a couple of months ago,your point?
GetPatriotized said:
Last time I updated my PS3 was a couple of months ago,your point?
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Probably a 360 or PC gamer
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Probably a 360 or PC gamer
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Nope,I only play on PS3. Game on it everyday. Never owned a 360,barely play PC games.
Because I didn't see a post in the first couple pages (or at all, maybe no one is asking); which in my mind isn't enough. I know the answer is probably a no, but has there been a fix yet for the issues with Verizon's 2.3.4 update? If not, what are all my fellow CDMA users doing instead of using 2.3.4? I really would like to update so I can finally use the PSStore, but I'm not sacrificing my Gmail notifications.
I never updated from the OTA. I waited to see how It went. I am on stock 2.3.3 heavily modded. And I don't see VZ making another OTA for our phone to fix 2.3.4 seeing as how our phone is E.O.L (end of life) on my Verizon. Plus.. I other ota'ing to 2.3.3 I would never take another ota from VZ seeing as how slow and crap filled it is
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jgregoryj1 said:
I never updated from the OTA. I waited to see how It went. I am on stock 2.3.3 heavily modded. And I don't see VZ making another OTA for our phone to fix 2.3.4 seeing as how our phone is E.O.L (end of life) on my Verizon. Plus.. I other ota'ing to 2.3.3 I would never take another ota from VZ seeing as how slow and crap filled it is
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Ya, I'm not expecting an OTA fix, but I was hoping maybe someone found the source of the problem and released some kind of patch or modified firmware.
Yeah to my knowledge all the 234 r800x roms have the bug
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jgregoryj1 said:
Yeah to my knowledge all the 234 r800x roms have the bug
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Interesting, well damn, I was thinking of going the route of using the UK rom, but if its present in all 2.3.4 for the Xperia Play then maybe I should stick with 2.3.3 and forget about ever having the PS Store...
Only in 234 for Verizon is there the bug
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jgregoryj1 said:
Only in 234 for Verizon is there the bug
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Oh, well in that case I guess I better go with a 2.3.4 rom or just make a thread for suggestions on which rom to go with if I want to use the PSStore...or just wait for JellyBean, as I hear JB>GB>ICS is the basic idea for firmware on the Play. If you (or anyone) has suggestions for which ROM to go with, please do share. I'll hold off on adding another thread for several hours.
I have tried a bunch of different roms and I always come back to my modified stock 2.3.3. Not saying there are not good roms out there... just saying for me stock felt the best after it removed all the crapware and made it the ay I wanted it.
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I hate my Xperia S after the latest upgrade. Widgets and Icons gone on reboot and swift keyboard too. Worse, there are so many bugs, charging light and many more. I keep having to reboot it as well. I have factory reset it and also flashed again with PC Companion but still it is awful. It's got to the point where I am considering just giving up and getting a Galaxy, (I have Galaxy Tab and that is fine after same upgrade).
I cannot believe a company like Sony can produce such a bad update and not do anything about it
So before it goes in the bin, is there any thing I can do?
unlock the bootloader and flash a better rom
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you need for that mad message great a new thread? lol
Is your latest version 6.2.b.1.96?
If not, flash it.
nosmo_king said:
I hate my Xperia S after the latest upgrade. Widgets and Icons gone on reboot and swift keyboard too. Worse, there are so many bugs, charging light and many more. I keep having to reboot it as well. I have factory reset it and also flashed again with PC Companion but still it is awful. It's got to the point where I am considering just giving up and getting a Galaxy, (I have Galaxy Tab and that is fine after same upgrade).
I cannot believe a company like Sony can produce such a bad update and not do anything about it
So before it goes in the bin, is there any thing I can do?
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Sony made a special update from which you only got such bugs in this world.hahaha
We all are using this awesome update without almost any bugs at all. All the previous bugs are fixed now.
1080p video recording working fine.
2G data connectivity issue fixed.
More free RAM.
Super smooth.
& many more!
I suggest you to reinstall the FW using flashtool and enjoy! It is really awesome.
But be more careful while restoring all the downloaded apps with data. Thanks
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nosmo_king said:
I hate my Xperia S after the latest upgrade. Widgets and Icons gone on reboot and swift keyboard too. Worse, there are so many bugs, charging light and many more. I keep having to reboot it as well. I have factory reset it and also flashed again with PC Companion but still it is awful. It's got to the point where I am considering just giving up and getting a Galaxy, (I have Galaxy Tab and that is fine after same upgrade).
I cannot believe a company like Sony can produce such a bad update and not do anything about it
So before it goes in the bin, is there any thing I can do?
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IF you don't want it i'll take it!, I'll pay for the shipping too!
was your bootloader unlockable ??? if yes you could try better rom.. or you can give it to me ... hahaha.. that will be my third xperia devices ... LoL
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cities516 said:
Is your latest version 6.2.b.1.96?
If not, flash it.
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I have 6.2.b.0.200
nosmo_king said:
I have 6.2.b.0.200
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update
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Ben36 said:
update
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Done this 2 weeks ago with PC companion. It went off, came back and installed this version
that's because pc companion is poo. use flashtool
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Flash a new firmware with flash tool and you'll once again love your Xperia S.
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dkconor said:
Flash a new firmware with flash tool and you'll once again love your Xperia S.
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Yes, already done. Seems big improvement. What can I say, so close to throwing the phone at the wall
LOL Don't hate this beautiful phone.
I'm also having problem with my ion after the jb update. My phone lags and even hangs when i download apps and files.. this is very annoying. I'm currently using my s4 updated to 4.2.2. It makes me wonder why i'm wasting my time fixin my ion.
Use trinity ROM. And if you're still not satisfied. Buy an iPhone, no lags and no trouble,no rooting, no hustle, no flash, no NFC.
nosmo_king said:
I hate my Xperia S after the latest upgrade. Widgets and Icons gone on reboot and swift keyboard too. Worse, there are so many bugs, charging light and many more. I keep having to reboot it as well. I have factory reset it and also flashed again with PC Companion but still it is awful. It's got to the point where I am considering just giving up and getting a Galaxy, (I have Galaxy Tab and that is fine after same upgrade).
I cannot believe a company like Sony can produce such a bad update and not do anything about it
So before it goes in the bin, is there any thing I can do?
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update to the lastest version 6.2.b.1.96 . this version fix most of bugs
hkhelen said:
update to the lastest version 6.2.b.1.96 . this version fix most of bugs
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you're fast.
ICS
nosmo_king said:
Done this 2 weeks ago with PC companion. It went off, came back and installed this version
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Go back to ICS,
it is Bug free, and battery friendlier than JB,
regards
raziel123 said:
Go back to ICS,
it is Bug free, and battery friendlier than JB,
regards
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ICS isn't bug free
And try trinity it's like having an iPhone I can compare my phone's performance with galaxy s4 too and I would say xperia s is the coolest phone I've ever had now my whole family (with their galaxy junks) are jealous from me coz I'm the only one who has an xperia handset and that's what makes me special
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