[Q] Xperia Play - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

does n e 1 notice that the xperia play from sony ericsson is jus like all the other xperias but with a certified game pad. the xperia play doesnt have any better specs than most of the other xperias. most of them carry a cpu of 1ghz and a gpu of adreno 200.
What i expected from the xperia play when i 1st saw it was a gaming device a fast cpu like 1.4 dual core or atleast a 1ghz dual core and more ram and internal memory
when i compared my play to and ipod touch graphics to me the ipod won for graphics, i was so ashamed of sony ericsson and i think that the Xplay, for a gaming device should of been thought of a little bit more with the specs
whose with me on this???
and who thinks that sony should do what sony ericsson didn't and make a real XPERIA PLAY!!!

Well of course we hope they bring out a sequel. There already have been many threads on this. And seriously, the specs seem fine to me. We don't need dual core killing our batteries twice as fast

jacklebott said:
Well of course we hope they bring out a sequel. There already have been many threads on this. And seriously, the specs seem fine to me. We don't need dual core killing our batteries twice as fast
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aight i understand that but atleast the graphics could have been better, if i had bet my life that Xplay had better graphics than an ipod touch then i might have been dead right now

jacklebott said:
Well of course we hope they bring out a sequel. There already have been many threads on this. And seriously, the specs seem fine to me. We don't need dual core killing our batteries twice as fast
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It's funny you say that because the dual-core Qualcomm in my other phone drains less juice than the one in the Play.
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solomon4400 said:
test
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And what does the zram enabler do?

jgregoryj1 said:
And what does the zram enabler do?
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Its like virtual ram, it was called compcache back in the OG Droid days

216Monster said:
Its like virtual ram, it was called compcache back in the OG Droid days
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I remember compcache! what has changed besides the name?
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beez1717 said:
I remember compcache! what has changed besides the name?
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I think KeiranFTW and/or DooMLord could better answer what's been changed beside name. Maybe because zram is a little more accurate of a term .. I know compcache could have negative side effects, maybe its smarter now. But I'm not the best guy to answer, I just know what it is and does
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Thanks for the explanation. Now i get it!
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[Q] Help with 3D Drivers

Hi guys!!!
Im older user from HTC mobile, now I buy a new phone more chip, and won a new problems!
Srs., I've looking for features about my mobile (it is Motorola SPICE XT300), and this model only sell in Brazil / Canada / Argentina / Australia (i guess).
Looking in the website (gsmarena) I found the features about my phone, and its is the same about the Wildfire. look:
Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7225 chipset
So i heard about this model dont have a drivers for this chipset, cause i dont know, but motorola dont make this drivers. So i hear some people try porting other driver from this chipset in this model but its very very dificult found news about this. I have some helps from neopeek and other forums, here too, about porting this drivers.
So, this driver i guess stay in /system/lib/****.so - my question is, somebody knows how install the 3D driver for this chipset? If i download a CUSTOM ROM here, try to copy/paste in the same location those files could work? Please guys help me, I dont wanna lose my phone but dont wanna use without graphics (by the way its f**king bad do anything, its slow any apps who needs).
So any news about this? anything? some developer could help me? any one?
Thx guys, c ya ...
gsmarena has the specs of the wildfire wrong, it doesn't have a gpu
Pdadb should be better. If you have the msm 7225 then there is no gpu. The best way to check is run nenamark. If it gets 1fps then there is no gpu. If it gets 30-60 fps then there is a gpu
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brilldoctor said:
Pdadb should be better. If you have the msm 7225 then there is no gpu. The best way to check is run nenamark. If it gets 1fps then there is no gpu. If it gets 30-60 fps then there is a gpu
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i dont understand. some wildfire has gpu, some not? i remember then i tryed to run ps1 games in ps1 emulator, it showed me about 30 fps, but was running like 1fps, couldnt even play.
vilks said:
i dont understand. some wildfire has gpu, some not? i remember then i tryed to run ps1 games in ps1 emulator, it showed me about 30 fps, but was running like 1fps, couldnt even play.
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No. Qualcomm MSM7225 does not support / have a GPU.
this mob is ****, so laggy. im very disapointed that i bought it :}
vilks said:
this mob is ****, so laggy. im very disapointed that i bought it :}
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this was well known from the start. next time read the information that is available EVERYWHERE before buying it!
Nevertheless, the Wildfire is still a great phone, I'm loving it! Never regret it for a minute.
ramdroid77 said:
this was well known from the start. next time read the information that is available EVERYWHERE before buying it!
Nevertheless, the Wildfire is still a great phone, I'm loving it! Never regret it for a minute.
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+1 for that
It's a great phone athough it doesnt have GPU. And i dont know what people expect for such a low price...lol I think there is no better phone for that money.
The ZTE Blade is a better option now however before that was released the Wildfire was very good value.
ben1066 said:
The ZTE Blade is a better option now however before that was released the Wildfire was very good value.
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Seconded. At today's price point, there are much better phones than the Wildfire out there. But, ~6 months back, really, Wildfire was the only option if you wanted a budget Android, which is why, I am a bit disillusioned, but will continue to faithfully stick with my Wildfire.
I agree that now there are better phones in that price range. But look at the time when wildfire is released, almost a year ago and still it can compete. You must agree that even few months is relatively big period not to mention a whole year.
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Good value? Yeah, maybe the first days of release, but it didn't take long for alot more valuable phones came along. All HTC phones is overpriced, and now with locked bootloaders, useless. Only reason I got it was becouse, at the time, it was the cheapest with a LED flashlight. If I only waited for the Defy instead, same price-range, but oh so much better phone on ALL fronts.
Ok guys! but the question its not about the wildfire, its is about this Motorola Spice..
So ok, i learn the Wildfire dont have gpu ok ...
So somebody have the nenamark.apk to install ? I just found the .zip file and I dont know how to install this on mobile.
I gonna make the test with this bench, cause if i got more then 1fps i have a gpu .. if not, i dont have and i guess this thread is closed.
Any one know something about this specific model? C ya.

ZTE - grand X , advanced GAMEING smartphone ?!

greetings
ZTE has unveiled its Grand X handset at an event in London this evening, is that really "best gaming smartphone ever". ??!?!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYaqTIDSWBE
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/zte-grand-x-1089430/review
on my opinion , xperia play is still on top , how can a phone be a advanced smart phone without gamepad ?! i think if we just loking for quad core or H/w , it's better to buy htc one X or galaxy s 3 .
still have hope to see xperia play 2 (( who knows ))
mehdi.moha said:
greetings
ZTE has unveiled its Grand X handset at an event in London this evening, is that really "best gaming smartphone ever". ??!?!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYaqTIDSWBE
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/zte-grand-x-1089430/review
on my opinion , xperia play is still on top , how can a phone be a advanced smart phone without gamepad ?! i think if we just loking for quad core or H/w , it's better to buy htc one X or galaxy s 3 .
still have hope to see xperia play 2 (( who knows ))
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This article has literally ZERO input on gaming, this can't be the phone they were talking about.
Already been convered, albeit not in its own thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28969789#post28969789
that looks sooooooo unresponsive the guy threw 6 punches before it registerd lol
*Watches video*
Oh wow... that looks... catastrophic.
i don't want to live in this planet anymore...
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*Watches video*
Oh wow... that looks... catastrophic.
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I liked one of the videos comments. " I fear for that guys wife @ home" made me laugh so hard I peed a little
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^ eeew yuck! hehehehe
How can anyone take ZTE seriously if they call this an advanced gaming phone!
I want a gaming phone not a WII phone
that is a Chinese phone , besides i don't think a Chinese phone can be a #1
Check out the ZTE Era it's better than this phone and Xperia Play excluding the gamepad of course lol. Before this Grand X came out the reason why I was so excited was because of the ZTE Era's specs I mean just look at that, it screams "Most Advanced Gaming Phone on the planet" if they had added a gamepad!. Disappointed...
- Internal8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
- CameraPrimary8 MP
- ChipsetNvidia Tegra 3
- CPUQuad-core 1.3 GHz
- GPUULP GeForce
- ICS 4.0
Source: www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Era_id6971
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Blessi360 said:
Check out the ZTE Era it's better than this phone and Xperia Play excluding the gamepad of course lol.
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Lol, if we want to get into that, there's likely a hundred phones out by now that have better specs than Xperia Play.
...but that "exclude the gamepad" is a very important loss. When you exclude the gamepad, you're back in the "touch-screen gaming ghetto" that keeps all the other phones held back.
This part isn't direct attack on you or anything Blessi; but on a general note, I feel that all these spec-counters are getting so wrapped up in numbers that logic escapes their thought process entirely. We can talk, hypothesize, and conceptualize about how Xperia Play's "behind the curve" all day long, but what happens in practice matters more than talking, hypothesizing, and conceptualizing (all of which fall under "guesses"). What's that mean when it still manages to run software with great performance? By the rules of the terminology, hardware that's adequate at running software is not obsolete.
So what we really have is hardware that's not bad as it is... and a gamepad bonus that's currently unparalleled by any other attempt to add hardware controls to smartphone gaming.
TLRtheory said:
Lol, if we want to get into that, there's likely a hundred phones out by now that have better specs than Xperia Play.
...but that "exclude the gamepad" is a very important loss. When you exclude the gamepad, you're back in the "touch-screen gaming ghetto" that keeps all the other phones held back.
The way I see is that all these spec-counters are getting so wrapped up in numbers that logic escapes their thought process entirely. We can talk, hypothesize, and conceptualize about how Xperia Play's "behind the curve" all day long, but what happens in practice matters more than talking, hypothesizing, and conceptualizing (all of which fall under "guesses"). What's that mean when it still manages to run software with great performance? By the rules of the terminology, hardware that's adequate at running software is not obsolete.
So what we really have is hardware that's not bad as it is... and a gamepad bonus that's currently unparalleled by any other attempt to add hardware controls to smartphone gaming.
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Dang TL, you could be a lawyer.... :laugh:
Blessi360 said:
Check out the ZTE Era it's better than this phone and Xperia Play excluding the gamepad of course lol. Before this Grand X came out the reason why I was so excited was because of the ZTE Era's specs I mean just look at that, it screams "Most Advanced Gaming Phone on the planet" if they had added a gamepad!. Disappointed...
- Internal8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
- CameraPrimary8 MP
- ChipsetNvidia Tegra 3
- CPUQuad-core 1.3 GHz
- GPUULP GeForce
- ICS 4.0
Source: www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Era_id6971
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The one x is better.
Sorry for my bad English. It's not my native language.
why is the one x better?
Already moved over thread to General forums regarding the "killer new amazing, etc. etc. etc." "Gaming phone" from ZTE.
Continue your comments in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768305
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Pax
FSM Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
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Xperia PLAY or LG Optimus 3d?

So I've had an AMAZING year with my Xperia PLAY.. Being my first android phone,I was instantly hook on Android n now realize how weak Symbian/Windows Mobile/Apple are compared to Android.. So after a year of joy and amazement from this legendary mobile operating system I feel I need to move up from a 1Ghz single core to a dual core.. I have a friend with an LG optimus 3d (Really Good condition)that wants to swap for my PLAY... Any Suggestions if I should go ahead?
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801021
It's really your personal choice
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Thanks man.. the reason I got this phone was because I love gaming.. but my skills aren't limited to gamepad/touchpad only.. while the PLAY is an AWESOME device! playin games on touch screen won't bring about the end of smartphone gaming..
btw,I'm newly registered to the community,this was my first post,and you gave the first reply.. thanks a lot KindaUndisputed :good:
neh, i heard the optimus 3d flunked.. i get dizzy using it..
I have a two friends, one has the evo 3d the other the lg 3d phone. Neither of them have used the 3d in over a year. There's a reason HTC killed 3d after one phone. Its cool but only for a bit..personally I would keep my play. Even if they gave me a 3d phone I wouldn't use it. Just my thoughts.
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Does a bigger and better screen, and a dual core processor make up for not having a gamepad? Having the gamepad, just makes gaming so much better but sometimes I wish the phone would be faster and have better graphics. So it's your choice: [gamepad with worse graphics and somewhat less smooth gameplay] or [No gamepad with better graphics and very smooth gameplay that will never lag]. I do love my Play but I would take the newer phone. The hardware on the Play is very outdated.
Potato13 said:
Does a bigger and better screen, and a dual core processor make up for not having a gamepad? Having the gamepad, just makes gaming so much better but sometimes I wish the phone would be faster and have better graphics. So it's your choice: [gamepad with worse graphics and somewhat less smooth gameplay] or [No gamepad with better graphics and very smooth gameplay that will never lag]. I do love my Play but I would take the newer phone. The hardware on the Play is very outdated.
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Thats exactly my point.. as much as i love my PLAY im gonna go with the deal,i figured the android os goes deeper than The Xperia PLAY.. thanks alot guys:good:
Caztiel said:
Thats exactly my point.. as much as i love my PLAY im gonna go with the deal,i figured the android os goes deeper than The Xperia PLAY.. thanks alot guys:good:
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BooOO!!!! Hahaha... Just kiddin. Its any1 n every1 choice. We just sharing our thought. In the end u still gonna go with own choice. So this kinda Q should be made a "General discussion" in the PLAY forum.

Can anyone Play Gangstar Rio smooth on any rom? ICS/GB/JB?

Anyone? on any ics jb or gb rom also its so laggy
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Anyone? on any ics jb or gb rom also its so laggy
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Judging by the graphics, I believe it's not the question of GB/ICS/JB, but of a better processor/GPU.
MarcSinger said:
Judging by the graphics, I believe it's not the question of GB/ICS/JB, but of a better processor/GPU.
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so overclock? i cant run it at 1700mgz also so what should i do? are you telling me its not playable on arc s?
Jack832 said:
so overclock? i cant run it at 1700mgz also so what should i do? are you telling me its not playable on arc s?
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Precisely. Considering it's not playable despite an overclock to 1.7 GHz, maybe it needs two to four cores, a better GPU, and more memory to run. Just saying. Haven't particularly tried it, but it does seem to be the case. If you have a friend that has a better-spec'd phone, maybe you could try it out there.
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Precisely. Considering it's not playable despite an overclock to 1.7 GHz, maybe it needs two to four cores, a better GPU, and more memory to run. Just saying. Haven't particularly tried it, but it does seem to be the case. If you have a friend that has a better-spec'd phone, maybe you could try it out there.
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yeah its so smooth on htc one x and galaxy s2
but mine is so laggy
just bought the phone a week ago and i am a gamer
and this phone cannot play HD games
Jack832 said:
yeah its so smooth on htc one x and galaxy s2
but mine is so laggy
just bought the phone a week ago and i am a gamer
and this phone cannot play HD games
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Should've done some research before buying, mate. Especially when dual-core phones are available at reasonable prices.
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Should've done some research before buying, mate. Especially when dual-core phones are available at reasonable prices.
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This phone is not suitable for gaming now, xperia arc/ arc s fame is away...
It has got only one core and old graphic - buy new phone with better performace if you want to play HD games lagfree xD

Hardware upgrade the xperia play?

i know this sounds ridiculous i was wondering if even remotely possible with the finest engineers and a lot of cash how much would it cost me to upgrade the processor, RAM and internal memory of the xperia play?
now before you shoot this idea down i have been reading that theres some people out there with rework machines soldering and upgrading phone chips
Here's a example
now i know it sounds impossible but if this is possible i would pump out some SERIOUS cash to get this done. im sure some freelance engineer might know how.:fingers-crossed:
Impossible.
SoC....
System On Chip...
CPU, memory and graphic are actually one single chip. On xperia Play, it's Snapdragon MSM8255. It have Scorpion single-core CPU, Dual-channel 333 MHz LPDDR2 and Andreno 205 graphic. But it's still a single chip.
Mobile smartphone are NOT PC. they don't have separated CPU, memory and graphic. their's hardware are predesigned to match sertain SoC (only internal storage can vary between same SoC).
Maybe (and i repeat, maybe), theoreticly, internal storage can be expanded in a way of your idea...
Perhaps there's need to find another phone also with 1 integrated chip in the same matter but of higher specs
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xdarkmario said:
Perhaps there's need to find another phone also with 1 integrated chip in the same matter but of higher specs
R800z
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I secretly wish they would make a full hd xperia play with a snapdragon 601 or maybe even better, a Tegra chip, top that off with 2gb ram and 16 gb internal memory and you really got a great gaming device.
maybe enough posting such useless hope posts?
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whatever, if you find device with same soc and more ram it may be possible. swapping nand or soc require new parts, that are pin-to-pin compatible, dont think that such exist through.
shaggydiamond said:
I secretly wish they would make a full hd xperia play with a snapdragon 601 or maybe even better, a Tegra chip, top that off with 2gb ram and 16 gb internal memory and you really got a great gaming device.
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It's called an Nvidia Shield.
Nuck-TH said:
maybe enough posting such useless hope posts?
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Not useless post just making conversation and thoughts I mean if I seen another phone do it I'm curious to try it
Because unfortunately Sony's not one to listen to their users so all we can do is dream hope and modify
Nukkus said:
It's called an Nvidia Shield.
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Lol
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Nukkus said:
It's called an Nvidia Shield.
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I'm aware of the nvidia shield, thank you
It's too bulky though.
shaggydiamond said:
I'm aware of the nvidia shield, thank you
It's too bulky though.
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yea i wanted the nvidia shield but its entirely too huge 0__0 its more of a home console and for a android powered home console i would just get the ouya.
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I'm aware of the nvidia shield, thank you
It's too bulky though.
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So would be your dream device that you described.
Nukkus said:
So would be your dream device that you described.
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don't get smart with me, kid.
I never specified any screen size or general size.
If the shield would have a design like the xplay, i'd get it
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don't get smart with me, kid.
I never specified any screen size or general size.
If the shield would have a design like the xplay, i'd get it
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Dude, do you know anything about design engineering? The hardware you posted needs significant size, the shield isn't bulky for the hell of it, it needs proper cooling and ventilation. And don't call me kid, i'm probably 20 years older than you at least.
These threads are ridiculous. Think or use google next time.
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These threads are ridiculous. Think or use google next time.
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That pretty much sums things up.
You would probably be better off modding a newer phones housing to fit a game pad and program the software for it
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You would probably be better off modding a newer phones housing to fit a game pad and program the software for it
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you know i was also thinking that, find a way to make the bottom half of the xperia play attachable on other phones and connect via bluetooth
but the idea of a boosted xperia play had more imagination lol
just killing time untill KitKat is mainstream on xperia play, im still dreaming...
Well your gunna need a lot of soldering skills and software development skills to mod a new chip in....remember that guy a long time ago that tried to solder a HDMI to his phone but he failed.....and to think that that was just HDMI not a whole new SoC
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crazymonkey05 said:
Well your gunna need a lot of soldering skills and software development skills to mod a new chip in....remember that guy a long time ago that tried to solder a HDMI to his phone but he failed.....and to think that that was just HDMI not a whole new SoC
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The hardware was there if it was mounted correctly defiantly.
It just needed a good software implementation, something probably hard to do not to mention that'd there probably need to be big backend stuff done in the kernel e.t.c.
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That's why I would pay a phone engineer to do it. Or a ex Sony employee lol
Well upgrading xperia play should be theoretically possible. If the pinout of the more powerfull version of soc would match the pinout of the current soc it probably should work. However the only faster soc which pinout probably match with the current soc is MSM8255T but it is only 500 MHz overclocked version of the current chip. So performance gain would be marginal :/

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