Develop Bugs

Thinking of buying, got a few questions.

1. Someone on here said that the autobrightness problem(Which if I understood it right, is that the phone changed the brightness itself) has been fixed. Is that correct? I'd control the brightness now?
2. I've been reading on here all afternoon about rooting the Play, am I right in understanding that the whole rooting process is done on the phone itself? and that after rooting, I can just freeze the bloatware and that will give me the improved battery life and still allow me to use Over-The-Air updates?
3. I've also read on here about buttons falling out. Is that a widespread problem or just one or two unlucky people?
4. All the games are saved to the SD card, right? I don't have to worry about running out of space? and what's the average file size for Xperia Play games? I've never really played games on an Android phone before.
5. Is there any of problems I should know about before buying?
Thanks anyone who answers.

Im a noob to the play but I will answer from my limited experience
1. I updated to 2.3.3. I have a widget toggle that appears to allow me to to turn the brightness on or off. So I have not had any issues with it being too dark. I must admit the auto brightness in my old phone (orange san Francisco) was very good and the play doesnt seem to match it. maybe 2.3.4 has improved functions. Not a big problem though as I use the toggle.
2. not sure to be honest. I have not bothered rooting this phone. I used to mess about with the OSF with roms etc. but I dont feel the need to on this.
3. my power button gets stuck on the case edge and needs to be lifed to undo! Luckily I never use the power button or it could get irksome. All the functions like airplane and such can be toggled with widgets.
4. Yes and no. I am not 100% but I think the system games appear to be on the system memory only and cant be moved. All new games can of course be moved to SD (if it allows etc). I installed one game from ea and before I moved it to SD I was being told I was low on space... So there isnt a tonne of room.
5. The only issue I have is the mentioned power button. Considering I have sat here playing pilot wings and final fight perfectly, I will so utterly forgive the little beast
I think its the best value £150 you can spend. The screen is also lovely for media playback and since my PSP broke its been wonderful actually converting videos to watch on the nice screen

Just to answer the question about the root.
Yes, almost everything is done on the phone itself. Rooting on 2.3.2 is very easy to do. After you root, you can grab titanium backup and freeze unwanted apps. Just make sure you ONLY update via OTA after you root to avoid losing root.
If you haven't seen this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294129
I recommend you reading it.

The Alpha Gamer said:
1. Someone on here said that the autobrightness problem(Which if I understood it right, is that the phone changed the brightness itself) has been fixed. Is that correct? I'd control the brightness now?
2. I've been reading on here all afternoon about rooting the Play, am I right in understanding that the whole rooting process is done on the phone itself? and that after rooting, I can just freeze the bloatware and that will give me the improved battery life and still allow me to use Over-The-Air updates?
3. I've also read on here about buttons falling out. Is that a widespread problem or just one or two unlucky people?
4. All the games are saved to the SD card, right? I don't have to worry about running out of space? and what's the average file size for Xperia Play games? I've never really played games on an Android phone before.
5. Is there any of problems I should know about before buying?
Thanks anyone who answers.
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1. As of the last version, 2.3.4, the auto brightness issue has disappeared. People complained that it was too dark by default and that the maximum brightness was capped, but the last version corrected that.
2. Check my signature
3. While there are debatable design choices like the power buttons and the slider feels a bit lose , I wouldn't say they're big issues, or widespread.
4. One of the big gripes with the play is the scarce internal storage. games are usually moved to the Sd, but they still may leave a trace in the internal storage. When that trace is circa 1 mb you won't be bothered, but when it's 20 megabytes, that's a five percent of your whole storage.
5. It's a good phone, sturdy and reliable. I know it's moved me away from touch screen only phones.

Thanks for the answers guys, i'm seriously considering upgrading to this right now from my Samsung Galaxy Ace
DrEzkimo said:
I think its the best value £150 you can spend.
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Where are you finding it for £150? The best i've found is £180.
11anthony said:
Just to answer the question about the root.
Yes, almost everything is done on the phone itself. Rooting on 2.3.2 is very easy to do. After you root, you can grab titanium backup and freeze unwanted apps. Just make sure you ONLY update via OTA after you root to avoid losing root.
If you haven't seen this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294129
I recommend you reading it.
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I do only do updates OTA, I don't plug my phones up to my windows laptop and updates seem hard or impossible on Linux.
and I hadn't found that thread yet, I'll take a look, thanks!

If you only do updates OTA, forget about custom ROMs and the like.

Logseman said:
If you only do updates OTA, forget about custom ROMs and the like.
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I'm ok with stock roms until support stops, and it's been confirmed that all of this year's Xperia phones are getting ICS hasn't it? So I'm ok until Jellybean or whatever they end up calling it

it was £150 at o2
btw I couldnt update mine over the air had to be plugged into a computer and for some reason the first win7 machine didnt work but the main PC did.

DrEzkimo said:
it was £150 at o2
btw I couldnt update mine over the air had to be plugged into a computer and for some reason the first win7 machine didnt work but the main PC did.
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Ah ok
and that's kinda weird, right?
And I just thought of another question, the Play is HDPI right, not MDPI?

Yes sir. 854x480 for a four inch screen makes it a High Dot Per Inch device.

Just ordered it, thanks for the help guys!

goodluck and see you and your device soon here at the XP forums

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goodluck and see you and your device soon here at the XP forums
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Thanks, it arrives tomorrow.
Now for already bought it questions: I'm guessing the first thing I should do is root it? and are there any other free game offers atm besides the 4 EA ones? lol

hey dude where did you bought your xplay? And, are you from england?

pelly_jelly said:
hey dude where did you bought your xplay? And, are you from england?
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Yes I'm from England, I ordered this one from Argos. http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/s...=1500002901&langId=-1&searchTerms=XPERIA+PLAY It's out of stock atm, but then it was on Saturday when I checked but they had some back in Sunday when I ordered so they still seem to be getting some. Mine arrives tomorrow apparently.

does the galaxy nexus have the counter like other

does our device have the counter like on gs2 for the modded roms ??? or not?? i am asking because some one have told me that it has but till now i cant find it. and secondo so also we need to have the jig to reset it??

1. No, there is no counter. This is a stock Google experience without any TouchWiz widgets.
2. The device supports Odin but you don't really need it as you can use fastboot (which is more popular on Nexus devices).

zephiK said:
1. No, there is no counter. This is a stock Google experience without any TouchWiz widgets.
2. The device supports Odin but you don't really need it as you can use fastboot (which is more popular on Nexus devices).
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so i can breathe a sigh of reliefe ?? sorry to bother you but im worried

qamrij said:
so i can breathe a sigh of reliefe ?? sorry to bother you but im worried
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No problem. I'm not sure what this "counter" app/widget does, but look around on the market you might find something relatively similar to it.

zephiK said:
No problem. I'm not sure what this "counter" app/widget does, but look around on the market you might find something relatively similar to it.
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no maybe i did not explained what i mean . on the gs2 there is a counter that if you exceed the limit of flasshed rom the device stops working i think it bricks the device. is there a same thing on the nexus.

zephiK said:
No problem. I'm not sure what this "counter" app/widget does, but look around on the market you might find something relatively similar to it.
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On the GS2 the bootloader keeps track of flashes. Any time your flash counter increments and it's an unsigned (by Samsung) image you get a wonderful yellow triangle on your boot splash and possibly no boot at all.
I had a GS2 for three days before I jumped carriers and got the GN... so I don't know all the details but that's the gist of it. It's lame.
AFAIK, there shouldn't be such a thing on the GN.

so my doubt is confirmed ???

That sounds silly if there are a number of flashes that you can do on a phone. That just seems pure bogus if there is a number of flashes on a phone.
Don't worry, flash all you want on the Galaxy Nexus. The device won't brick.

I don't think there was a limit to anything. I think the counter was there for ota and warranty purposes. Flashing should only be limited by the write cycles of your NAND. most people won't encounter that problem. Flashing a rom everyday then you might hit write cycle limit.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.

@rbiter said:
I don't think there was a limit to anything. I think the counter was there for ota and warranty purposes. Flashing should only be limited by the write cycles of your NAND. most people won't encounter that problem. Flashing a rom everyday then you might hit write cycle limit.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
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Doubt it. On my G1, I flashed like a new ROM every day and never had a problem. Same with my Nexus S (on CM kangs/nightlies).
I wouldn't be scared to flash anything. Just flash and have fun with it. I'm positive that the OP will be fine.

you guys are wright because i dont think tht on nexus devices there is any limitation for flasshing. but when this person told me i just get little bit scared you know i care about my device ahahah

qamrij said:
you guys are wright because i dont think tht on nexus devices there is any limitation for flasshing. but when this person told me i just get little bit scared you know i care about my device ahahah
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I wouldn't worry about it lol. That's like saying a keyboard has a key span of X amounts of taps before it stops fully working.
Just flash and have fun with it. You'll be fine. Nothing to be scared about

zephiK said:
I wouldn't worry about it lol. That's like saying a keyboard has a key span of X amounts of taps before it stops fully working.
Just flash and have fun with it. You'll be fine. Nothing to be scared about
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flashing the aokp update and franco kernel

The GS2 just kept track of custom ROM flashes and had that yellow alert triangle on boot. You could easily get rid of it with a USB jig with a certain resistance, purchased from eBay. I had one that was meant to be for the Galaxy S, but also worked with the GS2, and if you flashed then booted the phone plugged into the PC with that, the triangle would be gone, and any ROM would be recognised as an official Samsung binary with the counter reset to 0. Best £3 USB cable I ever bought.
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I think the counter is meant to keep track whether you have done something that would void your warranty.
Imagine this scenario: you have rooted your device and unrooted it or flashed it to a custom rom and then back to your stock rom and then ask for a replacement or warranty service. Even you have unrooted your device or flashed it back to stock rom (if that's possible), the counter will tell them that your warranty is void.

Do's/Dont's setting up new unlocked Nexus? "first unlocked phone"

Ok so my new Nexus is coming tomorrow I sold my AT&T note to get it. This is my first time getting a unlocked phone. Anything I shouldn't do upon setting it up. Or things I should do. I've been reading a so far in here for the last few days. Just wanna make sure everything goes smooth

Put your SIM card in. Put the Battery in.

Root & unlock bootloader right away. That way you don't waste all that time setting up your phone just to have to redo it.
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus.

martonikaj said:
Put your SIM card in. Put the Battery in.
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Seriously, it's that simple.
Actually, if I may add a couple:
~Make sure it's free of defects - I don't want to worry you but it's something you want to address quickly for something not officially available in the U.S.
~Since you're on AT&T, set up your data usage limits.

Ok cool. Just wanted to make sure, illmprob root and such right away as mentioned. So I guess I have to call AT&T and tell them I'm using a "android" data plan correct? Being I used a spare iPhone 4 I had laying around while waiting for my nexus to Come in.

Vcolassi said:
Ok cool. Just wanted to make sure, illmprob root and such right away as mentioned. So I guess I have to call AT&T and tell them I'm using a "android" data plan correct? Being I used a spare iPhone 4 I had laying around while waiting for my nexus to Come in.
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If you're using an iPhone 4 the data plan should work fine (but some ppl are saying you can get a nice CS rep to put you on a "4G" data plan to get better speeds).
Also, you'll need a SIM adapter if you're gonna stick with the iPhone's Micro SIM.

I can prob just go in and ask them to give me a sim for my galaxy note. I got a sim before I believe with just giving them my number.

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Seriously, it's that simple.
Actually, if I may add a couple:
~Make sure it's free of defects - I don't want to worry you but it's something you want to address quickly for something not officially available in the U.S.
~Since you're on AT&T, set up your data usage limits.
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Yes, I would check for defects first to make sure you don't waste time doing anything else.
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Unlock, but don't root until you know what you want/need root for.

root is the same as the admin account on a windows machine. it does not introduce changes or risks just because it's there. there are a million reasons to do it, though. obvious reasons like safety and choice. it would be unthinkable for a laptop to be delivered without admin account, but here they shrunk the casing to an minimum, it's still a computer, but now it's oooohhhh, oooonlllyyyy if u knowwww whut ure doingggg. come on man, really. root on android is way more easy, transparent and intuitive to use than on a windows pc so what's the big deal.

molesarecoming said:
root is the same as the admin account on a windows machine. it does not introduce changes or risks just because it's there. there are a million reasons to do it, though. obvious reasons like safety and choice. it would be unthinkable for a laptop to be delivered without admin account, but here they shrunk the casing to an minimum, it's still a computer, but now it's oooohhhh, oooonlllyyyy if u knowwww whut ure doingggg. come on man, really. root on android is way more easy, transparent and intuitive to use than on a windows pc so what's the big deal.
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You are, in fact, wrong.
Android becomes a lot more vulnerable if you have SU/root installed. Just as it enables you to have root access on the system, it enables potential malware to have the same level of access and there are exploits in the wild utilizing this.
Android OS is also designed in a way that you don't need root access for almost anything the average user would possibly want to do with the device.

If you ever dig around the *#*#4636#*#* menu don't change or press anything next to SMSC otherwise you'll screw up your SMS's

Zengster6474 said:
If you ever dig around the *#*#4636#*#* menu don't change or press anything next to SMSC otherwise you'll screw up your SMS's
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i did that lol
and i had to use my old old dumb phone (se s500i) to set up smsc again, it is one thing dumb phone is smarter than a smart phone
another way is to translate the smsc number in a website which is troublesome
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Valynor said:
You are, in fact, wrong.
Android becomes a lot more vulnerable if you have SU/root installed. Just as it enables you to have root access on the system, it enables potential malware to have the same level of access and there are exploits in the wild utilizing this.
Android OS is also designed in a way that you don't need root access for almost anything the average user would possibly want to do with the device.
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As you probably already know there Roms like CM9 that protect against this. And more development teams are implementing the same safeguards.
Also rooting gives you the ability of adding apps like Cerberus and Avast to the system folder, making them very hard to remove.
Since he is a member of XDA, and asking about which pitfalls to avoid, you could assume he has ambitions to tinker and customize. So its not a question of if he should root, its a question of when.
But you know what they say when you assume..
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus.

Do: Everything.
Don't: Not do everything.
Simple.
Sent from the future.

Valynor said:
You are, in fact, wrong.
Android becomes a lot more vulnerable if you have SU/root installed. Just as it enables you to have root access on the system, it enables potential malware to have the same level of access and there are exploits in the wild utilizing this.
Android OS is also designed in a way that you don't need root access for almost anything the average user would possibly want to do with the device.
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say what? what kind of root did you install on your phone man. root changes nothing, an app can do the same stuff it could before and not an iota more. if it wants to it has to explicitly apply for that right and you have to give your allowance. Android is designed to be open, you either use that possibility or you don't but you don't run around freaking people out that root on Linux is something evil or abnormal which is it not, it's a plain normal admin account and nothing more and Android profits from it in the same way every other os in the whole wide world profits.
ps. that stuff about the "average user" is pure bs. average users do not complain about root on win7 or osx, why would they complain on android where it's even easier to operate. customizations aside, you're living dangerous, one bad crash and your phone is ****ed, a bit of bad luck and it gets stolen and you'll not see it again. both becomes virtually impossible with root since you have real backups and real security suites.

Unlocking the boot loader and rooting an android phone definitely opens it up to exploits, if you don't know that I wouldn't Root
Saying that, only way to run a smooth Nexus is to run Codename Android 1.6.0 with standard launcher and franco kernel. I've tried them all and this is the ONLY way to get nexus running smooth with limited lag.

Let's return to the topic:
You probably should unlock your bootloader immediately BECAUSE bootloader unlock wipes the phone. If you encounter a situation later on that requires an unlocked bootloader, you would loose all your data during the unlock process. I'd advise you to do it immediately before you set up your phone.
Rooting is different. Once your bootloader is unlocked, you can root your phone at any time without loosing anything. If you don't require a root right now, don't bother with it. Should you require it later, rooting is very easy and doesn't affect your data/settings IF (VERY BIG IF) your bootloader is unlocked.

I don't understand the concern about having root. Any app that attempts to gain root access is blocked and a pop up from super user asks if you want to grant access to said app.
Anyway I root but stay stock, because root is about having admin rights to do things, not necessarily flashing roms etc. Example I wanted to make my bar transparent, so u could do that when rooted even though I was on stock rom.
Anyway just pop in your sim is all you have to do. You don't have to change any data plans or have to even tell ATT anything.

Vcolassi said:
Ok so my new Nexus is coming tomorrow I sold my AT&T note to get it. This is my first time getting a unlocked phone. Anything I shouldn't do upon setting it up. Or things I should do. I've been reading a so far in here for the last few days. Just wanna make sure everything goes smooth
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Why did you sell your note? i am planning to buy new phone im confused between note and nexus... hope u can help coz u used them both... my first choice was nexus...

[Q] Stock S III froze while listening to Pandora

Hi,
Just got my Galaxy SIII and I was listening to Pandora the other day. I had the screen off when all of a sudden the music stops. I hit the power button to see what was going on when it showed my lock screen and where the icons for my time and signal is suppose to be there was a blinking prohibition symbol, the circle with the forward slash going through it. Anyway I couldn't unlock my phone as it seemed frozen. Than I noticed after a minute the time showed and I got signal again, than the screen blinked and I was able to unlock my phone and get to my home screen. Started up Pandora and it was good for the rest of the day. This is the first hiccup this phone had. Something to be concerned about?
I'm a old member of this site that went iPhone but now I'm back and boy has things changed!

Yes my phone locked up on me a hundred times , im trying to sell it and use my iphone 5 instead too many problems on it and the keyboard is slow and lags alot .theres no music display on the lockscreen u should get rid of it and buy something else you're gonna have more problems in the future so prepare for it.
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rootyourphones said:
Yes my phone locked up on me a hundred times , im trying to sell it and use my iphone 5 instead too many problems on it and the keyboard is slow and lags alot .theres no music display on the lockscreen u should get rid of it and buy something else you're gonna have more problems in the future so prepare for it.
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Sounds like the first reason I left to go iPhone...hahahaha...oh great...I would have thought it was all figured out by now.

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rootyourphones said:
Yes my phone locked up on me a hundred times , im trying to sell it and use my iphone 5 instead too many problems on it and the keyboard is slow and lags alot .theres no music display on the lockscreen u should get rid of it and buy something else you're gonna have more problems in the future so prepare for it.
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Maybe you just have no idea how to use root to fix your issues. Love my S3, it crushes your puny, boring iPone.
Seriously man, why are you even here? I looked at your posts and you're obviously a iPone fanboy. Are you just here to troll? Do you work for Apple?
OP, if your phone is freezing up on you, try a custom rom and see if that fixes it. Or, if you haven't rooted yet (or even if you have and know how to flash back to stock), get a warranty replacement since your device may be defective.

skrambled said:
Maybe you just have no idea how to use root to fix your issues. Love my S3, it crushes your puny, boring iPone.
Seriously man, why are you even here? I looked at your posts and you're obviously a iPone fanboy. Are you just here to troll? Do you work for Apple?
OP, if your phone is freezing up on you, try a custom rom and see if that fixes it. Or, if you haven't rooted yet (or even if you have and know how to flash back to stock), get a warranty replacement since your device may be defective.
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Finally a light at the end of the tunnel. I love the S3 too. I came from a iPhone 3GS but I have lots of usage time with the 4, 4S and 5. The S3 to me is a lot more fun. You can do so much more. I admit I don't miss the hiccups though. Just this morning I had to restart it because it wasn't picking up a network signal and after the restart it was fine. Probably a network issue but those are the things that never happened on a iPhone. I guess you have to give up comfort for cool features on the androids. A friend of mine says root another says don't cause that leads to more problems....I know rooting would give me lots more control though right?

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Finally a light at the end of the tunnel. I love the S3 too. I came from a iPhone 3GS but I have lots of usage time with the 4, 4S and 5. The S3 to me is a lot more fun. You can do so much more. I admit I don't miss the hiccups though. Just this morning I had to restart it because it wasn't picking up a network signal and after the restart it was fine. Probably a network issue but those are the things that never happened on a iPhone. I guess you have to give up comfort for cool features on the androids. A friend of mine says root another says don't cause that leads to more problems....I know rooting would give me lots more control though right?
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Yeah, rooting would give you a lot more control. Just make sure you read carefully and know what you're doing, the stickies at the top of the Development and General sections include everything you need to know to get started.
But you may just want to start with doing a factory data reset. This would delete all your saved files, pictures, music, etc, but you can back anything up on a pc before doing it and you'll still have it. Just go into Settings/Back up and reset/ and select Factory Data Reset. This will format your data and will remove any bad data that could be causing you problems, and you'll be back to the out-of-the-box state.
Or, if you want to try rooting, after reading up of course, this is the place to start: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
After rooting you can install custom roms with built-in fixes for certain issues, or you can just be rooted and use apps like Titanium Backup to freeze the bloatware that AT&T and Samsung put on the device which could be causing lag and other issues.
That said, read these posts (and any others that may apply) before doing anything root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802160
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699450
Good luck! :good:

skrambled said:
Yeah, rooting would give you a lot more control. Just make sure you read carefully and know what you're doing, the stickies at the top of the Development and General sections include everything you need to know to get started.
But you may just want to start with doing a factory data reset. This would delete all your saved files, pictures, music, etc, but you can back anything up on a pc before doing it and you'll still have it. Just go into Settings/Back up and reset/ and select Factory Data Reset. This will format your data and will remove any bad data that could be causing you problems, and you'll be back to the out-of-the-box state.
Or, if you want to try rooting, after reading up of course, this is the place to start: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
After rooting you can install custom roms with built-in fixes for certain issues, or you can just be rooted and use apps like Titanium Backup to freeze the bloatware that AT&T and Samsung put on the device which could be causing lag and other issues.
That said, read these posts (and any others that may apply) before doing anything root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802160
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1699450
Good luck! :good:
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I've only had the phone two weeks now. I'll wait for the factory reset until it really starts tweaking on me. I haven't really done much besides add apps. Thanks for the links I'll look into it.

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Maybe you just have no idea how to use root to fix your issues. Love my S3, it crushes your puny, boring iPone.
Seriously man, why are you even here? I looked at your posts and you're obviously a iPone fanboy. Are you just here to troll? Do you work for Apple?
OP, if your phone is freezing up on you, try a custom rom and see if that fixes it. Or, if you haven't rooted yet (or even if you have and know how to flash back to stock), get a warranty replacement since your device may be defective.
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My phone is rooted and on serenity rom so what else u got.
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If u say its defective cause it freezeing than samsung should do a recall on all if them lmao
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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Ace IIx GT-S7560m

THE COMPLETE FAQ HAS MOVED HERE!

Blaster3K said:
Hello eh!
I just purchased the "Virgin mobile" Samsung Galaxy Ace IIx GT-S7560m to replace my faulty HTC EVO 3D (unlocked not rooted)
phone. I know I know it is a downgrade however, for what I need it for it is fine. Except.... for... ONE..... MAJOR...... PROBLEM!!!
I cannot move any apps to the SDCARD?? I have tired an adb method on another site (message me I guess to get URL) to no avail (its dated I know) . I have searched and looked around however I am confused at what tutorial I should follow and use? I decided to post and ask the knowledgeable beings here. If I can root this phone perfect!!! If not is there any information anyone can give me in regards to this problem.
*update*
Playing with it more and reading the specs on Virgins Canadian website
the unit has "Enhanced Memory: 4GB ROM + 6Gb RAM"?????
I have a 16GB SD card in and that is just being used for my music currently
as I cannot directly copy anything to it..... It seems this unit is really "locked down"
is this "virtual" memory? I am starting to think the unit has no real HARDWARE ram
just a page file type ram, like using a usb stick for ready boost. Also I cannot install
anything unless its on play store.... thinking I may have to return it?
Anyone want to take a stab at this one?
Thanks in advance
Blaster3K
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Can you install apps from the play store? If yes, then please try to install ES Task Manager and post a screenshot or at the least post the information provided by the app on "About Phone"

your phone single core 1mhz ??
it comes with ics right ??
how much ram ??

Messi10 said:
your phone single core 1mhz ??
it comes with ics right ??
how much ram ??
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He says 6GB RAM but i don't it's true. Well anyways, no clear specs on that phone yet. I have my hopes up with the fact that it's running ICS. No clear info on Samsung's website though.

Messi10 said:
your phone single core 1mhz ??
it comes with ics right ??
how much ram ??
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1GB RAM ..
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http://m.samsung.com/ca/consumer/mobile/mobile-phones/smartphones/GT-S7560ZKMBMC-spec
Why that Phone is similar to Mini SIII ? 4.0 inch too :sly:
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Seems Canada ace 2 version..
On samsung Canada site there isnt" gt-i8160)

I uploaded the requested screenshots.
The phone is not that bad at all surprisingly just needs a root method,
even installing UI launcher is hit and miss some install some say "insuffencient storage"
The same error goes for widgets.

Yeah this phone has better hardware than i8160, do you happen to know it's chipset?
As for root method, it seems not so many people own this phone right now. Maybe its possible to make the kernel support CWM as i have read somewhere that there's a guide to do so, haven't tried though.
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Yeah this phone has better hardware than i8160, do you happen to know it's chipset?
As for root method, it seems not so many people own this phone right now. Maybe its possible to make the kernl support CWM as i have read somewhere that there's a guide to do so, haven't tried though.
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i rooted it using 7562 root patch zip file after using oden to install cwm recovery in download mode im no expert but it seemed to work and gave me root access im didnt notice any ill effects thus far
im guessing the zip file is simewhat universal for ics rooting
i decided to use the 7562 tutorial as i
thought the hardware and os rom were very similar to the 7560 here in canada

I will try to do that later and I will post my results.
Hopefully this will work... I am still confused as to memory usage
it says on the virgin site that is has enhanced memory. It is an
odd configuration. Also I have no clue what the GPU is yet
its so new that GSM arena as no specs on it!!
Any links to download all the tools I need that you have used etc?
Thanks in advance!

Blaster3K said:
I will try to do that later and I will post my results.
Hopefully this will work... I am still confused as to memory usage
it says on the virgin site that is has enhanced memory. It is an
odd configuration. Also I have no clue what the GPU is yet
its so new that GSM arena as no specs on it!!
Any links to download all the tools I need that you have used etc?
Thanks in advance!
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Antutu Benchmark can give the GPU and other info on the "i" tab then select system info
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its not same with i8160. dont flash any kernel or rom i8160 to your rom.
soc not same.
single core 1ghz
i think its adreno.
and please delete screenshoot with imei.
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How's that going for you?
Hiya.
I am still trying to root this thing without much success - Partly because I was waiting for somebody else to do it this way first - I think part of the problem is that I have found no way to backup the stock GT-S7560M firmware so if I did screw it up I'd be somewhat stuck. There seemed to be an indication that a recovery mode boot (vol-down, home, power) would allow this and a clear cache partition (which is what I really wanted to do originally anyway!) but I can never get that to work.
I guess I will wait a couple of days to discover if you have any disasters, and then try it your way - Any pointers to a nice simple tutorial and fileset?
Thanks.
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i rooted it using 7562 root patch zip file after using oden to install cwm recovery in download mode im no expert but it seemed to work and gave me root access im didnt notice any ill effects thus far
im guessing the zip file is simewhat universal for ics rooting
i decided to use the 7562 tutorial as i
thought the hardware and os rom were very similar to the 7560 here in canada
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Ah I got impatient and did it anyway - It's rooted and happy, the only problem now of course, is the yellow warning triangle. I got myself Chainfire's Triangle Away but that didn't work so I had to do a refund on that (Sorry Chainfire!). Any luck on the counter reset anyone who has rooted this?
Lorry said:
Hiya.
I am still trying to root this thing without much success - Partly because I was waiting for somebody else to do it this way first - I think part of the problem is that I have found no way to backup the stock GT-S7560M firmware so if I did screw it up I'd be somewhat stuck. There seemed to be an indication that a recovery mode boot (vol-down, home, power) would allow this and a clear cache partition (which is what I really wanted to do originally anyway!) but I can never get that to work.
I guess I will wait a couple of days to discover if you have any disasters, and then try it your way - Any pointers to a nice simple tutorial and fileset?
Thanks.
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I am waiting for the jelly bean update then ill try root
I do not want to brick the phone

Ace II, GT-S7560M - rooted but NO triangle away.
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I got myself Chainfire's Triangle Away but that didn't work so I had to do a refund on that (Sorry Chainfire!). Any luck on the counter reset anyone who has rooted this?
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Nope! Same problem here...rooted using SuperSU, flashed CWM 5.0, all seems OK but I've got that annoying triangle showing at every reboot. It's really weird though, when I tried running Triangle Away, it didn't even tried installing the supporting software (as it did on my Note II and S3) and it returned an error right away saying "Could not locate the hidden partition. Are you running ICS?"
On the other hand I would normally just re-initiate the phone through Kies to return to the stock firmware but it seems Samsung didn't bother releasing it yet - not available in Sammobile or anywhere else.

I cannot intsall Antutu benmark or tester keep getting insuffient storage error
this phone is driving me to drink

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I cannot intsall Antutu benmark or tester keep getting insuffient storage error
this phone is driving me to drink
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You must have already crammed your phone with "STUFF" or something else is wrong. Installed both Antutu and Velamo without any problems
Antutu - 4044 (although Antutu is less and less trusting)
Velamo - 302
In both cases the GT-S7560M was on the very bottom of the list BUT as always, take those results with a big grain of salt. I did so even in the case of the Note II, shown at the other end of the spectrum - the top. In the end, benchmarks truly mean NOTHING for what one may experience in day to day usage.
For a brand new, $200 phone I believe the GT-S7560M delivers in every aspect.

I think a lot of the space problem is that linking things to the sdcard is just carrying on filling the same memory as it would, had it been on internal memory anyway - The external sdcard (and nicely, I noticed today that it does work with 64gb ones) is mounted as /mnt/extSdCard and not /mnt/sdcard so everything tends to go horribly wrong, and even rooted I haven't yet found an app that gives me a work around to this. Sensibly it seems I should be able to pop some post-boot links in there to fix things, or symlinks from /mnt/sdcard/X -> /mnt/extSdCard/X but this doesn't seem like I should be having to bother to work around some perverse change they have made anyway.
I am from a Sony background, incidentally, so why they are doing this is utterly beyond me.
As for the $200 phone - Actually, Future Shop paid me $100 to take mine away
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nacos said:
You must have already crammed your phone with "STUFF" or something else is wrong. Installed both Antutu and Velamo without any problems
Antutu - 4044 (although Antutu is less and less trusting)
Velamo - 302
In both cases the GT-S7560M was on the very bottom of the list BUT as always, take those results with a big grain of salt. I did so even in the case of the Note II, shown at the other end of the spectrum - the top. In the end, benchmarks truly mean NOTHING for what one may experience in day to day usage.
For a brand new, $200 phone I believe the GT-S7560M delivers in every aspect.
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On the other hand I would normally just re-initiate the phone through Kies to return to the stock firmware but it seems Samsung didn't bother releasing it yet - not available in Sammobile or anywhere else.
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Would this keep root though? I seemed to remember in the OTA Rootkeeper notes, there was something about it not keeping root after a Kies update. Mind you I have never even loaded Kies, so I don't have a clue what I am on about in this respect really - I just figured the Rootkeeper people may do.
Anyway if you do ever work out a way around the annoying triangle, do share; though I think I have given up all hopes of any warranty exchanges on this now anyway.

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The external sdcard (and nicely, I noticed today that it does work with 64gb ones) is mounted as /mnt/extSdCard and not /mnt/sdcard so everything tends to go horribly wrong, and even rooted I haven't yet found an app that gives me a work around to this.
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Coming from the Note 2 and before the S3, the extSdCard format doesn't surprise me at all. When I transitioned from the S2 to the S3 I was really pissed for that exact reason BUT regardless, you still shouldn't have that issue with not being able to install Antutu or other large software. Not only that I haven't had any problems with Antutu but I have just finished installing TomTom and it runs nice and smoothly.
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As for the $200 phone - Actually, Future Shop paid me $100 to take mine away
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I guess it's one of the two: you either went with a long term contract OR you had a gun pointed at the guy from Future Shop. When I said $200, I was talking about us, non-robbers, normal citizens, who would be buying the phone outright - because we already have another 3 new phones at home, and therefore there is no such thing as a hardware upgrade available .
Lorry said:
Would this keep root though? I seemed to remember in the OTA Rootkeeper notes, there was something about it not keeping root after a Kies update. Mind you I have never even loaded Kies, so I don't have a clue what I am on about in this respect really - I just figured the Rootkeeper people may do.
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I've done it many times. As long as Kies allows initiation (Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initiation) you'll certainly get rid of any custom binaries, including root and recovery. I would do a factory reset before the initiation anyway. In other words, YES, you'll loose the root BUT I guess that's why you would go that route.

Coming from the Note 2 and before the S3, the extSdCard format doesn't surprise me at all. When I transitioned from the S2 to the S3 I was really pissed for that exact reason BUT regardless, you still shouldn't have that issue with not being able to install Antutu or other large software. Not only that I haven't had any problems with Antutu but I have just finished installing TomTom and it runs nice and smoothly.
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I have been at war with a Motorola Defy all night - My brain hurts. But anyway, there is someone working on the sdcard thing over on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786014 so that thread is worth a look. I am still on a stock firmware so as yet it's no good for me - But it may be for you.
I guess it's one of the two: you either went with a long term contract OR you had a gun pointed at the guy from Future Shop. When I said $200, I was talking about us, non-robbers, normal citizens, who would be buying the phone outright - because we already have another 3 new phones at home, and therefore there is no such thing as a hardware upgrade available .
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Nope! No firearms involved! They are just desperate to push Koodo's new plans at the moment. They have some pretty good Canada Wide ones, although as long as you aren't going to use lots of voice it's fine to stick with the $30 a month one. The phone costs $150 which goes on the tab but they gave me $100 back at futureshop - So technically it'd only ever cost me $50 to get out of my contract at any time - Nothing long term. I looked for a catch, I couldn't find one - And it's not Rogers!
And now before we get sulked at for not talking about technical stuff, I shall get back on topic...
I've done it many times. As long as Kies allows initiation (Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initiation) you'll certainly get rid of any custom binaries, including root and recovery. I would do a factory reset before the initiation anyway. In other words, YES, you'll loose the root BUT I guess that's why you would go that route.
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Aaah that's good to know if I ever need to return it for anything! Although most of my phones get dropped in the sea/rivers/off-cliffs well before they are ever allowed to break software wise (hence my battles with the Motorola Defy and the Sony Xperia Active).