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[Q] What's everybody running on their cdma play?

Hey guys, just wondering what everyone is running on their verizon play? I am setting on fxp cm 9.1 but the lost features from stock are making me regret the change to ics (don't get me wrong the devs did a great job). I know we don't have much to choose from but I was wondering if I missed a gem somewhere. It's be awesome if you guys could give me some info,

Dudeness83 said:
Hey guys, just wondering what everyone is running on their verizon play? I am setting on fxp cm 9.1 but the lost features from stock are making me regret the change to ics (don't get me wrong the devs did a great job). I know we don't have much to choose from but I was wondering if I missed a gem somewhere. It's be awesome if you guys could give me some info,
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I am using the UK 2.3.3 GB rom that was ported from the GSM xperia play. Everything works with touchpads what more do you want? Otherwise stock GB is the way to go. Oh yeah I tend to avoid fxp or cm based roms because they do not want to fix the touchpads. Even if there were a fix for the touchpads neither fxp or cm would add it to their builds.

COLA ROM
330MB of free space on internal memory.
290-250MB of free ram.

chery2k said:
I am using the UK 2.3.3 GB rom that was ported from the GSM xperia play. Everything works with touchpads what more do you want? Otherwise stock GB is the way to go. Oh yeah I tend to avoid fxp or cm based roms because they do not want to fix the touchpads. Even if there were a fix for the touchpads neither fxp or cm would add it to their builds.
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Let me make this clear. FXP does the ENTIRE 2011 xperia line of phones, so sorry if a few build.prop lines get overlooked. 99% of "the touchpads" not working is due to the game itself and how it has them implemented and guess what..They use close source. So how can there be a "fix" when they can't see the source? Do not speak about which you know nothing about, as a developer who worked for cm a few years back, I find your comment insulting. It was cm that started custom roms in the first place.

agraceful said:
Let me make this clear. FXP does the ENTIRE 2011 xperia line of phones, so sorry if a few build.prop lines get overlooked. 99% of "the touchpads" not working is due to the game itself and how it has them implemented and guess what..They use close source. So how can there be a "fix" when they can't see the source? Do not speak about which you know nothing about, as a developer who worked for cm a few years back, I find your comment insulting. It was cm that started custom roms in the first place.
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Hey now, I am sure it reads alot worse than he meant it, lets not start getting insulted by some internet goobieness. Like I said in my opening post, fxp did a great job with what the had to work with. The problem lies with Sony Ericsson we can all agree with that right?
I used to run the UK build but the draw of ICS made me leave it. Imma look into COLA this weekend!
Thanks guys and keep the responses coming.

If only all gsm rom can be tweaked to work on cdma then there won't be any problem about ics..
Too bad most dev don't even have R800x
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I'm running AOKP/milestone 6- supervenoms rom. Freshly installed last night. Trying to figure out what governors best for me.
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Just flashed FXP138 (was on CM9 stable, but FXP claims that touchpads are fixed)

agraceful said:
Let me make this clear. FXP does the ENTIRE 2011 xperia line of phones, so sorry if a few build.prop lines get overlooked. 99% of "the touchpads" not working is due to the game itself and how it has them implemented and guess what..They use close source. So how can there be a "fix" when they can't see the source? Do not speak about which you know nothing about, as a developer who worked for cm a few years back, I find your comment insulting. It was cm that started custom roms in the first place.
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Sorry Agraceful I disregard my earlier comment and I didnt mean to spark a argument. Your right I dont know anything about developing roms or what not however having a half functional Xperia play is another thing leaving a sour taste in my mouth. As soon as i installed the latest FXP it had working touchpads however there is still the circle button issue but I am convinced were getting one step closer for a fully functional Xperia play. My faith is restored Cyanogenmod/FXP and I do apologize for my remark.

[Q] Need help choosing custom ROM (Xperia Pro)

Hi. I switched phones from a Samsung Galaxy Ace to a Sony Xperia Pro a year ago (got fed up with the touchscreen keyboard, wanted a real QWERTY keyboard.) I like the phone, but now that the warranty's expired I'd like to try a custom ROM or three, just to play with. Also I'm having battery life issues since upgrading to ICS (It's weird; the first time I upgraded it seemed to be OK, but I had to send the phone in for a warranty repair and they went and reflashed the firmware to Gingerbread on me. I reupgraded to ICS via Sony's PC Companion and now the battery life's terrible- about what it was on my Galaxy Ace.)
What I want is:
Everything working. I don't want to encounter problems such as the camera not zooming via the volume buttons, the front camera not working, keyboard layout problems, no wifi/bluetooth, etc. All hardware needs to work at least as well as when using the stock ROM.
Stability. No, or very few, crashes (nothing is perfect, I know), not a lot of force-closes of apps.
Good power management, even if this means slowing down the CPU clock. I'm willing to sacrifice some performance if that means that I don't have to recharge more than once a day. Also I'd like to be rid of some of the background services that I don't need or want, and that use up some juice. (BTW, my typical phone use is sending and receiving 3 to 4 texts per day, one or two voice calls daily, around 6 to 7 hours of web browsing using wifi, maybe 30 minutes playing solitaire, reading ebooks for an hour or three instead of web surfing, and occasionally using the camera or the flashlight, weather apps, calculator, etc.)
I want to be rid of Sony's bloatware. I don't need it.
I don't really care if the ROM has a lot of eye candy, bells & whistles, etc. or if it's a lot like the stock ROM in look and feel. However, k3wl things would be k3wl, so I'm willing to try them and play a bit.
BTW I'm a newbie when it comes to working with the Xperia. I got pretty good about rooting, modding and changing ROMs on the Ace, but Sony is a whole different ball game than working with Samsungs. So whatever ROM I end up choosing needs to have step-by-step instructions somewhere, with download links to everything I'm going to need.
Please post your ROM recommendations. TIA!
Edit: I've turned off data connections as I only use wifi, I've dimmed the display as low as it will go, I only turn wifi on when I'm actually going to use it and turn it off afterward, I never use GPS, I set it to flight mode at night- basically I've done everything I can think of to conserve power. I used to have around 50% of battery life left when I'd go to bed at around midnight or 1AM when I had Gingerbread, but now I have to stop and recharge at around 9 or 10PM. I start using the phone at around 6PM when my wife gets home as she tends to monopolize the computer- she's taking some online classes, and likes to sing along to YouTube to relieve work stress. So I'm typically on the phone and the web for 6 to 7 hours a day, and need enough excess juice to let the phone run idle all night so the morning's alarms can go off, and also to check the time if I wake up during the night.
There's no power outlet near our bed, so I have to do my recharging during the day (when I can use the computer), and besides, we have a bunch of dogs that might chew up the charger's USB cable- they already destroyed one. So I want to try to get 7 hours of web surfing/ebook reading, plus another 5 or 6 hours of idle/standby time.

BTW, I've looked at many of the ROMs listed in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642480 but there are so many of them! So I'd appreciate suggestions from people that are familiar with one or some of these ROMs to help me decide which one to use. Cheers!

JayMot said:
BTW, I've looked at many of the ROMs listed in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1642480 but there are so many of them! So I'd appreciate suggestions from people that are familiar with one or some of these ROMs to help me decide which one to use. Cheers!
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I'd recommend Jelly Sandwich. Press my signature to go to the thread it had everything that you mentioned
Sent from Xperia Arc S

jman2131 said:
I'd recommend Jelly Sandwich. Press my signature to go to the thread it had everything that you mentioned
Sent from Xperia Arc S
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Question: is that a ROM? It looks like just a collection of apps, unless I'm mistaken. How would they help boost my battery life and get rid of Sony's bloatware? (I'm kind of a newbie.)

nope it's a rom. it's not in the conventional ftf file format because it's a zip that you flash with cwm. It's a rom that's had all bloatware removed and a bunch of tweaks. i'm not very technical but it does actually work
oh and use this app. it clocks down the frequency to lowest when your phone's locked, therefore saving battery

JayMot said:
Question: is that a ROM? It looks like just a collection of apps, unless I'm mistaken. How would they help boost my battery life and get rid of Sony's bloatware? (I'm kind of a newbie.)
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Jelly sandwich is a stock sony ics based custom rom! Without bloatwares from sony! Check out it's thread. It has detailed instructions to install the rom! I also recommend you change your kernel n flash advanced stock kernel to increase your battery life. Speaking from personal experience and based on the daily usage you mentioned i would say you would get around 20 to 22 hrs of battery life!
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If you want full functionality (working Cam, working HDMI), here are the top ROMS, which I have tried, that are being developed/maintained/updated:
Xperia Pureness (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Ultimate HD (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Jelly Sandwich (Ice Cream Sandwich)
XGamer (Gingerbread)
I'm currently using Xperia Pureness.. I have XGamer on the other Pro.
Ultimate HD is great too. Check on the thread. The developer's really mature and I think he's cooking a great update to be released soon.
XGamer, being GB, is fast, stable and battery friendly. We're using an old device, we have to admit. The Pro is not as responsive on ICS as it is on GB. So you're probably going to end up with that. Ive read its great with games as well.
Jelly Sandwich is nice, I just don't like how it's presented. Too much hype. Too much bling bling :laugh::laugh::laugh: Once it was even "advertised" by the developer as Android 4.2. But it's a great stable ROM as well, just like the previous ones mentioned.
Anyway, I suggest you try the above four ROMS yourself because at the end of the day, it all comes down to personal preference. Best of luck :good:

Anne_Droid said:
If you want full functionality (working Cam, working HDMI), here are the top ROMS, which I have tried, that are being developed/maintained/updated:
Xperia Pureness (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Ultimate HD (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Jelly Sandwich (Ice Cream Sandwich)
XGamer (Gingerbread)
I'm currently using Xperia Pureness.. I have XGamer on the other Pro.
Ultimate HD is great too. Check on the thread. The developer's really mature and I think he's cooking a great update to be released soon.
XGamer, being GB, is fast, stable and battery friendly. We're using an old device, we have to admit. The Pro is not as responsive on ICS as it is on GB. So you're probably going to end up with that. Ive read its great with games as well.
Jelly Sandwich is nice, I just don't like how it's presented. Too much hype. Too much bling bling :laugh::laugh::laugh: Once it was even "advertised" by the developer as Android 4.2. But it's a great stable ROM as well, just like the previous ones mentioned.
Anyway, I suggest you try the above four ROMS yourself because at the end of the day, it all comes down to personal preference. Best of luck :good:
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I personally like ultimate HD have been using it for past month or so. It does have some bugs but the creator is updating it. I dont do much gaming so cant really say how good it is on that I do play world at arms, brother at arms epic defence but thats about it nothing too heavy I guess.
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snehil93 said:
Jelly sandwich is a stock sony ics based custom rom! Without bloatwares from sony! Check out it's thread. It has detailed instructions to install the rom! I also recommend you change your kernel n flash advanced stock kernel to increase your battery life. Speaking from personal experience and based on the daily usage you mentioned i would say you would get around 20 to 22 hrs of battery life!
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium. Click thanx if i helped!
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Wow really 20 to 22 hrs that nice. I dont know how many hours I get I am using uhd with stock kernal. I do go a day with 50% battery drain. Mostly I am web browsing... so you would recommend I change my kernal?

snehil93 said:
Jelly sandwich is a stock sony ics based custom rom! Without bloatwares from sony! Check out it's thread. It has detailed instructions to install the rom! I also recommend you change your kernel n flash advanced stock kernel to increase your battery life. Speaking from personal experience and based on the daily usage you mentioned i would say you would get around 20 to 22 hrs of battery life!
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium. Click thanx if i helped!
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Maybe I'm just dense but I don't see a download link in your thread, just a bunch of links to individual apps on the Play Store. Help?

press the left side of the siggy lol

jman2131 said:
press the left side of the siggy lol
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Got it! Thanks! GOO FTW!
I may play with it tomorrow.

danyal241 said:
I personally like ultimate HD have been using it for past month or so. It does have some bugs but the creator is updating it. I dont do much gaming so cant really say how good it is on that I do play world at arms, brother at arms epic defence but thats about it nothing too heavy I guess.
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Wow really 20 to 22 hrs that nice. I dont know how many hours I get I am using uhd with stock kernal. I do go a day with 50% battery drain. Mostly I am web browsing... so you would recommend I change my kernal?
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Yes! Try advanced stock! Its the best for ics based roms!
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium

OK, I took a look at Jelly Sandwich but decided it was too confusing for my tiny old brain- there were several 8.0 files, then a bunch of what I guess were updates all the way to 8.5, and I didn't see any "do this, then do this" lead-me-by-the-hand instructions. So I decided to try Ultimate HD. Got my bootloader unlocked, flashed the kernel using Advanced Stock for Xperia Pro. Couldn't get it to boot into CWM recovery, so I ended up nstalling CWM ROM Manager from the Play Store and used it to boot into recovery through that app. Whatever works. Wiped my cache & Dalvik, did a factory reset, rebooted (then had to reinstall CWM ROM Manager again.)
Ultimate HD installed just fine (sweet AROMA installation screens made it easy to set up), then I upgraded online to 2.0.1 and reinstalled all my favorite apps- decided to do fresh installations from Play Store rather than backing up and restoring, just to be sure everything's new.
So far, so good- it's pretty fast and stable, as far as I can tell. I'll play with it for a couple of days and see what my battery life is like. Need to find out what those governors do.
Thanks for the advice!

OK, I've used Ultimate HD over the weekend. I've noticed a few wee glitches- no show-stoppers though. For instance, in Album when viewing a particular picture, I click Throw, and notice that I have no context menu if I press the Menu button. All that's there are Trash, Share and Back icons along the top, which I didn't notice at first. The Back hardware button doesn't function when on this screen, you have to press the soft Back button on the screen. I thought the Album app had locked up.
I had one crash, when trying to load a web page while synching with Google/Gmail. The phone rebooted itself. Only happened once though.
So far, battery life's not that great, but it's better than with Sony's official ICS. I may try out a Gingerbread-based ROM later on down the road and see if that's "leaner and meaner' vis-á-vis battery life. Meanwhile, Ultimate HD is pretty cool, so I'll leave the phone alone for now.

JayMot said:
OK, I've used Ultimate HD over the weekend. I've noticed a few wee glitches- no show-stoppers though. For instance, in Album when viewing a particular picture, I click Throw, and notice that I have no context menu if I press the Menu button. All that's there are Trash, Share and Back icons along the top, which I didn't notice at first. The Back hardware button doesn't function when on this screen, you have to press the soft Back button on the screen. I thought the Album app had locked up.
I had one crash, when trying to load a web page while synching with Google/Gmail. The phone rebooted itself. Only happened once though.
So far, battery life's not that great, but it's better than with Sony's official ICS. I may try out a Gingerbread-based ROM later on down the road and see if that's "leaner and meaner' vis-á-vis battery life. Meanwhile, Ultimate HD is pretty cool, so I'll leave the phone alone for now.
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Update out for uhd try it out. Also implement new tweaks as posted in later pages
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PACMan ROM
I've been running on Mang's Pacman Rom for the pro and its great. Its ALOT smoother than ICS on the pro. Its basically stock jelly bean 4.1.2.
After flashing the given kernel you have cpu clock control, so for battery saving you can decrease that i guess. Battery has been ok so far. And basically everything you need is working. You just need to download ICS camera from google play, as the stock jelly bean one isnt working for now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924719
Note: the cpu is clocked at 1.6ghz when you first boot the rom. you should at least change it back to stock 1ghz, huge difference in battery life.
Should definitely give it a try. you have to google gapps for 4.1.2 if you want to use google now and the other standard google applications.

JayMot said:
... flashed the kernel using Advanced Stock for Xperia Pro ...
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Where can I find Advanced Stock kernel for Xperia Pro? I've tried searching but there seems to only be ones for other phones...
alishak said:
I've been running on Mang's Pacman Rom for the pro and its great ... And basically everything you need is working ...
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How is the hardware keyboard support? What about the Sym key?

ultimate hd rom
my suggestion :
ultimate hd rom with any stock based ics kernel
i have an arc s... i use this rom with ktg anzu kernel :laugh:
battery 1% in 5 hours with no wifi or anything, normal use :good:

Dude The best one is CM10 by FXP pros: clean AOSP, 4.1, frequent updates and bugfixes, smooth,

Best ROM ever for Sony xperia pro mk16i
Try this u wil never regret-Gin2Jellybean ROM
trust me guys:good: :angel::angel:

[Q][Answered][Xperia NXT1.3][Locked Bootloader]Data Problem?

Hello,
I've been really pleased to finally aquire a Xplay, and couldn't help rooting and putting roms on it!
So I've tried Xperia NXT1.3 due to popular praise and so far I love it, it's very clean and although I was used to the plenty of extra settings from the CyanogenMod roms I used before on my old phone, I didn't want to unlock my bootloader and void my warranty as I just bought it, and some defect might still turn up. The rom still offers a bit more than the stock, wich is all I asked of a daily rom.
But here's the thing: although data through 3G worked fine on stock, I haven't been able to get it to work since flashing?
I was on firmware .42, so I flashed .58 Enhanced before putting the rom on there and everything, wiped cache and data, set my APNs, did everything by the book (or so I thought), but nothing...
I've looked but couldn't find anyone having trouble with that, any ideas what might be the problem here? I can still use the wifi but that's rather annoying to not be able to use WCDMA.
I would have posted this in the Xperia NXT thread, but I'm too new for the development forum apparently.
Any ideas?
TL;DR: My Data doesn't work with the rom Xperia NXT 1.3 that I'm using.

No one?

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awkXda said:
Hello,
I've been really pleased to finally aquire a Xplay, and couldn't help rooting and putting roms on it!
So I've tried Xperia NXT1.3 due to popular praise and so far I love it, it's very clean and although I was used to the plenty of extra settings from the CyanogenMod roms I used before on my old phone, I didn't want to unlock my bootloader and void my warranty as I just bought it, and some defect might still turn up. The rom still offers a bit more than the stock, wich is all I asked of a daily rom.
But here's the thing: although data through 3G worked fine on stock, I haven't been able to get it to work since flashing?
I was on firmware .42, so I flashed .58 Enhanced before putting the rom on there and everything, wiped cache and data, set my APNs, did everything by the book (or so I thought), but nothing...
I've looked but couldn't find anyone having trouble with that, any ideas what might be the problem here? I can still use the wifi but that's rather annoying to not be able to use WCDMA.
I would have posted this in the Xperia NXT thread, but I'm too new for the development forum apparently.
Any ideas?
TL;DR: My Data doesn't work with the rom Xperia NXT 1.3 that I'm using.
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Try flashing the ftf and reflashing the ROM. I had a similar problem but my service wasn't working. Flashing ftf and reflashing ROM helped. Also if you just got the xplay brand new I would advise you to change it. Its a nice phone but pretty outdated. You might like a phone with better specs. Only reason I'm sticking with it is because of the great devs we have for it though the game pad is also nice.
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Thanks for your reply!
Which ftf should I reflash? The 58 Enhanced? I was going to try other roms today to see if that fixed it, and other ftfs with the same rom, but to be honest I wasn't really sure about that last one, is there incompatibilities issues?
About changing it, to be honest I had an X8 before, so this is a huge improvement for me! The dev community was amazing and it's a great phone though, I really loved it. I'm not one for big specs, I mainly use my phone to play emulators and texting/phoning/music, and none of these things requires any more than this phones offers. I don't really do HD gaming and videos, I have a laptop for that! And I absolutely love the gamepad, this is really the only way I could justify ditching my x8, this is to say how much high end wouldn't do much for me!

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awkXda said:
Thanks for your reply!
Which ftf should I reflash? The 58 Enhanced? I was going to try other roms today to see if that fixed it, and other ftfs with the same rom, but to be honest I wasn't really sure about that last one, is there incompatibilities issues?
About changing it, to be honest I had an X8 before, so this is a huge improvement for me! The dev community was amazing and it's a great phone though, I really loved it. I'm not one for big specs, I mainly use my phone to play emulators and texting/phoning/music, and none of these things requires any more than this phones offers. I don't really do HD gaming and videos, I have a laptop for that! And I absolutely love the gamepad, this is really the only way I could justify ditching my x8, this is to say how much high end wouldn't do much for me!
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Well then this would be great phone for you and for the ftf I think it tells you which one to flash in the thread.
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rom: fxp cm 10
kernel: Turbo v3.1

I have this problem with NXT 1.3 and DiXperia 2. I request the APN setup from my service provider few times but I can't receive the setup, manually set APN, not working also, so I tried create an APN, enter the first two section (APN name and another one I forgot) then save it, and surprisingly I got my data working! Mind telling me your device info? Maybe we have something in common and maybe we can fix it by changing something

> jeff7424
You're totally right! I tried what you said and it worked! That's just weird.
In the meantime I had tried gin2jb, and it was working fine, so it was really the rom and not the FW it seems. The thing I've noticed is that NXT doesn't have the pop up on first connection that asks you to specify your provider, maybe there's something like that...
What kind of info do you think would help? It's a R800i GSM, the FW is 58 enhanced, baseband 67, the rest is ROM specific I think?

I remembered it used to work, I don't know why lol. I was using .58 enhanced few months ago and after I reflash .58 FW and NXT it doesn't work anymore (weird). Then I switched to .62 and NXT it doesn't work also, after that I tried .62 with DiXperia 2, not working also, so I gave up at first. Then I tried this few days back and it worked I dunno why lol

jeff7424 said:
I remembered it used to work, I don't know why lol. I was using .58 enhanced few months ago and after I reflash .58 FW and NXT it doesn't work anymore (weird). Then I switched to .62 and NXT it doesn't work also, after that I tried .62 with DiXperia 2, not working also, so I gave up at first. Then I tried this few days back and it worked I dunno why lol
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This should really be in those roms Q&A threads anyway, that was brilliant. Simple and clean!

Simple step...just download software "tweakker" from play store and run it while wifi connected... then it will find your mms and data plan setting... that all
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I wish I could test this... I'm not sure it would have, since I set it up manually with the values given by my provider and it didn't work...
Not setting anything worked fine though, so that's ok. It would be good to know though!

[Q] Help choosing ROM for samsung galaxy w

Greetings, let me briefly explain my ROM related adventures.
I was sick and tired of the stock rom, it was slow and ugly.
I installed a Paranoid Android rom I found but it got stuck in a loop at boot and I was recomended to try another one that wasn't outdated.
I was recomended a PAC rom. It worked just fine, but it consumed a lot of RAM. Never having too much ram to spare the phone was extremely slow when accessing the store and other "heavy" actions.
Recently I installed the bionic cow rom I saw from the samsung galaxy w rom page but it reboots the phone spontaneously, I found in the thread of the rom that it has been discontinued and I should look for another one.
In sum, I need recomendations for a rom that is both light and good looking, any recomendations?
thanks.

Thaenor said:
Greetings, let me briefly explain my ROM related adventures.
I was sick and tired of the stock rom, it was slow and ugly.
I installed a Paranoid Android rom I found but it got stuck in a loop at boot and I was recomended to try another one that wasn't outdated.
I was recomended a PAC rom. It worked just fine, but it consumed a lot of RAM. Never having too much ram to spare the phone was extremely slow when accessing the store and other "heavy" actions.
Recently I installed the bionic cow rom I saw from the samsung galaxy w rom page but it reboots the phone spontaneously, I found in the thread of the rom that it has been discontinued and I should look for another one.
In sum, I need recomendations for a rom that is both light and good looking, any recomendations?
thanks.
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try liquidsmooth or xperia ui (for do037)

Thaenor said:
Greetings, let me briefly explain my ROM related adventures.
I was sick and tired of the stock rom, it was slow and ugly.
I installed a Paranoid Android rom I found but it got stuck in a loop at boot and I was recomended to try another one that wasn't outdated.
I was recomended a PAC rom. It worked just fine, but it consumed a lot of RAM. Never having too much ram to spare the phone was extremely slow when accessing the store and other "heavy" actions.
Recently I installed the bionic cow rom I saw from the samsung galaxy w rom page but it reboots the phone spontaneously, I found in the thread of the rom that it has been discontinued and I should look for another one.
In sum, I need recomendations for a rom that is both light and good looking, any recomendations?
thanks.
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cm9 final + honeyx/ hurtsky kernel

what about [ROM][ICS]OneOfAKind v26?
are u already try that rom?

Ahmed.ragab said:
try liquidsmooth or xperia ui (for do037)
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Can I trouble you to share links of threads with those ROM's.
I know my share of computers and programming and even a little of Android. I'm a bit "noob" on the topic of Kernels and other boosts alike.
I'm going to try and search for the mentioned threads/roms.
thanks.

Thaenor said:
Can I trouble you to share links of threads with those ROM's.
I know my share of computers and programming and even a little of Android. I'm a bit "noob" on the topic of Kernels and other boosts alike.
I'm going to try and search for the mentioned threads/roms.
thanks.
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for me the best rom for games , really smooth is , try like what dec0der said , CM9 EOL + hurtsky and use Row+Smartas$V6
really smooth and good on battery

redshift9 said:
for me the best rom for games , really smooth is , try like what dec0der said , CM9 EOL + hurtsky and use Row+Smartas$V6
really smooth and good on battery
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Can you translate that for me please? Like I said I don't have much knowledge behond the roms. I know CM9 EOL and hurtsky's kernel but what is Row+Row+Smartas$V6

thats the setting for performance
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Thaenor said:
Can I trouble you to share links of threads with those ROM's.
I know my share of computers and programming and even a little of Android. I'm a bit "noob" on the topic of Kernels and other boosts alike.
I'm going to try and search for the mentioned threads/roms.
thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320609

Thaenor said:
Greetings, let me briefly explain my ROM related adventures.
I was sick and tired of the stock rom, it was slow and ugly.
I installed a Paranoid Android rom I found but it got stuck in a loop at boot and I was recomended to try another one that wasn't outdated.
I was recomended a PAC rom. It worked just fine, but it consumed a lot of RAM. Never having too much ram to spare the phone was extremely slow when accessing the store and other "heavy" actions.
Recently I installed the bionic cow rom I saw from the samsung galaxy w rom page but it reboots the phone spontaneously, I found in the thread of the rom that it has been discontinued and I should look for another one.
In sum, I need recomendations for a rom that is both light and good looking, any recomendations?
thanks.
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LINKS (if ur lazy enough to look for it! just kidding )
ROM:CyanogenMod 9 Final Release (EOL)
KERNEL: honeyx 7up 3.0.x HurtSky' Kernel V4.1
in flashing, follow the installation instructions carefully to avoid bricking ur device. nandroid back-up & pristine! goodluck!

ROM: Honami UI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378598
Kernel: Madridii 3.0.x (v3 original with371mb ram): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301504
Really nice ROM, runs sweetly and looks good. With Madridii kernel I am getting up to 2 days out of a charge using Smartassv2 as govenor and SIO as scheduler.
Do a pristine install for trouble free installation and useage.

hundred_miles_high said:
ROM: Honami UI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378598
Kernel: Madridii 3.0.x (v3 original with371mb ram): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301504
Really nice ROM, runs sweetly and looks good. With Madridii kernel I am getting up to 2 days out of a charge using Smartassv2 as govenor and SIO as scheduler.
Do a pristine install for trouble free installation and useage.
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and what about your usage ??
can you share your battery stats ?

Ahmed.ragab said:
and what about your usage ??
can you share your battery stats ?
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My usage would probably be best described as light to medium: few phone calls, some sms and mms, ebay, email, weather updates, some web browsing and some tunes (inc stream to DLNA devices), but no gaming at all. I don't use Seeder or Greenify.
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Please ignore the mobile network signal bar being too short as it has never worked properly for me since CM9 (randomly stops logging data) - but as you can see the phone wasn't in aeroplane mode as it has signal in the status bar and the wifi has been permanently switched on.

dec0der said:
LINKS (if ur lazy enough to look for it! just kidding )
ROM:CyanogenMod 9 Final Release (EOL)
KERNEL: honeyx 7up 3.0.x HurtSky' Kernel V4.1
in flashing, follow the installation instructions carefully to avoid bricking ur device. nandroid back-up & pristine! goodluck!
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I'm going to try this one.
It's not that I'm "lazy" to look for the links, I did look but I end up getting lost in the ROM descriptions since they get really technicall.
My next question would be "how the heck would I install a Kernel", a bit of Googling revealled a thread about it, I'll post it here in case someone else is reading this and looking for information.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28042085
I'll post feedback on the ROM.

hundred_miles_high said:
My usage would probably be best described as light to medium: few phone calls, some sms and mms, ebay, email, weather updates, some web browsing and some tunes (inc stream to DLNA devices), but no gaming at all. I don't use Seeder or Greenify.
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Please ignore the mobile network signal bar being too short as it has never worked properly for me since CM9 (randomly stops logging data) - but as you can see the phone wasn't in aeroplane mode as it has signal in the status bar and the wifi has been permanently switched on.
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now I'm using this rom and madridi kernel but installing greenify
and will se the result

Thaenor said:
I'm going to try this one.
It's not that I'm "lazy" to look for the links, I did look but I end up getting lost in the ROM descriptions since they get really technicall.
My next question would be "how the heck would I install a Kernel", a bit of Googling revealled a thread about it, I'll post it here in case someone else is reading this and looking for information.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28042085
I'll post feedback on the ROM.
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about installing the kernel, just read the 1st page of each kernel thread :good:

Feedback
Hey,
I installed CM9 with the kernel like was suggested here. I decided to post some feedback and news about the rom.
So far it's been neat. I'm getting the performance and battery saving like I did when I had the stock rom, but I have the look and feel of the ICS.
here's a screenshot of the battery saving, it lasted the whole weekend... weekend partly spent discovering the wonder of Pudding Monsters, I've gotten more addicted to that game (in that weekend) more than I'm proud to admit.
In spite of that, the battery last for a good 2 days before crashing. This without any battery saving app or greater care.
(I haven't spent as much time online as I used to, that might've also helped a bit)
There is only one annoyance... two actually:
. (as expected) in the camera, the zoom doesn't work. (I was told cameras don't work that well in custom ROM's, as longs as it takes pictures as is I'm happy enough)
. There doesn't seem to be a usb support. Before, when I plugged the phone to the computer there was a popup allowing me to open some usb mode and allowing file transfer between external and internal sd cards. Now it simply turns on usb debugging.
While this works fine on Windows, the OSX doesn't recognize the device. Thus I cannot plug the android to my mac anymore.
Any ideas for the second part?
PS: Just noticed that my tablet also can't be seen on my mac. This means it's not a ROM problem. After searching the usb options I noticed the Samsung has a "mass storage" option which I think may solve my problems. But the same does not go for my tablet.
My tablet is a Sony S unrooted with stock ROM. It only allows usb connection through MTP or PTP modes, neither works with OSX for some reason.

as far as i tested, you can use liquidsmooth or the newest build pacman for sgw :good:

[Q] Help setting up a brand new Xperia Play for my daughters birthday pls :)

My daughter (13) being a playstation fan....saw the "playstation phone" somewhere and had a fit for it. I had to look up what she was talking about and strangely....I had never seen or heard of the Xperia Play. I found an unopened brand new Verizon (r800x) and bought it for her. Her birthday is next month and I am wanting to get this thing set up for her. I didnt realize that Sony had stopped support for this phone...so I cant even update from the stock android version This will be her first phone, and I think she will absolutely love it....but I need some help getting it updated please.
I have the phone set up and activated on Page Plus. I have read and read and read on the different roms and kernels etc. and TBH...it is all greek to me lol. I have never rooted a phone...used a custom rom or kernel etc. So I am hoping that some of you awesome peeps could help me out a little and help put a huge smile on my little girls face .
I noticed that several roms overclock the processor and up the screen res to 720p. That would be awesome to have since she will game the crap out of it lol. Of course I want all of the functions of the slide out controller to work...like the touch sensors etc. and also the wifi, camera etc. because well...shes a teenager. I also have Themer on my S3 and she LOVES messing with it and I am not sure if its possible for it to work on the Play even with a custom rom etc.
If any kind soul would mind telling me which rom etc would be the best to use for this, and also help me with getting it all installed and set up etc. I would GREATLY appreciate it!! Thanks so much!

HBD to your daughter
Hi, it's amazing, our loved xplay will never die .
First of all, if you have your bootloader unlocked then you are ready to choose (see point #2) then flash a rom (see point #3), if not then give a look to THIS for web unlocking for R800x (may work) or THIS it should work for R800x too but roms must be for R800x, you can search on each rom post to see if that rom are compatible.
Lets think about gaming and stuff, if you think your daughter will use it to play heavy games instead social stuff and multitask is not a problem then GingerBread is the best option, if you think she will be a casual gamer and will want multitask and other cool "new" stuff then ICS, Jellybean is not an option since you said that you want touchpads and jellybean has no functional touchpads.
In both GB and ICS you will able to record on 720p and Overclock your device and i recommend to O.C up to 1.6GHz with a Lupus Kernel.
Now, i have tested a several roms and kernels and i'll list those which i think are the best.
GINGER BREAD
Gin2KitKat very good UI, good for gaming and social
AuroraPlay simple UI, very good for gaming (the best i think)
ICE CREAM SANDWICH
GAMING HYBRID simple UI, light and good for gaming
ICS Original original Sony Ericsson UI, good for gaming and social
Xperia Play ZXperia Z UI(the best i think), very good for gaming and social
As i said before, you must see if the rom is compatible for R800x since almost all of them are for R800i.
As a matter in fact i'm using Xperia Play Z with DoomKernel at 1.6GHz and i think its the best of the best :laugh:
Hope i was helpful, i'm sorry for my bad english. Good luck. :fingers-crossed:

Thanks SO much for your help She will game of course but I think the ICS would suit her better. After writing this...i read some more....and some more lol....anyway I found the sony unlocking website...and unfortunately I dont have the "bootloader status" option so it says I cant unlock it
I would love to set it up exactly like yours is, since it seems you really like it . Is there a workaround for the bootloader problem?
Thanks again for your help!

Well...I got the bootloader unlocked
I wanted to use the Xperia Play Z rom that you mentioned...but it doesnt seem to be a r800x rom Can anybody recommend a ICS rom and kernel for the r800x please?

Try Hybrid
GAMING HYBRID has a CDMA (r800x) version :highfive:.
Actually you can flash any R800i ICS ROM but you will not have network but wifi, just to try maybe .
May you should pm Markphyton to know if the Xperia Play Z rom will be ported ro r800x in near future, meanwhile try Hybrid Gaming its UI is not as ugly as you may think, is stable and light, give it a chance.

kidtransam said:
Well...I got the bootloader unlocked
I wanted to use the Xperia Play Z rom that you mentioned...but it doesnt seem to be a r800x rom Can anybody recommend a ICS rom and kernel for the r800x please?
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if r800x is not the only option that would work in you area.. then you really made a mistake by buying the x version.,. should have bought the r800i.

Want Controller in Minecraft
I am setting up an Xperia Play for my daughter as well, and two more for my sons, only we have the CDMA version. So far I have tried CyanogenMod 9.1 and Xperia Play Z. In both of them, the controller functionality is just junk in Minecraft. Both Softsticks operate the same functions as the D-Pad on the left, leaving no good way to get around without constantly touching the screen. Additionally, on both ROMs, the only way I could get the option to play worlds locally was to copy them over from other devices, only then did the New and Edit buttons show up, and they still go missing most of the time.
So my question: Would anyone like to give an example of a specific custom ROM which gives them good controller performance in Minecraft? I would prefer Android 4.0 or better so I could recover from the kids changing the PIN(also, using PINs) to something they don't remember, and using phone location from within the Play store, otherwise I might have stuck with Stock in the first place.
Update: After trying Gaming Hybrid, I am mystified as to how it made the recommended list at all, and... I'll stop right there because that's the most positive thing I have to say about it. ICS Original gave me no controller love in Minecraft either, but even though it tried to set default language to Chinese it was at least stable during its four-minute eval.