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Hey there ppl, i'm getting a arc s tomorrow as my second device (just for calls and text). And i want to know what ROM are you folks using and why.
Please give me feedback, if you can, such as battery drain, camera work, kernel, smoothness, usability, performance (games, WiFi, sound quality, general behavior) and anything else you might find interesting.
I know it's a lot to ask butt can you help a fellow member?
Currently i find myself inclined to use stock with some mod's like cam and sound, what would you advise?
Thanks for your time
Jjdoctors rom
Fast smooth stable everything is awesome
Sent from my LT18i using XDA
Arconium Miui, fast and everything is working, good battery life with stock kernel
I tried EVERY rom on this forum for Arc S, and I choose Arconium Miui (arconium ICS is better but arconium miui looks cooler)
If you are going to use it for calls and text then better try Arconium ICS with ICS-Tweaked(ROM) keyboard (the best keyboard)
I'm currently looking for best battery life atm i'm just testing CM7.2, Still needs daily charging, performance is really good though.
I have read that Arconium gb + doomkernel is best for battery life or JJ hybrid
JJ's v2 ICS Rom
i m using JJ's v2 rom.. stable-fast-superb
i m using JJ's v2 rom too
Right now I'm using Semc Debrand Engine | V4.1 |.. Smooth UI, great gaming but poor battery life. Arconium GB with Advanced stock kernel is great for battery!
Didn't like ICS much. It is like an unfinished ROM from Sony IMHO. GB is still great for recording videos and gaming.
I'm back on stock ICS. I'll give CM9 a go when they iron out some more bugs. Hopefully Sony will release all the sources required for this to happen soon. I can't do without a working video camera and relatively decent battery life.
Currently CM7.2(I believe it's the latest nightly...). It's a good rom, and I used it on my last phone for a year. It has good performance and looks good(hundreds of themes). But I'm still kinda missing MIUI. I've been jumping between those two, and can't decide whether I want good performance(CM) or a beautiful UI(MIUI).
I've tested tons of roms and decided to switch back to the stock 2.3.4 while waiting for the final release of CM9.
i guess i'll stick with 2.3.4 for now, thanks for the advices i'm gonna give a go a some at those ROM's a decide. Once again thanks mates
currently testing Team Xperia ICS V2.5, and I love it. just need to sort it so it gives me correct lt18i, instead of normal arc, then I will be happy as larry.
Although GB is far better than ICS at the moment
this is the best for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623915
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Cynaogen mod 7.2 119v
Wysyłane z mojego LT15i za pomocą Tapatalk 2
Arconium MIUI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1565475
with ArcKnight Kernel V8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597771
also tried JJ Hybrid, very good also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537717
M using cm 7.2 its best no bug n best performance in gaming thts wt i need
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now,best rom for Arc S?!!!
i want install custom rom...
help?
Arconium ICS..it suit with me very well..
Doomed's arconium 2.3.4 android. Lots of tweaks and optimisations.
Based on sony's stock but definitely better
Hi guys, im using Arconium Miui with doom kernel v4. The reason why im using this is because its different and nt the usual mixes of the same ics rom.I was on Arconium ICS was great so following Doomed's developments and Doom lords kernel's. Aparently Arc Night kernelr is awsoem aswell, i wanted to try it but cant seem to download it because it jsut refreshed the download page, think its my dam browser.But for now Arconium Miui and Doom kernel. Cant wait for Doomlord to post an update for the kernel =)
what is the best custom rom and kernel for the xperia play, i have the r800i and it has unlocked bootloader
Probably genaric ICS with doom kernel
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Xperia NXT 1.3 and DooMKernel or LuPuS GB
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Xperia NXT 1.3 and DooMKernel or LuPuS GB
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CyberScopes said:
Xperia NXT 1.3 and DooMKernel or LuPuS GB
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The 720 p videos which is played fine in stock rom, cannot be played in this rom. Only certain videos can be played. Do I need to install codec or something?
When I tried to to run PSStore, it said its need to be updated. And when I update it, it said could not be download
markphyton's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854682
and imputaszz's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2108386
I bought my Xperia Play for gaming, so I'm searching a ROM that improves hardware performance.
Yesterday I installed my first custom ROM, a ICS ROM. It's really cool but ICS slows down games and emulators.
What is the best gaming ROM?
I looked the GB ROMs linked by Mayorse (NXT and Gin2JellyBean), what do you recommend?
Gianmark said:
I bought my Xperia Play for gaming, so I'm searching a ROM that improves hardware performance.
Yesterday I installed my first custom ROM, a ICS ROM. It's really cool but ICS slows down games and emulators.
What is the best gaming ROM?
I looked the GB ROMs linked by Mayorse (NXT and Gin2JellyBean), what do you recommend?
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get nxt 1.3. It's a GB Rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368
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get nxt 1.3. It's a GB Rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368
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What about CyanogenMod 9.1 (ICS ROM) + Farenheith Fix (for the touchpad)?
I saw a video-review and it seems pretty good.
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Xperia NXT 1.3 and DooMKernel or LuPuS GB
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Gianmark said:
What about CyanogenMod 9.1 (ICS ROM) + Farenheith Fix (for the touchpad)?
I saw a video-review and it seems pretty good.
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Still slower than NXT Light 1.3 with LuPus v6 Kernel
The best custom rom for overall usability and features is the pacman rom
The best custom rom for a hybrid of speed, stability and features is gin2jelly :angel:
The best custom rom for speed is COLA
The_Duffmaster said:
The best custom rom for overall usability and features is the pacman rom
The best custom rom for a hybrid of speed, stability and features is gin2jelly :angel:
The best custom rom for speed is COLA
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Cola is for r800x and gin2jelly is for gsm
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ROM?
Mayorse said:
I'm not sure if you're interested anymore about this question, judging from your post date, but I'll try to help anyway.or if anyone else is curious.
If you're looking for the best game play features your device has to offer with full touchpad support, go for a gingerbread based ROM. The roms below work great for emulators as well as other downloadable games like GTA and are super stable and fast.
Xperia NXT Light Edition & Xperia NXT 1.3 (Hard core gamers)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368
or
Gin2JellyBean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631144
If you care more about having the latest Jellbean features with less emphasis on gaming than these JB based roms are excellent. Touchpad support is a problem, but emulators work fine and most downloable games run at a decent pace. Stability and speed can sometimes be an issue, but this is rarely an issue.
KXP for PLAY (On screen navigation buttons are superb!!!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852529
P.A.C Man-PA. AOKP,CM&MIUI (combination of many great roms)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952220
Hopefully this post will help someone out :fingers-crossed:
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Sir may i ask question? is this compatible to my r800i and support touchpad?? i am new here and i am talking about in light NXT
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Sir may i ask question? is this compatible to my r800i and support touchpad?? i am new here and i am talking about in light NXT
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Its GSM so yes its compatible with R800i and Its GB so yes it has working touchpads.
I've been experimenting with Xperia Play roms and kernals for the last week or so and this is my experience.
I first tried to just install the Lupus kernal for a stock gingerbread 2.3.4 rom. It allowed me to overclock to 1900mhz, but I felt like the the fluidity was still being held back a bit by being on gingerbread, plus I was running out of storage space and I remembered that custom roms can often help with that.
I then decided to jump to a 4.1.2 Jellybean rom with a Lupus kernal that allowed me to overclock to 1600mhz. I loved this rom, and even after I installed everything I could think to install I still had about 400mb of internal storage left. The only issue, which I predicted, would be that the phone just couldn't properly keep up with Jellybean, even under the best circumstances. It would be laggy, and certain games and emulators would jerk around and I would die because of it.
So finally I decided to install Cyanogenmod 7.2 because I read good things about it, and sure enough its been doing me wonders. It comes with its own kernal that allows you to overclock to 1600mhz as well, plenty of extra space, and I would go as far as to say that it's at a near "Apple" level of fluidity. There's only two issues I discovered with this rom, both of which were solved easily enough. The first is that it doesn't come with the ability to disable to auto-brightness, but this was solved by downloading an xperia app on the market designed the correct this. The second is that the circle button on the gamepad doesn't allow you to map anything to it, and always acts as the back button. This can be corrected by editing the keypad file in the settings, and then you're off to the races.
All in all from everything I've done and researched, I would say that CM 7.2 is the best overall rom for the Xperia Play when it comes to a balance of features and performance. If you need help setting up anything I mentioned, let me know
Very simple:
GB> NXT ROM 1.3 (1.4 is coming)
ICS> Hybrid Rom or u can try a STOCK SONY ICS XPERIA 2011 rom...
JB> Wel,, since there's still the touchpad problem, i didn't try many jb roms...
Mite000 said:
I've been experimenting with Xperia Play roms and kernals for the last week or so and this is my experience.
I first tried to just install the Lupus kernal for a stock gingerbread 2.3.4 rom. It allowed me to overclock to 1900mhz, but I felt like the the fluidity was still being held back a bit by being on gingerbread, plus I was running out of storage space and I remembered that custom roms can often help with that.
I then decided to jump to a 4.1.2 Jellybean rom with a Lupus kernal that allowed me to overclock to 1600mhz. I loved this rom, and even after I installed everything I could think to install I still had about 400mb of internal storage left. The only issue, which I predicted, would be that the phone just couldn't properly keep up with Jellybean, even under the best circumstances. It would be laggy, and certain games and emulators would jerk around and I would die because of it.
So finally I decided to install Cyanogenmod 7.2 because I read good things about it, and sure enough its been doing me wonders. It comes with its own kernal that allows you to overclock to 1600mhz as well, plenty of extra space, and I would go as far as to say that it's at a near "Apple" level of fluidity. There's only two issues I discovered with this rom, both of which were solved easily enough. The first is that it doesn't come with the ability to disable to auto-brightness, but this was solved by downloading an xperia app on the market designed the correct this. The second is that the circle button on the gamepad doesn't allow you to map anything to it, and always acts as the back button. This can be corrected by editing the keypad file in the settings, and then you're off to the races.
All in all from everything I've done and researched, I would say that CM 7.2 is the best overall rom for the Xperia Play when it comes to a balance of features and performance. If you need help setting up anything I mentioned, let me know
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I would agree except no touchpads
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abdel12345 said:
I would agree except no touchpads
Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
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That's a fair point. I just realized that I rarely if ever use the touch pads, so that isn't a factor I've been taking into account with my tests
This should be closed as it is a "Best Roms Thread"
Correct Mr if im wrong!
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This should be closed as it is a "Best Roms Thread"
Correct Mr if im wrong!
Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app
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Yup thats True !!
Greetings!
I've seen a few JellyBean Roms for the Xperia Play (xda and YouTube), but have yet to test any of them out. Just wondering if anyone out there is sold on one particular JB Rom, if so, which one? Gingerbread based Roms are oldies but goodies since they tend to offer the best stability plus can be themed to look like ICS or JB but since there is no Xperia Play 2 in sight, I'd like to at least run a current firmware. I've read of lagging, force closes, and touchpad issues, which make me hesitant to make the jump but hope someone has found that JB gem that I'm looking for. Basically, the Rom should be as stable as can be (preferably still being updated), best battery performance, all the basics (camera, true multitasking, wifi, bluetooth, etc) are all functioning properly, and as for gaming, working touchpads (I do overclock which helps performance wise). Also, state the Kernel you use/prefer with the JB Rom, and why. Anyways, I'd prefer JB over ICS at this point and GB over ICS as well so it is what it is. Hope to see some suggestions, advantages/disadvantages, and helpful info regarding JB Roms for Xperia Play. Thanks for your time y'all!
Currently running Aurora Play v0.8 (GB 2.3.7) Rom, LuPuS GB v6 720 Kernel
Previouly ran with NXT Light Edition (GB 2.3.7) Rom, DooMKernel v14
The two kernels for jelly bean are lupus jb v8 or turbo kernel. They are both great. The best jelly bean roms are pac man and aokp that was modified by someone. Slimbean was also good but lots of people had problems with it though I never did. So far slimbean offers the best ram but pac is the most stable so you should go with that. Really the best thing you can do is try them and see which one suits you best
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there is no fully touchpad support jb rom
for fully touchpad support roms you should use ics roms (in ics roms touchpad doesnt work 100% in aosp ones) or gb roms
pedyvirus said:
there is no fully touchpad support jb rom
for fully touchpad support roms you should use ics roms (in ics roms touchpad doesnt work 100% in aosp ones) or gb roms
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Pac man with lupus kernel
Oc 1305
Touch pads work for me
Dark Lords Development Team
Hello everyone
I think it would be time to try a newer version of android, But can not decide which, maybe you could help me and explain to what is better ics or jb. Which is faster. I need your opinions
Thanks for your help
jb.. better features.. almost same or better speed than ICS. Touchpads probs in JB more than ICS. but you can try different ROMS and check.
I've tried several roms in all my days with my PLAY and I can assure you ICS is the best IN THE ACTUAL MOMENT. Why? Some days ago I was with a JB on my phone and the touchpads still kind a lag a bit in some games, and this don't happen on ICS roms as far as I know.
true dat.. after writing my comment on top.. I also shifted to MIUI v4 ICS.. and yes.. touchpads run.. phone runs.. everything funs proper.. ICS is the best mix of GB and JB.
well i almost used all the roms over xperia play forum and too many ported roms but myself from arc
i can say that nothing can give me the experience of gb but if you can deal with video lags because of outdated graphic drivers
but if you want to switch to a higher android version i will suggest ics to you
all of the jb roms have some video related problem (i dont know why ) and games are not running well in jb
but jb is a little faster in ui if you choose a well tweaked rom like super jb
but if we get a 3.4 kernel we can have a great working kit kat with great speed in games (achotjan is getting the xperia play soon :victory: )
(even x10 has kit kat now :crying: )
KITKAT WOULD BE GREAT :d
Hello Community ,
Whats the most stable/smoth rom for gaming on the Xperia Play?
It would be good if the firmwares base would be at least Ice cream Sandwich.
But iam open to any Rom.
thx in advance.
Postaldudeey said:
Hello Community ,
Whats the most stable/smoth rom for gaming on the Xperia Play?
It would be good if the firmwares base would be at least Ice cream Sandwich.
But iam open to any Rom.
thx in advance.
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This is a bit hard to answer. GB will always be the better option for gaming since Gaming tends to lag more for ICS, the ROM i'm current using is the Nxt2_r1 (link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368). This ROM has the ics look and has a great battery life along with a lot of RAM. It also comes with the 5 x 4 app rawer which is not common in most of the ROMS atm.
Another GB rom which might be the best ROM for gaming is the xElite Gamer ROM (link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2366002)
Xplay21 said:
This is a bit hard to answer. GB will always be the better option for gaming since Gaming tends to lag more for ICS, the ROM i'm current using is the Nxt2_r1 (link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368). This ROM has the ics look and has a great battery life along with a lot of RAM. It also comes with the 5 x 4 app rawer which is not common in most of the ROMS atm.
Another GB rom which might be the best ROM for gaming is the xElite Gamer ROM (link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2366002)
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Ok thx and which Kernel should i use iam currently using Lupus Kernel 720p.
Postaldudeey said:
Hello Community ,
Whats the most stable/smoth rom for gaming on the Xperia Play?
It would be good if the firmwares base would be at least Ice cream Sandwich.
But iam open to any Rom.
thx in advance.
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Hi!
I installed to my xplay DoomKernel v14&wifi modules 720p, and rom Gin2Kitkat v.3.20 somthing.. I have been using rom for about 2 hours and it working great and is so smooth . Only kitkat theming I dont like that much.
Stick with Lupus or if you want you can try out doomkernel just like ramhead has said. Gin2KitKat is also a good choice as it is one of the most popular roms for our xperia play
Postaldudeey said:
Hello Community ,
Whats the most stable/smoth rom for gaming on the Xperia Play?
It would be good if the firmwares base would be at least Ice cream Sandwich.
But iam open to any Rom.
thx in advance.
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Try Ice Cream Speed with Lupus GB+ICS v7 or True Ancestor FE with Lupus GB+ICS v1 it's fastest combination in my opinion
I tried to play TDKR and The Amazing Spiderman, wow it run faster you know:good:
But
If you want to good UI with good performance you can try Xperia Play Z BETA, it run smooth in my Xperia Play and you can use Linux swap feature, and it would be great rom, :victory: (i just try with TDKR in Lupus GB+ICS v7 in 1Ghz and it run smooth with little lag sometimes)
sim card
So i chose the this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368
its pretty smooth and nice looking, however my xperia play isnt reading my sim card, do you guys think thats a software problem or more of a hardware problem :/