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[Q] Best ROM for pure gaming?

So after a year of loving my Play I've finally decided to move on to a Galaxy Note (and boy do I LOVE it!). This leaves my Play as an extra device that I figured I would make into a 100% gaming device. I'm looking for a ROM+Kernel that will get me the BEST performance for playing games both emulated and Android originals. I have no preference if it's GB or ICS but I assume it will end up as GB.

If its just purely gonna be a gaming device just flash a stock ftf, then flash a custom kernel and get rid of everything except the gaming part! Maybe even use an a2sd script that will help maximise space. That's basically what most of the roms are anyway just heavily themed stock based stuff
Sent from my R800a using XDA App

thatsupnow said:
If its just purely gonna be a gaming device just flash a stock ftf, then flash a custom kernel and get rid of everything except the gaming part! Maybe even use an a2sd script that will help maximise space. That's basically what most of the roms are anyway just heavily themed stock based stuff
Sent from my R800a using XDA App
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What is stock FTF? And a2sd is Apps2SD right?

Simply install the doomkernel and the ics2gb Rom overclock your Device to 1.6ghz and you got the fastest Rom which exist,.
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Hey Guys,
I'm getting a used r800x (most likely with a locked bootloader) what would you say is the best route to go to get the best gaming experience (with links if possible)
Thanks a lot!

Unlock the bootloader. Get an overclocked kernel. Keep it from updating to 2.3.4

This is great ROM!
Havoced said:
So after a year of loving my Play I've finally decided to move on to a Galaxy Note (and boy do I LOVE it!). This leaves my Play as an extra device that I figured I would make into a 100% gaming device. I'm looking for a ROM+Kernel that will get me the BEST performance for playing games both emulated and Android originals. I have no preference if it's GB or ICS but I assume it will end up as GB.
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I used this ROM and its really great!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649368

ROM
I'm using this ROM, it's for locket and unlocket bootloaders. Flash the ROM with the minimizer and you will always have free RAM memory for heavy games and emulators. Recommend with DoomKernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595058
Sorry for my bad english

flash 2.3.2 firmware root it and delete all useless apps(before making a reboot) now you are done you will get best gaming and battery performance without any lag(more than 290 mb free ram:good:

Custom rom, game controller doesn't work on games?

I just got a custom rom (XDark ICS) and now my game controller doesn't work on some games (mostly Order and Chaos)
I really would appreciate some help with this
Thanks

Its already been discuss on the rom thread. U should check out that thread n ask'em question there.

[Q] r800i best ROM / ROM comparison or reviews etc?

Hi XDA devs and lurkers!
I'm new to both the XDA forums and flashing Android although I've been a 'regular' Linux user since '96. I've owned Zaurii etc so I'm not scared of the terminal, compilation etc but I don't know much about Android and its various spin-off ROM/distros. I own a UK, unlocked Xperia Play r800i thats still running stock .42 which I had to factory reset over xmas as it was misbehaving and now its time to get it updated or switch ROM but I don't know if I'm best sticking with the latest stock or going with an alternate ROM?
I'm not really a gamer and the xperia pad is really just a novelty to me that I use to show off to gamers with although I think it'd be a shame if I could no longer use the pad and sneak the odd N64, PSX or MAME game in so I'd prefer that to work. What I do definitely need to work are the standard phone functions, the camera and GPS/sat nav. Apart from that I want stability, decent battery life and speed like everyone else. I was planning on sticking with GB and stock or maybe a custom stock unless there are real gains in stability or battery life to be had from updating to ICS or JB.
I've wasted a few days now trying to use SE's update service and PC companion under XP, 7 and OSX on different machines and with different USB chipsets and with different cables and it didn't work under any config! This is why I said I'd never buy another SONY product is it? Actually it was when they stole Linux from the PS3 users who took advantage of that feature, maybe even bought it especially for that but thats another story! Anyway, because of this I have not been able to download the latest stock ROM which my phone says is now up to .79 but I've read .84 is out now too?
Does anyone have a working link for a .79 (or .84) FTF file? I have only been able to find .42 and .62 stock FTFs after spending most of the day yesterday looking. Otherwise, maybe I'd be better off with a custom ROM? If so, which one and why? There are lists of r800 compat roms in both a couple of sticky threads in these XDA Xperia Play forums and on the XDA r800 wiki page but none of these lists include any notes or recommendations.
I'm hoping some kind soul will take pity on my Android n00b ass and spare me days or weeks of flashing roms and trawling these forums by answering as many of my questions as they can?
Thanks for your help!
Dan

pfmdan said:
Hi XDA devs and lurkers!
I'm new to both the XDA forums and flashing Android although I've been a 'regular' Linux user since '96. I've owned Zaurii etc so I'm not scared of the terminal, compilation etc but I don't know much about Android and its various spin-off ROM/distros. I own a UK, unlocked Xperia Play r800i thats still running stock .42 which I had to factory reset over xmas as it was misbehaving and now its time to get it updated or switch ROM but I don't know if I'm best sticking with the latest stock or going with an alternate ROM?
I'm not really a gamer and the xperia pad is really just a novelty to me that I use to show off to gamers with although I think it'd be a shame if I could no longer use the pad and sneak the odd N64, PSX or MAME game in so I'd prefer that to work. What I do definitely need to work are the standard phone functions, the camera and GPS/sat nav. Apart from that I want stability, decent battery life and speed like everyone else. I was planning on sticking with GB and stock or maybe a custom stock unless there are real gains in stability or battery life to be had from updating to ICS or JB.
I've wasted a few days now trying to use SE's update service and PC companion under XP, 7 and OSX on different machines and with different USB chipsets and with different cables and it didn't work under any config! This is why I said I'd never buy another SONY product is it? Actually it was when they stole Linux from the PS3 users who took advantage of that feature, maybe even bought it especially for that but thats another story! Anyway, because of this I have not been able to download the latest stock ROM which my phone says is now up to .79 but I've read .84 is out now too?
Does anyone have a working link for a .79 (or .84) FTF file? I have only been able to find .42 and .62 stock FTFs after spending most of the day yesterday looking. Otherwise, maybe I'd be better off with a custom ROM? If so, which one and why? There are lists of r800 compat roms in both a couple of sticky threads in these XDA Xperia Play forums and on the XDA r800 wiki page but none of these lists include any notes or recommendations.
I'm hoping some kind soul will take pity on my Android n00b ass and spare me days or weeks of flashing roms and trawling these forums by answering as many of my questions as they can?
Thanks for your help!
Dan
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I dont have the ftf's but in your choice with ROMs, seen as u want something fast but still able to play emulators id recommend JB. ICS was ok probably CM9 & AOKP where the 2 ROMs I used. But you will need to flash farenheits touchpad fix.
Theres about 6 ROMs at the moment for JB. I use my own obviously which is PACman (mix of cm9, aokp,paranoid android and miui) but with the choice of multibooting I also have cm9 & AOKP in different slots which are accesible to boot through recovery at anytime. Also I added farenheiths touchoad fix into PACman source so no need to flash anything to fix it.
Choice is yours at the end of the day, but I find JB alot faster / smoother then ICS.
Sent from my GT-I9300 On Official JB

I use this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854682
Is the best ICS ROM that I ever try. But yes, JB is faster than ICS.

Thanks wedgess and nikiticos for your suggestions!
Last time I was looking into roms for my xperia the consensus seemed to be to avoid ICS or JB if you wanted a stable and fully working phone but it sounds like times have changed and its good to hear that my joypad should work under JB!
I like the sound of your rom wedgess so I hope to try that soon. I don't see any real reason to try any ICS roms but I'd still like some links to the latest stock ftfs and it'd be good to know what the best stock based rom is too as thats another thing I'd like to try. From these two responses though its sounding like there isn't much interest in GB roms any more?

pfmdan said:
Thanks wedgess and nikiticos for your suggestions!
Last time I was looking into roms for my xperia the consensus seemed to be to avoid ICS or JB if you wanted a stable and fully working phone but it sounds like times have changed and its good to hear that my joypad should work under JB!
I like the sound of your rom wedgess so I hope to try that soon. I don't see any real reason to try any ICS roms but I'd still like some links to the latest stock ftfs and it'd be good to know what the best stock based rom is too as thats another thing I'd like to try. From these two responses though its sounding like there isn't much interest in GB roms any more?
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Ye JB was very unstable back when it first came out. But I got camera working,CosmicDan got proximity sensors fixed and Farenheits touchpad fix so it all became better. Personally I stay away from ICS due to the fact of it been a RAM hogger. JB seems to deal with it alot better.
For both my own JB kernel and CosmicDans JB kernel you will need to flash the ftf in our kernel threads OP. Reason being they both use custom partitions which give 610mb in internal storage. In this ftf vendor partitions are unlocked. In other ftfs partitions are locked beside the r800x.
Id say try them out. Maybe take advantage of the multiboot feature which will alow u to boot between JB and ICS (cm9 based roms only). I havent used it personally but if I was to go back to ICS it would be either Sechkos port of ICS pureness or CosmicDans MIUI australia.
Sent from my GT-I9300 On Official JB

wedgess said:
Ye JB was very unstable back when it first came out. But I got camera working,CosmicDan got proximity sensors fixed and Farenheits touchpad fix so it all became better. Personally I stay away from ICS due to the fact of it been a RAM hogger. JB seems to deal with it alot better.
For both my own JB kernel and CosmicDans JB kernel you will need to flash the ftf in our kernel threads OP. Reason being they both use custom partitions which give 610mb in internal storage. In this ftf vendor partitions are unlocked. In other ftfs partitions are locked beside the r800x.
Id say try them out. Maybe take advantage of the multiboot feature which will alow u to boot between JB and ICS (cm9 based roms only). I havent used it personally but if I was to go back to ICS it would be either Sechkos port of ICS pureness or CosmicDans MIUI australia.
Sent from my GT-I9300 On Official JB
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Is for the stability that im not using JB. The Stock based ROM that I mention later is the best that you can get with ICS. I'm using it with Lupus Kernel and overclocked to 1.2 (min 460) and also I erase many stuff with Link2SD because there are many garbage you really don't need. And I've got a great experience with this ROM. Give a try if you want, I recommend it.

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Hi wedgess!
I'd like to have my first go at using flashtool tonight to flash your ROM but where do I download it?
This thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1628197
Doesn't even list JB roms such as yours.

You can find any of my work by clicking on my profile -> statistics -> Find all threads started by wedgess
But to make it easier for you
- PACman ROM v5 thread here
You will need to flash this stock ftf first to use the kernels as they have vendor unlocked partitions
Theres also a link in PAC thread to LuPuS-v7 kernel, if you want to read up a bit on multiboot(recommended) or there is this great guide by fma
Put the PAC-v5.zip onto sdcard. LuPuS-v7 is inside the PAC ROM's .zip just extract the kernel.img from the PAC-v5.zip and flash the kernel.img in flashtool via fastboot mode.

[Q] Frequent game restarts/pauses

As explained in the title, my Xperia Arc either pauses or restarts every 30 seconds or so while playing games, especially high memory games like Clash of Clans, Zenonia and etc. Not particularly a tech savvy guy so I might need professional step-by-step guidance on what to do here.

Have you overclocked your phone?
What ROM/kernel are you using?

Someguyfromhell said:
Have you overclocked your phone?
What ROM/kernel are you using?
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No, I haven't overclocked my phone. Currently not using any custom rom but basic ICS version 4.0.4. Kernel version shows 2.6.32.9-perf on phone. By the way this problem happens only when i play games, other applications like Facebook works just fine.

SoneChin said:
No, I haven't overclocked my phone. Currently not using any custom rom but basic ICS version 4.0.4. Kernel version shows 2.6.32.9-perf on phone. By the way this problem happens only when i play games, other applications like Facebook works just fine.
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Stock ICS for Xperia 2011 isn't optimized for heavy use (small amount of RAM) and got outdated Adreno drivers. Custom ROMs / AOSP / CM + custom kernel will take care of this by using various performance specific tweaks.

SoneChin said:
No, I haven't overclocked my phone. Currently not using any custom rom but basic ICS version 4.0.4. Kernel version shows 2.6.32.9-perf on phone. By the way this problem happens only when i play games, other applications like Facebook works just fine.
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If most of you here don't know, ICS is not recommended for gaming. Switch to a GB or JB ROM if you want to use your phone for gaming.
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I see... Actually I once used custom ROM before but games are still kinda laggy. Is it recommended that I downgrade my Android version to GB?
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If most of you here don't know, ICS is not recommended for gaming. Switch to a GB or JB ROM if you want to use your phone for gaming.
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Thanks for the advice, I shall try it out. If problem persists, welp, it's time to buy a new phone.

SoneChin said:
I see... Actually I once used custom ROM before but games are still kinda laggy. Is it recommended that I downgrade my Android version to GB?
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Thanks for the advice, I shall try it out. If problem persists, welp, it's time to buy a new phone.
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There is a great ROM i'm using it's called gin2jellybean it has jb look but it's gb rom it's very fast and it's great with games.try it
Sent from my Xperia Arc LT15i using XDA

[Q] Guidance to upgrade GB to newer OS

Hi guys, I'm quite a novice here and my XPlay has been stuck on GB till today. Because many new apps and games are not supported for GB, I gotta upgrade to higher OS.
Any recommendation for stability and lightweight OS?
Hope to have a complete guidance in the upgrading process because I'm not really sure how to upgrade it myself.
Current phone status: Rooted(Via flashtool), but boot loader not unlocked.
Android ver: 2.3.4
Baseband ver: 8x55A-AAABQMAZM-2030280-56
Kernel ver: 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #1
Build no: 4.0.2.A.0.42
Thanks in advance

All u need is to unlock bootloader.
Than u need rom as a zip and kernel. Most roms are has its kernel, which can be found in zip file or u can use lupus or turbo kernels.
So when u unlock bootloader, copy zip to sdcard, than flash kernel and when it will be booting use vol buttons to enter recovery (lupus) or boot menu (turbo) and using recovery do format system, data and cache, and flash rom
Sent using R800i - AuroraPLAY/LuPuS_GB (RAM)

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Kino Ng said:
Hi guys, I'm quite a novice here and my XPlay has been stuck on GB till today. Because many new apps and games are not supported for GB, I gotta upgrade to higher OS.
Any recommendation for stability and lightweight OS?
Hope to have a complete guidance in the upgrading process because I'm not really sure how to upgrade it myself.
go onto youtbe and search for shadowsniperhuddz he has load of tutorial videos for the xperia play and he also replies to questions awsome dude he is!!
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madscientistdam said:
Kino Ng said:
Hi guys, I'm quite a novice here and my XPlay has been stuck on GB till today. Because many new apps and games are not supported for GB, I gotta upgrade to higher OS.
Any recommendation for stability and lightweight OS?
Hope to have a complete guidance in the upgrading process because I'm not really sure how to upgrade it myself.
go onto youtbe and search for shadowsniperhuddz he has load of tutorial videos for the xperia play and he also replies to questions awsome dude he is!!
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hi, sorry too long never login. Currently is using Xperia Overlay for XPlay Android 4.4.4 Kitkat for stability. Hard to choose as there're too many roms out there but this need to pay though.
https://www.xperiaoverlay.com/xperia_play_purchase.html
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Firstly, I know there is no such thing as a "best ICS rom". But anyone could recommand an ICS rom focused on performance only ?
I don't need the ICS features, really. All I want is being able to download ICS compatible apps (Chrome, Opera, Feedly, etc...) whilst still being able to play emulator and games with good performances (touchpad and gamepad compatibility is compulsory). Thus, all I want is a minimalistic ICS rom.
Could someone please advise me ?
Thanks !

cityhunter62 said:
Firstly, I know there is no such thing as a "best ICS rom". But anyone could recommand an ICS rom focused on performance only ?
I don't need the ICS features, really. All I want is being able to download ICS compatible apps (Chrome, Opera, Feedly, etc...) whilst still being able to play emulator and games with good performances (touchpad and gamepad compatibility is compulsory). Thus, all I want is a minimalistic ICS rom.
Could someone please advise me ?
Thanks !
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It's been long time, but as i recall these stock based ICS ROMs should what are you looking for:
[ROM][GSM][4.0.3][UNLOCKED BL]4.1.H.0.4 - FIXED by johnnzey r4 | FINAL
[ROM] Ice Cream Speed V12
ROM (GSM) --XPlayStation V16 (ICS By Frago)--
and my favorite:
[ROM][ICS][4.0.4][GSM][MOD][PLAY/NeoL] Neo2Play V2.7 - Aroma installer - [15.06.2014]
Or just go to Xperia Play Index - ROM'S, FIRMWARE, KERNEL'S, GUIDE'S, THEMES, MOD'S and see other ROMs