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[Xperia Play Android Development] DoubleByte:
I am installed on an R800x (CDMA) and everything seems fine, very fast WiFi connects...no lag in general, notification bar pull down a little laggy, but not unusable. I did change the governor from Interactive to OnDemand...maybe a little bit better performance.

Overall, nice job!!

UPDATE: Oh, LED's don't flash, not a major problem
[Xperia Play Android Development] JasonKnight:
home screens, notification bar, and application dock were not laggy.

typing, play a game, anything else was slow as a snail.

Had to go back to 25 again.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Azeazezar:
No noticeable lag.

I got a factory unlocked R800i.

Only bug i found is that a Bluetooth mouse doesn't work.

:cool:
[Xperia Play Android Development] majinbis:
i have FXP026... whats the best way to upgrade to 28a and retain all my data/apps?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
The charging LED colour is wrong...it's red?
[Xperia Play Android Development] DoubleByte:
I think it should be red until it reaches a certain charge level 90%?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Cymatrelic:
Erm guys... i flashed the boot.img using fastboot but when i try to go into recovery it just boots normally. No problems booting, but i cant enter recovery in order to install the update zip.

It shows me the FreeXperia screen and everything.

I came from Frasertags Stock rom.

Any ideas as to what im doing wrong?? oO
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeoandGeo:
I sometimes have trouble booting into recovery by using the volume rocker. I would suggest just using the RcoveryPlay.img to boot into recovery through fastboot.

'fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce boot recoveryplay.img'
[Xperia Play Android Development] das7771:
With your phone booted and connected to the computer, using adb you can enter the command "adb reboot recovery" , with out the quotations and that will reboot your phone into recovery for you. This will boot you into the recovery that you flashed with the cm7 boot.img and you do not need to use the recoveryPLAY.img unless you just absolutely want to.
[Xperia Play Android Development] JasonKnight:
What colors can it all show?

Red 0-30%

Yellow 30-90%

Green 90-100%

I plugged my phone in yesterday and I thought something was wrong cause red normally and always = BAD
[Xperia Play Android Development] Meister_Li:
The LED isn't fully implemented yet. It can only show one of the three primary colors (red, blue, green) at a time. So colors like orange (green and red) or purple (red and blue) don't work at the moment and only display one of the two colors.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
was wondering...it was red for me til like 90 then green! I thought it was orange as long as it was charging. Would make more sense than the 3 different colour sections!

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All is stable enough on here, but the battery seems to be vanishing quick enough. 12 hours and it's on like 10% with not a lot of use. I've noticed from going into the time spent in each state in Set CPU that a lot (90%+ is spent at 1.5Ghz) and that the most usage is cell standby, but I have manually selected my carrier...?
[Xperia Play Android Development] DoubleByte:
You might try setting the governor to on demand instead of interactive
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
just done that now, changed it to on demand, will let u no how it is :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
Hey guys Im getting a pretty nasty CM7 error here.

Cell reception is disabled.

Phone is locked in Airplane mode

com.andriod.phone is stuck in a force closing loop, making the phone nearly unusable.

I've red this error earlier on in this thread, but no solution was given.

Any help please?

BTW: I dont think my radio is bricked, as I can restore to a CWM backup of stock rom, with full radio capabilities. This error randomly started tonight, when I switched out of airplane mode.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jerpelea:
thanks for providing device model
[Xperia Play Android Development] brat81:
May i ask is this stable enough to use as a daily rom ?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Azeazezar:
Based on what i have read here about 028(a):

Well, i have an R800i, no lag at all.

People report a small problem with the R800x, something wrong with opengl.

It is the daily driver on my play.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jerpelea:
found and fixed graphic lag on r800x

will be released on 029

thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
My bad, the device is CDMA R800x running FXP025
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeoandGeo:
On the new VZW 2.3.3 update OTA this method does not seem to work anymore.

Edit: Didn't know this post was in this thread, sorry for the off topic post.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Azeazezar:
No problem :)

Can you guys check out Bluetooth mouse support? It works for a second then stops.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
Thank you, sir.

While you're bug hunting, I dont know if this is an obscure bug or what, but using the kernel from 28a and my stable 25 build, the camera will not take a picture. It will capture it and freeze, but then never actually moves to saving the picture. I havnt tested different combinations but just thought I'd let you know.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Bugs:

1. Must reinstall preinstalledservices.apk on every boot for PSXperia to work (not a huge problem, but would obviously prefer not to have to do it)

2. Videos recorded via the video player play back at ridicilous speed on the Xperia Play.

3. Random force closes.

4. All Google apps installed via CWM (GMail, Maps, YouTube, etc.) force closed, had to reinstall them.

5. Notification LED not showing correct colours.

6. Ringer volume VERY low, I usually never miss calls and today I missed about 5 or 6, while in work.

Also, on a side note, anyone know if using your phone as a portable hotspot using your Data connection or does it count as tethering, or do you have to have a tethering add on?

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DEFINATLY stable enough though to be a daily rom, keep up the work lads :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Cat_On_Droid:
You think preinstalled services can fix it on 2.3.4 aswell?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
I thought about that. I doubt it though. Maybe. All the games I launched via psxperia on 2.3.4 failed and had their data wiped, no zpak or saves or anything left. Pricks. Restarted medievil there today.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Another bug: Analog sticks don't work with PSXperia not even as R2 and L2.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jfn0802:
R800at

I cannot flash this rom no how many times I try...

I have the AT&T Flavor Xperia Play. (R800at)

I unlocked the bootloader, rooted the phone, and added Clockworkmod recovery.

Every Time I try flashing I get error 7.

I believe that the model number on the Flashable Zip doesn't have the newest model number.

Please Help ASAP I hate Sony Ericsson's Version of Android.

PS I had CM on my Verizon Moto Droid and my Sprint HTC Evo 4G and I miss AOSP Android
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
Open up the update.zip and inside you will find the Meta folder. Inside meta is com, then google, then android. Inside android is a update script. Remove the first line of the file where it calls the assert. It should pretty self explanatory. Then repatch the update and try to flash that. It should work.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jfn0802:
Im stuck the CM Logo, I left it like that for about 10min
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
Did you wipe everything including Dalvik and flash the boot.img file? You have to flash the file. It can't be installed through recovery.
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
so i got the cdma version running for my verizon play, but having some problems:

1. typing with android keyboard in landscape mode is nearly unusable

2. typing with android keyboard in portrait mode is still very slow

3. some slow animations

4. wifi does not work, shows 'error'
[Xperia Play Android Development] mathias999us:
Yes, I have the same problem with the keyboard with CDMA version. Also, camera doesn't work. It works for a moment when you bring up the camera app, then the screen goes black.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
Fxp has said the graphics lag as been identified and will be corrected in the next build.

Glad to see someone else having camera issues. It must be a problem with the boot.img that comes with build 28.
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
anyone else having wifi problems??

R800x - CDMA FXP028a CM7
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
what seems to be the problem?
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
wifi doesn't work. at all. if i go into wireless settings below wireless it just says 'Error'.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Azeazezar:
re-download. you probably got 028 instead of 028a.
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
just installed LATE last nite... TODAY actually in the AM... and i redownloaded and file size is exactly the same....

i've been using the download link at the beginning of this thread in the CDMA section, unless i should be acquiring elsewhere?
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeoandGeo:
You should use the nandroid backup posted in the OP of the State of Development Thread. It is from FXP 022 or 025, but everything works except touchpads and video recording in full resolution is jacked up.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
You're using the 28, build, not the 28a build. If you clicked the link in the CDMA section of this thread, then you went to the original 28 upload. You need to copy the text of the hyperlink, not the hyperlink itself. Mouse over the link and you'll see what I mean. Its not linking to the right place, and FXP just hasnt fixed it yet.
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
well that is dildos....

do i have to reflash the kernel too or just the update.zip?

and do i need to wipe again?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
The kernel is probably the only thing that actually changed. But you better flash the kernel and install the update.zip just to be sure.
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
figured. thanks man.

edit: confirmed working wifi, thanks!

also quick question, was hoping that CM install would have fixed the horrid auto-brightness/dynamic contrast issue on the play, but it sure didn't. is this something that fxp is trying to implement?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
I had dalvick2cache enabled on my old rom (stock SE) but when I flashed this, I dunno if it is carried over. My Q is, do I need to re-run the dalvik2cache again on this rom or will it be there already from the old rom. Also, is apps2sd (the script not the market app) the same as dalvik2cache? If not, is it compatabile with this rom 28a, if so could someone link it please :-)

we really need to get the first few posts updated to get all the information together
[Xperia Play Android Development] gotoman00:
thought i might add that the speaker volume on here seems awfully low, for the ringer at least
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeoandGeo:
How is 028a working out for you?

And I would also like to know if Dalvik2Cache is in full effect with CM7. It seems like it is.
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeoandGeo:
Wow. Two nice writeups on the 2011 Xperia devices and the FreeXperia Team.

Sony Ericcson Official Site

CyanogenMod official site

:D

I know next to nothing about manufacturer support for custom roms. But how rare is this response by a manufacturer?

EDIT: And hopefully this means a free solution incoming for R800x users that missed the bootloader unlocking train before it crashed. :p
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Do I have to rerun the script for Dalvik2Cache after flashing a new rom (ie. this rom) or will it have stayed from my old rom?
[Xperia Play Android Development] LloydSev:
Don't know if it's been added since 25, but I noticed there is no way to disable the camera shutter sound.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
i'm on 28a and while in silent mode, the shutter doesn't make a noise, dunno about normally, but i think i saw an option to disable it
[Xperia Play Android Development] zerojay:
a) This is quite rare.

b) Unless your phone is an unbranded R800x, no.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mills00013:
Which doesn't exist.....

If you didn't get the unlockin done while the getting was good, your only solution now is the hardware hack that Alejandrissimo is providing. It can still be done, you're not completely screwed, it just wont be as real easy as it was before.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Ellises:
Just rename or delete the camera shutter sound from terminal/adb, easy stuff.
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
Hay I got the cdma and wifi is broken and my phone is super laggy did I do something wrong I remember hearing wifi was fixed
[Xperia Play Android Development] Azeazezar:
Try this link.

The one on the first page is broken.

CDMA 028a !

http://hotfile.com/dl/130485727/fe735c5/zeusc_beta_FXP028a.7z.html
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
How do I use the tft file? And how do I get the xperia PlayStation stuff working like the app used to launch games wont install.

Sorry for the noob ?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dyelon:
I am an r800x owner also and a little walk through on installing cm7 on a rooted stock version would be great! All I've done so fast is delete bloat and am really pumped about using a different kernel and ROM...

my sw version is 3.0.1.e.28 ....if you can offer some guidance id appreciate it very much...thanks!
[Xperia Play Android Development] axiomjunglist:
Hopefully the SD issue is fixable (not working in FPSe)... I could totally use this for my daily driver if that gets addressed.

EDIT: Thanks Nhialor, pointing to /mnt/sdcard solved the FPSe issue!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
The sd card does work. Instead of going /sdcard though, you have to go /mnt/sdcard
[Xperia Play Android Development] waz000000:
Gameloft games cant find it though.

they complain the data isnt there and when you try and download the data it fails.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
Spontaneous reboots: Here's a last_ksmg:
[Xperia Play Android Development] bewrong666:
will wait for stable version thanks very much guys! :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Ok. After a full days work ill relay my feedback on this as an everyday rom!

As of beta 1, still many bugs as said earlier, but were getting there. Many games are incompatible and fc, but that doesn't stop it from being an everyday rom. However, the uncalled volume can be UNBEARABLY low, and does actually make it unusable. However, if we can iron out these few kinks, were onto a winner. :-)

Edit: ran a few benchmarks. Constantly force closing but I managed to get 3 results. Between 1600 and 1700. Linpack was very inconsistent.

Edit 2: got the fb app working after a few fc and reboots. I have the YouTube app installed, but youtube links I click on on fb bring me to the YouTube mobile site and not the app. Any way to change this?
[Xperia Play Android Development] axiomjunglist:
Kept this on my phone for about 6 hours today. Overall I'm very impressed with the functionality and level of tweakability. Some more notes:

- Volume on calls inconsistent. Some calls nice and loud, others extremely quiet.

- Microphone intermittently working for Google Search/Voice Recognition. Sometimes picked up noise from the mic, other times it seemed like the mic was disabled. Found that if I launched Google Voice it seemed to re-initialize the mic.

- Random reboots linked to opening the browser. Totally random. But usually so bad I had to pull the battery.

- FPSe was able to get to my roms on SD but trying to use save files from the SD crashed FPSe back to the launcher consistently.

Most all other apps I use, no problems - Google+, Facebook, Twitter, etc. All performed fine.
[Xperia Play Android Development] crispyduckling:
so even tho your o/c to 1.5ghz 50% more than my XP your still only getting the same quadrant scores... hmm abit dissapointing

try summat for me in fpse, put say tekken on with all the video settings on eg

frame frame skip fix. screen filtering, sharp overlay drawing, print fps

enhanced 3d rendering, make a note of the fps and if its playable

then do it again but just take off screen filtering and then see what fps your getting.

lets see if o/c has any benefits playing emulators
[Xperia Play Android Development] jerpelea:
at this stage of development is useless to make benchmarks

drivers are incomplete !
[Xperia Play Android Development] crispyduckling:
well thats good news then

was getting worried there for a second
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Yeah I'd kinda taken them with a pinch of salt...put it down to the fac that the rom and the kernel are both very experimental atm!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Deoxlar:
How do you guys get high scores.. Mine is rooted with boat removed but I'm only getting 1350.. In quadrant.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
Benchmarks are not to be taken with a pinch of salt, they're to be discarded. And Quadrant prominently so.

http://briefmobile.com/cyanogen-demonstrates-quadrants-flaws

If you want real-world use of those flaws, check the archives for the first SGS2 ROMS. They were using hidden scripts to cheat Quadrant and get over 6 thousand points.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Yeah I'd seen that b4, but obviously I wasn't cheating them, but I understand your point. Until a proper benchmark system can be established that isn't outdated, we really can't rely on what we have!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
When it's running the tests, keep pressing the X button, the faster you press it, the higher your score goes...lemme know what you get! I can't beat 1600 :-(
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Since going back to stock kernel and stock Rom, the home button doesn't register...all others do though!
[Xperia Play Android Development] FrAsErTaG:
do a full wipe before restoring your nandroid, if you do not have a nandroid you might need to flashtool... I had this issue going back to modified framework and testing CM7 but a full wipe in recovery before restoring my nandroid fixed it
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
I was on CM7, do I need to install stock kernel aswell before going back or just restore nandroid?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Which version of apps2sd works best with this?
[Xperia Play Android Development] TweeterMan:
Just updated to 028a from 025, and I also updated the kernel which is included in the download. It boots, and Wifi works, but ADWLauncher is incredibly laggy. All other applications are super smooth. I didn't have to clear anything first, did I? Thought I could do just a straight update...

EDIT: The default live wallpaper seemed to be the culprit. Changed it to a regular wallpaper and now it's fine. Weird that it was fine in 025...

EDIT 2: It's R800x.

EDIT 3: Notification bar and keyboard have borderline unusable amounts of lag, and N64oid force closes when trying to open a ROM.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dyelon:
us r800x owners...we really got the sh*t end of the stick...

I have a rooted gaming phone and can't wi fi tether (verizon pop up), can only flash from a selection of like 1 or 2 kernels with instability, can only flash 1 or 2 ROMs with instability, can't overclock, and can't stream my phone's display to my TV/computer....grrrr
[Xperia Play Android Development] Azeazezar:
Yes, but the bug has been found and will be dealt with in the next update. (whenever that will be?)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Meister_Li:
I use Darktremor's A2SD, which works quite nicely.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715940
[Xperia Play Android Development] TweeterMan:
And to think the only problem I had with 025 was the lack of MMS... Where's the download link for that? I want to go back!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dominus11:
as far as wifi tether barnacle works for me :D but im stock rooted
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeoandGeo:
If you want working MMS you need to grab the nandroid backup posted in the State of Development thread.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ace518:
try mills's nandroid of chevy's cdma patch on this. for the 025 that fixes the mms issue i believe

EDIT: yeah, what Neo just said... i was too slow.
[Xperia Play Android Development] TweeterMan:
Is it safe to go from 028a to 025?

EDIT: And does anyone even have a download link for it for that matter?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Meister_Li:
Okay, again feedback time! :)

What works:

Almost everything. Wifi, 3G, Cameras, Touchpads, buttons, Recovery, overclock, CPU-Governors, it all works reliably and very well. No reboots, no crashes, it's really awesome.

What doesn't work/is bugged:

The Notification-LED can only display one color at a time - so only red, blue and green work, but orange, purple, white, teal, yellow etc don't.

The auto-Screen-Brightness can't really be turned off.

The Battery drain with 3G active (Baseband from the 4.0.1.A.0.283, but it was also present with the previous 4.0 update) is still very high and much higher than on the stock rom, even after Battery re-calibration, changing the Governor to Ondemand and max Clock to 1 Ghz. It also seems like the phone is draining more battery with 3G inactive than it should. Maybe there is an issue with it going into deep sleep?

The very furthest down border of the touchscreen, both in landscape and portrait, seems still very "iffy" and doesn't always respond if you use the keyboard or want to pull the notifications up.

Thanks for listening! Despite the issues, I use CM7 as a daily driver and it works awesomely so far! :D

Edit: Some things that worked well!

Dartrmor's A2SD works fine with ext2 Partitions. Altho, since our Clockwork is not yet able to re-partition SD-Cards, you'll have to do that with your computer. I haven't yet tested it with a ext4 partition, which apparently is supported now as well by FXP 28

Swype Beta works well, no issues there!
[Xperia Play Android Development] ace518:
curious, what are the benefits of running an ext2/4 partition as opposed to just the standard sd card as it comes out of the box?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Meister_Li:
Well, for one, the ext2/4 Partition basically replaces your /data/apps folder, so all apps are installed "internal", which means Widgets, Life Wallpapers, Home replacements e.t.c. work as well, even tho they are on the SDcard. Another advantage is, that ext2/4 is a lot faster than Fat32 and with ext4, you also have journaling, which makes the files somewhat safer. The biggest advantage however is, that you can decide yourself how much "internal" space you want to have. I currently use a 1.5 GB ext2 Partition and haven't installed one app on the "normal" SDcard yet, wich beats the 500 MB you normally get by a huge ammount.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ace518:
Good info. Couple more questions, if you don't mind.

Does this mean you can't swap the sdcard while the phone is on?

more importantly, does this mean you can't take the back cover off while its on (because when you do the xplay unmounts the card)?

also, would it be possible to make an init script that does this on first bootup of a rom? similar to how the lagfixes on the galaxy S used to do. Very much appreciate the responses. Thanks again.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Meister_Li:
If you swap the SD-Card while the phone is on, all your installed apps will disappear and not re-appear until you reboot, so it's not advisable. In CM7, the phone does not automatically unmount the SD-Card when you open the back cover, and even if it would, it would only unmount the Fat 32 Partition, not the sd-ext partition.

No, that is not possible, however, you can easily perform this by using "a2sd install" in a ADB shell or a Terminal Emulator
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
Is there anyway of getting the stock xperia game launch working I tried to install with no luck I can't even get the games to work.