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[Streak 5 Accessories] marvin02:
I have a cheap generic adapter that I bought on eBay that works fine. Look for ones that say they work with the iPhone. Like this one.

There are also a couple of bluetooth adapters that will use your headphones. The Jabra 3030 and Sony Ericsson MW600 are two that I know of.
[Streak 5 Accessories] (InsertNameHere):
Bluetooth is great, but its a battery drain, as there is a 3.5mm jack already avaliable i would rather use that, also i have heard many iphone type 3.5mm adapters don't seem to have a working mic with the streak.
[Streak 5 Accessories] marvin02:
You have to make sure that they are TRRS not TRS, 4 rings not three and that they include the mic.

As I wrote, I have one that is like the one I linked to and it works fine. YMMV
[Streak 5 Accessories] (InsertNameHere):
I have eventually settled on the Griffin Smarttalk, can be got on ebay for £3 and seems really nice quality.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dakunclear:
what's the region unlock code I want to update to 2.3 and I have the canadian version of this phone
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dakunclear:
Which is the same phone as the usa version with a different name
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Have tried the LG Updater on your PC?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dakunclear:
Ya says my phone is up to date
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
You should wait for the Wind GB version to be released. Their version is completely bloatware free. It will probably be released shortly.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dakunclear:
I hope your right and ya wind is good in that sense
[Xperia Play General] Super Chimp:
Unlike the Arc in the UK the Play seems to have experienced a sharp drop in price, it's not hard to find a SIM free version for sub £300. The only reason I can think for this is poor sales. Would I be right in that assumption?
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
Support from SE Is very weak, the playstation store for games hasn't being available for every country and the selection is pee.

FPSE are not user friendly is another reason. I guess 3rd party devs aren't interested in porting games like ff, tekkens, mgs, etc
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
I bought my play when it first came out for £300 so it's not that much of a price drop :p

Problem with the play is, its a niche device, it only appeals to hardcore gamers......

But as a device i cant really fault it, its fast, looks good, plays games great even though many would say it lacks power, the gps is amazing......

Think of it like the sega dreamcast :p a bit of an underated gem :D
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
The playstation store hasnt gone live yet thats why it's not availible in all countries :p It's still in beta :p

FPse works awsome on the play wth :confused:
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
I dunno if I'd say support has been weak seeing as they secured the three biggest titles exclusively for it: minecraft, Fifa and Dead space.

Wait for pan support and then you'll see what It was meant to be.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
The price has dropped significantly here in the US as well. Sony really bungled this one. The device just recently started to be advertised (and that was after the price drop and moreso as a "cheap" phone since its only 99 bucks) and even supporters like myself are a bit frustrated because there really is no support by SE here, while there have been 9 or 10 playstation game releases in Europe, some are not available at all, and the rest are visible in the market but carrier locked for some strange reason. The Playstation suite is not available yet as well.

Maybe they are waiting to market it once the Suite is ready so theres a lot of features and games up for sale, but at that point the device will be almost dead.
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
But an average bob who wants to play tekken , Spyro, gt WILL finding it confusing on how to use emulators. It's not as user friendly as playstation pocket, where customers browse et buy
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
You can say that again.

The Xperia PLAY not only stopped me from caring about dual-cores, but it's performance has left so little to be desired that I finally get to re-imagine my iPhone favorites as real games with real controls, and have a device so versatile that I didn't just replace my phone, I haven't been playing my PSP/DS as much :\
[Xperia Play General] Mozza2k11:
PSP................... Oh s**t i majorly forgot i had one of those :eek: :D. I totally agree, i only really game on my Xplay, Xbox or Ps3 now. The play may not be a dedicated gaming device but it scratches the itch i get when im out and about. It fast enough to play anything i want it to. Enough said.

@ Cat_On_Droid. Anyone who doesnt know how to use it (fpse) will normally search for info on how to. Googling Fpse guides brings up more than enough info on how to use/set up. If you can use a normal emulator like Gameboid etc. Then using FPSE is not much harder.

Oh and i also frickin loved the dreamcast ;)
[Xperia Play General] subcu1ture:
I actually think that it is picking up on sales now. I know a lot of people who are planning on buying and seeing an increase of people on forums doing the same.

I think for the US market it really got hit hard because Verizon held back the update so long and also didn't allow any unlocking.

Once AT&T launches it's 3G version I am sure it will take off in the US market as well as being able to hook up to some form of the PSN with the 2.3.4 update.

Not sure about the UK but the price itself put off a lot of people.

In my country I could buy 2 PS3's for the price of one Xperia Play... this should not be the case with a phone that plays games that are 2Gens behind the current PS.

If they had priced it cheaper in the first place it would have sold faster.
[Xperia Play General] hairdewx:
I have seen this commercial on TV twice now :)

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GAMEPAAAAAAD! ....what a tool :p
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
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First, you gotta pay for FPSE, that does turn off the customers abit (I understand why anyhow), second, PS pocket is advertised well, not FPSE. So people Will think that pspocket is the only means of playing ps games for those without basic knowledge of emulators, roms(u have to burn the disk aswell, which isn't user friendly again)
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
You have to pay for PS Suite games too :rolleyes: FPse i like any other market app, and unless you have been living in a cave you will know about FPse or its windows mobile brother FpseCE :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
THIS.

Emulators aren't going to sell phones in major quantities and only serve to deepen the niche. The iPhone sells so well because any idiot can do basically anything it can do without much time or brain power investment.

The only way the Xplay and any successors will break out is if there is a "killer app" and an easy way to do it. PS Suite being on the phone from the factory making it easy to download a large library of classic games, and connect to your Playstation etc is the only way a phone like this would be successful. People like us who tinker around with it and take the time to learn how to do things are in the vast minority.

Lets just hope that by the time PS Suite is ready its not already too late.
[Xperia Play General] subcu1ture:
They have also way over priced the PS1 games. Like games that are over 10 years old with ****ty graphics are more expensive than newer games with amazing graphics and great game play.

Sony PS would make a fortune if they sold the games at $1 a pop.. maybe $2 or maybe $1 per disc
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
You do. But trust me people would rather spend 10bux on FFIX than buying fpse, getting the 4 disks to burn, use ecm tools, drag to SD, etc. You can buy PSONE game at any time. Where as using emu requires a PC. Oh and if PS suite gets a good selection the emulation would be perfect, unlike fpse which Requires slot of updates. And don't you need to pay again to update? Not sure =\
[Xperia Play General] Krislawl:
Psx games are almost always more in depth than any android game. But they still should be cheaper at like 1.99 each like you said. Gameloft games with ripped off ideas and bad gameplay with graphics that are good doesn't make a good game.
[Xperia Play General] dsswoosh:
The Xperia Play needed the following changes -

1) Landscape Home Screen Support

2) Auto Brightness Dsiable Option

3) PsP emulator

4) PS1 and PSP amazing games to be available at launch rather than the shoddies

5) Alot more Xperia Play exclusives

6) Analog touchpads to have the option to "swipe" or "hold" on ALL games

7) Touchscreen Emulator Software so you could assign buttons to parts of the screen (meaning you can play all games on the pad and buttons)

8) Touchscreen functionality on the analog touchpad (so you can scroll with the analog pad when browsing etc)

9) Dual Core processor

10) 1 gig RAM

11) Possibly a 4.3 inch screen

12) Better Signal (Data strength is not as good as other phones)

13) FM Radio (data Radio is useless on a limited data allowance plan)

14) 720p Video Recording enabled

If the Play had all this, (which are not unreasonable requests for the same price tag), it would of been so much more successful.

Basically the XPlay is just a like an HTC Desire, but with a smaller screen that is often dimmer and a control pad.

It is nothing more than a bog standard Android phone that is great for playing a few emulated games.

If you do not want it for emulation, then get a Samsung Galaxy S2.
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
you know how expensive that would be @_@ ? anyways the phone costs 100dollarz so dont expect any of those :P

Those things are much better on to be on the Xperia Arc.
[Xperia Play General] dsswoosh:
Less than the Samsung Galaxy S2, since that has better than the specs i mentioned and still doesn't cost more than a XPlay on contract.

XPlay was way overpriced for the specs you get.

It was hardware outdated before it even hit retail.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
I used to think like you... I was shocked to see that they'd release a single core phone as anything that's supposed to be 'prime' for gaming until I actually got to mess with a Xperia PLAY and realized it doesn't *need* any of the things you mentioned.

My buddy's got an Atrix, my Xperia PLAY keeps up with it on every level of performance because all the fancy new dual-core technology is simply overkill considering what's out. Presently, dual-cores bring no higher end framerates, no seriously remarkable exclusive software... nothing that you can't get on a good adreno/hummingbird single core.

And after just a couple months of Xperia PLAY ownership, I can confidently say that there's not a single piece of software that the Xperia PLAY doesn't handle at a silky smooth 60FPS that any of the dual-cores do. If anything, it seems all qHD's done so far is stray further away from the 800x480 standard that devs were getting used to.

No, it's not a dual-core and it's specs don't look the best... but it's got a beastly acceleration chip under the hood, high-quality ram, extravagant memory management, astounding battery life, and you'd be hard pressed to catch it's performance being less than silky smooth.
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
The Play, as another commenter has mentioned, has spent its first months overpriced and overlooked by Sony. In the first months of the phone, all we got was a BackStab exclusive which noone cared about. Right now we have at least three exclusives with Minecraft and FIFA 12 (an enticement for gamers), a price drop which does do justice with the specs of the phone (a general stimulus), and the dev scene is much more advanced with unlockable bootloaders and PSXPeria (that drives sales on the hardcore side).

Sony has taken its sweet time to start supporting this phone, but it seems to be doing so in the right way.
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
I guess I'm kind of peeved off that I payed full price for it when it could've being 100

Had a. great summer though, great phone anyways
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
then sell the phone...?

I hate the way people just ***** and moan about things rather than using and enjoying them. There's not a day that goes by that I regret buying my Xperia Play. I <3 it, best phone ever. I bought it to game on, and game I do. I don't NEED a dual core processor, or more memory, with an SD card, and installlocation to SD card, enough space has been freed, and same with Ram, to run it lightning quick...you need to enjoy what you have in the present rather than saying this that and the other about the future...?!
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
I came from a D2G and I was concerned about the low internal memory, but however thanks to titainium and the ability to transfer apps to the SDcard that leveled my concerns. Although I notice now when the home screen shows up after boot up it takes it a couple minutes before I can smoothly use the phone. Guess all those apps are just being put into place. Anyway I am a gamer and that is what this phone is all about. This phone is awesome I love it and have absolutely no regrets in anyway shape or form. My only concern is that I hope to see the support it needs and deserves by SE.
[Xperia Play General] subcu1ture:
1GB ram and the eXmor 8MP + Bravia Engine and HDMI = i would be in heaven :)

Don't need dual core but totally would buy a second revision if it had this.

As the first of it's kind out I have nothing to complain about and lol people wanting dual core...

Dual Core for what? Just gives people more of a reason to make super bloatware that slows down your phone.
[Xperia Play General] metcard:
700mb-1gb RAM, at least 1gb of Rom available for user apps and 720p video recording would have been perfect.

The specs overall are sufficient. imo.

If you want a phone with specs of a galaxy s2 then just buy the sgs2. simple.
[Xperia Play General] LemonPlusTea:
In sg, price had dropped from 888sgd to 400sgd.. Think it's going to drop further.. Arc, on the other hand, still sells for 600+
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
For me the lack of game selection in the suite doesn't matter, since the whole reason I bought the phone was to use the gamepad for emulated nintendo titles.

Also, given how good the battery life is right now, if it had a dual core that feature would be lost completely and it would be useless for gaming when you're not sitting near a charger.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] ginepraio:
I bought this phone in italy (san marino republic ) online for 295 euros :D very good price!!
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Your all missing the point, there is no lack of games in the suite, because the suite dosent exist yet, this is just a few games sony have let us have before the suite goes live :p
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Couldn't have said it better myself.

...I don't even get why this weak-ass PlayStation Pocket exists when PS Suite is coming with true PSN integration and real PSN PSOne offerings.
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
The current PSN app in the Android Market doesn't work. Plain and simple. It just doesn't log in. They certainly can do better...
[Xperia Play General] sfex3best:
So what your saying is sony is yet to release a playstation store kinda thing for the xperia play?:eek:
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/0...ll-be-preloaded-with-a-playstation-one-title/ ;)
[Xperia Play General] sfex3best:
:eek: woh Some websites say that the playstation suite may even support some ps2 games.
[Xperia Play General] techelec:
To Answer the OP's Question:

No, I don't think it's failing. Some manufacturers strategically lower prices to make more people buy the awesomeness the the Play is.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Sony have said that the PS Suite wont just support older playstation titles but also have original content :p
[Xperia Play General] techelec:
I feel stupid, but what is the PS Suite? I do have a PS3... Noob with Play here though.
[Xperia Play General] Super Chimp:
That's not what I have read on other mobile sites as to the general consensus as regards its sales so far. Though I will say now that it's even cheaper-seen it for as low as £260 over here in the UK-it does seem to be moving up the sales charts a bit.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
It seems to me that the only people that call the play rubbish, are people that don't own one!! 99% of play owners are totally satified with the device, I think people are just jealous :D
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
They're pissed off that they could have gotten one of these, but chose to get something tons of other people have instead.. like an iPhone, or a Galaxy S. Now they can fit in with their friends, but they're missing out.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
+1 everyone that went out and bought SGS II, And figured out it's not quite the beast they were expecting :D
[Xperia Play General] gjpax:
i was a bit dubious before i got one partly due to it having a slide out part as i dont like them and paranoid that i will go slack(but obviously with this phone it has to be) so i got one and its very well made and im well happy

even thinking that when my upgrade is due im just going to get one again , it would be amazing if they did a dual core with a tegra

And as its £260 on expansys that is a great deal
[Xperia Play General] Yufice:
no one bought it because it has a damned playstation controller attatched to it and that's not gonna sell to 95% of the smartphone population.

I love my xperia and I barely game on it. It's a clean and decently fast vanilla android phone. 4 inch screen is perfect. It's not the lightest thing in the world but I came from the thunderbolt so it was still lighter than I was used to ha ha ha.

dig this over my TBolt, for more than 1 reason (ie not just battery woes)
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
Wouldn't you be happier with a Xperia Neo then, for example?
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
Xperia PLAY is perfect for gaming fans like me. I wanted a phone, portable unlike psp, games and this thing is a paradise for emulators!

It's battery is good for a phone but iffy for gaming?

Great phone anyways!
[Xperia Play General] subcu1ture:
Well at first I must admit it was a hard choice between Arc/Play and Neo... Mainly because of the HD cam/8mp cam/eXmor sensor/HDMI out

However in the end i am happy with Xperia Play especially in the last few weeks when heaps of new games have come out etc.

I wouldn't be playing this games if I have to use touch screen. Touch screen fks me off.

I have a PSP and found it way too big to be properly portable with bad battery life where as Xperia Play has got great bat life and is ultra portable.

I really look forward to the Xperia Play 2 :)
[Xperia Play General] CB32ndbase:
Not necessarily. It might be because the specs are last gen and people are expecting lower prices.
[Xperia Play General] Yufice:
nah, i got the play to play emulators. lol I have no interest in playing PSP games, but I work long retail days and playing earthbound or donkey kong country with a controller is awesome.
[Xperia Play General] Super Chimp:
When it and the Arc came out I went for the Arc partly because it had a lower initial price but also because of things like the HD video recording, better camera and Bravia screen. But though I have heard quite a few negatives about the Play's screen it still kind of fascinates me as its quite an unusual device and I like the idea of gaming on it.
[Xperia Play General] typikal82:
I don't think anyone quite has an answer to what PS Suite is, even Sony have been vague on its description. As far as I know it's going to be a "service" on the Android platform for PlayStation Certified devices, like the Play, Vita, S1 and S2 tablets.

I'd imagine they're going to pump out games made for the specific devices just like any other app service does, but officially supported by PlayStation and possibly linked to the PS Store (?). The PS Vita will also use PS Suite, so I'm assuming it will have games that can be played on the Vita and Play.

Lots of vagueness and lots of assuming right now with PS Suite. For more, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Suite
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
LOL @ Wikipedia articles concerning the Sony tablets S1 and S2.
[Xperia Play General] Super Chimp:
It has now completely disappeared off of Expansys website, they must have exhausted their stock. No sign when it might come back into stock.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] sohrab1985:
Here is a Desk Clock from Xperia phones with alarm and some other things.

Just download the apk and install it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DoubleYou79:
Hi there,

can any of you install the new facebook messenger? Android market is telling me it is not compatible with my device. Please I don't want to start a discussion wheter or not to use the app :-) I just want to know if I am the only one having the problem.

Does anyone have the apk by any chance?

Thanks

EDIT: Ahhhhhh..... nevermind. Found it in this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1212341

This post can be closed. Sorry
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rice-CHRISpies:
I read in the SD-development thread about editing the

"GPS1_CLEANUP_ENABLED=1

HD2 have high current drainage(60mA) in the 0812 build. I noticed in /etc/gps.conf GPS1_CLEANUP_ENABLED was set to 0. After changing the value to 1. Current usage was back to normal 8mA"

I'm currently running the AmericanAndroid SD build and would like to change this value to 1. How do I access this? Using the phone, I went into file manager/etc and found the gps.conf file but how do I edit it? When I plug the phone to my laptop I can only view files from my SD card.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a noob question.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] rice-CHRISpies:
Can anyone help?

During standy the battery drain is a consistent 60-70mA. Nothing is running, background data turned off, no wi-fi, no GPS, no sync.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobE.:
You need to use a file explorer with root privileges. You can d/l ES File Explorer (or something like it) from the market for free.

When you run it, you'll be prompted to give it root (SU, or superuser) permissions. There's a checkbox in the menu, for you to do this anyway.

Most importantly - since the file system is read only - you'll have to also check the box directly underneath it in the root settings section of the menu to 'Mount File System'. This will make the files writable, so you can save your edits.

In general, you can keep the 'Root Explorer' box checked at all times, but it's not a bad practice to uncheck the Mount File System box when you're done so as to ensure against file changes.

gps.conf is located in the etc directory of the system. The line you want to edit is at the end of the file. When you make your change... don't forget to press the menu button and then press SAVE.

another user had similar problems - so you can take a quick look here...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16735406&postcount=15225

Rob
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ke2v85:
thanx.works for me.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
"Speaking of thanks, use the thanks button. Use it every time you get an answer, even if it's a one you don't like"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&t=1m33s

I pressed it for you this time, next time you do it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] imodd:
I just got a brand new phone yesterday i9003 with froyo arabic firmware..

When i got it new, it lasted almost 8 hours of using a lot of wifi and gps and installing apps without charging.

Now i charged it 100%, unplugged it , put it to idle and slept.. 5 and half hours later it is down to 24% battery only.

The Android System was the top battery using utility. It had a CPU usage of more thn 5 hour 31 minutes.

Please help this is menacing..

it also has lag issues now.. after charging and installing apps

The gallery takes more than 10 mins to load completely i have approx 80 photos in 8 folders. Facebook and twitter apps are laggy.. or never load.