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[Xperia Play General] hasaan6545:
Yup I know that the screen on Arc is 0.2 inches bigger.

But that's not the only reason.

There's a different build of the screen. Samsung Galaxy S1 has same screen size (4 inches) but it looks more pixelated. HTC desire has a smaller screen by 0.2 inches, but even that gives more impression of pixels than Xperia Play.

Pixels on Xperia PLAY have a softer outline, and on X10 they're still more softer.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
The galaxy s looks like that because that version of amoled display has rgbg instead of rbg. It distorts images.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] orangesunshine:
xLOUD also works on ringtones,i got the volume slider at 50% and its already damn loud,if you put it to 80% with xLOUD on,you`ll be having a heart attack if someone is calling you .-)

also,for that disable auto brightness app made by hatcyl,as i already said in the thread about the app:i strongly recommend every xperia play user to buy this app,you won`t believe your eyes when you turn the autobrightness off..it`s really a HUGE difference.

on topic:for me the xperia play is like a dream coming true,playing all those classic games i knew from my childhood on my phone..the first time i fired up some neo geo games on my play i really was smiling like i won the lottery .-) and playing wipeout 2097 on my phone everywhere,everytime that`s just awesome!

it lacks HDMI but really,i had the xperia neo before,i hooked it up to a tv 2 or 3times..nice feature but nothing essential,if i want to play games on a big screen i connect my laptop to my tv,so no need for that for me personally.

the camera,ok,that is a letdown compared to the xperia neo but i`m not the guy who takes photos often so for taking a pic on the go the play`s camera seems ok for me,i`ve taken some videos with the Neo before and trust me,it`s 720p but its laggy and if you do fast movements you will see stutter,also the jpg compression of the neo is beyond awful,many details are lost because of the radical compression.

surely it lacks some things,but hey its a phone with a freaking gamepad! :D
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
test it in the sun please

I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
Same as EVERY other phone in the sun, quite hard to see but not terrible, it certainly seems better in the sun than my old iphone 4, 3gs, ipod touch, samsung galaxy s, desire s, X10 and Nokia N95, at least I can still see the screen with the Play! :p
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
At max brightness the iphone 4 is as clear as a day in sun. Arc has a good screen

I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
[Xperia Play General] ps3taker:
Could be the screen protector making it blurry. I put one which came with the phone from Three network and think it is not very clear. When the time comes to change it I will see if it is it.
[Xperia Play General] speedyink:
The screen is great in the sun, Whoever says otherwise should try some other smart phones out there. You'll be surprised by how they look. Like the iPhones has some extreme glare issues.
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
You have to be joking!? the iphone 4 was a joke in direct sunlight, many reviews mentioned it too.
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
Well the IP4 my dad has is REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY bright :)
[Xperia Play General] speedyink:
It must be special then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPn40QQLs4

It is NOT clear as day
[Xperia Play General] Cat_On_Droid:
XP Brighter than SEXPLAY though. Which to me is pretty important in South Eastern Europe, harsh sun =/

That video does prove that iphone screen is much better than the androids one, may not be Clear as a day, but atleast recognizable

I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
[Xperia Play General] speedyink:
What it proves is how friggin difficult it is to see the iPhone 4's screen in direct sunlight. The only phones that excel at direct sun are front-lit phones, which no smart phone has.

Backlit glossy screens are terrible in the sun, period. The difference between them is marginal at best, I'm not sure how you can say the iPhone is much better...
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
^ Agreed, This :)
[Xperia Play General] mhyke13ph:
But according to Wikipedia Qualcomm

That All S2 MSM8255 have a Dual Channel 333mhz LPDDR2

so not just Xplay right?
[Xperia Play General] antEris:
I cant help but wonder....why...why of all the different android phones out there, why must each one be individually compared to the iPhone. The iPhone is a fine smartphone, but no more or less. Isnt the point of android phones to offer more choices on what you spend you're money on when purchasing a phone? For example, oh I dont know maybe instead of a small form factor and a more expensive screen you might want a dedicated game pad? I guess my point is; comparing the play to an iPone is quite an apples to oranges type discussion. Wouldn't you say?
[Xperia Play General] hasaan6545:
Nope, the Xperia Play is the only device having this RAM, it's unique of it's kind.

Dual channel is supported by these chipsets but other devices don't use it.

You have a point - but many iPhone users always compare their devices to Android ones. It's just natural - people compare all the top players in the smartphone world with each other.
[Xperia Play General] mhyke13ph:
Why is it only Xperia Play? I can't help to wonder why other phones can't use this RAM in that chipset, It's there and ready...
[Xperia Play General] speedyink:
My guess is size and price. Needing two physical ram chips needs extra space, and it's obviously gonna cost more money. For example, the Blackberry bold has support for Dual channel, but it wouldn't even be noticeable so they can save some money and make a slightly higher profit by excluding it.
[Xperia Play General] hasaan6545:
It's not "there and ready" actually.

RAM is not a component of Snapdragon SoC. It includes processor and GPU only.

All SoCs are used with different RAM sizes and quality according to the choice of the manufacturer. Some use 1 GB, some use 512MB etc (different sizes), however most use single channel ( lower quality than dual channel in terms of speed)

The wikipedia article does not say that all the MSM8655 chipsets are using dual channel, it just gives an overview of the maximum quality a SoC can support. All MSM8655 could use dual channel RAM if it is incorporated in them, but that quality of RAM is incorporated only in Xperia Play.

That helps keep a constantly high fps in games.
[Xperia Play General] FK1983:
The Galaxy 2 has it (and clocked at the same speed) so isn't just the Play that uses dual channel ram :p
[Xperia Play General] mhyke13ph:
I see, thanks again for the Info.

Most People don't agree on Xplay just using a Single Core for a Hardcore Mobile Gaming, that Dual-Core will always be better than any Single Core

but what if SE advertise that Xplay uses Dual Channel RAM that will really help Heavy Task, Multitasking, and Play Heavy Games @ 60FPS, they could convince lots of People who are into Games to get Xperia Play because at that time it is the only Smart Phone uses this technology

Too bad...
[Xperia Play General] hasaan6545:
We now have another reason to keep loving our Xperia Play - SE has updated Xperia Play with HD Video recording & continuous autofocus support in the 2.3.4 update :)
[Xperia Play General] bubblegumballoon:
One area where dual core isn't better is with emulation since emulators only utilize one core.

But yeah for most other things dual core is better.
[Xperia Play General] system02:
Sony Ericsson needs to improve a few things on the play:

- put in a much better screen (like on the Arc)

- remove the 4th front button (search) and replace it with 3 bigger keys (like on Neo, Arc, X10 with Leds between the keys for easier navigation)

- put the notification LED back on the FRONT where it belongs.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
The play screen is better than the arc. The only smartphone screen where I can't see the pixels.

I agree with you that three buttons would be nicer.

Notification light is hard to notice at times.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play General] system02:
Compared to the Arc the Play screen is too dark and outside in the sun the Play display is worse than the Arc.

I had both phones to compare and it was not a faulty unit as I had 2 xperia Play phones and 2 Arc.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
eh, I'd rather have smoother pixels indoors instead of easy visibility in sunlight. I haven't found it hard to see outdoors at all.

Sent from the best phone ever
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
I wish people would stop chatting bubbles. All LCD screens are crap in the sun end of story. The play screen is no worse in the sun than the amoled sceen i had in my Desire.
[Xperia Play General] hasaan6545:
Dual-core is good if it is asynchronous and both cores work independently. Otherwise single core with great drivers and optimizations is also great. If dual-core is not asynchronous, it's use is limited except for the apps made to use the cpu that way.

So yes, Dual-core is good BUT if it's not asynchronous (i.e. Tegra2 or SGS2) then increasing the cores wouldn't help much except in very limited fields.

Most high end NVIDIA games work okay and without lag with Chainfire on Xperia PLAY, so it does show that the games can be handled well with a single core snapdragon.

Besides with the link at unity3d game developers, Xperia Play was proved to be faster than Tegra in real life performance.

Asynchronous dual-cores by Qualcomm are better in real life performance good.

Xperia Play has a great screen. As captain67 pointed out, it's not pixelated.

You should see the play now after 2.3.4 update. Xperia Play has an AWESOME brightness level and is CLEARLY visible outdoors even at half brightness! :)
[Xperia Play General] system02:
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AMOLED are the worst in the sun. Reflective or transflective LCD screens are readable in the sun (like Apple iPhone, Xperia X10, Arc, Palm PRE, HP Pre 3, Xperia Play...)

You can read the screens in the sun but with different qualities.

I just said that my 2 Xperia Play phones where worse outside than my 2 Arc phones. So don't tell me anything about chatting bubbles!

The best Screen for outdoor use was used in the old Blackberry 7230 and 7290. It looked like printed on paper - but was unusable for pictures etc.

@ hasaan6545:

Did SE increase the max. brigthness of the phone with the new update?
[Xperia Play General] Geeve:
Meowth, OP is right. :P
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
It's funny you mentioned those blackberry models, I happen to have one from that era sitting around. Still works, and as you said the visibility was really good.

Sent from the best phone ever
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
And waterproof

Mine came from ebay with a otter shell. I posted about it but for some reason people complained to a mod about my post. My play takes awesome under water shots!
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
That's cause it sounds like you're trolling and trying to get people to brick their phones.

Sent from the best phone ever
[Xperia Play General] kitzuki:
this a hundred times over
[Xperia Play General] henoleo:
Can someone make more opinions about these? I want to buy this phone and i want more info about this awesome device before I buy it
[Xperia Play General] eksasol:
Well, here it is, but its mostly sarcastic.

1. Well.. I see there are different types of xperia play phones. R800i, R800a, Z1i and If like to know what the best one is. I need GGSM, not CDMA. - The international R800i support HSDPA 900 / 2100 bands only. The AT&T R800at is quad bands, supports HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800, useful if sim unlocked. The R800x from Verizon is CDMA.

2. Do all the most demanding HD games work flawlessly on this phone? - No, neither does it on any phones I've used including the Galaxy S3.

3. How stable is the phone overclocked to 1900 MHz like I saw in DoomLords thread? - What?

4. Best ROM? - Do your own research.

5. Custom kernel? - With an unlocked bootloader, same with any other Android phones. You will need to flash a custom kernel in order for (most) custom roms to work.

6. Best Benchmarks? - I don't care. I hate benchmarks.

7. Does the BRAVIA engine work? - There is a patch to enable it.

8. How is the performance of the phone in general? If possible, compared with the other top smartphones out there (SGS2, optimus 2x, arc, atrix) - Average, other multicore devices are much faster. It lags sometimes when it run out of ram and I have to clear them. Webpages do lags. Most apps run smoothly though, you just need to optimize the device.

9. How is the camera? - average details, acceptable for a 5MP, very good with nighttime shot

10. Are there any problems with the phone? - Maybe. The screen is susceptible to getting dirt underneath.

11. Based on personal experience - how are the PS controls? - Magical.

12. Is bootloader officially cracked? - You can unlock the bootloaders of the R800i and R800x from Sony website.

13. Will the specs of this phone be outdated soon or will it keep up with the future releases? - It is outdated on the day of release, about the sametime as the Galaxy SII release which is much faster.

14. Edit- almost forgot.. how is the sound quality? I read about 2 speakers resulting in awesome sound, is it actually all that great? - Excellent, highlight point of the phone.

Also it is a fact this device is not great under sunlight. AMOLED and newer LCD are much easier to see under sunlight.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Necro a thread from September of 2011? Seriously guys lrn2forum

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] islam_ashraf:
Hey

when i download any app from market more than 5 MB i got this message

i have 1GB ex3 and i wiped and formated it

and wipe cashe and dvlik cashe

my rom is miui ap2sd version
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
Flash this market cache fix: http://www.mediafire.com/?o9n4o0jrci74yg0
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njdan30:
i had same issue i use link2sd and app2sd i set link 2 sd to automatic as soon as i dload any apps they go str8 to sd card and keeps enough free space on my desire if it gets low goto setting and relink that usually fixes it for me that is...hope ya get it figured
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indopride:
I've had this too. My problem was a wrong hboot
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iga2iga:
Just flash hboot with 40mb cache partition, eg 180 system, 40 cache, 217 data. with a2sd it wil be enough.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enko2974:
With me the same problem on newest bilds of miui bilds,and cant stream radio and tv without disconections,can someone help?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
See the posts above you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
No data only on WI-FI. HELP!!!

Stock Rom GINGERBREAD
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Did you try a hard reboot yet? Holds volume up plus power for several seconds until the phone reboots.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mojorisin7178:
dude I have been asking what and how mto do a hard reboot for a while now and no one could tell me I guess you are the only one who knows what he is talking about here as far as reboots go. I was haveing problems with EB 1.08 and saw this thread and tried the hard reboot and like magic I have data again thank you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
The two towers in my area were both undergoing a service upgrade.

I called Tech support no help. Granted I called 3am my time.

While I was on hold the voice on the phone said you may not be able to send or receive text messages. Also said any service needing data services are down in your area or market.

I went to sleep, When I woke up all problems we're gone.

In the morning I called back and told me there was service interruptions in my area for 2 days.

That was the problem. Not phone related.

My G1 on the other line worked fine the whole time.

I was so mad!!!

Thanks for the help
[T-Mobile LG G2x] raskymar:
While I believe this selects both GSM&WCDMA for network selection, it doesn't resolve disappearing APNs...

ro.telephony.default_network=3
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
All good now.

Cell towers we're undergoing service maintenance. I was one of the unlucky without service.

All working fine now.

Thank you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
I guess everything is fine for now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaqin:
(the one on the left)

It's **** like this when you leave your phone alone for a while (and a 10 years old plays with it without your permission).

It shows up in few apps (WidgetLocker, Market, Terminal Emulator, used to show in GO Launcher, but it doesn't now), tapping does nothing, rebooting does nothing and nothing shows when the bar's pulled down.

Any ideas what this may be?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yeahman45:
Hi i want to know if there is an alternative to gmail app or k9 mail.. the problem i often get is when i send a mail, it is kindof added to a queue and then send later or sometimes it is just stuck in the outbox impossible to send it... i want an app that will just send the mail immediately when i press the "send" button like on the standard desktop web gmail. I tried k9 mail and it has the same issue...

edit: i would use web version of gmail but i does not support attachments
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRC-Error404:
Hi there!

Maybe this question was asked 100 times but I really searched and searched but dont found any solution for my problem.

I got a HTC Desire with stock froyo on it - no root - no CFW - just stock.

Phone sometimes doesnt boot. Just come to green HTC logo 1x vibrate and reboot. If this happens I pulled out the battery leave it alone for a hour pulled it back and it boots fine.

Because of this error I tried to fix it with latest dev update to gingerbread. Install went fine - succesful - reboot...

Since then im not able to acces the OS. It ALWAYS stucks at green HTC vibrate on time and reboot.

Damned. Tried to flash again via RUU - same ****. Tried to flash via SD - same ****.

I have acces to Hboot and fastboot but i think this doesnt help me anyway.

So please - if anyone has a solution how to fix my bootcycle problem - give me a hint.

---EDIT---

I dont know how but i have succesfully boot into GB. Immediatly I used revolutionary to get S-OFF. Done.

Now Phone looks like it boots normally. Strange thing if I enable WIFI and connect to some network it reboot and is not able to boot again. Always reboot at Welcome screen. Battery out - wait some time - battery in - booting - extremly fast disable wifi and it works normally.

SO... is my WIFI bricked? Is anything known about that matter. If yes - are there solutions???

Thanks

CRC
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRC-Error404:
really - no one can help me :(

damned i think my desire has a heating problem. everytime i do something little bit intesiver work - like syncing, or inet surfing - my desire does a restart and could only be reachable after 20 min without plugged in battery.

strange
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
Throughout reading your problems, I immediately thought it was a hardware issue. Talk to HTC and see what they say.

Punched in..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRC-Error404:
oke i allready thought about something like that :D

just wanted it to confirm by someone else...

thank u
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deeway666:
Similar problem

Hi all,

I have a rooted HTC Desire that is stuck in a bootloop. It gets to the HTC screen and that’s it. I tried to upgrade from a cyanogen MOD 7 to gingerbread 2.3 with the RUU I got from the HTC DEV site. Well actually the upgrade looked to be succesfull but when my phone rebooted I got this bootloop.

So now I tried to do a recovery but I only get the “apply update from sdcard” instead of “apply sdcard:update.zip”. When I try to do this update I get a “invalid operation” and the phone reboots. I also did a wipe of the cache and data.

When I try and connect with usb I can only see a driver being loaded after I switch to fastboot.

I tried “adb devices” but no device is seen. When I do the “fastboot devices” I get a serial.

I also tried the Revolutionary software to S-OFF but again I get the “waiting for device”. I tried with the HTC sync drivers, bootloader drivers with several laptops and pc’s.

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-1.02.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.17.05.23

I also tried with an other sdcard from a working Desire but I cannot get on the sdcard.

I tried to “mount” the sdcard again with 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' but no luck.

Please ask if more info is needed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ridhavm:
Stuck with exactly the same problem, Devs Please help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pac-Man:
hey guys!

I'm a SGS owner (not vibrant or captative, but Samsung Galaxy S I9000), and I'm trying to make my own custom rom based on JVR.

First of all, after changing the kernel and add applications I need (and I guess that another people too) I decided to make mods like 9lockscreens with EDT, ext. power menu, etc.

So, I've done it, ext. power menu mod. But i have a problem:

when I press on Reboot, Download or Recovery, I see a message that says:

Title: "Power off

Text: "Your phone will shut down"

Buttons: "OK", "Cancel"

In fact, if you press "OK", the phone will reboot, reboot on recovery or reboot on download mode.

But, ir you press "Power off" option, the phone will shut down without message...

Could anyone help me please? If you need some file, please, tell me about.

Thanks!!!
[Galaxy 3 General] Darius_AWS:
I've installed Qtadb all working great my phone is in debugging mode...but the screenshots are awfull (black and white distorsion --")

How to fix it i reallt need for post screenshot of my them !
[Galaxy 3 General] cop1976:
Very good question, I have the same problem. If someone can help would be great.

Sent from my ultra fast Galaxy 3
[Galaxy 3 General] tadeas482:
Which rom are you using?
[Galaxy 3 General] Darius_AWS:
I use CM 6.2 and third part applications for screenshots won't work !
[Galaxy 3 General] cop1976:
And I'm on G3Mod rom.

Sent from my ultra fast Galaxy 3
[Galaxy 3 General] tadeas482:
It always worked for me except CM7. I havent tried Cm 6.2.
[Galaxy 3 General] werker123:
it doesn't work on dutchmods 2:(
[Galaxy 3 General] tadeas482:
and do you have the newest version?
[Galaxy 3 General] h4r5h:
Well this may sound weird and I am also not sure about this, but this problem seems to be with the latest version of QtADB,and not our phone.

Because while I was using the older version of QtADb, it worked fine for me. But as soon as I updated it to the latest version, it would just show a distorted screenshot of my phone.

So just try reverting back to some older version of QtADB, maybe that would fix the issue. :)
[Galaxy 3 General] tadeas482:
I have never updated it and it always worked (except CM7) :)
[Galaxy 3 General] Darius_AWS:
older versions won't work !
[Galaxy 3 General] tadeas482:
I dont know, why doesnt it work for you, then. For me, it worked perfectly.
[Galaxy 3 General] myhayserano:
I don`t know if iti helps but i was using G3mod rom and the screenshot didn`t work, on kyrillos 7.0 is running just fine. :)
[Galaxy 3 General] werker123:
now updating to 0.8.1 and see if it works:)

edit: doesn't work:(
[General Questions and Answers] burakg:
people i want to get a new android mobile and i need help with what to get should i go for is the samsung galaxy s2 Sony Ericsson Xperia arc LT15i or the Htc Sensatio Z710a what one is better and i wanted to no does the samsung galaxy s2 have the puzzle thing like the number cheers people
[Vega General] ViPaSoft:
Does anyone know if there is a setting to have the Vega stay on when docked whilst using Vegacomb 3.2. (Currently on Build 7)

The reason I ask is because I have just downloaded an Aquarium Live Wallpaper and would like to leave it on when in the Dock.

Thanks in advance.