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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
IMO the Play and the Arc are both excellent devices. But they are aimed at two totally diffrent markets. The Play has been heavly optimised for playing games. (stereo speakers, dual channel ddr2 memory). But unless you intend to play alot of games on your phone, i see no reason to buy a play over an Arc. I love playing games on my play. And could never go back to touchscreen games now :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
If you want to game a lot --> Play is for you because of the controla

If you want to use it as a normal smartphone, texting, browsing, gaming sometimes Arc is the way to go imo.

I don't regret getting my Arc and it's fast @ 1GHz but of course it's even snappier @ 1.2GHz :D

Mine midnight blue Arc has the crack but it's not that visable (most of my friends don't see it, even if you say them there's a crack).

Arc rocks, but both devices are great.

Day to day performance should be exactly the same on Arc and Play due same specs and same using experience.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhyke13ph:
Actually I Play a lot but I did chose Arc over Play because of these Factors

>Size

>Weight

>Screen Size

>Screen Brightness

>Clear Black Panel

>Bravia Engine

>8MP Exmor R

>HD Recording

>HDMI Port(Bonus for Me)

>Style

Over

>PS Controls with Touch pads

>Stereo Speakers

>Exclusive Games and PS Suite

>Dual DDR2 Memory Channel

>Front Facing Camera

Put Those Arc Features in Play, I will choose Play Anytime :D

They could easily put some of those features and make Play as their Flagship phone?

Just Imagine All those Arc Features(not the Size and Weight) in Play :eek:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pjay12:
Those of you who have the play- (AndroHero I think)

Will the play be able to support PSP and PS2 games? Its my biggest concern about the Play. I saw a video on youtube - Modern warfare for xperia play. I know it was fake but the graphics :O:O:O:O:O:O Will the play ever actually be able to do that? Or will there most probably be a play 2 that will..?

My conclusion (so far) - The Play's gaming controls make it an ultimate portable gaming experience and you can thrash other players in online/multiplayer FPS games. The DDR2 RAM eliminates the lags that you very very rarely see on an xperia arc. And you get a tiny not-very-good front camera that Ill never use. The games can be played on both devices extremely well. Day to day performance is the same.

So...

Camera (really awesome cam) vs gaming controls.

Great.. Im exactly where I started out :/

:D Thanks all for the help :D More opinions always welcome. Im begging for them actually... It'll be my first high end android and I dont want to regret buying it or later thinking damn I should have bought the <insert name of what I didnt buy>

Edit- how is the support for the 2 devices when it comes to custom roms, kernels, etc?

Ive searched the forums for both, theres one note-worthy kernel (doom), one FXP rom each and the play has 2 or 3 others. Are roms for the arc in progress? Or is the stock rom brilliant as it is? Sorry for the *noob* questions. But Ive done the searching and researching and I want confirmation and stuffs I didnt know. New to the forums here etc etc
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
Sony took alot of features out of the play because the Arc is there flagship. :mad:

They took our HDMI out (Madness if any device needed HDMI out it was a gaming device)

They took our 72Op video recording and gave us the crappy google camera app.

They took live dock support off us.

Sony are mean :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
This has been discussed in the play forum. The conclusion we came to was:

PSP - Maybe. But only if ported to android. Emulation is a no go.....

PS2 - Probably not. Although recent games like Hot pursuit shows the play can handle games of that quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXZVXE1MZaM

As for custom roms ..... Mine is the best :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1250873
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pjay12:
Thanks mate.

If those features were in the play or the arc had gaming controls I wouldnt mind spending a bit extra. I think Im gonna go with the arc :)

Dont really want to take a risk with the "soon to be released" Play games. Im not play packs enough to support them..

Lol your rom may be the best.. but theres not much atm for the arc. Hope that changes soon.

Tried hitting thanks. Said im limited to 5 thanks a day :S
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
I don't think you will be disapointed in the arc ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack Shepard:
FPSE on ARC

Hello!

Has anyone here used FPSE on ARC? Does it run fine?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack Shepard:
What has ARC got any issues with FPSE?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pjay12:
I don't think so. The controls would be pretty uncomfortable I think.. but I am not sure at all. I dont plan on using Fpse. But it should handle all the fpse games very well
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FK1983:
^ Totally agree!

I also have the Play and absolutely love it but as AndroHero says you do need to be into gaming to enjoy the Play to its full potential, gaming on it is absolutely fantastic. the DDR2 Ram makes a huge difference too!

The Play is by FAR the best Android gaming device out there, if I wasn't into gaming I would have went for the Arc though!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magichands:
Tempted to PLAY...

Excuse the total noobness of the post, until a couple weeks ago I'd been a veteran of symbian and recently found the beauty of android....

Have had my arc a couple of weeks. The experience has been incredible. The few niggles (quiet sound out headphones and speaker, 2 minute bootup, No camera zooming in 6MP & 8MP modes) all got resolved with the 2.3.3 update, and was glad I choose the arc over the play.

However, finding out that the n64roid emulator runs perfectly on my arc and playing Goldeneye, Zelda and super mario 64 hitch free has made me seriously reconsider whether I should trade it in for the play.

The virtual gamepad is more then decent, but far from perfect, makes your thumb go achey after a while and its too hard to go for accurate shots in Goldeneye. Hooking up the Wii mote and Nunchuck solves the problem, but a bit excessive for a bus journey.

So i'm curious to find out what control is like for you PLAY owners...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atwnsw:
I sold my Thunderbolt and am delivering it tomorrow am.

I need to wipe out everything but keep it rooted.

What is the best way to do this?

Thanks in advance.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyfingers:
You could flash a stock rooted RUU. http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/650-All-ruu-s

The easiest way though would be to just boot into CWR and wipe everything.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Go into recovery and wipe data/cache, and format the SD card if that's going with the phone.

Sent from my HTC CyanogenBolt powered by CyanogenMod 7 RC1.6.1
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnysyeah:
Would that bring the Thunderbolt back to stock rooted?

Or would it just wipe everything but still has whichever ROM the Thunderbolt had before it was wiped?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtyfingers:
To get back to stock rooted you would have to flash the RUU. Wiping would keep whatever rom was previously installed like you said.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orkillakilla:
Doing what I said above will simply wipe your data, but keep whatever ROM you had.

If your looking for rooted stock:

Flash this via recovery to get ota stock with root:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1160374

Be sure to wipe data/cache first.

Flash this via hboot to get ota stock radio:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1160346

Be sure the file is named PG05IMG.zip and have on the root of your SD card.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugenius53190:
When I unlock my EVO 4G my clock lags when flipping. I just wanted to know is this normal because it bothers the hell out of me. Does that mean that I am using too much memory and if so how do I fix this problem..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infamousteeboy:
Did you do a full wipe when flashing the ROM?

Have you tried fixing permissions?

Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, evO²·³·³ *ROOTED*

EVOlvedROM r3chargeD RLS 1ish

DiRtY POoNSeNSe 2.3.3-1

V6 SuperCharged like OMGee
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugenius53190:
I don't have any roms at all I am completely stock.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steven 1:
What software version of android are you running and how much storage space do you have left ? Internal memory etc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugenius53190:
I have a bunch of memory left I believe and gingerbread is what I am running.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steven 1:
I would have thought it was your memory..but seeing that you have plenty, maybe try installing a custom ROM ? I noticed significant amount of speed increase when flashing new sense roms than I did leaving my EVO stock.

Or you can try out the supercharger script from zepplin! Seems to make phones speedy as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276

Sorry but that's all the advice I can give you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
U can try and go into settings and applications then manage applications and file the clock widget apk and wipe the cache or data and see if that works.

free the dirk
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidHobbyist:
I think this is just because of the slowness of an unrooted evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugenius53190:
How do I root my EVO without using a computer??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infamousteeboy:
You can't

Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch

Curse You Tiny Toilet!

evO²·³·³ *ROOTED*

EVOlvedROM r3chargeD FINAL

DiRtY POoNSeNSe 2.3.3-1

V6 SuperCharged like OMGee

Philadelphia Eagles Boot Animation
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Truballa4real7:
you cant you need a computer to root.. if your on gingerbread try http://revolutionary.io fast and reliable.. then try flashing a custom rom if you like sence there are plenty sence roms on xda if you want to try a AOSP rom try CM7.. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bazebull:
Ok so i have this phone it seems nice but i like to put android,So is there any softwere any programs pls let me know tnx...:)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack Shepard:
Hello!

Please tell me which games are there which I can't play on ARC while I can on PLAY?

Please name such games if you can.

I am about to buy any one of these tommorrow, and don't know which to prefer; here is a little comparison, please correct me if I am wrong and also mention something I might have missed;

ARC :

Great body design

Great body material

Great Camera

Poor sound

No gaming Pad

Larger Screen

Not so good Web experience

Not so good Touch Interface

Radio

PLAY :

Average body design

Poor body material

Average Camera

Great sound

Gaming Pad

Average Screen

Great Web Experience

Great Touch experience

No Radio

Also tell me is there any difference between them as far as the user experience is concerned, I mean any application or function or anything that ARC has and Play don't or vice versa?

How much do they differ as far as the browsing experience is concerned?

So far Arc is winning, I guess, but now it all depends upon the games. That's is why I am contacting you all. I mean I am interested in Star Battalion and Asphalt (which from what I know can be played on ARC), and not much interested in Crash Bandicot.

Please reply soon.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edokassiah:
Kinda answered your own question personally think the play is only good for gamers so if it doesnt intrest you better off with the arc play dev is moving along slowly right now but hopefully pick up soon
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netorino:
Why is the web experience and touch experience not so good on the arc and good on the play? I don't think they are different because you don't slide the pad for web and it all comes down to screen. If any the arc should be better because it has a bigger screen, unless I'm missing something.

I wouldn't call the screen on the play average, more like large and larger for the arc.

Personally I'd trade my Play for an Arc today because I like more the camera than playing games and yet I find myself playing a lot more than before (when I didn't have a gamepad).

I think you should divide pros/cons for each device so it'll be easier to weight it. After all I believe between those 2 it comes down to: better camera - better gaming experience.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benoitb85:
You didn't take weight into account ? I went from a Galaxy S to a Xperia Play and that is the major downside I experienced. Otherwise, I like the Play.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat_On_Droid:
The battery is surprisingly heavy
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captain67:
At 1500mAh it's gonna be heavy compared to the batteries in a lot of other phones.

Sent from my R800
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hexen2006:
I have never played with the Arc, and I always liked slim phones (Samsung) over the bulky ones (Nokia), however I just migrated from Samsung Jet to Xperia Play... and wow... is a big step up...in weight (and pretty much every other aspect), anyway you get used to it pretty soon, now everytime I get a hold of a slimmer phone (Galaxy S, LG Black, Galaxy Ace) I feel kind of girly... (no offense intended).

Me - Xperia PLAY - Man phone

My GF - LG 970 Black (white):rolleyes: - Girl Phone

They actually make a cute phone couple hehehe;)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjpax:
I traded my arc for a play and i couldnt be happier , the arc continually rebooted even when doing normal tasks like texting !!

The battery is rubbish , the screen is pretty good but not as good as i expected

but at the end of the day i like gaming so the play is always going to be better in my eyes
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat_On_Droid:
The screen is reallly good on the arc
[Xperia Play General] Jack Shepard:
Hello!

Does Xperia Play or Xperia Arc support FLV?

Thanks.
[Xperia Play General] paxChristos:
Just tried a random .flv downloaded by tubemate on the R800x (American Play) and it failed (using stock video player).
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
Noal FLV Player works quite well. Not many skipped frames and decent video quality.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] merick:
i tried getting flash clockwork recovery and my little bro went to tap the dell streak

option and then when i went to the toilet he pressed the recovery option and now my phone is bricked i cant turn it on or anything HELP

my phone is a samsung 551
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] merick:
Please some one help me
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
hey guys .

I bought a Samsung galaxy mini ( gt-s5570 ) ,its good except the WiFi .

It can work with my home network for only one time ,if i try to connect again it won't allow me .

I've tried (Nokia N81-Nokia N82-Nokia N8- Samsung Star- Samsung Star 2- Samsung galaxy SII- Samsung Note- Apple Iphone4s) and all of these devices works perfectly with my router ,so i think its the phone not the router .

the router is a Linksys WAG54G2 with latest firmware update version : V1.00.19 ,I've tried all type of security and i even disabled it without any luck .

I've been searching Google for over a month now without any success but I've noticed that this problem happens with many other handsets .

to fix it i have only two options :

1- restart the router ( which is inconvenient ) .

2- factory reset the phone ( can't live with an empty phone 4ever ) .

I tried everything on phone settings and on router settings with no success at all ,I even tried apps from android market to fix WiFi but it didn't work .

any help will be appreciated ,thanks guys.

Here is some pics stating the problem

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this picture state my phone software

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this is when it stop working ,it shows disconnected for 5 secs then it shows scanning for half a second then it goes back again showing disconnected (loop)

then

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if i click on my network name it shows three options (connect,forget,cancel)

when i choose CONNECT it state that my network is not in range even though I'm sitting on the router :)

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If i restart my router or i factory reset my phone the WiFi works again for a day or a few hours

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please guys help me in this ,thanks so much .
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
any help will be appreciated guys :(
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
there must be some hope !!!
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
does anyone know if it is a problem with hardware or software
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
I've been searching all over the internet for about 4 months now and tried all suggested work around but no luck at all ,how come such a perfect OS like android has such a stupid bug and its not only on Samsung mini its on many other handsets .How can't Google get a permanent fix for this problem and why everyone around the world is so quiet about this problem just because android is so good to be criticized .I was convinced that android is the best OS but now i don't know anymore .
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
i won't give up

and i'll wait for a solution to the most stupid bug on the most so called successful mobile OS of this time
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
any solution yet
[General Questions and Answers] babak00000:
did you find anything?

we have the same problem!
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
Unfortunately i didn't find any solution. But i found out that this problem is only on the stupid android so if the WiFi usage is very important to you i'd advise you to switch to another OS.
[General Questions and Answers] babak00000:
Thanks for your reply.

It is just on galaxy mini.

I use the same wifi on note 2 and galaxy S advanced.

There should be somthing wrong in driver or device settings.

Trying to find out...
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
I didn't mean all android handsets have this problem, but what i meant is that this exact problem only appears on some android handsets. I totally agree with you that it must be a driver issue but as long as i've searched the websites, only android os handsets suffer from this driver issue. You can search google and you will be amazed how many android users searching for a fix for this problem.
[General Questions and Answers] akiroJo:
CHECK

RESET YOUR ROUTER if you have one
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
I already stated that i can fix it by restarting my router but that's not a solution especially when i have to do it every 2 hours or so.
[General Questions and Answers] cipistan:
I had this same problem with my Mini. It's a kernel problem. It solved when I upgraded to Gingerbread through Kies.
[General Questions and Answers] the_metal:
Even after upgrading to gingerbread the problem still exist unfortunately. The most annoying thing with this problem is that its not under warranty. I've sent my device to samsung branch in my city two times and their response was "The WiFi is working just fine". I don't care what problems appear in the product as long as the manufacturer covers them under warranty.
[General Questions and Answers] babak00000:
Do you have Dlink router?

Maybe it is a router issue, as my wife's Galaxy S Advance has the problem with the same Wifi. It never had such a problem with other routers.

(I have not tested thr mini with the other routers yet.)
[Xperia Arc General] Jack Shepard:
Hello!

Does Xperia Play or Xperia Arc support FLV?

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc General] Alejandrissimo:
yes, with this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result

its free and powerful
[Xperia Arc General] shaedow:
its a cool video player indeed..

i guess better than mobo..
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
ive tried fring and tango and my front cam is flipped to the end user for video chat. i see how to change between cams, but is there a rotate or flip function? or maybe i havr to viseo chat w the kickstand out? just curious if anyone else has seen this strange behavior.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mkeller:
I just tried this with Qik and have the same result.
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
Did you try uninstalling and re-installing the app?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
This is a known software issue. Tango works for me but Fring doesn't. Something about that software expecting a Sense camera and overcompensating.

Fring told me:

Supposedly you can edit your build.prop to

MANUFACTURER: Samsung

MODEL: Nexus S

to make it work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
phew. i figured it was something with the apps software. but there was that little voice in my mind that told me i was missing something that was right in front of me in the menu options.

never helps trying to video chat when youve had a few drinks at the watering hole lol. i kept spinning the phone around and everyone was laughin at/with me :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
update:

I downloaded the update from Tango last night and everything works great now. they have the videos working right for the Photon now :)
[Android Apps and Games] ledcom:
I need a barcode scan application which writes a txt file with the following format :

Barcode-1;datetime

Barcode-2;datetime

The scanning function as the application of barcode2file.apk.

Then as an option add to above the gps/location coordinates.

Any ideas where I could get this or anybody like to develop. I can donate.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micindev:
Hi, hope this is right place to ask few questions.

I never wanted wp7 device because of limitations, too bad that my little brother didn't know that and few days back, he gave me birthday present - Omnia 7

It's not as bad as I thought so, but there is some things I can't live with and now I'm not sure what to do, I mean wait for mango, or sell it while it's brand new

Internet explorer - I'm an opera user and I always loved opera mini on my wm and Symbian devices because of compression and speed on 3g, IE7 is soooo slow compared to my old Samsung i600 with OM, it takes ages to load some sites, eats too much data and drains battery - does IE9 compress data or it still loads full pages like IE7?

Picture hub - It's useless for me, I don't use Facebook or any MS services - does it finally works with other picture hosting services like picasa, photobucket, flickr...?

Onscreen keyboard - WTH means that space around it??? Even on 4" screen is too small, is there any improvement?

USB mass storage - yes or no? I don't have windows machine at home and I don't have any media on windows machine in office, Zune is not my cup of tea...I know that there is registry hack, but it would be cool

Main menu - its one big mess, is there some kind of categorization in mango? Sometimes is hard to find shortcuts

Bing - yeah, it works in US, but here in Slovakia it sux compared to google, is there a way to remap dedicated button?

Multitasking - Is there a full multitasking like in Android or Symbian?

After few days of using this crap I feel like in jail, I can't save files from web, I can only use only services connected to MS, I can't connect device to any machine but MS, I can't this, I can't that...i think that guys from Redmond had their heads deep in the ass when they was working on WP, I'm sick about it.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyCLown89:
Well the multitasking is sorted and IE 9 is much better than IE7 but still no Opera.

So my advice is if you really can't deal with the lack of features and cannot wait for fixes sell it now.

The other things haven't been sorted yet - I'm not sure about picture hub though as I don't use it.