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[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
Thanks for your guide Dousan, looks easy enough to understand so hopefully I shouldn't get stuck!

You mentioned something about the xLOUD not working but others claim they got it working?

There is a huge difference in sound loudness & quality in 2.3.3 than 2.2.2.

I'd say at least 50% louder and for me sound is a very important factor.

I'm only concerned that upgrading to 2.3.4 will cause me to loose xLOUD and end up with poor sound like in 2.2.2.

There is a thread with regards to the new update and I did ask if the sound is better or worse but no one has replied unfortunately.

As long as the sound is as good as 2.3.3 I'm happy to upgrade, otherwise if it's worse I don't think I'll be upgrading...

Wouldn't it be better to wait a day or two to see what others make of the new update?

All we know at the moment is that the camera, especially the video quality is far better, supporting 720p @ 30fps including better quality stereo sound.

Also improved functionality, speed, smoothness and Sony Ericsson actually listened to it's users & have given the option of enabling/disabling automatic brightness.

Once I hear feedback from other users that the sound is as good as, if not better than 2.3.3 then it's well worth updating.

Sorry to hear you had to send your SE Xperia Play in for repairs, your not the only one.

My Xperia Play is only 2 weeks old and was sent in to be repaired 2 days after having it. The fault my phone had was that it was unable to read any sim card, no matter what.

After trying every possible way to fix it did not work.

It then occured to me it was a hardware problem & not a software issue.

This was when I took it to a local shop to repair.

It took 6 days to fix. The person who fixed the phone said the reason it was not reading sim cards was because the sim card reader was faulty and needed changing.

I was charged £45 for the job, quite a bit.

Since I bought the phone for such a cheap price, even though it was costly to fix I didn't mind as the phone is such a joy to use so I had no problems in paying for it to be repaied.

The phone cost me just £240 & was bought on ebay.

I really should of returned it and either got a refund or a replacement but couldn't be bothered.
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
Yeah there's some mixed info on the update and xLoud. I would update today if i could. Hopefully my phone is fixed by tomorrow and i can pick it up.

Followed your thread on your issue with your sim card. Didin't realize it was you lol. You could've taken it to a official SE repair shop and it should've been under warrenty. Then again you got it for a good price even with the 45 quid extra ;)

I even saw someone posting the new leaked Ice Cream Sandwich home launher, looks really cool :D

If you don't get a straight answer about xLoud and choose to wait i'll be happy to provide you with the info when i get my phone back (hopefully tomorrow, otherwise monday).

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
It never occured to me that Sony Ericsson would fix/repair the phone since it was new.

I actually got the phone from ebay from a person who received the phone from an insurance company as his previous one was damaged.

I had no receipt since it wasn't originally mine, only a receipt from ebay.

Do you think Sony Ericsson would of repaired my phone even though I had no proper/original receipt?

All in all as you said even paying £45 it was still a bargain and was repaired in 6 days.

I'm pretty sure that if it was taken to Sony Ericsson it would be a good few weeks for them to repair it since they take their time!

Like you I also saw some leaked pictures of the new Ice Cream Sandwich home launcher, looks interesting.

On my other spare phone I'm using the ADW Launcher which I think is great, far smoother than the standard launcher, also better looking.

I've not had any reply yet with regards to the xLOUD option so I will wait for more feedback.

I'm in no hurry to update just yet as 2.3.3 has been fantastic in every possible way, whether it be for gaming, watching movies or simply listening to music.

The xLOUD makes a HUGE difference and I cannot live without it.

In most games I just need 20-25% of the volume and it's plenty loud, half way is too much.

I will patiently wait for yourself as well as others to test the new update and see if it's worth upgrading to.
[Xperia Play General] kanej2006:
7. Boot the CWM with fastboot.

8. Flash root.zip from within CWM and reboot and enjoy rooted 2.3.4.

Link for CWM (ClockWorkMod) and rootxperia.zip:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14868019&postcount=1

Link for newest FW (nordic version):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17708233&postcount=1

How to boot CWM:

Place the CWM (recoveryPLAY.img) file in fastboot. Then connect your phone in fastboot mode. Then open a cmd window in path of fastboot and type this:

fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img

(do not flash this or it'll brick your phone, very importend you only boot this file/.img)

How to flash from CWM:

When booted from fastboot just navigate to install .zip from sdcard (think it's called that). Then navigate to the file (rootxperia.zip on your sdcard) and press ok. When finished navigate to reeboot and prees ok. (how to navigate is decribed in the thread where the 2 files CWM/rootxperia.zip is downloaded from).

If any questions just ask :)

Regards Dousan...[/QUOTE]

I recently upgraded to the new 2.3.4, couldn't wait any longer & had to try it!

I followed all your instructions on how to reflash, fast boot, etc.

The part which was confusing was step number 7, booting the CWM with fast boot. When attempting to boot the CWM I kept getting the message ''you must be rooted'' and therefore it would not proceed....

Is it supposed to say that?

As of now I'm running the latest update unrooted at the moment.

I'm quite happy with it, not fully tested it yet but so far it's:

Positives:

1 - Far smoother/quicker - No lag/slowdowns whatsoever

2 - Brightness can now be controlled, autobrightness can be enabled/disabled

3 - xLOUD is still availble to use!

4 - Video camera is far clearer, 720p @ 30fps

Negatives:

1 - Though xLOUD is still there, it's not as loud as 2.3.3, only slightly though.

2 - FPse lags from time to time in certain games, sound crackly due to lag

3 - Some games that used to work on FPse no longer work, may need to transer them again and try again.

This is my verdict so far with regards to the 2.3.4 update. I still need more time to test & play around with it but I'd recommend it over 2.3.3.
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
It sounds like your bootloader is locked mate. That's the error i got when i checked my bootloader if it was locked after flashing blagus relock file ;)

God thing about the xLoud and it's ok by me it's a ltlle lower than the last update. Looking forward to update and enjoy my phone again :)

Regards Dousan...

e: The local repair center couldn't fix my phone so they sent it of to the main repair center and i won't get it back before next week at some point, bummer.
[Xperia Play General] Stevdoyle:
I did all this and got no errors. I used fastboot and booted the recoveryPLAY.img but when i start the phone again it just gets to the SE start screen and stops. I gave read in some other treads that you have to press the back button or the vol button to go into recovery mode. I have tried both of these and it does not work. Any suggestions.
[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
e: never mind i saw cat_on_droid answer in another thread and his answer seems more correct ;)

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play General] lomna:
I have the same problem i.e. the 'no sim'/'insert sim' problem.

I bought the phone off someone thinking I could flash it and it would be fixed, however that hasn't worked!

I have read all the pages which concern this matter, and flashed using the guides using FlashTool to the .184 UK Firmware, but it still says 'no sim'. I then did the update to 2.3.4 but same problem...

I understand that if the phone is even blacklisted then it would say there is no signal, but still detect a sim, but this is not the case right now as the sim cannot be read!

I don't know what else to do as it is loaded with the Stock UK rom..

Please help!

Also, is it normal for the Xperia Play to always ask to choose the Language when the phone is turned off then on, because mine does that??
[Xperia Play General] neptune:
well kanej2006 mentioned that he had a hardware problem, so this might be the case with your phone as well.

on another note nuff respect to dousan for working through kanej's problem... based on the thread you made quite an effort to help him; exactly what this forum is about. Nice 1!!!
[Xperia Play General] lomna:
Thanks for the reply

I'm not sure if it is a hardware problem, because I did notice whilst on 2.2.2 that if the sim was not inserted, the icon in the top right would be there to show a sim was missing, however when the sim is in, the icon would go - yet would give the 'please insert sim' error on start-up.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emkovicz:
We know that it's quite easy to add a new language to WP7 during upgrade to Mango. It's just a little change in registry.

So some people here have directly asked MS on their FB about a possibility to add a new language (Czech)to their phones officially.

Well, the response is quite funny. They are telling us that they can not tell much details because of their partners but the problem is caused by HW.

In my opinion it's a lie, I can not imagine any HW limitation which would be causing this on all phones released before Mango and I also doubt that same phones before Mango and after Mango are somehow HW different.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
It's Microsoft. If they could get away with saying it's cause of High Tide, they would.

Get used to that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Radek Hulán:
Do you have a link?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
In Taiwan to add Chinese to a WP7, you have to take your phone to an HTC store and have them re-flash it. The reason given is that it is not possible to just add a new language to the ROM and then update via Zune.

I'm not clued up on the technical, but this does indicate that there is some hardware restriction in place. This must be costing HTC and MS a fair amount of money, so it's safe to assume if it were possible to roll it out online, they would!
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
http://www.facebook.com/windowsphonecz

Last post ("Už jen několik dní nás dělí od aktualizace Windows Phone 7.5. Kterou aplikaci nebo hru si v Marketplace stáhnete nejdříve?") in comments.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emkovicz:
sure, in comments within their latest post (https://www.facebook.com/#!/windowsphonecz)

"Windows Phone CZ Ohled na naše partnery (výrobce telefonů) nám nedovoluje zabíhat do podrobností, ale můžeme vás ubezpečit, že se nejedná o žádný marketingový trik a že problém je hardwarového rázu. To je všechno, co k tomu v tuto chvíli můžeme říct. Díky za pochopení.

Včera v 10:13 · To se mi líbí"
[Windows Phone 7 General] Radek Hulán:
Posted on Thursday - "only few days left till Windows Phone 7.5 release". That is important info!

As for CZ not being available for current EN phones, I do understand that - additional languages do take more ROM space, and not all phones might handle that well.

Anyway, nobody is entitled to get "free CZ" upgrade when they purchased EN phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Maybe they should have brought an Android, iPhone, or Blackberry that comes with that "free CZ" upgrade, instead?

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

Yes, people in countries where CZ is an official language where Windows Phone is marketed and sold are entitled to a "free CZ" upgrade.

Maybe the issue has something to do with phones with a physical [English] keyboard?
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
I don't think it is matter of HW keyboard - they deployed Czech keyboard (without T9 of course :( ) in Mango on all phones.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Radek Hulán:
WP7.0 phones were sold and marketed in CZ by HTC, Samsung, etc., not Microsoft directly. They were all EN versions and without any Marketplace support, not even free apps worked. You had to fake your Live ID to be from US/UK and get UK credit card (like Moneybookers) to download and purchase apps.

Horrible user experience. Of course, sales were extremely low. On the other hand, you could buy (formerly) 12 000 CZK phone for 5 000 CZK. Of course, there never was any guarantee EN -> CZ upgrade will be available.

With Mango, phones are not only getting CZ language, but also Zune SW is in CZ, Marketplace works now, and there is Czech support hotline.

But changing languages is not common. Unless you have "Windows 7 Ultimate" you cannot install all languages in existence. And you probably cannot switch to Chinese, Japanese or Korean on your US Windows Phone, right? So, even if I would love to see super easy US -> CZ upgrade, nobody is entitled to get one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] emkovicz:
So do you really think that Omnia 7, HTC HD7 or any other phone released before the Mango has different ROM size than a same model after the Mango? Seems not to be very likely.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Radek Hulán:
I have no idea. CZ is working well on my Omnia7, as an added language to existing set of languages (DE, EN UK, EN US, ES, FR, IT), but it might not be feasible for all WP7 sets.
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
Sure they have different ROM size. The space of IMGFS is pre-defined by content size + some amount of free blocks for updating :). And by installing Czech, you might fill this empty space is what they think probably.

Which doesn't explain why there couldn't be new official ROM to flash, just as they did with Thaiwan.

Oh and Czech language has literally few megabytes only.
[Windows Phone 7 General] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
That is silly excuse.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
They could do an official flashing program like in Taiwan, but seems they've decided against it.

Taiwan is home of HTC so has hundreds of HTC stores; Therefore it was easy for them to offer HTC customers this official update (notice how LG, Samsung or Dell products aren't being given the same mangro upgrade). Without stores, the burden would fall on the carriers to do it; and they obviously don't want to..

Good news is, the ROMs are all publically available, and you can probably install it yourself (depends on your phone).
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
Omnia 7. Maybe newly sold phones with Mango will contain Czech language. Maybe not. Who knows.

I don't really need or want Czech, I am fine with English. Using phone in Czech seems weird to me, I got used to having phone in English. Mostly when all apps (except two, where one of them is mine) are in English too :D.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vash_h:
I was on nodo, non-branded unlocked LG optimus 7. I had no Chinese support until I installed mango beta 2. I didn't need to go to a shp or anything.. Did everything over Zune.

Sent from my LG Optimus 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Please read the OP.
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
I did read it, did you?

OP talks about deploying Czech language, I talk about deploying Czech language for keyboard.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Yea. And if you have an English Language keyboard on your phone (hardware keyboard), how will that work? He said MS said it was a HW issue. Perhaps the Soft Keybaord isn't the factor here.

Just putting it out there...

What phones are sold in TCH?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Well, a HW keyboard obviously makes it problematic, but that's a different issue.

What's happening is that if you bought your phone in the UK and brought it to, say, Russia, you won't get Russian UI with Mango update. The story about hardware problems preventing addition of language packs is obviously a load of bull. Unless you count OEM greed and measly storage space as a "hardware problem", of course.

All languages work fine in Mango if you modify the "Available languages" registry key, but you need an unlocked phone for that.

The moment I read about the fact that OEMs and operators have the liberty of picking the sets of language packs for phones in different countries I knew that's what we'd get. For whatever reason, they love limiting language options, and HTC region locks bootloaders even, making it a hassle. It happens on Android as well as far as I know.

WP7 is still a huge step forward because at least all keyboards are supposed to be available on all phones.

Technically I could understand the storage waste concern (why have all these language packs if you need one), but given how easy it is to install any language pack during an update (they are all available on MS servers), it would be no-brainer to make them available on demand.

But instead they invent this BS about hardware problems. Oh well...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
/blinks

I think my point/question was IS it possible that the HW keyboard being problematic is the actual issue they're referring to?

If there is that possibility, then how can that be B.S.???????
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
Because ALL phones GET ALL keyboard languages.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
Exactly. What they aren't getting is display languages. So it's a different issue.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Don't think you're getting what I'm saying.

So Nevermind.
[About XDA developers] R3wt3d:
Hi,

would be nice if you could create Xperia Ray (ST18i) forum.

Thanks.
[About XDA developers] Quercus1:
yes, its time for it;)
[About XDA developers] johnny21a:
Yeah please create a Ray forum. This device is so great and with the support of the devs it would become amazing!
[About XDA developers] BRijpstra:
Yes yes, please create a Xperia Ray forum O:)
[About XDA developers] funiewski:
ray forum

Ray seems to be popular and is now out in many countries, would be usefull with own ray forum:)
[About XDA developers] @leksey:
I want ray's forum too! Thanks.
[About XDA developers] kalak900:
Coming from HTC T8282 Thread, I've supported some developpers and I'll receive an Xray in few days.

It would be so cool if I could customize my new mobile as I did for the old one : please create a Ray section :)
[About XDA developers] nmson:
A ray forums would be great ;)
[About XDA developers] cfcgomes:
One more Xray for the new thread
[About XDA developers] leskerr:
And another!

Les
[About XDA developers] naruto20007:
me too, 1 vote for X-ray forum. BTW, I just want to ask if Xperia ray has the flash for camera. Here a video shows it has Flash in Camera mode and Photo Light in Video mode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov08br-tELU.

But some website say it only has photo light. So, please someone confirm that for me. Thank you.
[About XDA developers] flashermaster:
It would be very nice to get a ray forum for us!
[About XDA developers] midoriconcept:
+1

+1 for Ray
[About XDA developers] LordSnow:
2 Xray more here, forum please :D
[About XDA developers] wwwong:
+3 for Xperia Ray forums Please :D

The device is pretty well distributed now. Even ST18a versions are rolling out.
[About XDA developers] 4b3:
+3 for Xperia Ray forums Please
[About XDA developers] firzenfrenzy:
looking forward to this forum, the xray is a powerhouse with a lot of potential waiting to be tapped
[About XDA developers] edwanteam:
Agree! please create xperia ray forum...thx
[About XDA developers] tinyXperia:
I thought I've read that the Ray can only have the LED on continiously, also for photo, like the video light. So no flash, but just photo light. But I think that SE will fix this in the next update.

---------- Post added at 04:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:16 PM ----------

Also, +1 for Ray forum. There used to be no Xperia Neo forum, so we had to use the Arc forum, which was very cosy ;) but some stuff for the Arc does not work on the Neo. Though Neo, Ray and Arc are pretty similar in the specs, seperate forums are not a luxury, things like accesories are phone specific.
[About XDA developers] magic55:
Modds, we really waiting for Ray's subforum.:(
[About XDA developers] fracost:
yes yes yes
[About XDA developers] second_east:
+1

Thank you xda-developers.com
[About XDA developers] kuri_2k:
I really think this phone deserves a forum of its own.

Its a little sexy BEAST!!! Everyone knows it!!!

Bump Bump Bump +1!
[About XDA developers] jange:
Well spoken sir.

We need a forum to our slim sexy phones! Please gives us ones right away! :)
[About XDA developers] booshankly:
+1

Thank you xda-developers.com
[About XDA developers] jb.tf:
Yeah, my ST18a arrived from Newegg back on Friday.

In the mean time, where should questions/development posts regarding the Ray?
[About XDA developers] Qrac1:
I want it too. :D
[About XDA developers] sagr_ved:
yes we need a forum!!
[About XDA developers] manishsingh:
XPERIA Ray sub-forum

Yes, I am with you guys, XPERIA RAY deserves a sub-forum of its own. Come on XDA.....
[About XDA developers] murks_muell:
Please, we really need a forum for the xperia ray. Mine arrived today. :)
[About XDA developers] buzjay:
+1000 ;-)

Me too, this mobile will become the most selling XPERIA, so WE need a TOPIC please !

thanks
[About XDA developers] leleware:
+1 from Italy.. the first cyano is out !!
[About XDA developers] lolstebbo:
+1, I concur with this request as an owner of an XRay.

It's strange that forums for certain phones get created even before those phones are on the market (also that various variants of the same phone get dedicated forums), yet it takes days of requests to get forums for other released phones to be created. Just observing.
[About XDA developers] 8f86TcLjmt:
+1

Please give us a forum for XPeria Ray
[About XDA developers] vyolent:
+1

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give us please...forum for Xperia Ray
[About XDA developers] azaghtogh:
Another one

A forum for Ray
[About XDA developers] kabecilhas:
One more!

Please create!
[About XDA developers] cfcgomes:
can't understand...

Is there a minimum number of requests to create a forum???

peace...
[About XDA developers] SirRobin78:
Yes, +1 from Germany!

Please open the xperia ray forum part for us :D
[About XDA developers] Kjartansson:
+1

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give us please...forum for Xperia Ray
[About XDA developers] Nasetony:
+1 from Germany!
[About XDA developers] vyolent:
from Indonesia

+1 again...:cool:
[About XDA developers] Qrac1:
Come on now xda! If you can give a forum for Galaxy Nexus (which isn't even out yet) so fast, then you could give us a Ray-forum. It is a popular cellphone, and the demand for roms is high.

Other sites have Ray-forums since long, don't lag behind! :D
[About XDA developers] jackchua65:
Xperia Ray +1
[About XDA developers] naruto20007:
please come here to vote for our xperia ray

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1301121
[About XDA developers] :
+1 For Xperia Ray Forum, i already vote for the forum
[About XDA developers] lgvpn168:
yes，following you.
[About XDA developers] naruto20007:
Good, we have 38 votes but we need more. Let's help our Xperia Ray get the 2nd place
[About XDA developers] nitse:
+

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xperia ray forum (from greece)
[Huawei Ideos X6] thepranam:
Guys, the default apps have been really annoying. eats my ram crazily. and the best part, all the default apps are uber useless and does nothing significant. Can someone please give a detailed info, step by step on how to get rid of these unwanted craps?? thank you in advance. :) \m/
[Huawei Ideos X6] alx294:
get root, download titanium backup, delete unwanted apps :)
[Huawei Ideos X6] haree:
hi

im sure u can also use root explorer to delete the unwanted apps:)
[Huawei Ideos X6] paarkhi:
It is Root Uninstaller and not Root Explorer
[Huawei Ideos X6] mysteriousboy87:
you can delete it from root explorer also

Main thing is ROOT your phone :D