yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
I'm actually 40% on that, 60% on them charging after january 15th..;)

just kinda bothered why the EA blah blah dialog box still appears during start up knowing that it's already full version..that could change into "60-minute trial is over" bull**** anytime.. jeez...

oh well...:(
[Xperia Play General] Fokezy:
Doesn't work for me...i am using market enabler so whenever I refresh my launcher,and select a game it says "no content",and I tried the links,but it just downloads the demo
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
I was thinking the same as well. However it does help that when you click game account it says game unlocked, and it doesn't verify itself online like my Verizon version of HP does, because the games work with no data connection.. But yeah I agree you never know. At least by Jan 15th I'll probably have beaten all these games I hope lol.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
that's the bottomline still for many people, why worry when you have finished all four by january 15th? but like i said, these games are worth keeping right ;)
[Xperia Play General] 007shark:
I noticed the games and thought it was a way to sucker people into a demo that prompts to buy inside the game. It is good to see from reading here that is not the case.
[Xperia Play General] JM43:
So I download BF BC2, and there's no inverted sites? Wtf?
[Xperia Play General] techelec:
I tried downloading with the stock browser, and after it opens and I click play, it says "Start free trial."

WHAT? (Verizon, 2.3.3. not rooted.)

I tried Dead Space.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
Need for Speed Shift really is annoyingly hard....

But not hard enough to beat Need for Speed Most Wanted for PC..finished that one twice! :D
[Xperia Play General] XVicarious:
Same. I played for like 5 mins and another game for about the same time. That was yesterday. Today I try to play, none of the games have even a trial avaliable.

Btw, I'm on verizon.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
This offer is not availible for verizon phones.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
have you all downloaded it from Get Games or the Xperia PLAY Launcher? make sure when you click the game, you're clicking games with the word FREE on their titles.. just to make sure you know.. it works for us..
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
You definitely used the included links in the browser? I was able to download all of them and play with no problem, and my phone is dead stock 2.3.3 . I guess maybe its possible Verizon is now blocking them, but I don't see how.

I Just tried Hot Pursuit again, there was no update or anything it still plays and says Game Unlocked under "My Account".

It worked fine over the weekend, I got all 4 and they play fine. I hope Verizon didn't block them!
[Xperia Play General] techelec:
That really sucks... I was hoping for free games :) I guess I'll just wait...
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
anyone got the touchpads to work with these games on CM7? Mine doesn't work with deadspace, haven't tried the others :(
[Xperia Play General] techelec:
My thing actually doesn't even day Games or whatever in the launcher.... I tried to refresh.....
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Verizon doesn't have them in the Launcher when you open the controller, the only way to get them is through the links posted above. Click the link and go straight to download, then run the game and choose play game, it will download more data and run. If you restart the game you will get that menu game, and if you select "My Account" it will say "game unlocked". Did you try that?
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
verizon thingies doesn't have the launcher? that's an overkill for a carrier..

good thing im on prepaid! :D
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
You do get the Xperia Play game launcher, however its been "Verizonized" all the game links under "more games" are to the Verizion Vcast app store and its only the games they put in there.

The worst part, many games are subscription or paid in full so for example you can pay $2.99 for Battlefield BC2 and play it for a month then you have to pay $2.99 again to play for another month etc. Or you can pay $7.99 to "own" game. However its linked to your account, and the game won't work unless it can verify (over data connection) that you have a paid in full subscription.

I called them on this fact with Hot Pursuit, and surprisingly, they refunded me.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
god dammit i would burn down verizon if they were my carrier!:mad:

that is totally ripping off customers!!!:eek:
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Luckily for example the Gameloft wap store works on the phone. However www.eamobile.com comes up blank (I think thats an EA problem though), Verizon has the exclusive on their games so you have to buy from them. The Flexion store works, but then you are paying the game price, with exchange rate loss and any fees your card may charge you (basically an EA game would cost me around $20 to buy from there).

This company is known for nickel and dimeing people to death. I had a Motorola V710 through them which was one of the first phones to get full Bluetooh profiles (for like file transfer, tethering, etc) and they disabled everything but BT Headset but didn't tell anyone or change any of the advertising literature, but it was to be forced to use their paid Vcast service. There was a class action lawsuit and they ended up buying every phone back and giving us all new phones and accessories for free. I got a RAZR out of that deal with a bunch of goodies.

The advantage is though, they have BY FAR the most reliable and consistent cell service in the US. AT&T may be a little faster, but you have to be standing on the cell tower for it to work right. It was the #1 complaint with the iPhone in the US till recently when Verizon got it, that as a phone it completely sucked because you could barely make calls. Also right now you can get the Xperia Play for free with a contract.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
me and other few are actually whining for a better carrier here in the Philippines.. it's good to be on prepaid, but hell there are really perks on being on a locked carrier.. i envy you guys who often get the phone for free, or get full warranty, customer support, incredible data plans, etc etc etc.. but screw our carriers they don't even have nationwide HSPA support! you have to be in mostly around the capital city or major cities to take advantage of data plans.. yes we have locked/carrier plans/contracts too but hell they're so pricey, and what's the point of getting a plan anyway if HSPA service isn't even nationwide? i think it's the whole point of getting an Android phone--to satisfy the growing need of staying connected to web 24/7. sad but true. :(

here we have to buy our phones full factory price and the plans are pricey (they're 7 times more expensive than using prepaid)

well at least we don't suffer from carriers ripping us off like verizon does.. ;)
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Sometimes, I read all the connection reliability charts and wonder why I left Verizon... then I see posts like these and remember EXACTLY why.

I hated that damn Vcast so much... it's easily worse than any bloatware AT&T's forced upon me.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
I hate it as well. They also now include a piece of software called "VZ Navigator" basically its a Navigation program that they charge $9.99 a month to use, and is totally integrated with the phone like google maps is (if you click on an address you get a choice) but WHY in the world would anyone actually pay $9.99 for this when Google Nav is on the phone and free? They are just preying on stupid people. Also if you tap a contact who has an address the quicklist has the VZ nav icon instead of the map icon, to almost force you to use it unless you know to go into the contact and click that way (or until you set google maps as default). They also force on you "Backup Assistant" that backs up all your contacts to their server. Its nice because you can buy any phone (Android, Blackberry, iPhone) and sync your contacts back, but I don't want it as I only use android and all my contacts are on Google. Locked in there though, like VZ Navigator, no choice.

However, in the end, it actually working as a phone, text, and email device trumps all, and for that Verizon just can't be beat. In the end for me thats what it needs to do right 100% of the time and why I stay with them. Also why I don't root mine.
[Xperia Play General] CapNM77:
I got them and I'm on Verizon.
[Xperia Play General] jimmyvau:
I downloaded NFS: Hot Pursuit through the Flexion store and didn't even have an option for the free trial. My only options were to purchase the game, check my account, and exit.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
Verizon?

use these:

Shift: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2504

Dead Space: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2503

Bad Company 2: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2502

Hot Pursuit: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2505
[Xperia Play General] jimmyvau:
Awesome! Those links worked! I don't know why it didn't work the when I tried it but now I have NFS: Hot Pursuit and that is cool
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Because you tried to use the Flexion store, you need the specific links that you used. Gameloft does the same thing. When they are running a promo you have to use the promo links they send, if you try to go to the regular store you get full price.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Anyone who wants to get these games on Verizon (or anyone for that matter) just go to this site:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/eapromo/?cc=us&lc=en

And scan the QR code, it will bring you to where you can download them. Very simple
[Xperia Play General] White_Pointer:
I downloaded Dead Space last night, and tried downloading Hot Pursuit...but Hot Pursuit can't be moved to the sd card (bwaah?), and I'm not rooting my phone so I guess I'm going without that one. Pity.

I'm left wondering how you can possibly play NFS: HP without rooting the phone, because the phone doesn't have enough internal storage to download all of the required game data. Surely you can move it to the sd card?
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
You know how to use ADB?

Rooting isn't required to use the setInstallLocation 2 trick, and you'll be able to move EVERYTHING that isn't built into the ROM to SD... for reference, my Hot Pursuit consumes a meager 260KB.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
done that before but kinda screws up some apps.. how to revert that to original? is it setInstallLocation 0? does that trick modify a specific file in the system? if so what is it? i wanna know.. ;)
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Are you sure? mine installed directly to the SD card without me doing anything to it.

QFT, however I'm 99.9% sure the game installed to my SD Card to begin with.

You just don't need to move those apps, or just move them back. Anything that has a widget or updates behind the scenes I don't move (for example, Facebook, my agenda widget, etc), never have any problems.
[Xperia Play General] White_Pointer:
11.54 megs, installed onto the phone. Can not move it to the sd card.

At least it downloaded the 330MB game data to the sd card.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
dude, you didn't answer my simple question. :(

how to revert that to original? is it setInstallLocation 0? does that trick modify a specific file in the system? if so what is it?

it's just that.. anyone please?

besides, i've already tried this before but reverted everything back through Wotan since it screwed some apps.. for example, Asphalt 6 and Rainbow Six kept crashing.. i also know what to move and what not to move (like widgets) and other what-not's..

simple query, how do i bring it back? and that if this trick modifies a specific file in the system (since it is an adb command), what is it and what line does it add to it? simple as that..
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
The phone has 380 mb of internal memory (of which close to 200 is useable stock). You just have a lot of stuff installed and haven't moved anything to the SD card. Download app2SD from the market it makes this process simpler. Also try changing the setInstallLocation we have been talking about which will allow you to move games like Modern Combat 2 which for some stupid reason doesn't normally let you do it. Also that trick allows you to move Hot Pursuit, I have it on my SD and it works fine. If you need instructions how to do that, search the forum for the "ADB for dummies" post, it has everything you need.

Yes setInstallLocation 0 is the correct setting to revert it back to stock. I don't know what system file it changes, but that is how it is set at the factory. (If I had to guess I'd say it was the build.prop file it modifies)
[Xperia Play General] SquareBare:
Does setinstall 2 work for "System" apps such as the verizon bloatware, asphault6, bruce lee and the other preinstalled games?
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
thanks a bunch RL!
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
No, the only way to move those is to root the device. Anything pre-installed is stuck where it is.

No prob bud!
[Xperia Play General] hairdewx:
Dead Space runs very nice. The controls are done very well.

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[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
I showed my girlfriend the beginning of Dead Space she was like "holy crap thats a PHONE?"
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
lololol :D

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dude how'd you skin your phone? what site? not ZAGG i suppose.. looks cool!;)
[Xperia Play General] White_Pointer:
I'm acutely aware of how much internal storage the phone has ;)

I'm just saying that by default, Hot Pursuit installs to the internal phone storage, and the app can not be moved to the sd card afterwards either. 11.54 megs worth in fact...though when it downloads the game data the first time you run it, that data gets put onto the sd card.

I've still got 211MB free of internal storage, so I definitely haven't overloaded on that - in fact I've already used App2SD to move everything possible from the phone to the sd card. The only ways to possibly move any other stuff over is to do the setInstallLocation thing or root the phone.
[Xperia Play General] hairdewx:
I used this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CRCT82

There are many more skins available such as

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CRD986

etc.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
@hair

that's pretty sexy! but not customizable? :(

@WP

with the internal storage so little, that hot pursuit at 11MB is a little harsh.. same with asphalt that i bought (since i bought it despite the label FREE) at 29MB. jeez developers must add that simple tag of install location to SD on their Manifests! and EA and gameloft must update said games too! :(
[Xperia Play General] White_Pointer:
Yeah I found it kinda strange, especially considering Dead Space and Bad Company 2 installed straight to the sd card. I didn't download Shift, but it would be interesting to see if that installs to the phone or sd card.

I knew about Asphalt 6 not being movable already, hence why I haven't bothered downloading it despite it being free.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
well i love racing games.. i grew up racing MORE rather than shooting things with FPS.. ;)

Shift goes straight to the SD card. ;)
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
So then I don't get the point of your original complaint. The game is only 11mb and you have 211 free. My phone is not even rooted and I have 130mb free right now so if it did install to my phone storage yeah it would suck but you don't need a rooted phone for it to work. The game downloads its 300 mb data file to the SD card. It did this even before I did setInstallLocation as I had downloaded it in trial version when it first came out.

Is it dumb that EA and Gameloft dropped the ball on some games to allow them to be moved, yes absolutely. But they still would work. And its simple enough to fix with the setInstallLocation trick.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
either way, the bottomline is, developers for the Xperia PLAY should understand that while IT IS meant/intended to be a gaming phone, they should at least consider the fact that it has a very puny internal storage (screw you SE!) and consider giving their APKs the ability to be moved to/from different locations, besides some gamers like me love to collect and keep games installed even after i've completed them. (a plus factor to showing off most especially the phone's just released a week ago here in the philippines, as i got mine 5 months ago..) ;)
[Xperia Play General] vanleab:
this can help to increase more internal storage...

try to google "android-force-moving-apps-to-an-sd-card"
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
^ setInstallLocation? we've already known that for ages buddy.. we just wanted to lessen the use of terminal commands as much as possible.. stock is better, at least for the sake of stability..
[Xperia Play General] White_Pointer:
I've tried playing Bad company 2 but I can't seem to find an Invert y axis option - am I missing something?
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Nope you didn't miss anything, its not there.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
why would you want that?
[Xperia Play General] White_Pointer:
I think the question is, why wouldn't I?

I always invert Y on console games that use both of the analogue sticks. BC2 would be no exception. The only time I don't is FPS games on the PC. FPS games on a console though? Invert!

Dead Space provides a invert y option, it seems strange that BC2 doesn't. From what I've tried of it so far BC2 also doesn't seem to use the touch pads quite as well as DS does.
[Xperia Play General] jimthev:
Basically, do you want the world to move up when you push forward or do you want the view to move up when you push forward?

A lot of people grew up playing flight simulators. They function as an airplane where you push the stick forward to go down. You go 'into' the monitor when you push forward.

If a joystick is sitting on your desk and your monitor is vertical, it is actually arbitrary which y-axis motion 'should' produce upwards movement on your screen.

I personally almost always invert-y. My son grew up on fps not flight simulators/arcades and he never inverts y. He finds flight simulators to be weird because of the controls.
[Xperia Play General] Blessi360:
thanks

thanks for the info!
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
no need to be so frustrated buddy.. i know all that stuff, being the child of one who is in the aviation industry for 35 years, how would i not know about pitch and yaw and all that stuff? besides, i use inverted controls too when i play Galaxy on Fire series (java and android) but definitely not on fps.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
When i play FPS on my PC with a mouse and keyboard, i never invert the Y axis. But i could not play on a console joypad without inverting Y :p
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
All FP/3P games I've ever played on console i've inverted, it just feels more natural.

Yet it doesn't feel right on the Xplay and i don't invert.

Really bugs me!
[Xperia Play General] Nhialor:
So didal anyone get these games working with touchpad support on cm7 yet or is it just me that can't seem to get it working?
[Xperia Play General] mufs2k:
When I launch any of these games, I get a message saying it needs to download additional data. I let it download but each time it gets to 100% and just stays there. If i exit the app and try again, the same thing happens each time. Did anyone else get this problem, and does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix it?
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
For some reason these games do it REALLY SLOW. IMO let it run to 100% and then let it sit it will eventually start up. I did the same, its very strange.
[Xperia Play General] Spectre51:
Just got my Xperia play 4g today and am downloading the games. Battlefield will not activate. When I click on my account it says no purchased made with a number to use if I have to contact customer service. Dead Space activated fine. Downloading the others now.

Anyone know what I can do to get Battlefield to activate.

Sent from my iPhone 4s
[Xperia Play General] Spectre51:
Installed it after activating all the other games and reinstalled it. This time it unlocked fine. Time to play mow ;) gotta root this thing too.
[Xperia Play General] NeoTechni:
All the games tell me they are in demo mode or ask me to pay $5 for them. Even though the xperia play app said they are free.
[Xperia Play General] Spectre51:
Load the game and download all the data. Let the game start then exit out completely. Open the game back up and hit the my account button on the screen that opens. Should say game unlocked.
[Xperia Play General] trueg:
I'm in exactly the same boat. I always have to invert-y. This results in us being unable to play any COD games together on our PS3. When you invert-y in the controls it effects both players. Without it, I can't play very well and give up. With it, my son can't play very well. I guess one of just should learn to play with it inverted. :D
[Android Themes] *se-nsei.:
As you might know giffgaff credit balance checks are all done via MMI codes. I'm currently using LauncherPro and wanted to know how to put a shortcut in place to run certain MMI codes at the touch of an icon.

Is it possible and if so how can it be done?

Many thanks (new here).
[Android Themes] *se-nsei.:
Found the solution. Just made a shortcut to direct dial by saving the MMI code as one of my contacts. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] trickyhenry:
I have been using windows phone for the last few months and have been enjoying it very much. One of the features that was missing for the UK was podcast integration through the Marketplace. As your aware you cannot subscribe to podcasts via the phone in the UK. I have read a couple of workarounds that I have found on the web but no one work very well. They usually require a USA account. My way works for me.

Here goes..

Pre requisites

2 PC’s

1 phone

Firstly you need to reset your UK phone to factory settings. Or just use any other phone that’s factory reset.

Turn it back on and go through the set up process ensure you tell the phone your region is USA.

Finish the set up procedure.

Go to Marketplace on the phone \ podcasts\ (if your region is set to USA podcasts will be available)

Now via the phone subscribe to all your favourite podcasts.

PC #1 - should have Zune installed (I used the 1st .exe version that can be found by using google)

I also have this PC with region as USA (not sure if this is needed or not)

Plug in your phone and it will connect to Zune. Do NOT log in to Zune.

Go to device and copy/transfer all the podcast subscriptions to your PC.

Now set up wifi sync (if you used a fresh phone set the sync up on your own device remember no need to log in)

This machine is now set and no further action is required. I keep mine on 24/7.

PC #2 have Zune installed as normal. You can log in and use this machine for software updates etc.

Next, set your phone to region UK as normal. Your phone will now work as normal.

PC#1 will automatically sync new podcasts to your phone every night when you plug in. I have been using it for over a month and its great.

Hope this is of use. The only issue may occur if you sync music (which I don’t as I just stream it) and which PC is best to use.

Now I hope this is useful to some people. It works for me and gets me around UK podcast issue