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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iocar:
I've tried BatistasRom, its very quick and full of features, but idk why it just also warms up when playing around. Ill have a go at the kernels and the frequencies. Thank you very much :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matriak31:
U welcome. if you are playing games and using it hard of course its going to get warm after a while buddy. let me know how you get on
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King Shady:
Cognition or Villain 3.0 . Never had a heat issue with either unless I play Asphalt (which is not optimized and heats up and all roms) .
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schindler33:
I use SetCpu to underclock the device. I usually have 800 MHz as highest frequency and this fair enough for most games. Only for games like GoF2 or Riptide I scale up to 1200 MHz. For most other games and apps 800 MHz is alright and the phone will not get warm.

Just try lower frequencies and if you have lags scale up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iocar:
Hm still getting warm after trying siyah's kernel. any suggestions?

I have tried Cognition and yes, it is quite good...only thing keeping me away from it is that there are no updates (yet).

and yes i do know playing games will heat up the device...thats what we get for having such a slim phone ;)
[Xoom General] s.t.s:
Hi guys

Just wondering if it is just mine or a general fault/flaw on the XOOM? But in Sketchbook Express or any of the drawing/note paper app like anti paper hd there is a big lag in that if a draw a line the width of the XOOM not particularly fast the line draws about a cm behind where the stylus actually is.

The same stylus works flawlessly on my wife's iPad in Sketch book express. And the lag can be observed on the XOOM even when using my finger.

I am on stock 3.1 for the UK but would root and go to a custom rom if the problem is fixed/improved?

Thanks

sent from my mz604

you live and learn ... at any rate you live
[Xoom General] Mandelbrot.Benoit:
Did you try this app? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204885
[Xoom General] s.t.s:
Yeah I just found it, slightly better than sketch book or anti paper but still not as responsive as I would hope/expect

sent from my mz604

you live and learn ... at any rate you live
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
I can't make a"." when using maple paint. Few other writing apps have same issue.except writepad stylus or antipaper hd
[Xoom General] hipocrazy:
I've rooted my xoom and OC'd to 1.5 on Tiamat Moray.

Much, much smoother when using sketchbook pro.
[Xoom General] s.t.s:
Hmm ... ok I have tried Maple paint .... marginally better but still not picking up the finer motion of handwriting very well.

I may try rooting this weekend and see if it offers much improvement

sent from my mz604

you live and learn ... at any rate you live
[Xoom General] gqstatus0685:
What settings do you have for your overclock?
[Xoom General] hipocrazy:
Well, like I say I've rooted and installed Moray rom. Here are my vitals.

- 1.5 MHz Overclock, Min. Freq. is set at 216 MHz. Governor set to interactive.

- Flashed Tachi 2.1.0 Overclocked GPU kernel
[Xoom General] jloya:
theres another thread over in the themes and apps section started by myself, it contains the asus writing app "supernote" works MUCH better than anything ive found
[Xoom General] s.t.s:
Thanks for the tip ... super note is great in terms of responsiveness. That at least reassures me that it is technically possible for my XOOM to deliver the performance I expect.

Let's hope some of the other developers can work out how to deliver similar experience to the users

sent from my mz604

you live and learn ... at any rate you live
[Xoom General] gqstatus0685:
+1 totally agree.
[Xoom General] hipocrazy:
Supernote and Sketchpad deliver the same performance to me.
[Xoom General] s.t.s:
Sketch pad? sketch book mobile is what I have from auto desk. That definitely does not catch quick shapes like a "w" well, it generally comes out like a "u"

sent from my mz604

you live and learn ... at any rate you live
[Xoom General] s.t.s:
Just grabbed my wifes iPad ... and damn I get frustrated by just how good apps are and the variety ... I knew I was signing up to a young os for tablets but the pace of the development and improvements is very disappointing

Anyway ... Bamboo Paper, neu.Notes and UPAD are all worth checking out if you have access it an iOS device and perhaps firing off an email to the devs if you are impressed with them.

sent from my mz604

you live and learn ... at any rate you live
[Xoom General] gqstatus0685:
I agree with you. Sketchbook is smoother on the iOS platform. I sold my iPad yesterday though. I hear that if you overclock your Xoom to 1.5 it helps.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
oc the Xoom, plus flash Tachi kernel with oc gpu. Very smooth.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farr3ll:
I'm changing to a new ROM so will have to do a data wipe before install. My dilemma is I have an ADW launcher hubs setup that I've spent a fair amount of timeon and don't want to lose.

Does anyone know which files I need to backup so I can reload my ADW launcher hubs setup on the new ROM?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoulReaver75:
In adw settings you can backup everything to sdcard.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranklepup:
Open up ADW Settings(top left corner) and go to "backup and restore". Now just backup the top option and the bottom option and your configurations will be saved to your SD card.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hp420:
so the title says it all.

after installing this rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286165

the phone booted just fine and everything was working...then I realized I forgot facebook & youtube, so I installed the FB & youtube recovery zip. It said it was formatting the system, then i got an error. I thought I'd just better install them from the apks through root explorer....so I rebooted....and here's where the problem started.

when I rebooted I could no longer boot recovery, and flashtool will not recognize my phone...not to mention I have no rom installed. When I try using flashtool it just tells me over & over to insert the usb, and the phone won't enter flashmode....then it hangs at the SE screen.

I have never even attempted to unlock my bootloader.

what do I do?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arnold.Alexius:
did you try SEUS already?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillip.in:
What does Windows say when you connect your phone? Is your phone recognized by windows?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
If you bootloader is open you can flash directly "prerooted".img with fastboot? Arc and Neo have this option.

Regards!

Taavi
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Edit; ............
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alejandrissimo:
To be able to generate a pre-rooted system.img you need first a rooted phone and this is exactly the problem, how to root it if there is no recovery for MK16

For sure RootXperia.zip will work but for install it the proper recovery is needed first i guess
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
Totally different phone :)

This is just the "Xperia Pro" - it was released in August. It's the same phone as the Neo, but with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Model is MK16a (or MK16i for the international one)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
Gingerbreak??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taaviu:
How to do it? Generate prerooted system.img

Thanks!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bin4ry:
I think that NEO recovery should work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183465

Maybe the keys are wrong mapped, you have to try a little. Just flash RootXperia.zip from Recovery and you are rooted.

Regards
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
That was the first thing I tried, since the Pro should just be a Neo with a keyboard. Unfortunately it doesn't work.

Here's the output:

C:\root-play>fastboot boot recoveryNEO.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

(bootloader) USB download speed was 9336kB/s

OKAY [ 0.517s]

booting...

(bootloader) Download buffer format: boot IMG

OKAY [ 0.002s]

finished. total time: 0.519s​

The phone is clearly still turned on, but no longer in fastboot mode, and the screen is totally blank, though the backlight is active.

I've tried the same thing with the Arc and Play recovery images and had the same results.

What do you mean by the keys are mapped wrong?

Is this what you're talking about?

http://www.knowyourcell.com/sony-er..._hard_reset_the_sony_ericsson_xperia_pro.html

The instructions on how to get into Recovery on that site are very similar to how to do it on the stock build of my previous phone, the Motorola Milestone. Unfortunately THEY DON'T WORK :(

I've tried substituting the volume down button with other keys, but with no success. Pretty difficult to guess the right key combination when there's a full qwerty keyboard on here :confused:

Is there a way to boot into the standard recovery from ADB or fastboot or something? Possibly from an on-board terminal emulator? A command like "Reboot Recovery" perhaps? Or is that too easy to be possible...

It's ironic that my old Motorola milestone with a totally locked down bootloader proved easier to hack than this phone with it's wide open bootloader
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bin4ry:
Well,

i wrote you already in PM. But now here too. The PRO is only released in Canada and some Asien Countrys. Until it is released in Europe i cannot help you, because i need the device for testing.

One thing you can try:

after you fastboot boot and the phone is in blackscreenmode please unplug and replug it to pc.

Now try to adb shell on it. Is this working? If yes please gimme a logcat :)

Regards
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
Nope, adb shell doesn't work. Shows "error: device not found"

But because I'm new to this (I came from a motorola milestone), I want to make sure I did what you actually asked of me:

- I turned on the phone into fastboot mode (hold down menu, plug in usb cable, get blue light)

- from a command prompt window: fastboot boot recoveryARC.img

(replacing ARC with NEO and PLAY depending on the image I'm trying)

- phone now boots into black screen, no blue light, screen backlight is on

- unplug from computer, plug back in

- from command prompt: adb shell

Are those the instructions you wanted me to follow?

Fastboot works fine. Can I do anything from there? Getvar for example, or something? can I run the command Update and flash the RootXperia.zip file? Or will that not work because it's not signed properly or something similar?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bin4ry:
Via fastboot you cannot flash the zip. Zip needs to be flashed via recovery, because this only contains some files and not whole system!

I'm sorry, you have to wait until i have the device! Only if the adb shell would work i could help you, if even this is not working it's hard to say what's goin wrong. All you can do is sending me the kernel.sin from you firmware. Maybe i can mix something up with this file ;)

Regards
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
I figured as much. Just hoped I might be wrong.

Can anyone give me instructions or pointers on how I extract the kernel.sin from my firmware?

Thanks for your continued patience with me. I really do appreciate it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datagubben:
Its funny how all the phones without forum ends up here!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
It's because they're all so similar, and are based on the same hardware as the Arc.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bin4ry:
Process is simple:

IF you NEVER used UpdateService or PCCompanion BEFORE you unlocked your bootloader then : You need to relock bootloader first (sorry :/)

Then have to use SonyEricsson UpdateService/PC-Companion and tell it to REINSTALL/REPAIR your firmware.

If you used one of the tools before just skip the relock and do this:

After that is done you copy out the two files named:

FILE_XXXXXXXXXXX

FILE_XXXXXXXXXXX

where XXXXXXXXXX are some numbers. This files are located in the subfolder blob_fs inside the UpdateService/PC-Companion directory.

Just copy it on a "safe" place.

After that is done you have to start flashtool go to the "Advanced" Tab -> Decrypt -> then just choose the folder where you copied the files and let flashtool do its work :)

Afterwards upload the Firmware which is now present as a FTF file, somewhere and post it here (others will be happy to to have the whole MK16a Firmware :D )

Regards
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
Unfortunately the very first thing I did with the phone was unlock the bootloader. 'Fido' is the only phone company selling the phone, but I'm with 'Rogers'...so I needed to unlock the bootloader in order to actually use the phone as a phone, which was and remains the most important thing to me.

That being said, I'll see if Alejandrissimo can give me a hand with re-locking the bootloader, then I can get the firmware as you instructed, then have him re-unlock the bootloader. I'll just stick my SIM Card back in my old motorola milestone while we work on this so I can still have a working phone.

You're awesome Bin4ry for helping like this :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratius:
Maybe I could help with that since I am with Fido and I have a locked bootloader (I haven't touched the phone except adding an ssh key) with my Xperia Pro MK16a. Though I know my way with ssh, I am new with the rooting stuff and Android. If you need some files or something from a locked bootloader I can help with that, just need some simple instructions.

Bin4ry said that files FILE_XXXXXXXXXXX were located under UpdateService/PC-Companion, can I access those via ssh? I have used PCCompanion only once when I got on Windows, but I am always on Ubuntu so I was wondering if I could get those file via scp and if so, where are they?.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
If you could, that'd be great. I don't especially want to lock my bootloader over again since you have to use SETool to unlock it, which costs money each time you use it (essentially). Not to mention it involves some acrobatics with a paperclip to connect a testpoint inside the phone to a ground!

Unless there's an easier way to lock/unlock now that I've done it once that is...if so, I'm happy to do it.

As for accessing the files Bin4ry is talking about, boot to windows if you can and do it that way. Just follow his instructions to repair your firmware, then go to that folder in windows (it's located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony Ericsson\Sony Ericsson PC Companion). At least, that's my understanding.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaroag:
Hi. Yesterday, I bought a Xperia Pro. Ive spent most of the afternoon and the nigh trying to root it, and I've finally got how to do it. It's a manual method, as there is not an automated one.

There's no need to say I'm not responsible for any damaged or bricked devices(but mine is working ok :) )

What you need:

1. The Xperia Neo Recovery, by Bin4ry, get it here

2. xperia_pro_root.zip I'm attaching. It contains the files from RootXperia.zip, but without the update.zip-related files, as they are not needed.

3. The Android SDK, with the Google USB Drivers Package.

4. If you've never used your device in fastboot mode, you may also need to follow steps 7 & 8 from SE bootloader unlocking tutorial.

5. [NOT REALLY SURE] Application Debugging & Unknown Sources enabled.

6. [NOT REALLY SURE] Unlocked Bootloader. This is because mine is unlocked, but I don't really know if that is required to boot the recovery image via fastboot.

I'm assuming that you are working on a Windows/Unix terminal, with a working directory where you have recoveryNeo.img, Superuser.apk and su /these two from the zip file I attach), and that fastboot & adb are on the PATH. If some file is not on the working directory, or fastboot/adb are not on the path, use full paths.

Instructions:

1. Disconnect & Power off the phone.

2. Hold down the menu button and connect the USB cable.

(If Windows asks you to install the drivers, install the driver from ANDROIDSDK\extras\google\usb_driver folder).

3. Run "fastboot boot recoveryNeo.img". The fastboot device will be disconnected, but after a few seconds you will get a Mass Storage & ADB Interface Detected.

4. Run "adb shell". If it says "device not found", disconnect, remove the battery, and try again from step 1. Also, try changing the USb port on your CPU. I'm not really sure about this, but I had to do it twice.

5. Run "mount -t yaffs2 -o rw,relatime /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system" from the adb terminal. If it says /system is not empty. run "rmdir /system/bin" and then run mount again.

6. type "exit"

7. Run :

adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk

adb push su /system/bin/su

adb shell

8. From the adb shell, run:

chmod 0644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

chown 0 /system/bin/su

chgrp 0 /system/bin/su

chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su

cd

umount /system

reboot

9. The adb shell will terminate. Disconnect the phone, wait for ~15 sec, remove the battery, and then turn it on.

10. Your device should now be rooted.

Notes:

1. When booting with recoveryNeo.img, the screen will keep blank. That's normal(I think).

2. This may seem to be a complicated method, but, as we will have to wait some weeks for an automated or simpler method, I think making writing an automated tool for this method is not worth the effort. But maybe, if no automated method appears in some weeks, I write one myself as a comunity contribution.

Hope this is usefull for you.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
Well, I can comment on a few things...

Instructions:

1. Disconnect & Power off the phone.

2. Hold down the menu button and connect the USB cable.

(If Windows asks you to install the drivers, install the driver from ANDROIDSDK\extras\google\usb_driver folder).

3. Run "fastboot boot recoveryNeo.img". The fastboot device will be disconnected, but after a few seconds you will get a Mass Storage & ADB Interface Detected.

4. Run "adb shell". If it says "device not found", disconnect, remove the battery, and try again from step 1. Also, try changing the USb port on your CPU. I'm not really sure about this, but I had to do it twice.​

I've already tried this many times, using ALL of the recovery images. ADB always says device not found. Nothing I could do would change that. That was in fact the first thing I tried :(

I'm excited you got it to work though. The only thing I can think of is I'm using the same computer I used to unlock the phone with SETools. Perhaps it has differentt drivers from that previous process. So I'll try again in the morning using the files you posted from another computer.

Where did you buy your phone? Is it an MK16a or MK16i?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
CONFIRMED, the below method works!!

I had previouslly tried steps 1 - 4 long before this was posted, and I couldn't get a response from ADB shell. However, I just did this from a new laptop, and everything worked fine. Until now I'd been trying it on my desktop. Something must have been screwed up with my settings or something.

Also note that you have to install Busybox from the market before doing anything with your root ;)

You're awesome!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaroag:
Glad it worked for you. Maybe the drivers were the problem. I'm currently using the X10 Mini ADB drivers that I had installed when I used the X10 Mini Pro. For Fastboot, I use the Google driver with the modified INI file from Sony Ericsson, which they provide to unlock the bootloader. Also, it appears to be a random factor somewhere, because I had to move the phone to another port before I got ADB working.

I had forgot about Busybox, currently installing...

Something I just see... The su binary & Superuser.apk I provided is not the latest. I'd recommend to update SuperUser from Market, and then use it to update the SU binary.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
That's easiest enough. The important thing is it's rooted now.

I'm putting together an archive with everything that's needed. it's about 70MB. And I'll re-do your instructions to match the archive (giving you props of course). Last step will be getting busybox from market and updating superuser from market...that way they'll always be on the latest ones.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
I put up what I think are pretty clear and easy to follow instructions, along with a file that contains everything they'll need. Please check it out and let me know if I missed anything, or messed anything up.

Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaroag:
I took a look. Everything seems to be right. Great work. It's cleaner than the one I wrote. I'm not good writing tutorials or similars.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ichidakira:
I need a copy of the MK16a or MK16i stock firmware. Anyone can help me out?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
First, welcome to XDA!

Second, I'm sorry to say this but this is the wrong place to post your question. It belongs in a new thread of it's own, not hijacking another thread about a totally different topic.

I just saw your thread over on Android Forums, about how you messed up your phone. I'd be glad to help in any way I can (tho personally I have no clue where to begin), as would many others here I'm sure. But please start your own thread on the subject.

Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
HOLY CRAP...I just stumbled on something

Some japanese guys have used the FreeXperia Project's images and created a PROPER recovery for the Pro, and it works!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8L3DC0UQ​

Just download that image, and use fastboot to boot from it

fastboot boot recovery.img​

Now, my first question is...how can we install that recovery PERMANENTLY on our phones? On my old Milestone I could access the recovery screen any time I wanted by simply holding down Power and the X button together on boot. Is that possible here? Or do we need our computers to access recovery every time?

Second...can we install custom ROMs from the other phones in this family? The NEO/PLAY/ARC??

I just took a nandroid backup of my phone using this new recovery, so the worst that can happen if I tried and it failed would be I'd just restore that nandroid, right?

EDIT:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaroag:
For the first question, the Sony Eircsson phones don't have a recovery partition, so theres no way to install CWM as a boot image on the phone. What can be done, and I'll try later, is to create a chargemon replacement shellscript, as it has been done with other SE models(x10, x10 mini, & x10 mini pro), so you have to press a key during the SE logo to start the recovery.

I have Windows on my home computer, so it's difficult to work with an android randisk. In some hours, I'll get to my office, where I have Linux, and I'll build the chargemon replacement with the corresponding requires files.

For the second question, the ROMs for the phones of the same family are not compatible with this one. If a Arc/Neo/PLAY ROM worked with Pro, I'm sure it will have lots of problems. But I think one of that models (maybe the Neo) may be similar to the Pro, so it would not be very difficult to port a Neo ROM to the Pro.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcummings100:
That'd be awesome!

Now the question is...can we try ROMS from the NEO/Play/ARC on our Pro phones? I don't see the harm as long as we take a nandroid backup first, but I'd like some input before I try...I don't want to brick my phone after all :)

As I said, I'm coming from a Moto Milestone, so I know all about how that works...totally new to the world of SE