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[Motorola Droid RAZR] bobreiter:
I love it, 99% perfect.

Thinner than I thought and a bit wider than the bionic, but feels strong, solid, and light. It is ridiculously thin- almost hard to believe

Screen is FAR better than the bionic, but you can see a bit of jagged edges if you really focus in. it is not an iphone 4 retina, but real world it will prove to be more than adequate.

Motocast is available for mac, downloading off the website now.

Has the motorola bluetooth skip issue when paired with alpine bluetooth in my car (i had the same issue with bionic). Hopefully a new rom/ BT stack (CM?) will fix down the road. Not a biggie.

Call quality: excellent.Best I have ever experienced

Speaker- loud and clear

Email gestures is a cool feature that wasnt in bionic rom. Funny thing is that it only works under the email accounts, not universal inbox view...

Gmail is available in universal inbox with its own gmail logo, yet not all features from gmail app are included in the motorola email app (make sese?).

I do see it getting a bit warm, but so did the bionic (and several other android phones). Its a catch 22: with LTE radio, and such a thin profile with zero heatsink or dissapation, heat is inevitable. You are basically one kevlar membrane away from the heat source. Warm, not hot- but after prolonged heavy use I can see it getting hot.

Smartactions is really cool and intuitive, however I wish locations were based on GPS rather than wifi (on other devices, leaving gps radio on in standby used less juice than leaving wifi in standby, constantly searching.)

I am grasping at straws to find ANY issues with the device. Slight wiggle to power button, I dont like the VZW logo (was able to get it off with a penny on the bionic, this is under the glass). screen might be a little blue/green tint at lowest brightness compared to bionic.

All in all, it is the best device available today. I can see the allure with the Galaxy Nexus, but lack of SD card is a big issue with me, as is the general plasticky feel of samsung phones. The build of this thing is awesome, as there are no real moving parts (aside from power button and volume rockers). I hate creaky phones, this solves it. Hopefully someone will show how to easily remove the battery (i dont have the guts)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] skoone68:
I'm very curious about battery life once you guys have some time to work with that part of the device. My one remaining fear is that once fully charged, it's drained out in a short amount of time. There's not a lot of battery under that non-removable back cover, and I'd rather not find myself constantly plugging a charging cable into the thing to keep it alive more so than simply using it.

I'm just about sold on this device, but, I'd like some real world input from the present user base on this subject before I drop the cash.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] staffsmatt19:
Hi, can anyone point me in the correct direction for a step by step guide to clearing the sms notification from the notification bar (and hopefully stop the led flash) using SL4A (python) something very simple and easy to follow would be ideal!

I've had a good Google search but can't find anything that looks like it will do the job.

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
One big resource hog is the facebook app. The 1.7.2 version runs persistently and eats as much as 40mb of ram in the background.

Complete bull****.

So if you have that version of facebook, uninstall and use the 1.6.4 version instead. Push notifications still works yet it is not a resource hungry *****.

Just to share. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] slaid480:
thx for sharing to us:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jimbo.levy:
Couldn't agree more. Even with compcache RAM @ 18% it still uses a huge chunk of memory.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] happily1986:
Another point to share.

Google Maps' Networklocation service. Don't get deceived by its apparently small amount of ram usage. Apparently, this bugger makes performance of phone very different when its active and when its on.

If you have been annoyed by it before, you will know that it is immortal. You can't kill in task manager. However force stopping Google Maps in Applications works. A more useful way is to install autostarts and prevent it from being triggered to start by specific events. Manually, force stopping works just as fine.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] diospada11:
or just go Friendcaster PRO if you have the money. every penny is worth it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
It can't view photos, and as you know facebook is full of photo shares nowadays.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Thanks a lot! I was using version 1.5.x because of the same thing. But for some reason it wouldn't let me log on anymore and I was curious as to what version still works perfectly besides that one.

By the way, is there a way to get back the whole "Via Android" thing to appear every time you post something from your device? Or is that a facebook thing?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] domnic79:
Use status via+. It has many options like via android, iphone 3,4,5, samsung galaxy ace, galaxy SII etc....etc..

Sent from my GT-S5830 using Grif's CyanogenMod

Dont jus say thanks, use d 'Thanks' button. [XDA-RULE]
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] consegregate:
Tricked many friends I could surf the net with a calculator using that app. But it's just for status updates, facebook has problems with displaying it to be android.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] domnic79:
D best is 'via iphone 5'. Fooled many ppl. Told dem my frnd got d phone frm US. Lmfao.... & dey believed. Dumb... hahaha.....

Sent from my GT-S5830 using Grif's CyanogenMod

Dont jus say thanks, use d 'Thanks' button. [XDA-RULE]
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
2.3.4 already has like ~250MB free... then with the zergRush root I could kill off (or optimize) bloatware... and the setInstallLocation 2 ADB trick pretty much overkilled all that goodness by making sure I can absolutely optimize everything.

I was so damn happy to get Adobe Flash and all it's updates (12+MB!) off my damn phone storage... it's now consuming an extremely modest 72KB with the major bulk being consumed off my 32GB SD card.

Google Books is gone (why force that on a phone anyway?!), Facebook's gone (mobile site's better), Youtube/Maps/Street View/Navigator/GTalk and all Google's other essential services are on SD, I was able to move all the pre-installed games to SD (I didn't wanna kill them... I actually like Bruce Lee: DW, Star Battallion, Fifa and Madden).

I feel like I can virtually install EVERY GODDAMN THING and never have to worry about low storage. Up to 157 apps presently, and I've still got 182MB free!

Then there's the already awesome battery life getting MORE awesome (screwed up and left my WiFi on overnight... battery life only dropped 3%!), 720p recording, continuous auto-focus, xLoud, built-in screenshot function, more reliable GPS/WiFi connection, stronger HSPA+... I think I fell in love with my Xperia PLAY all over again :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
I have 479 apps installed and 120mb of free storage. I have so many apps installed now though, manage applications just force closes when i try to do anything.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Logseman:
Your thread titles tend to be epic. Just saying.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Erikwithafro:
Gah, I want 2.3.4 so bad! I thought they were supposed to implement the xLoud into 2.3.3? I didn't notice a difference at all.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] maddog00:
How are you able to move Maps, Flash, Navi and the such onto your SD card? I'm rooted as well.

Does it have something to do with Titanium Backup? Making it a non-system app maybe?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
If you're already rooted, all you need to do is get your hands on Root Explorer.

From there, just:

• Uninstall All Updates for whatever you plan to uninstall (Very important step so you don't end up with corrupt leftover data)

• Open Root Explorer and hit the button at the top-right hand corner that says "Mount R/W"

• Go into the system/app folder of your phone storage and you'll see all the things installed to your phone's storage in APK format

• Scroll through the list until you see the icons for Adobe Flash and Google Maps

• Long Press-> Delete them.

• Restart your phone

• Re-install Adobe/Google Maps from the Market.

...for pre-installed apps you won't find on the market (like Bruce Lee), I'd recommend backing up the APK from the system/app folder, uninstalling, then re-installing from the backup.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] pelly_jelly:
dude, i did just what you wrote, but still adobe flash cannot be moved to sd... guess i'll be trying apptosd...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
Your not using setInstallLocation 2 then.

Open up a terminal emulator and type in:

su

pm setInstallLocation 2

exit

And reboot, then try :p
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] thomassafca:
I can't move it either :confused:

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But I didn't remove the app first xD
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] pelly_jelly:
all right, it works, i love you man :D :D :D

I just wonder if adobe flash piece of trash still works without problems this way.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
You have to delete the system apps first. You can't move system app updates to SD Card :p
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] bearusa:
is this better than apps2sd+, i have 1.34gb free space for apps games etc on ext3 for play 2.3.3
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Eh... I may be wrong on this call, but I'm pretty sure all forms of apps2sd were made completely obsolete when Froyo brought the natural ability to move to SD without all that extra SD partitioning nonsense you had to do for the same effect in Eclair.

a setInstallLocation 2 in ADB/terminal combined with the natural ability to move applications to SD has done everything efficiently enough such that I definitely wouldn't care to use an app to do the job.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] danieljamie:
Please excuse my ignorance but,

How is it possible to update to 2.3.4 (mine isn't available OTA) (orange UK) and also root it? Do you have to unlock bootloader, as this is something I don't want to do...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
Use flashtool to downgrade to a generic uk 2.3.3 rom, then you can update to 2.3.4 using SEUS. You can root easly now with doomlords 1click root tool.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] maddog00:
Bingo. Worked. Took all of 5 minutes to get my internal memory back over 100MB. Rocking.

How does this affect updates?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] noojster:
I hope someone can also benefit from what I do,

for those like me who doesnt know the ADB and coding stuff for moving or doing links related to internal storage..

Link2sd app (free at market)

the app can move and link any user app data, dalvik cache and library file to your sd-ext partition. Can reinstall apps and freeze also, you have the ability to choose which apps you want moved or linked if you are unsure of some apps.

With the help of titanium backup you can convert some(not all, be warned) system apps to user apps and then use Link2sd to basically move the installation to your ext partition, thus saving more internal storage.

works best with DooMLord's kernel's sd-ext mounting at boot. :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
I believe downgrading isn't even a necessary step (I could be wrong though, depending on how O2 does things.. just trying to save you a step). With FlashTool, you can skip straight to 2.3.4, zergRush root and you're good to go (again, I'd recommend doing a setInstallLocation 2 in ADB/terminal after all that's done).

It functions just like a regular app now. All updates will overwrite the original, and you don't have to worry about the original app+updates stacking on top of each other in your phone storage.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Spectre51:
Tried this today with maps and flash and got the error "Application cannot be installed in the default install location"
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
You have to install them, Then do pm setInstallLocation 2. do pm setInstallLocation 0 (Auto) Install them, then do it again :p
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Spectre51:
So lets see if I got this right

Uninstall updates

Remove app from /system/app

Install from market or backup apk

Change setInstallLocation

Reboot

Then good to go? Do I have to go and move it to sd card then?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
Yes. Do it in that order, once you reboot, go to manage applictions, and you will see the move to SD box for flash player and maps is now working :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vemoxy:
Hmm when I went to Terminal Emulator and type su followed by pm setInstallLocation 2, the terminal doesn't seem to respond..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jutley:
its not supose to respond when you pressed enter at the end type exit and reboot phone that's it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Don't change the install location back to 0, just restart.

I got that same problem, and *thought* the same solution was necessary. The issue is just that you can't wipe a rom-integrated install and re-install it without a reboot step in the middle.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] maddog00:
System updates as well?

Also, my google maps lost street view, even though the phone thinks it's still installed with no option to uninstall. Any ideas on how to fix that? Maps has been moved successfully, however.

Now my Adobe flash isn't working. I have 11 installed, but flash won't appear in any websites. Hmm, this isn't good.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vemoxy:
I see. Thanks! Maps is on SD Card now.

I'm not very sure about this, but I think Street View is a separate install on Maps in the Market. Try installing that.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] maddog00:
That's the problem. Market thinks it is installed already with no way to uninstall. Maybe I have to move street view to SD to get it to work.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] nickp123:
Ok, so if I do all that, and I need to install the apps, then type in terminal to set install location to 2, what happens when I try to install new apps then?

Oh, and do i use A2sd aswell or not?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Play!Ya:
Problem in setting setInstallLocation

Hi,

I'm a noob in the android area (basically got my Xperia Play just last week only). I saw your post and did exactly the same thing. I have successfully rooted my phone through DooMLoRD v3 ROOT (zergRush Exploit).

I'm not getting any option to move the system applications and bloatware to SD card, I'm not even able to uninstall most of the bloatware. I tried the setInstallLocation trick a lot of times but it is not working.:(

As you can see in the following attachments that the commands are not working and there is another picture of "android sdk/tools/" folder in my computer. Can you please explain me the setInstallLocation 2 ADB trick in a little more detail.

Thanks in advance.:)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] paxChristos:
You need to open up the

Android sdk manager, download platform-tools.

Then navigate to platform-tools in command prompt

Then type in adb shell

Then type in pm setInstallLocation 2
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
to those who deleted some bloatware on 2.3.4, do you have a list? I wan't to delete some too, but i just wan't to make sure what are those safe to remove..

there's a thread in general section but i think thats for 2.3.2.. coz there's a lot of new bloatware here on 2.3.4...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Play!Ya:
Thanx for the reply but its still not working for me. The SDK manager is not able to download the platform-tools. I've attached the install log below.

I managed to uninstall some the bloatware by using Titanium Backup. Will I be able to receive any updates now from Sony including the upcoming ICS update in March without conflicting with existing rom :confused: (as I've rooted it with zergRush method and have deleted some the Sony Ericsson's unnecessory applications)? Thanks in advance.:)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] paxChristos:
Try running it as an administrator, and see if that helps, also, check the path to make sure it is correct
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cyrusalmighty:
I got the "cant install to default,blah,blah" too as I had deleted facebook & twitter apps. But I just rebooted phone ,went back & downloaded them from market and they installed to SD. Thanks for sharing this trick.

*Edit* I got Bruce Lee game sent over to SD from system apps, but Crash Bandicoot, Fifa 10, & Tetris wont give option to Move to SD even though I setinstalllocation 2 in Terminal...? If I could have moved those I would have a crazy amount of internal free!! Maybe my fault Ill try it again.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cyrusalmighty:
Lol. Happy New Year XDA.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DLPLonny:
How did you manage to install that much apps and habe so much free internal storage left? I deletet many system apps with Root explorer and DroidSail (app2sd app) only shows 10 Apps with a total of 28,5MB on internal storage, that are widgets, the keyboard and the launcher. I have 167 Apps installed and only 37,31MB internal storage left. Is that normal or did i make any mistake?

Sorry for my english, i hope you can understand what i mean :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Droid117:
Could you post a clean, clear tutorial on how to do this?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cyrusalmighty:
I used root explorer to delete system apps that I dont use. Then I did this hack with the setinstall commands in terminal app allowing me to delete & re-install some system apps to SD. Then I used link2sd to basically link even more apps & even widgets (which dont always perform well when moved to SD) onto my SD card. I had great results where I have much more internal storage now.

(Optional step)using Titanium Backup-Backup apps.

Step 1: use root explorer & uninstall unwanted bloatware from system/ apps folder.

Step 2: In settings/applications uninstall updates for adobe flash & maps.

Step 3: use root explorer to delete adobe flash & maps.apks(from system/apps) & any others that you wish to move to SD.

In terminal emulator type:

su

pm setInstallLocation 2

reboot phone.

Step 4: download adobe flash & maps apks & others from market or restore apps from Titanium backup app to SD card.

To use Link2SD app you must create a Ext. 4 partition & link app files to this partition. Good luck.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Beanerman:
Fantastic!!! My android is 2.3.3. Did exactly what pacs said. Rebooted and some apps that didn't have updates were already moved! Didn't need link2sd app or anything. As long as u have sdk tools on your computer or and adb drivers, that's it. All kinds of room. 132 apps with 208 mb free internal and counting. Thank u all. U 2 theory for first post to get the ball rolling. Awsome!!!!!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
Is the OP using Generic 2.3.4 NA FW?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Beanerman:
Not sure. Some say 2.3.4 but mine is r8oox 2.3.3 locked bootloader CDMA. What are u looking for?

---------- Post added at 07:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:59 PM ----------

PLAY!YA. Don't know if got your issue solved with not being able to run adb commands in cmd prompt.

If Not, what you need to do is:

Go to Control Panel and find System Info.

Click System Properties

Advanced Tab, at the bottom should be Environment Variables, Click it.

Now in Use Variables for , Highlight TEMP.

Then in System Variables Highlight Path and click edit.

Now DO NOT DELETE ANY INFO HERE. You may want to copy the info into notepad to save in case you need to remember original path name.

At the end of the path name just ADD this

;C:\Program Files\Android

Then click OK, OK, OK.

Now you should be able to open cmd prompt and simply type this:

adb shell then press enter and type

pm setInstallLocation 2 then press enter and type

exit then press enter. Exit cmd prompt, reboot phone and enjoy.

Let me know if this helped or not and we'll get to the bottom of it.

Also: The added path name depends on where the Android folder is located. I saw on your attached pics that yours was located in c:\program files\android.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] XperianceIT:
Hey just a quick question.... Can i do the line commands using a terminal emulator on my phone or do i have to hook phone to PC, and use CMD Prompt, and APK Manager and all that mess?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Spectre51:
the command line stuff is done on the phone with a terminal app
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] XperianceIT:
Ok, thats what i thought, i was just double checking. Thanks.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] biggary:
Worked perfectly, got loads of apps etc stored on SD card, and loads of internal memory :) instructions easy to follow :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] projectmayhem22:
Very nice, cleared up lots of internal memory :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Beanerman:
Still best app 2 SD trick for r800x locked bl.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] McTell:
Can anyone tell me, how do I disable the proximity sensor when I'm not in a call...

When I operate with the system, sometimes I "fly" over the top left corner of the phone and while doing so, the screen turns off and it won't wake up automatically. I've to turn it on manually : (

Anybody?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
:confused:

My prox only works in-call. What ROM are you on?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] McTell:
I'm on:

[ROM][05.11.2011][WWE]Jackos S3 WM6.5 21913 + Sense 2.5/2.1|TF3D2.1 - SmartMove

Do you think that this could be ROM specific? Shall I ask in the corresponding thread..

Thanks,

McTell
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
Hrm, just a speculation. Jacko's is pretty good chef, so I don't think the ROM is the issue. Have others reported this problem on his ROM...?

I know there's some registry settings pertaining to the prox sensor, lemme see if I can find 'em.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] McTell:
Well, there is an app "Proximity Locker" - which allows me to disable it while not beeing in a call - but I need to run this app after each soft reset... kinda annoying, too : /
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
So have it run on boot? I dunno. Look for registry settings, I think there's some. I didn't find any, but didn't really search that hard (I don't use WinMo anymore).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] viber.ua:
I'm also using Jacko's EVO ROM and when i'm not in call proximity sensor shut off display when i put finger on him.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
Gotta be a registry setting. That's realy odd. On EnegryROM, I never had this issue.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Jackos:
Delete the ProximityLock.lnk from /WIndows/StartUp

Restart your device and you're ready to go! :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] arrrghhh:
lol, that's too easy dude. Gotta make 'em work for it, make 'em dig in the registry :p.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Jackos:
Damn, you're too pro for such a easy task :D Go, go, go, search thru the registry :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rees397:
any suggestions on what is the best keyboard for the nexus one?

...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowch31:
Perfect Keyboard (on the market - I use the Pro/Donate version) and I love it! Also grab the Storm-HD skin, some extra themeing and super sexy keyboards await and when you're bored just create a new one even allowing you to use your own images!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rees397:
Thanks for the recommendations
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] devastated1524:
I cant seem to run dualtouch/multitouch on any other custom roms.

Ive tried installing minicm7pro, minicm'9' and gingerdxpro.

Gingerdx pro works fine, until i tried installing the gingerdx fix modules. after i tried installing it, my screen wont respond. Its seems like every time i try to install modules my touchscreen wont work! I thinks im missing something here and i dont know what. Please dp help me. T_T