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[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
What do you guys think to this?

ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLD-2430MAH-BATTERY-SONY-ERICSSON-XPERIA-PLAY-/190598210396?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c6089e35c

(Please add the WWW)

Its the same size as the standard stock battery so there's no extra bulk... But gives an extra 930mah?

To be honest, I am somewhat tempted... However the question is, will it explode in my pocket and result in me losing half my leg? It's quite a big risk to take! There also might be a voltage difference, however I cannot see anything on that.

Im currently on 1.6Ghz, undervolted. And I just played Order and Chaos for 35 minutes and went from 86% to 63% - I've had bad luck in the past regarding phone batteries, I remember replacing my G1 battery around 7 times, but at these rates my Play would be dead after around 3 hours or less of gaming. :(
[Xperia Play General] toxicpaulution:
how do you update to 2.3.4 it wont show me =[ please someone answer me :/
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
You have to expect that with any phone playing an online game. Wifi/screen/GPU/CPU are going at full wack at the same time. What dya expect? :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
Was playing over 3G as the internet where I work does not have the ports unblocked for the game :p But yes, I can see where you're coming from.

It's always nice to have more battery than you get though, as with low - moderate usage the Xperia Play is soon dead before the day is out.
[Xperia Play General] vemoxy:
I agree - I see people praising about the Play's battery here and mine just doesn't have the strength to even last a day of moderate usage.

Anyway to clarify, so overnight charging (i.e. leaving it plugged in at 100%) is alright? Or should I prevent that at all costs?
[Xperia Play General] dicxz80:
my play is on 2.3.4 since day 2 and I have no issue with battery life

but I can tell you with 3G on and FB, YM, Whatsapp are installed, battery life will be very bad.

now I am using tasker to help to control that 3G usage
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
Do what I did.

EBAY - buy 3 spare batteries and a wall charger for them. Charge each one by one. Keep on you at all times. When stock battery dies, put it in wall charger and put in a spare. Simple!

Mine varies, sometimes, for no apparant reason AT ALL, it goes down RAPIDLY. Like the same amount as the OP. But other times, it will last well over a day without charge!

I always have HSDPA data on, wifi, bluetooth and gps off, I have facebook, whatsapp and gmail syncing.. I have launcherPro, I stop as many processes as possible and stop all the cached processes..

My next steps are as follows:

Purchase Titanium Backup - freeze/backup as much bloat as possible.. not sure on the best way to do this (like do I backup then freeze, or what?)

Move dalvik cache, and figure out how to get all my apps on SD instead of phone memory (do I have to do the setinstalllocation=2 then reinstall all apps?)
[Xperia Play General] markcyst:
It is fine, it won't affect the battery at all.
[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
You speak as though you have access to a wall socket at all times... If that is the case, then why use the extra batteries at all? Why not just plug your phone in when you use it? :confused:

Besides, even if you are on the move, having a pocket full of batteries is hardly the best solution to having a portable device last longer. You might as well simply get a higher capacity battery.

On that note, I'll try out one of these 'Gold' batteries and let you know how it goes. :)
[Xperia Play General] danieljamie:
Well at work we have wall sockets (but not one near me) so I can plug in the wall battery charger...

But this is not what I meant. My point was, PRE-CHARGE 1 or 2 batteries, put them in your wallet (they aren't huge), and have your stock battery fully charged in the phone.

When the stock battery dies, swap with a spare, and you're good to go another day or however long it lasts. When it dies, swap for the other spare..

What would you rather have? A spare battery in your wallet, or a dead phone with no charger in sight?

I will also try the higher capacity battery...
[Xperia Play General] markcyst:
Putting a battery in your wallet is just begging for battery damage, and that will ruin your day, and maybe your life. And not because it would hurt your battery, because it would hurt you.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Well, 2.3.4 is definitely giving me worse battery life than before, but I still get much longer use than everyone I know who has a different Android handset. Mind you, I haven't installed the latest 4.0.2.A.0.42 firmware yet, so I suspect the battery life could change when I do.

I have removed/frozen some of the bloatware, but not a whole ton of removal since I don't wanna bother with individual services (like sonyericsson.whatever.blahblah)

I use Facebook, weather widget, a few other widgets, data is always on. No timescape or twitter.

With about 2 hours of Facebook, a few calls and text, an hour of gaming, an hour on the xda app, and an hour or two of browsing, I get two days between charges. I charge at 15-20 left until full.

On another note, I wonder if our battery life will be any different with Android 4.0. Will it be better than the latest ICS devices? Worse? The same?

Edit: sometimes I get that much use, sometimes (today) it's less. Changes randomly. Weird.

Sent from Silent Earth 3
[Xperia Play General] GetPatriotized:
I'm barely gaming nowadays and I have less than 20% when I come home from school :S (7am to 4pm) something is definitely wrong!
[Xperia Play General] septix:
It's a SE. That's what's wrong :D

Just kidding, kernel issue? Background processes?
[Xperia Play General] CZroe:
Indeed. The Sony Ericsson EP900 charger has a cover specifically to protect the battery from having forces like those applied to it. It's relatively small and portable, so get that charger. They sell an EP900 bundled with the BST41 battery for about $40. That seems expensive compared to the counterfeits on eBay, but I'd stay with original stuff to make sure it never catches fire with or without force applied to a volatile battery!
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
I was wondering would it be okay if I charged the phone overnight, everynight. Would there be any harm done to the battery cause according to this video i'm assuming she has it on charge overnight on the Livedock ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYoP7l7vyR0

Thanks !
[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
I for one, charge my phone over night, every night. Even when my battery is at 70% sometimes, which is pretty bad considering my battery is a Li-Ion battery, not a Li-Polymer.

(Li-Polymer batteries do not have to be drained before recharging, where as Li-Ion batteries do. Or at least, it is recommended to do so.) The original battery that comes with the Xperia Play is a Lithium Polymer battery, so you should be fine if you're using that.

Also - If you're using the ICX leak ROM, you shouldn't need to charge on a regular basis. For example, my phone has been on battery for 23 hours now and is on 87%. Which is jaw-dropping when compared to the battery drain i used to get with Android 2.3.4.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Yeah i'm using the original Sony Ericsson battery. Which one are you using ?
[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
One purchased off eBay, it's an extended battery but is still the same physical size. It's 2430mah.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Sorry to tell you, but that battery is a fraud. The most you can fit in the same sized battery is 1800mAh. Any more than that and you would need an extra large cover to go with it.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
It's a proper retail brand called E-Cell. When i purchased the battery there was a video & proof of the battery's capacity and they had sold over 110,000 units for other phones/models as well.

As i said, the battery technology is different as the original is Lithium Polymer where as this one is Lithium Ion. I've seen smaller batteries with larger capacities, such as the battery for my old Dell PDA. It's an extended battery but is around the same size as the Xperia Plays battery - However it is 2800mah instead.

Besides, the difference in the amount of hours i get out of my phone compared to the original battery is by far better. I guess whether it's a fraudulent item or not i got positive results, so no complaints. ^^

You can see the item from the link below.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLD-2430...096070?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2c5edce5c6

The cover looks dodgy, but the results are good all the same. :)
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
You bought it for £140 ?!
[Xperia Play General] elspanish88:
my battery was poor... i brought a new one from eBay had it about 6 months now and still get full day use with music on constant and a bit of fpse and browsing etc... can not complain at all cost me £15
[Xperia Play General] Spizzy01:
Haha, I was waiting for a reply like that :P

No lol, originally the battery cost me just under £20. I would assume they've put the price up due to low stock or something, not quite sure really! But yeah, £140 is insane for a battery. You'd expect something like the Iron Man power core in your phone for that kinda money. xD
[Xperia Play General] bobbysteels216:
The Xplay has the best battery life of any smartphone I've ever had. I get at least 8 hours out of it, and I always have it on maximum brightness and play games heavily. I'm not rooted either.

The best thing I like about it is how it handles games. The battery drains normally no matter what game I throw at it. It even handles Google+, a proven battery drainer, like a champ. A game that drains my iPod Touch dry within 45 minutes (Modern Combat 3) it handles wonderfully.
[Xperia Play General] CZroe:
It could also simply be manipulating the battery controller at the expense of battery longevity (less but longer cycles).

It seems really variable. At least three different times I have found it completely discharged when I wake up despite being nearly full when I set my alarm. I can't rely on the alarm function unless it is plugged in. Each time was when I nearly filled up the memory and the phone started to chug but I was too busy to do anything right away. I usually just said "Fine. I'll reboot and deal with it later." only to find that a reboot did not restore the performance or stop the drain. Other times, I'll go all day and use all sorts of functions for hours with no significant drain.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
So, you get a day of use out of it ?
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Grand Theft Auto 3 and reckless racing drains my battery like mad !

I lose 25% with about 20 mins of play :(
[Xperia Play General] bobbysteels216:
No. But I've never gotten a day of use out of a smartphone or any other mobile device for that matter. I actually use my devices. If that were a concern to me I'd get an extended battery and/or an pocket charger.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
I used to get a full day of constant use or 2-3 days light use with the play. Then a few months ago - poof, there goes my battery life.

I've had the phone since last May btw

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] doncoop:
I have to say that I have only ever got 24 hours of light / medium use with a smidge of gaming.

If anyone has some advice for me that would be great.

I'm on build .42, rooted stock. R800i (O2 branded), sim/bootloader unlocked

Recently installed missed it and multi picture wallpaper. Then noticed that USB_active is always in the kernel wakelock. After every charge I have to reboot the phone for it to go, then stop a load of processes that start up (like lets golf 3 etc) to then get my 24 hours.

I've noticed that some peeps have kernels that underclock when the screen is off. Anyone care to give their pref? Also best way of getting something like toggle 2G on the phone? Would it be just easier / better to use something like juice defender?

Cheers guys :)
[Xperia Play General] BrNeeto:
Hi guys!

I have a xPeria Play a 4 months.

My battery Stats (with WiFi, but don't use much.):

5AM = 100%

13PM = 57%

If I use music and PDF reader, it's dry very much fast. I charge all afternoon for usage on Night.

Sometimes bad, sometimes great :D

I like my phone. It's a great purchase.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Same here. I get a day of use as well on moderate usage. A bit of gaming,Wifi here and there.

It'd be good if I got more but it's okay for now on stock battery.

I'm on build .42 r800i.

I haven't rooted or unlocked bootloader or anything. Still on stock.
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Juice defender is a waste of cpu cycles. You're better off adding the notification widgets mod and manually controlling your data.

Also, when using setcpu to throttle it and have lower off-screen usage, I actually had worse battery life. The stock CPU management on this phone is better than manually setting it, from what I experienced.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Where is the stock CPU management ?
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
It's part of the kernel. I meant the way the stock ROM handles the CPU. It's not a setting.

Sent from Asgard
[Xperia Play General] odanhammer:
Had my phone now for about a year , i can play 3 hours of N64 emulation a day (been playing super mario 64 for the last two weeks) , do about an hour total of phone calls , and at least 50 texts a day , and my phone will go from 100% to 65% , usually i only charge my phone when needed , which is about every 2 -4 days.

i find it to be on par or better then most other phones i've used in the past.

For comparsion , my wife's iphone 4 , she needs to charge every 18 hours , although she uses her phone a bit more , about 2 hours total of calls a day , 200 messages , and an hour of random game play like tap zoo ... sigh lol i hate tap zoo
[Xperia Play General] Technologic797:
The battery I get on stock is MUCH better than CM7. Pretty much sucks on it.
[Xperia Play General] doncoop:
Erm, how the heck do you get that? 1 hour on asphalt and I lose 10%. Can you say the setup? Kernel, data on or off etc. Cheers
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
This is my battery usage. The last one which is ' 18m 29s on battery ' is where I was charging the phone and took it out after charging it to 100%.

How can I improve it? thing is i've hardly used it. It's been on standby most of the time.

Thanks
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Does anyone's battery life drain like crazy when playing HD games such as GTA3, Shadowgun, Nova 2 and reckless racing ?
[Xperia Play General] subcu1ture:
This is what happened to me....

All was fine and full day + for constant use and 2-3 days light use and then I think it was after the 2.3.4 update I started only getting at least a day.

However MAPS, Navigation, New Facebook etc can seriously drain my battery minutes.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Yeah it's to do with 2.3.4 update. I have to charge my phone every day as well.

But don't worry, battery life on ICS will be better :)
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
Update: gpu rendering actually decreased battery life, or so I think. I'm going to test it a bit more to be sure though. The combo of the kernel (from .283) and baseband (baseband 36) with the .42 firmware build caused a huge improvement, however. Before, my battery stats showed the Android system and cellular transmitter using the most, but now it's far less and most of the power used is from the home launcher. Battery life still isn't as good as what I got with 2.3.3 during the summer, but FAR better than on regular .42 firmware with the .42 kernel and baseband.

I suspect the difference is my theme, which I didn't have before, xloud, the bravia engine mod, and the newer home launcher version.

The home launcher never showed that much drain on older firmware versions, so I'm guessing the newer one uses more power.

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Well guys, I think I found a solution. Some Arc users decided to mix kernels and roms, and discovered a battery fix.

Basically, you install the oldest 2.3.4 version (.283? Something like that anyway) using flashtool, then flash the .42 firmware, but you tell flashtool to exclude the baseband and kernel.

As a result, you have a newer firmware build with an older (better) kernel and baseband.

That way, you end up with battery life how it used to be before the update, BUT you can use themes and mods that are meant for .42, which is the most popular version. I've tested this technique out, and everything is working perfectly.

I already rooted, installed the locked bootloader cwm, flashed a theme, some mods, and a boot animation. Some of those were .42 only, and worked fine, so the kernel must not matter.

I'll have full battery results in a couple of days. The arc users who did it got amazing improvements though.

Also, I enabled gpu ui rendering using the xperia tweak app. Not sure if it's caused by that, or the kernel/firmware combo, but my browsing and general OS use is RIDICULOUSLY smooth right now. I can honestly say I have never seen this phone this fast in the time I've had it since last May.

Sent from Asgard
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krojew:
Hi,

I wanted to play a video recorded by SGS2 in .mp4 format, but it looks like nothing out there can support it. It plays without any problems on the phone, but VLC, WMP and even WinAmp can't recognize the codec used. My question is - what is the video codec and is there anything that can play/convert it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
The *.MP4 file is a wrapper that binds both the video and audio + subtitles file.

Depending on the resolution, it can also be a *.3GP file.

*.MP4 usually uses H.264 video compression and AAC for audio format.

*.3GP stores video streams of H.263 or AVC/H.264 format, and AMR audio format.

In Windows 7, H.264 is supported without requiring to install any codecs.

3GP however is not supported in Windows 7.

If you are using Windows XP, you not only need the H.264 codec, you also need a MP4 splitter. As for 3GP, you need a codec for that as well.

Haali Media Splitter is useful for both MP4 and MKV files as a splitter.

FFDShow is a great all in one codec package for H.264, x.264, H.263.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Video codec: H264 MPEG4 (AVC)

Audio codec: MPEG AAC (mp4a)

I have no problem to play my mp4 files recorded by using my SGS2 with VLC.

Maybe you should check for an update of your VLC media player.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astap:
It is not necessary to convert - all on much easier) Install MX Player
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stylez:
Ffdshow and vlc should do it or check cccp codecs out..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zylor:
K lite mega codec pack solves it!

Hit thanks button :D
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] kennyunger:
Hi everyone,

First please allow me to apologize if this question has been asked before. I would really like to get an Android tablet. There are two that stand out in this year's Black Friday ads. The A100 for $190 and the Transformer for $250. I'm also considering the Kindle Fire.

One of my main concerns with getting a tablet is the community/dev support. Whatever tablet I choose, its manufacturer support will inevitably be phased out. It would be nice to know that I can continue to get updates through the development community, like I do with my HTC Glacier.

The Transformer seems to have a nice following and many think that Asus will release a stock ICS image for the device. The Kindle, while new, already shows great promise in the amount of interest by developers.

So my question is, why no love for the A100? It seems like a powerful, portable tablet. I would think it would be appealing for consumers/devs alike. Does the root of the problem come down to the HoneyComb source not being released?

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Diknak@gmail.com:
Yes, the problem is that Honeycomb source is not available, which is why a lot of Honeycomb tablets don't have a lot of custom roms out there. This device is getting an official update to ICS in January, and I'm sure that dev support will increase. But, honestly, I don't see a real need for custom roms at this point.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] FloatingFatMan:
Actually, Honeycomb source IS now available. It was released with ICS, but of course, everyone is far more interested in the ICS source now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blees:
i know this question has been asked a few times already but there hasn't really been a direct answer on if/WILL it be done or has been done that i have found yet!! I'm wondering if there is any possible way to get sense 3.5 rosie on sense 3.0 or 2.1?? Or even just port the notes and tasks and quicklaunch app/widgets to it!? those apps are my fav. part of the 3.5 rom lol! doing so would give us a 3.5 feel with the 3.0/2.1 features(4g , more customization,more stable, ect.) will someone pls help me out and answer this the best you can. i know alot of ppl wonder the same thing but just won't post anything!

thanks for your time guys!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohaufen:
Do you have an HTC Phone ? If yes, which one ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Yes, it can be ported to other devices (and has been already).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] julle131:
My phone is in warranty and should arrive soon, thats why im asking this.

Okay, there is 4 or more MIUIs now. Which one is the "best" and why? Many have problems with those ports. This is what i know:

1. Wifi is working for most in stockwells last miui.

2. There is ret4rd and Darksage07 who have their miuis in this forum.

3. Miui-pt has one rom

4. Miuiandroid has 1 too.

5. Miui is based on 2.3 so franco kernel should work in those ports.

I think that im going to flash Darksage07s rom, if wifi doesn't work then stockwells. But do you think that there is better alternative?

BTW. What is the file that causes wifi problems in miui? If Darksage07s miui is made by the same methoid stockwell used, why is there problems now?

Hopefully you can answer me.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Loureiro:
stick with 1.11.04 for now.
[Android Themes] DHackley:
There is a rotating miui lockscreen that I would like to know if it was ported, I have checked majority of the LS threads on XDA trying to find this one but have came out empty handed each time. The lockscreen I am referring to is found on this youtube video at the 28 second mark.

Here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2izv7t1fi0g
[Android Themes] slotteh:
its available when u click online themes in theme manager in miui
[Android Themes] DHackley:
Do you know the exact theme name.
[Android Themes] DHackley:
Does anybody know the name of the rom.
[Android Themes] cliffyd122:
The name of the ROM is MIUI, and it's available on pretty much every mid to high end phone out there. The theme the the lockscreen comes from is called machine planet.
[Android Themes] DHackley:
Thank you I've been searching all over the place for that lockscreen
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] fsoly:
Hello All..

I hope you could help me with a keyboard problem of my XT702 (Milestone).

The hard keyboard has a button to toggle the input language between Arabic/latin input which worked perfectly with the Motorola stock ROM, no matter if the system (phone) language was set to Arabic or English... no difference. A small notification icon was shown left beside the signal coverage icon at the right top corner.

After flashing many of customs Roms like iceandfire v3.2 (24-Sept-2011) it's not possible any more to type in arabic characters on the physical keyboard regardless the phone is set to arabic or english, the button to toggle language brings up Settings, further if pressed after selecting "New message", it calls up Add subject/Discard... the notification icon for the input language is gone too!

The soft keyboard is working and i can change from arabic to english .

1. Is it my mistake, did I miss any setting or update I have to flash ?

2. Is the original Motorola keyboard available to set up (install apk or else)?

3. Alternatively, is the there a different keyboard solution available like the WM

Any help with this would be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.