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[Xperia Play General] NomadicBoo:
Hi everyone.

Really looking for some help in (very) layman's terms. I've searched in the forum for other people with the same problem but the answers are so technical (to me) they go straight over my head! :confused:

I have bought a 2nd hand Xperia Play and when I flip it open it doesn't go straight to Games Launcher and I can't see games launcher listed as an app. Either in the App settings on the app scroll through.

I then tried a few times to download the Games Launcher through Android Market and it kept giving me an error message that it can't download. I've tried restoring factory settings and this has made no difference and have also updated the software.

So, where do I go from here? I only wanted the phone for gaming and at the moment I can't do that! Any help, a step by step guide on what to do etc would be really appreciated.

Good karma awaits!

Cheers,

NB
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
You can use flashtool to flash a stock rom, You don't need to be rooted or bootloader unlocked to do this, It will restore your device to factory default. Look in the dev section :)
[Xperia Play General] NomadicBoo:
Hey,

Thanks for replying.

My point about (very) layman's was maybe not stressed enough. I don't have a clue what any of what you typed means!

In the meantime, I've changed Playstation Pocket to automatically start when I flip open and even that's not responding. Wondering if I have bought a dodgy phone!

If you can clarify where to look and what to do RE flash that would be great.

Cheers,

James
[Xperia Play General] NomadicBoo:
I'm guessing you mean this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1048422

I really don't understand what I'm supposed to do. Do I download it through the phones browser?

James
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Ok flashtool is a windows application. Download flashtool and then search the dev section for the firmware you would like to flash, install the drivers in the driver folder in flashtool, copy your downloaded .tft file to the firmware folder in flashtool.

now run flashtool, pick the firmware and follow the onscreen instructions.

(I'm sure if you searched you will find more indepth info on how to use flashtool)

:)
[Xperia Play General] b4d5h0t:
U said the phone is second hand does it have a super user icon in the main apps menu or one called titanium backup ?

If the previous owner rooted the phone and removed some bloatware it could be as simple as replacing the missing items
[Xperia Play General] NomadicBoo:
Thanks for all the help.

Unfortunately, after a whole weekend of trying to Flash I'm still tearing my hair out. Just a few quick questions.

1) My phone came without an SD card and I used a blank new card. If the games launcher was pre-installed on an SD - could any remnents of the file remain on the phone itself or is it likely to be a different problem?

2) I have downloaded ES File Explorer - What would I be looking to remove? File name and location.

3) If I still can work it out, is there anywhere I can take the phone to have someone take a look at it? I imagine a normal phone shop won't have a clue.

Cheers,

James
[Xperia Play General] Spectre51:
Just download the Xperia pc companion software from Sony and use it to restore you Xperia to stock. It will put the games and everything back to stock. It's the easiest way to get back to stock. Other way is with flash tool.

Sent from my iPhone 4s
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
I have a sprint evo 3d which was flashed to reliance cdma.

I am on hboot 1.50 and rooted with htc unlock method.

Now i want to try different kernels/Roms. But somebody told me that if i flash a new rom it will affect my mms/3g settings. So i want to back up all those settings required for mms and 3g to work on reliance. Is there any way to backup? if yes then how to do and how to restore.Can those mms/3g settings be restored on custom roms?.Will flashing different cdma roms affect my carrier (chances of returning to sprint) ?
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Google is your friend.

Locked & Loaded

""shooter on Deck""
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
I cannot find perfect answer :(

Anyone please help..
[HTC EVO 3D] evoguy404:
Your good my dude you can flash any ROM you want just make sure your mms settings are the same for your carrier...

Hope this helps

sent from my Rooted & Boosted 3VO.
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
Isnt there anyway to backup those settings?

I am not going to find any rom for my carrier as it was a sprint phone which was flashed to reliance.
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
Where are the 3g and mms settings located in a rom?

I want those urgently. I cannot wait to flash a new ROM.

Will changing rom affects my carrier? because i have a sprint phone flashed to reliance so will it stop working on reliance after flashing a custom CDMA Rom?
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
Can i use this method to backup my nvram and mms/3g settings?

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=NV_Items_backup_and_Restore

If yes can someone in short help me on how to backup on CDMA evo 3d?

Will my prl's for reliance and other programming get backed up too?

Can i restore this after flashing new ROM?
[Captivate General] belyle:
I am getting really fed up with the constant line of BS from both Samsung and AT&T about the release date of Gingerbread on the Captivate. So, yesterday, I spent a couple of hours bugging everyone that I could about it. Twitter feeds were pretty much useless, but I got into a chat with the AT&T service center.

I pointedly asked when Gingerbread would be out on the Captivate. The rep first tried to tell me that she thought it was already out, and started looking for when it was released. I pointed out that it was not yet out, that kies mini had not been released for it, and that both Samsung and AT&T's websites still showed the phone with 2.2.

She stopped typing for a couple of minutes. I asked if there was anyone else that I could contact that would know. That I was extremely disappointed in the experience that I've had with AT&T and the Captivate so far, and that I was definitely not buying another AT&T Samsung phone.

More time passed, as she asked me to hang on while she made some calls. When she returned, she told me that the release schedule was set by Samsung, and that AT&T had already approved GB for the Captivate. Note that this is the opposite story as what I've gotten from Samsung.

She went on to say that the Samsung person who she had just talked to on the phone had told her that it would be "next year" before Captivates are updated to 2.3.

So, take it with a grain of salt, but I would not be surprised. That date is after most of the early adopters are upgrade eligible, and I would bet that they are waiting for us to upgrade to new handsets rather than push out the 2.3 update.

TL;DR: AT&T blames Samsung for delay (Samsung blames AT&T). AT&T service rep says that Samsung is not releasing update until next year.
[Captivate General] Madtowndave:
Seeing as how Rogers updated the virtually identical i896 to GB already, I'm going out on a limb and saying AT$T is to blame...just as they were on delayed Froyo release.

i897 running Mosaic 8
[Captivate General] KreepyKen:
T-Mobile's Galaxy S 4G (different than the Vibrant) got it already, too. And the Fascinate (Verizon variant) is set to get it any day now. It could come out for the Captivate at any time...or never at all.

But the fact is that the phone is no longer being marketed and no new ones are being shipped for sale. You can get refurbs and a handful of places might have some stragglers in stock. But neither AT&T nor Samsung will make any money off the Captivate moving forward, so they have no incentive to keep them updated other than making existing owners happy trying to retain them. How many people want an upgrade to 2.3? 10? 1000? 5000? Drop in the bucket for them. For every person who leaves AT&T because of the Captivate, they'll probably gain a Verizon customer who hated the Fascinate.

People don't like to switch carriers, so AT&T has little to lose by not updating to 2.3.

Samsung is making a killing off the SGS2 line and will also do so with the Galaxy Nexus. Plus, a lot of captivate owners who can even tell the difference between 2.2 and 2.3 have probably already moved on to other phones. Sadly, the number of people who want 2.3 for the Captivate is decreasing every day while the number of people using newer Samsung phones is increasing by huge numbers every day.

I've only owned the phone for a year, but I'm already set on getting the Galaxy Nexus. At this point, I just don't really care whether 2.3 ever comes out for the Captivate. I think a lot of people have similar opinions.

I think the majority of current Captivate owners don't even know that they're a version behind and will just go pick out a new phone when their contracts are up. I would imagine that AT&T and Samsung view such an update more as an expense with little return rather than an investment in retaining customers.

So I guess what I'm saying is: Hope for it, but don't hold your breath.
[Captivate General] Snow_fox:
Guys.. not trying to be mean but, this is a modders forum.. if you haven't already rooted and rommed your phones.. I would encourage it.

At&t can release the official GB update today for all I care.. I am sticking with CM7(gingerbread) and then cm9(Ice cream sandwich).

I got this phone knowing it would take forever to see 2.2 officially.. 2.3 would probably never come out either...

But, it has amazing dev support which is comparable to any phone out there just about.

Wondering when GB will come out, now that ICS is about to be available in rom form just seems futile.

Sure there are a few quirks every so often with roms.. but, most of the time they are as stable as the stock..
[Captivate General] KonaZXIII:
If it's not coming why is Sammy wasting it's time, money and energy making an AT&T bloated GB update?

I already have my sights set on the GSII. Been running GB for many months now, anyway.
[Captivate General] RockRatt:
We all know it is and has been att for a LONG TIME that don't get out the updates in a timely manner. Samsung has actually stepped up its game on getting updates ready. We can see this with how samsung 2.3 leaks with att bloatware already in it MONTHS AGO. So it is definetelh att. Samsung.g has been really quick with putting out source code for newer phones also as an example, all the SGS2'S INCLUDING the att SGS2 had the source code either days before or within a few days of the phone being released. Another example for samsung is the source code (not her the kernel) for the new galaxy nexus has been out for over a week and the phone just got released what yesterday or something.

Unfortunately alot of the great devs have moved onto the ATT SGS2 and other sgs2's but there are still some great devs around here for the cappy. If you follow the i9000 (which still has great support) you can see they are already making ICS working with pretty quick strides. Once they get it working hopefully a dev from this section can reoriented a kernel for the cappy.

So LONG STORY SHORT, DONT WAIT FOR ATT as any of us that got the captivate on/near release date knows. Just get into using modded OS roms and forget about waiting for att. That is why MOST of are actually on a Modding site in the first place, right?

Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7
[Captivate General] bornjamerican:
I could care less about the "official" GB release from AT&T, it's the source code that's important to everyone in the Android community.
[Captivate General] astroZ0MB1E:
After getting the Captivate in February of this year, I was curious when we would get Foyo. I flashed Cognition 4 within a week of owning the phone. I'm now on GB and do not expect ATT to ever update it or release the official source code.

I'm just going to wait for the Galaxy Nexus when my upgrade in July is available...unless something better comes out by then.
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
And this is why I am utterly perplexed by people's flagrant affinity towards Samsung. Even if it's AT&T's fault, why would you want to put up with this again?

At least the GS2 is also a development-friendly phone, but still. I'm never buying another Samsung again. I'll put KK2 or whatever on this phone, and look for a new HTC on Black Friday.
[Captivate General] JPS81:
Being apathetic to AT&T's lack of support just because you're on a custom GB ROM is terrible. That kind of behavior just encourages AT&T and other carriers to continue to have terrible support practices.

You know that ROM you're on? Aside from Cyanogen, it's based on some other carrier's GB ROM. What if Rogers looked at AT&T's model for support and saw that it cost much less and the customers didn't complain (because so many of you are so apathetic now), and copied it (ie. didn't put out an update)? We then wouldn't have a base for half our ROMs.
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Guys this was an old story before android was ever released. Carriers are never great about timely updates if ever and att is the worst. If you want a phone based on the updates then get a nexus. No point in really complaining about it unless you have a great idea how to fix it.

Is it right? Nope. Will it change? Maybe. But how is the question. Spamming them about it doesn't work. Emails do nothing so open to ideas
[Captivate General] erbsmokah:
Why would they keep leaking i897 firmware if they didnt plan to release it?
[Captivate General] zelendel:
They always have. We have seen dozens of leaks that were never sent officail. They do it to keep us happy. Figure if they give us enough leaks then we will not complain about when the official will be released.

The main ones that don't see this are the ones new to smart phone Modding on XDA. We prefer the beta leaks anyway
[Captivate General] id10terrordfw:
Don't get the Vivid as it has a locked down bootloader and hasn't been perma rooted yet.

This is why I went to an unlocked unbranded phone. If you look at how often official updates have hit the i9000 and i9100 it will make you sick to still be on a locked and branded phone.
[Captivate General] fulaman:
You don't know that the fascinate will get it this year. Many Captivate users were promised a release "soon". Verizon is known for slow updates. I doubt that the fascinate will get it this year, I could be wrong.
[Captivate General] Aus_Azn:
If I can temproot and remove all the crapware, I'd be happy enough.

The idea of burning $500+ and still being network-bound to one of America's lousy GSM-based providers is beyond me. If I had that sort of money, I'd just go to the reasonably update-friendly Big Red and take some subsidization to get a better plan.
[Captivate General] fulaman:
I would say that Verizon is by far the worst with Sprint being the best out of the 4 major carriers.

The Fascinate was LAST to receive froyo out of all galaxy s phones.

Sprint needs to work on their network.
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Sprint is nearly even breathing. I don't think the company will last another 10 years. Not only do they run on an outdated CDMA network but the signal strength due to lack of network towers makes them 4thbout of the top four.
[Captivate General] fulaman:
I agree with you, but they offer the best support and fastest product updates out of the big 4 carriers.
[Captivate General] Cor-master:
This has been driving me crazy. See I bricked a phone in May and I'm anxious for the update so AT&T and Samsung can update my bootloaders for me, and then its on them. I just want them to release the damn update so I can go to a gingerbread rom. I'm willing to bet if I just bit the bullet and went to gingerbread I wouldn't brick my phone with bootloaders, but after you brick a phone it does make you scared to ever mess with boatloaders again. I'm running Cognition 4.5 right now, and the phones running great, but I still would like to go to the newest version of Android.

I will say everyone can complain about Samsung/AT&T all they want but unless your sporting an official Google Phone (nexus one/Nexus S/galaxy Nexus) you're waiting forever on updates, and getting cut off way too soon. I do think if your in the market for an android phone its best to buy one that has the best hardware and has the current version of Android already installed, because regardless of what carrier/manufacturer you go through you're going to wait on updates. For example, the HTC Droid Incredible came out before our phone and just got its GB update the other day.
[Xoom General] FoamyLemons:
Hi, I was planning to change my region image (Canada) to US 3.2 but, I don't know for sure if I am actually compatible because my build number is H.6.4-20. I can't really find this build number anywhere, even on the Device Software Images page on the Motorola website. The only other Canadian build number I can find is H.6.2-21 which I already know is compatible because it is listed many times in many forums. :confused: If you can answer this question, it would be AWESOME. Thanks.

:D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Benzema9:
Okay guys, so this is the deal:

I am in Germany for probably another 6-9 months, and then I will return back to America. But my Galaxy S which was the international version broke, so now I am without a (smart)phone.

Now which one of those should I get? But I am also very hesitant to buy anything for that kinda money, I mean I won't have LTE and I will also not be able to use Verizon since it's CDMA, right?

So I would love both phones, but I am unsure if those international versions are as good as the US versions.

Would anyone be able to help me out, pleasE?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Semseddin:
Go for the Razr XT910, you can't compare S2 with this piece of technology and quality.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Benzema9:
Okay cool, any chance you could elaborate this, please? And also: Does it matter that the RAZR XT910 doesn't support 4G?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pswin09:
Beware of mic & voice call volume problems if you go for SII... Two of my friends got each problem. One Guy's SII always echo while on-call.. One's SII mic volume is too low & need to shout so that the person on other side can properly hear...They come & ask help from me....found some tricks but not really help to solve their problems .... I can only say " go to service center " ....Other than that SII is good phone thoug.... Razr is much better than SII.... I only disappointed about the screen which has some big black sports under LCD.... Only can see them at night or in a dark room while watching YouTube or seeing movies... I am not so care in camera quality... but SII won on camera...
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] tErbo b00st:
I thought I read somewhere that the Flyer included a subscription to Evernote Premium. I noticed that I don't have premium because when I open Evernote on my PC and try and get rid of the ads, it tells me I need to upgrade to premium.

Did I misread something?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DilbertZG:
Evernote for HTC Sense is preinstalled on Flyer, but you must use your own premium account or create new premium account, or buy it.
[HTC Rezound] oct2274:
Hey everyone, I seem to be having issues when using wifi. When home I try to use wifi and it connects and seems to be working fine. After a while when sitting idle everything will just stops working. The phone itself seems fine, but i'll stop getting email and anything that uses internet stops working as well. To get things to start working I have to either toggle wifi or just turn wifi off.

Any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
Check your battery/sync settings. If you changed to normal sync/wifi/etc will turn off after 15 minutes unless you manually change it.
[HTC Rezound] fr4c:
Even at Performance power setting, I found my Wi-Fi would still go to "sleep" after sitting for a while. The culprit I think is the "Sleep Mode", which is enabled by default. Changing that to manual or even off should solve the problem.
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
You have to go to Advanced under WiFi Settings (Hit menu button) and turn always on.
[HTC Rezound] jcollierdavis:
Mine has the same "problem." I'm ok with WiFi turning off to save battery. I haven't been able to reliably get it to wake up.
[HTC Rezound] fr4c:
Didn't know that, thanks!
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
Good call, man. I think that's why mine randomly shuts off too! Im gonna start setting sleep mode for when I sleep every night.... It says it shuts off networks when screen is off but when I turn it on, WiFi is on right away...when you turn WiFi off it takes much longer than that to power up so I don't know what networks its shutting down lol
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
No problemo!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchau89:
I an usually on cm7 or MIUI but cannot get the yellow box on Odin. I have tried the Samsung drivers and the nexus s drivers. Because of this I am unable to Odin to stock. Any solutions will be greatly appreciated.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Closfig1:
try using all your different usb connections

reinstalling odin (sometimes you have to reinstall it a few times to catch)

try using a different computer or laptop

its happens sometimes, odin is a little glitchy

you just have to be persistent, you know what i mean....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchau89:
Thanks for your input. I will try reinstalling.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] >stylz:
RomHelper

Hi! i just wanted to share the app i made...

Its a Helper for people, who are new to android, rootig etc...

it's my first creation and it doesnt have much features atm.

but the development is going on :D

more devices, more help

you can:

download and try,

recommend what devices i should add, and what to add to that device,

additional features you'd like to see,

you shouldn't report bugs or something like lags. (cos this is just alpha)

So if you want to root your or the device of a friend, have a look at this and let me know if this helped ya :D!

Cheers and happy rooting!

Changelog: see 2nd Post
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] >stylz:
Changelog

Changelog:

_a1:

initial release

testing purposes only

Supported Devices:

Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000)

Xperia X10i
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] snapper.fishes:
What exactly do you mean by "help"? Is this just a FAQ app?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] >stylz:
Yeah, without nasty searching or downloading the wrong stuff.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .breath:
Hi, was wondering if its possible to stream what appears on the device's screen to a tv through wifi. I mean the same way you can use a MHL video cable. I got a dlna tv and I can stream video and music, but I would like to stream what appears on the screen cause I would like to use my workout app through tv's screen instead of sgs2's screen.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
I think there is a Samsung app for some Samsung TVs.

Unfortunately, I do not know a dlna streaming app which will connect the SGS2 to any dnla tv via wifi.

If you find a solution, let me know (via PM).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
You should have a pre-installed app called AllShare on your phone that lets you stream to any compatable device from your phone using wifi.But must be compatable obviously.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSaw:
Twonky, Skifta...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seghier:
use allshare or other application from market
[LG Optimus 2x] emoriatov:
Hello.

I´ve Installed CWM Rec 5.0.2.0 using rom manager, but for some reason I can´t enter it manually. I´m holding down button on boot, and it shows "S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading".

I can only enter if I choose reboot in recovery. Does anybody know how I can enter it manually or fix this problem?

Thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] emoriatov:
I got it, I was only holding down button, I had to hold both.

I tried to remove this post, but don´t know how.
[HTC Desire S] Mattypomp72:
I received a memory card today 32gb and for the last hour I have been trying to remove the write protection (didn't know there would be any for a blank card!) and have had no joy trying to format it.

I have used the little lock tab and put tape on the notch on opposite side of adaptor to no avail. All I get is memory capacity 8mb and card write protected on format utility,

Any suggestions?

Thanks Guys