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[Xperia Play Android Development] evo6:
:D Cant wait m8 thanks!
[Xperia Play Android Development] unrandomsam:
Kernel works fine.

Is it expected that reboot to recovery from inside rommanager should work.

(Its implied elsewhere that this is supported when CWM is inside the initramfs on the xperia play).

However it doesn't work.
[Xperia Play Android Development] sfex3best:
Im liking the ROM.

But what's the difference between your kernel and doomlords?
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommoose:
all good so far keiran. battery drain is about the same as stock .58 kernel which i found was a vast improvement over .42. also got a slight improvement in signal quality both on wifi and vodafone netowork

tom
[Xperia Play Android Development] evo6:
Hi Keiran,

:D Installed the 1.6ghz version on my play today and its working fine. I will post all my results tomorrow when I have a proper play with it.

Thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Hey, if you are on GSM kernel try new interactive governor. It is took from 3.0 kernel source and is smooth on my play :)

Sent from my R800i - Darkforest ROM and Kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
what's the difference between this and doom kernel????
[Xperia Play Android Development] jona29:
excellent kernel and rom pity the companies that make these phones dont employ the devs from here ,that way the phones would work like there meant to straight out of the box
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
love the kernel

running r800x cdma

with stock rom

problem is i cant get wifi to work .. now before you yell i flashed the stock wifi from doom it acts like its trying to connect but hangs on obtaining ip addy. then kicks out. says wifi found tries again then kicks out. then says disabled secured with wep i tried to flash other wifi and i just get error. any ideas? also any cdma rom love comming soon ?

2.3.3 3.0.1.E.0.88 firmware
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
I will provide WiFi modules with next update :)

Sent from my R800i - Darkforest ROM and Kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] 91ludesit:
I got this same issue when I reverted to the stock rom with your kernel. Even without flashing wifi modules it would just hang on obtaining IP address.
[Xperia Play Android Development] krisdee:
This is amazing. Finaly OC kernel without battery drain.

Can you also add Voltage Control in next version?

Or maybe you can make alternative version with lower values like:

122/245/1000/1400Mhz (750/750/1000/1200mv)
[Xperia Play Android Development] d31b0y:
Strangely, I flashed the 2ghz kernel but it only gives me an overclock option up to 1.6 in no frills cpu

Now, it doesn't matter to me because I wouldn't go over 1.6 anyway, just found it strange.
[Xperia Play Android Development] faisaldante:
im on rc2 rom and kernel v1 gona let me know how u's are getting the same drain as stock cos i aint overnight i got 12 percent is that right. Also what governer do you use to do that, to get the stock kernel.

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oh ye forgot that the interactive governer is awesomely awesome plays so well
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
Are you gonna answer the question?

What's three difference between this and doom kernel.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
See the changelog, DooM has much more stuff but more battery drain.

Sent from my R800i - Darkforest ROM and Kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] alex.mircea0509:
:(

hello! tested for two days and disappointed.. It drains battery just as fast as doom's kernel or like your previous version:

- with no overclock (245 / 1 on dem, stock voltages - no OC whatsoever) - drains much faster then original .58 kernel - and I mean in stand-by, all radios off except GSM which is set on 2G;

- it drains just the same @ 1GHz, 1.6GHz or 1.9GHz (same gov: on dem) (again: stand-by, no bht or wifi, 2g only) - and it drains faaast!! :( about 3-4% per hour vs 1% at 3-4h on stock..

so... I was very excited when I saw that another developer tries to make us happy by compiling a lightweight kernel with OC that will presumably drain battery just the same as stock, but I guess it just isn't related to who many stuff do you put in it.... :((

anyway, thank you for your work! :) ... still waiting the golden day to donate (the day you guys crack the SOB and make it drain @1GHz the same as stock)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
On-demand CPU governor is the biggest battery drainer, try the new interactive one.

I should not have ondemand set as default, will fix in next release.

Set your CPU governor to interactive for a stable battery life.

Sent from my R800i - Darkforest ROM and Kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] faisaldante:
I did that, but i was getting 1 percent every 1.5 hours not gonna say is bad its good fun to play games on and dat u know. The overclocking makes things like fifa 12 stable and also grand theft auto
[Xperia Play Android Development] evo6:
Hi,

I just set my profile to Interactive on setcpu and it stays on 1024mhz (max clock) most of the time is that normal. It drops to 245 (min clock) every so often.

I will see tomorrow how much my battery drains on interactive. I charged my phone last night, took it off charge 7.40 am, made about 40 minute calls, around 15 texts and very moderate data usage (checking emails) and i'm on 37% now.

Lets see what happens with interactive!
[Xperia Play Android Development] krisdee:
I did not test interactive yet, but on stock governor and 245/1024mhz my battery drain is 1% per hour, that's fine.

On DL kernel was 3% per hour.

Keiran what about lowering voltages like this:

122/1000/1400Mhz (750/1000/1200mv)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Going to add VDD levels which allows undervolting :)

Sent from my R800i - Darkforest ROM and Kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] Torombolo:
Im new to this Custom Rom Thing so bare with me please.

A) will it work on my 2.3.4/4.0.2.A.0.42 Currently Running Doom Kernel V8

B) will it delete Any Apps/info on the phone?

Thanks!

Again Sorry for my Stupidity
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Yes it will work and it will not delete any apps or data.

Sent from my R800i - Darkforest ROM and Kernel
[Xperia Play Android Development] alex.mircea0509:
1) comparing versus at stock freq (1GHz) implies same gov to; and on demand is the stock one;

2) my phone died on me today at work and I had no cable with me...

that sucks because there was only 17 hrs between 100% and 0%, same usage than before (and I had around 44-45 hrs between charges before)

3) i also tried interactive, just a lil' bit better than stock, but no match to original kernel

:(

cheers
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
What is your minimum CPU speed?

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] alex.mircea0509:
I ran the test with 245 / 1 but I also tried 122 / 1 and it draines the same. Anyway, it goes in to deep sleep ok, so I don't think it matters so much
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Hmmmm...

What baseband?

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] faisaldante:
can i ask what baseband you using, im using the 36 baseband
[Xperia Play Android Development] alex.mircea0509:
I have 8x55-AAABQMAZM-203028D-58. I didn't changed anything. I don't know how to change basebands.There is something better for vodafone romania? Thank you
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I am also having the same issue. It shows the wifi but is not able to connect. Everything else seems golden. But wifi is very important to me as I have it at home and work. And 3G is just too dang slow.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Don't know whats wrong, works flawless here. Investigating the problem :)

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] alex.mircea0509:
I confirm Wi fi working fine, but I flashed from stock k, not from doom's.. I also supose you flased the original wi fi modules...
[Xperia Play Android Development] sfex3best:
I want this kernel. But I'm currently on doomlords so if I flash your Kernal it may have wifi problems right?
[Xperia Play Android Development] lordjubblydave:
Hi, i have flashed this kernel, but for some reason i cannot boot into recovery.

Any ideas ?
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Spam the back.button on booting :)

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Possibly

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] alex.mircea0509:
thinking at the basebands I ran one more test: offline mode. Suprise: in airplane mode, the drainage is exactly the same as stock. But on stock I had the same basebands as now, so I think is it possible that the OC kernels and the basebands are not compatible? but why? :( If you say that the OC kernel doesn't drain your battery, could you please also compile and post your basebands, for us to flash them via CWMR and try?

thx
[Xperia Play Android Development] lordjubblydave:
I am so thick, i have sat here for 3 hours flashing and re-flashing kernels and trying to boot into CWM pressing Volume down instead of BACK !!!

LOL

Thankyou.

I will try your rom now :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
I flashed from stock kernel 2
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Just thought I would say, those with app2sd partition problems, this is because EXT4 filesystem is not enabled, but EXT3 and EXT2 are, I will turn it on in next update :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Krislawl:
I flashed from stock with 2.3.3 on r800x. wifi is broken; it obtains the IP address but then it says "Disabled, secured with WPA/WPA2 PSK"
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Weird.

Might be something wrong with kernel source, I will take a look

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] flywithme:
So App2SD will not work?

Merry Christmas!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
With ext4 partition it will not work.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Sent from my Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] flywithme:
Thank you! I shall give it a try!
[Xperia Play Android Development] flywithme:
Is there any advantage using a ext4 partition over ext3 partition for app2sd?
[Xperia Play Android Development] mtvtitan:
I think its much faster EXT4

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My XPlay died
[Xperia Play Android Development] ff7fan4eva:
This kernel is really good Kieran game performance has less stuttering and everything works fine, it's my default kernel now :-), my only complaint would be the lack of governors I'd really like the smartass v1 or v2
[Xperia Play Android Development] flywithme:
+1 for smartass! :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] Krislawl:
this kernel allows gta3 to run a lot smoother. its reaaallly fast but could you please address the dead wifi problems on us?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Torombolo:
DONE!! flashed from the DoomLords v8 to Darkforest, you need Dooms STOCK wifi modules v6 nd below for the wifi to work! Awesome, testing. took me 2 mins to do this.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ff7fan4eva:
I didn't need to so any of that are you sure it's not a regional difference i.e r800i vs r800at or r800x
[Xperia Play Android Development] Krislawl:
my wifi is still broken. ive tried flashing in all of the doomkernels wifi modules and it still doesnt fix it. ive also tried resetting my router
[Xperia Play Android Development] pfarrelliv:
I am currently experiencing this problem as well. I, however, did not come from a previous kernel as this is the first I have flashed since unlocking my bootloader. :/
[Xperia Play Android Development] sfex3best:
Succesfully flashed with WIFI working from Doomloards Kernal to Darkforest Kernal.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
I switched to this from dooms kernel and am very happy. Flashed your rom aswell and damn its a quick combo.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
No matter how many times I flash the stock wifi modules it will still not connect to wifi. It tries it say its connecting, but it doesnt. Any ideas? I do appreciate your efforts in creating this kernel. I know the R800x is not the most common of the Xplays and is probably more difficult to worth with but it is appreciated.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Krislawl:
I have the exact same problem. ive tried everything and can't fix it
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
If anyone was able to get DarkForest Kernel working with wifi via DoomLords wifi modules let us know. I have tried the stock wifi modules from DoomLords link and I have never been able to get wifi working. It will not connect to any wifi network. It tries but then quits.
[Xperia Play Android Development] mtvtitan:
I have not read the whole thread but have you guys tried deleting the WiFi config file? :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Where would I find the wifi config file? I will give it a try and see what happens, just dont know where to look for this file.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Krislawl:
this developer is pathetic for not being able to even look into what's causing r800x phones to not have wifi
[Xperia Play Android Development] fenix4o9:
Hay ease up a little. im happy he took time to make this stuff. Something is better than nothing. That being said it would be nice if he gave us an update saying hes going to try and fix it. Also a cdma rom would be great to
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Wait til androhero sees this. :P

Look you unappreciative ****, go back to stock and stop moaning. Its not his fault your phone is hard to code for. Its people like you that prevent people from working on projects.
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommoose:
Calling someone pathetic is a bit out of line and its a bit harder for him to pinpoint the problem since he doesn't have an r800x to test on

Sent from my R800i
[Xperia Play Android Development] xrishox:
you are a total loser. i dare you to go ahead and try to even compile a stock kernel let alone try to modify the source code and compile it for a device you don't even own. don't use it if you're going to be such an ungreatful douche. as a matter of fact why don't you just leave this place. you won't be missed.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I have no idea personally what it takes to compile and make a custom kernel but I am sure it is very time consuming and difficult. I would love to get the wifi working on this phone with this kernel but I am NOT going to be a jerk and trash the creator of this kernel because the Wifi has not been resolved yet. I for one and very appreciative of his work and am grateful to have developers taking the time, read... free time, to develop for the CDMA Xperia PLAYs. Seeing as how 90% of this forum are GSM phones and this being the only CDMA we are lucky to get any support. And most of these devs are developing for this phone when they do not have this phone to try it on. They usually modify it and post it letting peope try it and then get their feedback. So what might take some time already takes a lot longer as they cannot test it out themselves but must rely on users to trial and error it. So long story short, be grateful for what you got and for the kindess of others as they have no reason to do it. It will take time but I am sure the wifi issues will be resolved. I can be patient and if you cannot and will not be polite and show some gratitude the nleave this thread, we are not stopping you and you are not obligated to try this kernel or any kernel/ROM.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Right....

My say on this...

I have been busy lately over christmas and I have only recently started developing again. It isn't my fault I don't have an R800x.

I don't have a clue at all what the hell is causing these WiFi issues.

I have a quick fix here, download this file: http://www.multiupload.com/UBEPCFAL60

then, go into clockworkmod, go to mounts and storage and mount /system.

Now, using ADB, push the file:

adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko

then report back whether WiFi works or not. If it doesn't, then **** me sideways, i don't know what is wrong, but I will still try to fix it.

But come on, just saying "WiFi doesn't work, fix it please." doesn't help me at all, how about a logcat?

Anyway, try what I said above, if WiFi doesn't work on the R800x with this kernel.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I have tried the above suggestion and still I do not get a wifi lock. It attempts to connect but then doesn't. Same scenerio as previously.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Wierd, might be ROM related, but then again, there isn't thousands to choose for.

Might have to merge new CDMA sources and then see if I can get it working, going to be a pain in the arse though.

Was also working on porting the 3.0 kernel to GSM and CDMA, just need to merge in some more semc stuff, but there are some problems with updating the old semc stuff to be compaitable with the 3.0 kernel, and so it doesn't compile.

Just had a look, seems Sony did us a good job well done and told verizon they wan't ALL the kernel sources, and so they got them: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/wportal/devworld/search-downloads/opensource?cc=gb&lc=en

3.0.1.E.1.44 looks to be the newest kernel sources for the R800x :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
Keiran it would be great if you (and/or DooMLoRD) port 3.0 kernel

Especially for ICS!
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
It's probably not Linux kernel 3.0, that's just the firmware number...
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
I meant 3.0 kernel, but may have confused people mentioning 3.0 fw too, sorry for the confusion.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I would love to see a kernel from the new source releases for the CDMA xplays.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Just doing an android app (school project - downsides of being a 16 year old) at the moment, then need to get some stuff done, then will merge new sources :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
This kernel isn't for R800x (it's for another one, my guess is it's a generic kernel) :( (The Kernels for R800x say Verizon in their description)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
hahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahaahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

well, now we know why WiFi doesn't work xD

Going to try the .88 sources later.
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
You should probably look at 3.0.1.E.0.88 ... That's the latest R800x kernel/source...
[Xperia Play Android Development] m2maddy:
Hi Keiran,

Just finished flashing this kernel, and overclocked to 1.2GHz. Which Governor to use with No Frills. Also does OC to 1.2 make it any better or is it better to go to say 1.4.

Right now using 1.2 + ondemand.

EDIT: One thing to add is that, Quadrant Force Closes every alternate time I open it, not sure if this is because of OC.

--

Maddy
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I have found either bfq or vr, DoomLord (maker of doomkernel) recommended to me bfq, not sure what the differences are just passing them along. I know ondemand only OC when the phones needs it, so unless I am wrong its not a conisistent 1.2
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
Those are io schedulers (I'm looking into what those mean)

Governers are what he was talking about, performance is constantly at max speeds, on demand ramps up speed when you need it, powersave runs at minimum constantly (performance = great for snappiness, bad for battery, powersave = great battery life, much worse overall performance (depending on frequency used))
[Xperia Play Android Development] m2maddy:
I changed to conservation governor for now, let me look at the battery life for a while and then switch to diff ones when like gaming and all.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
My bad.... sorry. Didn't realize I was giving io schedulers. I always use performance. But I also am using the 2600mha battery from my thread and I get all day and then some. I keep my no frills at performance for the governor and io at bfq. Overclocked at 1.2 but I have gone as high as 1.4 without issues.
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
I run mine at 1.6/1.4 with Brazilianwax (off shoot of ondemand) governor and bfq for io scheduler... My device is smooooooth, but with wifi/3g constantly on, my battery life is a little on the low side :-P
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Any news on an update? Not pushing..... just curious.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Not really, got loads of other stuff to maintain, mostly school work xD

But I might have time to make some stuff :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Awesome. Can't wait. But remember school comes first. :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Mariol:
Guys the link looks broken, any chance of someone rehosting the files (2.0 Ghz R800i)? Thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] MearWolf:
yeah link not working for me either
[Xperia Play Android Development] KB013:
MultiUpload.com is down. :( Can someone re-upload the GSM 1.6 GHz version?
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Anyone know if the kernel has been fixed to work on CDMA? The wifi was broken before and I dont think it was ever fixed.....
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
I could have a look, but it will be on a long list of things to do :)

Sent from my R800i using DFR3.0.5 NAND + CM7 SELFKANG SD
[Xperia Play Android Development] rbeldua:
Can someone re-upload the GSM 1.6 GHz version? I also needed to try this to fix my phone
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Can someone please upload the CDMA versions (both) as the old links are dead. Thanks!
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
Seconded!
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
I found it:

http://www.mediafire.com/?2689ijx2a28p947

Seems like a good kernel, BUT wifi modules do NOT work. The stock wifi modules from Doomlord's thread allow wifi to turn on with this kernel, it finds connections, but gets stuck and never actually connects to them. I know it was stated much earlier in this thread that a wifi module for this kernel would be released, but I guess not. Pity...
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
So absolutely positively no way to get wifi functional in this kernel? There has to be SOME module out there that works??
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
I did have them, but unfortunately I lost them :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
Oh no! I really wanted to use this kernel (to match with the excellent 3.0.5 CDMA rom release) Do you recall if you uploaded it anywhere? Perhaps with luck it is floating around on the innerwebs?
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
If someone were to recompile, it would create them as modules, correct? (assuming the source is still on git)
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
That would be great. We need to get wifi going in this kernel. It is one of the best (if not the best) I have used. It is certainly the most responsive. Just sucks no wifi :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] pandoraFlavor:
my wifi works after flashing modules and

adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
Please upload or provide links to the wifi modules you used (stock?) as well as the bcm4329.ko module. Thanks!
[Xperia Play Android Development] pandoraFlavor:
I believe it was the latest modules here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1176502

and uncompress that file and put it in your adb folder.
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
That is GSM. We are talking about CDMA.
[Xperia Play Android Development] pandoraFlavor:
Oh crap sorry. Can't read properly :). Good luck!
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
That would work, I will see if I can find the source on github
[Xperia Play Android Development] zektor:
This would be MUCH appreciated. This kernel is incredibly fast and smooth and is quite complete in my tests. It just needs wifi to work and it is a perfect combo with the CDMA 3.0.5 release. I really appreciate your work!

I will be more than happy to test any compiled wifi modules and the kernel on my unlocked r800x and report results as well.