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[Xperia Play General] benc1213:
I hate to sound stupid but what is v6 supercharger and where can I get it?
[Xperia Play General] Hogwarts:
You guys should try out cola6 rom

its the fastest thing since sliced bologna
[Xperia Play General] Jordnx:
Mines always been fast (till i broke the screen)

the other one im now using seems to be quite laggy when playing GTA 3

though the broken one never lagged once while playing it.
[Xperia Play General] UndisputedGuy:
Mines pretty standard, not very slow but maybe some lag here and there. is bloatware the apps that come pre installed?
[Xperia Play General] Michealtbh:
Here.

My Play is overclocked to 1.6ghz and I use V6 Supercharger. The only time I get any lag/slow down is for about 15 seconds after booting. Otherwise it's incredibly fast and responsive
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Mine is speedy, rooted locked booterload 2.3.4
[Xperia Play General] colbyfink:
Flashtool and the generic 2.3.4 firmware. Theres a thread for it in the development forum but it's pretty buried. I feel like a lot of folks miss it because of that. It's pretty easy. No unlocked bootloader needed.

And it definitely speeds up the device. For sure.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Task killing is in the long run slowing you down and the worst thing you can do. Let Android handle it, give it a week to learn the programs and your patterns and I guarantee it will be better than when you do it. There have been many articles on this.

This makes no sense whatsoever. But from you I'm not surprised.

As for the OP, I would call it medium. It can be fast when running certain games and programs. It can be slow other times, like when your Message box has a lot of messages, or you're playing a poorly coded game like NOVA 2 which has all sorts of slowdowns. Mine is bone stock with a Class 4 Sandisk card.
[Xperia Play General] iiMxkillian:
Use Task Killer wisely.

My xperia Play(default everything) is only slow when i have Emulators or Youtube in the backround.

When you are Using task Killer DO NOT Kill Apps that you use alot or Apps That you will be using a little while later.

As this will only take more battery as the apps have to boot up again

instead of having it in the back round.
[Xperia Play General] looperstar:
I bought the play thinking it would be better than my last phone ( htc desire ). I thought sense was bloaty but have to say the play has been disappointing. It handles apps and games as well if not slightly better but its the home screen and widgets that seem to lag. I rooted and tried different launchers and have found go launcher best at giving the most features and widgets without lag.
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Pretty sure cola is a minimalist stock rom
[Xperia Play General] bornotty:
I have little more than 100 apps(including games) installed now still phone runs smoothly. I did use some tweaks from development forum. I don't know your phone stats so I'll suggest you to root first then use doomlord's kernel to start with
[Xperia Play General] colbyfink:
I've read those articles and generally I agree. But the only phones I've found that to actually be true on are the ones that have built in task managers a la Samsung. I dont have advanced task killer, that one is particularly bad and a resource hog. There are good task killers.

It all comes down to user preference.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
There is nothing good about killing tasks. Imagine in windows instead of closing a program you hit ctrl-alt-delete and knock out a program in task manager all the time. Thats essentially what you are doing. What that can do is leave extraneous files, or corrupt data. Try yanking the plug out while your PC is running a couple times, see how well that works. Its the same thing.

I used to task kill alot, but I realized my Motorola Droid still ran like crap. Then I started programming in Android, and reading a lot, and I read those articles and other things. Once I understood how Android works, I stopped using Task Killer. It took about a week, but my Droid started to actually improve in both speed and battery life. And my programs stopped crashing and FCing.

Unfortunately Task Killers are perpetuated by the cell phone stores here in the US. People can't be bothered to figure it out themselves, so they run to the store when their phone runs slow. The store, not wanting to deal with them says, install this, kill tasks, and you're good. Its like a placebo effect.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Extremely well put!
[Xperia Play General] UndisputedGuy:
2 questions,

if I don't have a task killer and then I play games like crash bandicoot and then play on my emulators and some other games, it won't stop running until I kill it right? If so, then how does this not improve battery life?

2. Can that supercharger thing be used on an unrooted device and are there any side effects e.g. apps wiped off
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Ofcourse it will get killed, Android will manage applictions and processes itself, it will close apps when needed, killing apps manually leads to issues like freezing/slow startup/and messing with androids own native task mamagement, all this will increase battery useage.
[Xperia Play General] juzza87:
Fast with .42 UK fw, 32GB class 4 SanDisk, Stock launcher, plenty of games/apps installed, stock kernel and no overclock, felt slower with Singtel fw (bloated!).

I've found with widget locker, adw launcher, beautiful widgets the phone seemed slower and battery wasn't as good as with all the stock stuff.

Edit: no task killers, bravia tweak, gpu ui rendering and touch screen fixes
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
If you hit the menu button (the button under the D-Pad on the controller) any PS Emulated game will give you a menu where you can select "Quit" just do that. As well, All Gameloft and EA games have a "Quit" option by just pressing the Back button.

Just Quit the game and youre good to go.

Edit: also AndroHero is right, if for some reason you don't close the game out, and you go use something else that needs the memory, Android pushes it out of memory and first freezes it so you can still go back to it, then after a while if it realizes you're not going back to it, shuts it down on its own.
[Xperia Play General] aDigitalPhantom:
medium, but i don't use it a lot. i am also running cm7

In windows 7 (i think xp newer is similar) if you use the task manager on the applications tab it is similar to hitting the X and closing the program, but if you use process tab then it does what you are saying. last yet yanking the power cable with the pc turned on can damage hardware also, not just software.
[Xperia Play General] colbyfink:
Makes enough sense that way. I've never had any adverse effects from task killers so I assumed it just depended on the app. I will uninstall and try a week without it.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Weird...it's faster now...

Well, after rebooting my cellphone, it's a heck of a lot more faster and smoother...
[Xperia Play General] :
My R800X with stock rom, stock clock speed and Verizon bloat removed is reasonably fast. Now and then an app will hang for a little, but on the whole I can't really complain. Think the lack of Timescape UI on the R800X helps.
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Task Manager is not the same as hitting the X. Its still prematurely ending the application by crashing it. Some applications have processes they go through to close down, Task manager interrupts these. Process manager within task manager is for the cases where killing the app isn't enough to end the background process.

And yes yanking the plug can cause hardware damage, especially if your hard drive is reading at the time, its a good way to cook it.

Cool, at first it will suck, but once Android gets used to your habits (and maybe reboot the phone once or twice) you will be good to go.
[Xperia Play General] AtomicKoala:
I wouldn't compare Androids multitasking to Windows' at all. Completely different.
[Xperia Play General] jonshipman:
He's not comparing the multitasking, only to how app killing and task ending are similar. A lot of apps make use of a onDestroy() method. If you kill via a task manager these methods don't run.
[Xperia Play General] UndisputedGuy:
thanks for the help!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asusnoob:
I just bought the asus transformer, I primarily use it to surf the net. I dont need all the asus apps like mycloud, mynet.. etc. Is it safe to uninstall them? and if I do will I be able to get them back if I do a factory reset in case i need them in the future?

Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
You need to root your tablet to remove system apps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuLuke:
First of all, I don't know if you are aware of the fact that you will need root privileges to uninstall stock apps. If you're not and you don't have a lot of experience with rooted android devices I would recommend to get along with them - you probably don't want to make your warranty void already.

Otherwise I believe - anyone correct me if I'm wrong - it should be safe to remove mycloud or mynet. But be sure to make a backup with titanium first.

Anyhow I think both apps I mentioned are very useful and you normally pay for functions like splashtop viewer
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob.1bmf:
if you are rooted , you can run the KRAKD rom and it will give you the option to remove all or just certain ones,

thats what i am using
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billouetaudrey:
root and titanium backup ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gls9:
Keep in mind that removing asus apps can cause problem when applying the ICS update (it won't update).

(I read this somewhere in prime forum)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtyglove:
i downloaded and edited a sound clip which is an mp3 but cant seem to set as it as a notication, only alarm, contact or default ringtone show up...anyway to do this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] husker apollo:
Go to your music and press and hold the song you want as your ringtone. The menu that comes up will give you the option of using the song as a ringtone. That will make the song the ringtone for your phone for the moment and also put it in the list of ringtones that are available to you in the future.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtyglove:
that didnt work for my text message ringtone selection..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] husker apollo:
try this... put the custom ringtones or sounds on the sd card in the notifications folder in the media folder.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AVAH0LIC:
The op clearly asked for notification ringtones lol.

Never done it. But id assume moving it tion media+audio+notifications folder would do the trick

Sent from my oh-so-sexy Samsung
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtyglove:
just read up on that, thanks homie!

To use custom ringtones for your phone ringtone, your alarm or your text message notification, simply copy an MP3 file to one of the following folders:

/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones

/sdcard/media/audio/alarms

/sdcard/media/audio/notifications

If they don't already exist, then create a new folder.

The file will then show up when you want to change your ringtones.

For Ringtones go to Settings - Sound - Phone ringtone

For Text Messages go to - Settings - Sound - Notification ringtone

For Alarm, set the sound when you add a new alarm
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AVAH0LIC:
You don't want a song for texting. Goddddd that is so annoying :P

Sent from my oh-so-sexy Samsung
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] husker apollo:
lol i realized after... i was too overzealous to attempt to help.

glad we worked it out :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtyglove:
i got a clip that says "kissssssss my asss"..its my dad yelling at my brother lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jesushasadroid:
What's the best radio for the nexus s on att 9020a for ics...

I have the UCKE1.is that the latest and greatest. I would like the best 3g ,hspa and data speeds...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phone_Junkie:
I'm using kb3. It rocks man. I had UCKE1 and it seemed very limited/restricted on both up/down, but kb3 is yielding 4.5 - 5MB down and up to 2.5MB up.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] singer2112:
ATT has the same bands as Rogers in Canada right? So I could theoretically use those with rogers, correct?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SludgeFactory:
Here's the thing I don't get. I've seen different people in multiple threads say they use KB3 with their Nexus S on AT&T but when I went and tried to flash kb3 onto my Nexus S I would not receive a signal at all. I live in North Dakota for what its worth. Does anything think that might have something to do with this?

I'm currently using UCKJ1 and it works. I would just like to be able to use one of the radios that aren't limited by AT&T.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nickitt:
Sorry if this is a redundant post but I am just somewhat curious as to know if there are any different Kernels that I can try?

I am using Decks gingerbread 1.3 2.3.7 ROM, I probably just don't understand exactly what a Kernel is and how it helps etc.

Just curious if there is a faster Kernel out there or if anyone can help me better understand this somewhat of a problem that I am wondering about.

Appreciate it!

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bella92108:
Does the Verizon version all over eBay work on the Nexus GSM version? (i9250)?

I'd rather not have a verizon logo on the back of my phone, haha

Or maybe I should just get a second OEM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bella92108:
no to what?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] predation:
no to your question.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bella92108:
There were several questions. Thanks for nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] awefjio:
No, the Verison battery does not work in the GSM version. You can, however, get an OEM extended version for the GSM model though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bella92108:
I don't see it on eBay, got a linky?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
You will have to do a search for it on gmarket. Google english gmarket, its Korean ebay. Then register, do a search for the battery. You also need to use Google translate on the listing so that you ensure you buy one of "option 1" which is the battery door for the battery. After shipping and exchange fees it comes out to about 48 bucks. Kinda expensive but worth it IMO. The new back is a bit of a pain to snap in compared to the non extended, but barely adds any size. It just sort of rounds the back instead of having an indent and then bumper at the bottom rear part of the phone. They are factory Samsung parts. Between the battery, bigxie's ROM, and Franco's kernel, Ive never had better battery life on any android phone. Its amazing. Only 17% more capacity empirically but the whole package makes the GSM galaxy nexus a marathoner!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] awefjio:
http :/ / www .ebay. com/itm/Genuine-Samsung-Google-Galaxy-Nexus-GT-I9250-2000mah-Extended-Battery-Case-Cover-/120832462058?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c222d0cea#ht_4971wt_873

And accompanying thread

http :/ / forum. xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428194

Sorry for the spaces. Can't post links yet.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrfaisal007:
Hi There everyone ...

i am new to this community , liked it alot ;)... i am using DHD with ARHD 6.3.1 ...

i was searching for some mods, , , found many .... but i can't get to a few ... are they yet not available for 6.3.1 ? or i can't find them .... please help me ...

1) Transparent Notification Bar

2) Transparent Quick Settings

3) 3d Tilting on Home Screen Settings ....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrfaisal007:
ANY ONE ?????!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero_ap:
stock ARHD doesnt have any of that, try flashing the custom skins

BlueHD, HoneyHD, Code RED, etc most of the skins will have the mods for transparent notification bar and these come with the RCMIX options in the settings menu where you can enable 3d tilt.

if u dont like any of the skins go to

http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/

and make ur own, u can get the necessary files from ARHD page for the themes cooking.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fis324:
I tried to make transparent notification on uot and I failed.

Are there any special settings on uot?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero_ap:
did u upload the framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fis324:
of course.

and I tried to change it like making cm7's transparent Notification Bar.

but I failed.

if you can it, i want a Kitchen's settings (optional)
[Android General] mrmako777:
read it here...

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/20/2721418/sopa-bill-withdrawn-by-lamar-smith
[Android General] baseballfanz:
Yeah but does it matter?

look like they took Megaupload down with existing laws.:(
[LG Revolution] flaminfury:
With trillian

Free android app

Add me

Flaminfury

lg revo 2.3.4 with gingervolt 1.3 and dread ginger v1.3
[LG Revolution] flaminfury:
The only reason i started this was because im starting to make my own theme and if i need help or any1 else does they can IM some1 i thought it would be faster lol

lg revo 2.3.4 with gingervolt 1.3 and dread ginger v1.3
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
anybody can add me as well

kaneofmars (if you didn't know that already from seeing my screenshots) :P

I use trillian for aim too, you can reach me there as well
[LG Revolution] S.Meezy:
Aim still exists!?
[LG Revolution] KaneOfMars:
I was shocked too! hell, I still see people using AOL!
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
Never used Trillian but there are loads of different ways to reach me.

Twitter: spc_hicks09

Google Plus: spc.hicks09@gmail.com

Facebook: spc.hicks09@yahoo.com

Google Talk: spc.hicks09@gmail.com

Might check out Trillian. I mostly use UberSocial or TweetCaster Pro for twitter.

Now on Trillian lol. spc_hicks09
[LG Revolution] flaminfury:
Thanks :)

lg revo 2.3.4 with gingervolt 1.3 and dread ginger v1.3
[LG Revolution] markapowell:
Trillion? Hmm.

I am on Yahoo IM and Facebook

markanthonypowell@yahoo.com
[LG Revolution] indyred99:
I'm in there now indyred99.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] iamspockiam:
Hi

I was wondering if anyone has a flash for this. I have an HTC Vivid and wear hearing aids.

Thank you
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] orb3000:
.

Thread moved. Would advise you to read forum rules and post in correct section.

Failure to comply with forum rules will result in an infraction and/or ban depending on severity of rule break.
[HTC Salsa] BigBearEvo:
As most of you are finding out by umpteen amount of random post theres a new way to unlock your handset.

Great, wicked......for some of us!

OK, Findings are as follows,

if your handset is original and are desperate to get this unlocked......

DO NOT unlock via the XTC Clip

.

Unlock this handset via HTCDev only!

WHY :confused: your probably saying right now., simple answer is...your screwed if you do!

Currently XTC handsets can only have version 4 CWM installed, and it wont renew to version 5.

HTCDev you can flash CWM 5 easily.

Both setups can install custom Roms, please note there are NO CM7 Roms Available.

The current script available for data2sd kindly made by puppet13th/Kanded, is only working for handsets with HTC Unlock only.

Why this reasoning is i dont know. sakisuren and myself have XTC unlocked handsets and both have the same problems.

Which incule, failure to install data2sd script, my handset bootloops once installed, some commands not pushing via adb, i also have some other various issues!

You'll find various posts around explaining this and that....all saying the same thing. Unlock by HTCDev blah blah, usual dribble!

Find your own way, your own choice! warnings have been given.

I am here to help others conquer there salsa as best as they can, and will continue for quite a while yet!

I have 2 Custom Roms available to use. Both Chinese with English Installed.

Older One has transparent status bar, with blue icons, nice to view, comes pre rooted! couple of extras included in package, quicker than normal Rom.

Newest Rom has basic setup, little more internal memory, but otherwise normal.

& Few games.

x2 gapps packages, various different build versions inside the zip, but all have same Google apps, flash-able after installing these 2 Roms.

To use either i'd suggest using the data2sd scripting to get the best package.

All come unsupported and usage at your own Risk. So Backup everything beofre you try it!

Again your choice, everything in these Salsa forums i have Hosted on media-fire, so if your missing anything or need something which isn't working via the link please ask.
[HTC Sensation] imfindi:
So a couple of months back..my sensation died on me....totally died....no charge ( nothing works) not even going into recovery ..just plain dead....i have no idea what to do....when i connect to computer..it shows unknown device....nothing else...nada...help me
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
What did it show when connected to your computer? It's probably bricked if it showed what I think It showed.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] imfindi:
Mostly shows unkown device with yellow exclamation mark. sometimes shows tht QHSUSB thing.....any chance to recover it Matt?
[HTC Sensation] mrg02d:
I hate being the bearer of bad news, but no. You cannot restore it now that you mentioned seeing qhsusb. This means it's waiting to be flashed by the factory. You basically have hardware with no software, not even a boot loader, waiting for something that only the Htc factory can do.

Id contact your carrier and then Htc about warranty exchange at this point.

Matt
[HTC Sensation] imfindi:
Argh...so I'm in Pakistan..and bought it off the internet..hence no warranty....and have no idea how to contact HTC factory....

no possible way to flash it anywhere else but the factory??how can i get in touch with them??how much will it cost me roughly??

I'm screwed. hardly used it for 2 weeks.

:(
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Ojcon:
In Go calendar I can add only amazon acount, I can't add my google calendar. This is possible to add google acount ?
[Xperia Play General] iainbp:
i've just got a sony play and not sure what i can do with it .

before i had a htc hd2 which i loved and did alot with it.

i'm on the 3 network and i think the phone is locked to 3.

is it wise to root my phone ?.
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
root is a must and its safe.
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
Buy FPSE...

Get in your attic and dig out old PS1 games.

Download imgburn for your PC.

Turn PS1 games into .bin files and transfer to phone.

Open a beer and re-live the good ole days

brought to you by the XDA app on my badass Android toy
[Xperia Play General] GetPatriotized:
Sony made a Play?
[Xperia Play General] antispiral:
I do stuff with my play I can't describe on this board O.O
[Xperia Play General] Mael5trom:
best things to do imo would be:

install .62 firmware

unlock bootloader(pay if u must)

install doomkernal, oc to 1.5ghz and undervolt to close to stock voltage.

install link2sd and titanium backup.

create an ext3/4 partition on ur sd card and configure link2sd to autolink to it.

install widgetsoid 2.x or something else which gives u notification toggles.

dump some roms to ur sd card

install mupen64/fpse/md.emu/neodroid/snes9x ex +others if u want.

congratulate yourself on having an amazing phone+ games console.
[Xperia Play General] benc1213:
ಠ_ಠ..........
[Xperia Play General] iainbp:
do you have to root it 1st then unlock the boot loader?,

then i can put different roms on it ?

what is the best way to root it as ive seen a few ways

my android version 2.3.4

kernal-2.6.32.9

buid-4.0.2.a.0.42

EDIT* rooted is done.
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Everything you could do with your old android you can do with the play. Its an android.

You can also use the gamepad to play a few thousand games, same games as your other android except with the gamepad.

Also all the things like bootloader unlocking etc etc are not needed to enjoy this android phone.

If you wanted anything more beyond that then sorry, you went from android to android.