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[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
This thread is pointless.

What no one understands is that the Xperia line is not like other phones.

Kernels will NEVER be able to be flashed via CWM on this phone.

Xperias do not have a boot portion onboard the system

To install ROMs like CM7, you MUST install a different kernel.

Sure, no one likes to pay.

But what other options do you have?

You can unlock by paying now, or you can try to wait it out

A free method will never come again.

Sent from R800x
[Xperia Play General] 216Monster:
Couldnt agree more. This will be a never ending debate. Anyone with a locked bootloader has (2) options .. a) Unlock your Bootloader :D .. b) Take the time to Learn how to develop a rom that you would like for your locked down phone.

Plus we're on Verizon, did you really think they would make it easy for ya?:p
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Point of this thread was to discuss how Verizon gave us 99% of what we need,( fastboot and root) then tease us by not giving us the other 1%( IMEI or free way to unlock )
[Xperia Play General] paxChristos:
... you know imei is the identifier for GSM phones, so there is no way any phone that is built for CDMA networks will have an imei, correct? ...

Oh, and Verizon has done their best to deny root (2.3.2 blocked gingerbreak, the old way to root. Zergrush was developed after 2.3.3 was released)

We didn't actually have fastboot enabled, on a stock phone.

So, actually Verizon did their very best to lock down the phone, and only due to the awesomeness of developers and unlockers on XDA, do we have the any freedom at all.

Sent from my R800x
[Xperia Play General] antEris:
While that may be your intent. This statement makes clear that you don't even understand the situation. Until you, and anyone else who would make a thread like this, either decides to read more (or quit posting) we will continue to have unproductive threads like this. Though I don't suppose you consider this unproductive...and THAT is the real problem here.

Let me make one thing clear for you. Verizon, gave you nothing. You sir, or whomever pays your cell bill are paying for quite a bit. But not on that list is the freedom to do what you will with your phone.
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
I can't imagine having a branded phone now... having to pay to unlock the bootloader, Unbranded forever.
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
Yeah, I'm living it. I feel like it's a tease just for this reason. I look around here, knowing that I'm not going to *be able* to pay to unlock my bootloader, as I'm unemployed and in High School, I find some cool threads involving the R800x. I forget about needing a different kernel, and the developer doesn't thoroughly explain it enough to the point where I have to find that out the hard way.

Then I find some new customization apps, like maybe a new launcher and other stuff and realize that not having a custom ROM isn't all that bad, especially since R800x came with pure Vanilla Android, with customization at it's best. I eventually get bored with the setup on my phone after noticing some new features that are only available on custom ROMs, most commonly Theme Chooser with CyanogenMod, or MIUI in general, then the cycle repeats. I just can't learn... Silly me! :p
[Xperia Play General] leerpsp:
i just think the R800x should be able to unlock there bootloaders for free just like the other xperia plays because im just like the one guy that posted i dont have the money to pay to unlock my boot loader. it sucks being stuck using the 2.3.3 update win others get to use the cm7 with the 2.3.7 update it sucks for us it sucks bad
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
Its not the greatest thing.

But its not something to complain about either.

Either pay your dues, or attempt to find another way.
[Xperia Play General] netizenmt:
Whiney bunch of kids - you think everyone owes you something. Why don't you get off your pathetic whiny butts and get a job? Then you can afford to unlock it. It's like the cost of a couple of pizzas.
[Xperia Play General] Jedipottsy:
Yeah my god you guys whine! i got a gsm r800i which was bootloader and sim locked to O2, i had to pay to unlock the bootloader. Its only $24

Either stick with stock, or unlock the bootloader. The advantage with this method is that you keep your DRM keys so trackID still works
[Xperia Play General] leerpsp:
will for one dont say that its offensive to some of us i know it is me and i just was saying if others get to do it for free then its only far thats all im saying but if i got to pay then i guss i will pay to get it done
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidInsanity:
Hi all I am off to a rock concert soon and wanna video record it, I am aware the audio in playback will be very distorted, I want to know if attaching a external mic to the galaxy will help reduce distortion picked up?
[Android General] qhinton:
http://www.androidauthority.com/google-issues-statement-regarding-support-for-cdma-devices-50545/

I'm done. More fragmentation.
[Android General] lowandbehold:
Blame your carrier for using bs CDMA...
[Android General] Gusar321:
lowandbehold is right here. Google didn't create the cdma vs. gsm thing you guys have going on there in the US.
[Android General] sageDieu:
its not our fault that cdma carriers are so much better than GSM ones here in the US. google shouldn't be doing this to its users, it's not like they're any less good as developers just because they choose the superior network (in some areas.)

Sent from my ICS SCH-i500
[Android General] candre23:
Did you even read the article? Google can't do anything about it. The carriers have created a situation where a ROM cannot be created without them signing the phone apk. In other words, your verizon nexus already isn't AOSP because some of its core functionality is reliant on custom, locked, carrier-installed crap.

This whole issue could have been avoided by verizon/sprint allowing/providing unsigned cell network apks. I'm quite sure google has asked for this by now. The carriers chose to be dicks about it, they chose to make timely google updates impossible, so they don't get google support. Lay the blame where it belongs.
[Android General] aisha23:
This is why i hate CDMA.. though they have good signal, they are worst in this case.
[Android General] MikeyMike01:
The levels of fragmentation are incredible, really. And Google happily continues to turn a blind eye to it all. It's sad, really, because Android has some real potential if it were handled better.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Android General] ridethisbike:
i'm not sure why you guys are *****ing. from a PR perspective, Google did the right thing, hands down. Told you what was going on, and stated that they are going to work on it. just because they didn't say they were going after the carriers in a vicious way you guys are mad. ridiculous...

As another said before, don't blame google, blame the carrier. they are the ones that are messing it up
[Android General] I Am Marino:
Always the carriers fault. Sigh.

-Sent from my Rezound-
[Android General] MikeyMike01:
It's Google's fault that the carriers are in a position to mess it up.

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Android General] alex2792:
Hmm somehow Apple doesn't have this problem. Updates available day 1 for both GSM and CDMA phones. Google has no choice but to cater to the carriers since Android is Trojan horse for data mining and mobile advertising while iOS puts consumers first. Truth is Google doesn't care about fragmentation, they're focused on volume at all costs. Since Google(and everyone else with half a brain) are well aware that no single Android phone will come close to iPhone sales they need to get as many manufacturers on board as possible, which necessitates letting carriers run the show. Great for Google since they get to sell your personal data to advertisers, but sucks for the consumer.
[Android General] MikeyMike01:
Well, not exactly. They're making the decision to give the power to carriers rather than give it to consumers like Apple and Microsoft do. They could choose otherwise, but they really don't care about you and me.
[Android General] ChillFactorz:
My two cents tells me Google can fix a lot of issues that Android has by, closing it, not making it Open Source. Then there would be an even bigger cry out towards Google. By closing Android, Google can control every aspect of Android, as they see fit, forcing OEMs to adhere to Google's strict guidelines and policies. That is not what Google had envisioned for the Android OS. Instead Google gave OEM's and Carriers the infrastructure,sources, and starting point to create their own vision.

Giving these Companies free rein to create, ultimately Google gets what they wanted, more Google searches (form devices), creating more revenue for Google. So you might say that Android was not created for the consumer, as much as another revenue stream. Google just needs to keep Android appealing enough to the consumers, and allow OEMs and Carriers to do the rest. I'm surprised that the carriers don't provide Google with the ability to sign the .apks themselves, that would take the responsibility away from the Carriers, and solely on Google's shoulders.

Just thinking out loud hear.
[Android General] spunker88:
^This

Not all of us live in an area where we are free to choose between GSM and CDMA. I live in a rural area where At&t reception can be spotty, T-mobile and Sprint are almost non-existent and Verizon gets a signal pretty much everywhere.
[Android General] atmancloud:
google confirmed with the verge that it will push updates to verizon galaxy nexus! ... please don't jump to conclusions.
[Android General] mistermentality:
Android is not a trojan horse, seriously most of your comments on android seem very negative and often just apple rhetoric.

Android has to run on lots of phones so its hard to unify that whereas iphone is just one. Very easy to update one phone model whose only difference is carrier type as opposed to thousands of different ones.

Dave
[Android General] JustinUhhh:
The only way to fix this fragmentation is for google to move to a more apple like approach to selling phones. If they locked down android to where manufacturers had to meet certain specs before they could use android or had to follow certain rules, then there would ultimately be less choice for the consumers. I think what makes android great is the wide range of options we all have, even if that means we have to wait a while for the carriers to upgrade us to the newest OS. We're all aware that when we buy these phones they have a chance of lagging behind the "newest and greatest thing". Just take Android for what it is, a diverse platform that is very fragmented, because thats not going to change.
[Android General] alex2792:
So if Android's number one goal isn't enabling Google to push "personalized" ads then what is it? I'm negative about Android because Google places carrier interests ahead of the consumer resulting in shoddy user experience. Apple isn't perfect and their propensity to omit seemingly basic features does annoy me at times,but even with that said the iPhone offers a far more pleasurable experience. When I use an Apple product I can see that they really put a lot of thought into creating a first rate experience(which is why they have a ridiculous retention rate) while Android OEMs are just trying to push something out the door. For example used the Galaxy Nexus for a few weeks and I've encountered a ton of issues with reception,random data drop outs and abysmal battery life even with 4G turned off, which simply don't exist on the iPhone. I'm not an Apple fanatic, just someone who enjoys solid, reliable products that "just work" without me needing to spend hours tweaking ****.
[Android General] JustinUhhh:
wrong forum..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 2manycells:
Has anyone found a fix for the Gnex/ICS automatically and randomly deleting emails from the folder?

I've been using the K9 email app, which is pretty decent (and free), but I'd really like to use the OEM email app.

Thanks.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Lothlorian:
Is there any way we can stop the Update PopUp? It keeps popping up every few hours and starting to bug me. I'm on Supercharged v4 and am not interested in anything but v5 or future custom roms.

Just curious.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Deliberate:
Same here. I would like to get rid of it too!
[Motorola Atrix 2] mtnlion:
Search the market for fota kill.

Edit: scratch the market.looks like that app isn't available anymore.
[Motorola Atrix 2] lilhaiti:
Try freezing BlurUpdater.apk (updater) then reboot.
[Motorola Atrix 2] unsivil_audio:
I froze 2 apps to get rid of the notification. 2.3.5 updater and upgrader 1.0.0 its one of those anyways. No more notifications here. :)
[Motorola Atrix 2] kindacrazyazn:
i did a restore from a previous backup i did in CWM and that worked. maybe that will work for you guys as well.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SS4Serebii:
Hi Guyz!

Well, I have a CM7.2 on my Arc. And well, Since the time I flashed this, (4th day today) I quite enjoyed More RAM and lighter launchers. Although I removed ADW and Put GoL EX as I like that one but then,I Liked it

Congratz to The FXP and Everyone who made it

But then I'm facing several problems.

Battery Issues

My battery has been a real pain in the @$$!!! :(

This is my avg usage :-

2-3 hrs of talk time.

3hrs of music via PowerAMP via Headset.

30min of gaming.

Texting continuously every 15-20 min

My battery gets charged from 5-100% in about 1hr 20min (Which is Way fast B) ) But then It gets discharged fast aswell.

Anyway to get a workaround to this?

Or is this a con of CM7.2?

Please tell me!

Stock rom was much better in this case in which even after all that usage i could make it till night with 30% to spare

Now I cannot even go upto 3PM when phone starts shouting at 15%

Camera Images Being Lost

Also Another Problem With it is that My images are being lost!

With CM7.2, I had clicked a few pix of me and my frndz and well, when I reached home and copied them, The image was lost!

I mean only 20% of the image was there, and rest was Gray-ish.

The first time it happened, I though it probably would me my mistake but then now its the 4th time which is happening. :(

Can I get the Old Arc Keyboard?? :)

Another Problem (Well, Not a Problem, But well, Con) Which I mentioned in a earlier post was the Keyboard.

Here;s the link to that post

These are the following problems which I faced!

1 - The lowermost keys dont work

I mean the space bar and enter..... Well, dey only work when you touch the upper part of them!

Both in Landscape and Potrait mode!

2 - I want the Swiping Feature!

3 - That shortcut key to graphical smileys next to the symbols key!

4 - Well, when I type in a word, and I press enter, it does not go to the next line, in fact its like it 'accepts' the input. And I have to press the return key again.

And as i like my typings to go fast and efficient, It dosent go that ways. :|

Anyway to go back to the Original Arc Keyboard?

Phone App Crashing all the time!

My phone app is crashing if i open Phone or Contacts after about 3 sec after opening them!

I'm using Go Contacts for now but then anyway they can be restored again?

-------------------------------------------

Well, Here are the 4 problems. Rest everything is Rocking! B)

Any Solutions Please?

Thanks Alot! :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow532:
The battery problem you are facing is probably because your phone battery is not calibrated yet as it takes awhile for it to be calibrated maybe one or two weeks?

The bottom part of keyboard not working is a old bug i think.

Try clearing the data for your phone app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] wasabiman123:
Hey any sound advice for getting pokemon games on my skyrocket? I'm researched it and it seems there are ways to get some older ones on, but I was wondering if the newer black/white era ones were available.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TheMilkManz:
No the black and white games are ds games. There aren't any ds emulators that I know of. I play leafgreen and emerald and they play great on a gba emulator.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mossination:
Idk if emulator and or roms are allowed to be discussed here but their is a DS emulator thats in demo stages i believe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] TheMilkManz:
There is nothing wrong with emulating games and talking about them in these forums. One thing that should not be allowed is uploading the games or giving links to download them. They should be backups of the games you own.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AllyKat:
Which GBA Emulator?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] androidsc:
Fpse always worked for me. Its a been a while
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] peteyc66:
Gbaoid
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] elementur:
What he said. NDS emulators on phones are still a ways off. I believe the major problem would be simulating two screens at once. But there are other emulators that let you play Pokemon games from GBA and GBC. Personally I think GameBoid and GBCoid are the best. They are very fluid when playing games and I rarely ever have issues with them. I actually just finished a run of Pokemon Yellow the other day. Lots of great memories. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] megagodx:
It can be done, it just probably wouldn't look very good or wouldn't be very easy to program that in. But some PCs have issues running DS games. They typically require good CPUs.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jessical:
I have a Intel Core i5. DS games run fine on it, they make my fans go off like crazy though, just saying.

They did start a DS Android port, but our devices are pretty slow for it. It's not like running a Gameloft game which is optimized.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AllyKat:
The Bell released version of this phone has not got its update to ICS and I am encounteringa problem where on any of the "oid" family of emulators where the A and B buttons overlap on the transparency layer. In short, pushing either button counts as pushing both. Rendering the emulator useless. Is anyone able to confirm if the SkyRocket had the issue pre-ICS update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jnewell05:
I am running emulators on stock gb from my skyrocket without any issues. I use slideme market to get the really good emulators from Yongzh. They are all free but don't think they have been updated since google pulled them from the market/play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kishke:
work in progress NDS emulator if you wanna try http://android.fansclub.us/nds4droid-v1-3-nintendo-ds-emulator-apk-for-android
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AllyKat:
Links on page lead to filesonic which doesn't allow file sharing.

Either which way... it does not help my situation. :-(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kishke:
heres another link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1481765

I'm pretty sure I played pokemon yellow on GB so try another emulator or maybe change your dpi
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yaiiyaii:
I'm using gameboid for game boy advance emulator. Playing pokemon fire red atm.
[HTC EVO 3D] magicalan:
Hi I am almost sure i bricked my phone, i can't make it pass the boot screen on any rom i try to put on the recovery. Yes, recovery is working, what i did to make it this state surprises me, I was trying to put Miuiu on my phone, i followed the instructions and downloaded the app called "Flash Image Gui" and well i did, the problem was that after i did, it asked me to install another app and that started giving me errors, i could not make calls just receive, and whenever someone texted me it would tell me than "The customer you are trying to text is temporarily out of service" ...after that i tryed changing to another rom and when i did it kept doing the same errors, not even data worked. well to get to the point i wanted to install miuiu and i did try. i openeed the app flash image gui and tryed to install the rom...after that it told me to boot, and thats the last thing i did before my endless boot screens for all 4 roms i have tried..i dont know what to do anymore. :/

if anybody could help me, i have been trying all day to make it at least show me the homescreen. but nothing passes the bootscreen. it just freezes there..

edit

i was also trying a RUU.exe stock...but i cant go to homescreen for it to be able to detect my phone :/
[HTC EVO 3D] markdexter:
If you can still get into recovery, it can't be all bad! Have you tried flashing the super wipe script before flashing a ROM
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Your not bricked lol :D Does your recovery still work? I don't use flash gui...

You might need to flash another recovery to your phone...

What were you using?

As long as you didn't mess around with radios or prl's you should be safe...

Snag another recovery flash it fastboot flash it and find another rom take a copy of the boot.img from it place it in your platform tools folder where adb is is...

Now wipe everything in recovery other then SD card and then

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash boot boot.img

then go into recovery and flash the rom you wanted....
[HTC EVO 3D] magicalan:
yes i have tried a super wipe script :( i do feel relief that you tell me that haha :)

i will never use that flash gui lol am traumatized. haha and yes my recovery works..its ahmm Revolutionary CWM v 4.0.1.4...i was downloading a RUU to rename it too PG86IMG and apparently that should fix the problem? :S if you think it wont please tell me were to get another recovery or what exacly do you mean ,because i have wiped ALOT everytimeee and i have also used a script
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Just snag a 3.0 based rom you could try eternity 3.0 R80 while it's up

Put it on your SD card copy the boot.img to your platform tools folder and wipe everything in your recovery other then your SD card

Then fastboot flash the boot.img and go into recovery and flash rom....

fastboot flash boot boot.img

I think something is dicked with the boot.img you are using which is why your phone is acting crazy lool

Ya man the boot.img thing when you went to flash with flash gui app something got dicked up and messed up the boot.img from the rom you were using ....

So that is why your calls and **** were messin up

---------- Post added at 09:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ----------

In other words your boot.img got screwed up so that is what's causing your issue...
[HTC EVO 3D] magicalan:
i have used different roms and wiped everytime, so i just put the boot.img (extracted from the rom) then push it thru cmd ? what exactly do i tell it, to push it, my folder is in C:\AndroidSDK\tools\boot.img like this?
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
If your on windows 7 you can just hold shift down right click on the folder adb is in and say open cmd prompt here ..... makes things easy

Where is ADB installed under? Mine is in the platform tools folder.

You open the rom on your computer take a copy of the boot.img

Place it in the folder where adb is... Hook your phone up with the usb cord to computer

Place the rom on you SD card

Then go into recovery and wipe everything like normal

type adb reboot bootloader

then when it says fastboot when your in Hboot type : fastboot flash boot boot.img

Once it's done go into your recovery and flash the rom..
[HTC EVO 3D] shalkith:
try fastboot (see attached)

Plug phone into computer with usb boot into the bootloader and select fastboot

it should show fastboot USB

Unip the attachment into a folder then move the boot.img from the rom you are using into that folder

open the start here.bat

type fastboot flash boot boot.img

let it work and then your phone should boot

just do that when you wanna flash a new rom.
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
He already has ADB on his computer and knows what he is doing lol. Don't wana **** him up further lol..
[HTC EVO 3D] magicalan:
thanks guys am going to try the boot.img then flashing the rom. hopefully it BOOTS! thats all i want. lol i dont care the rom right now haha :p