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[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] The Pope of Dope:
Unless your fluent in proprietary driver specifications, hacks, and reverse engineering byte code/assembly I wouldn't see it happening during our lifetimes.

Everybody here is going to sound like they actually know what they are talking about but very few have a clue. They just mess around with config files and Photoshop. If they know what heapspraying, buffer overflows, executing arbitrary code is, keep them around. Another thing is kids love to say they are hackers and know what those things are. Unless they have rep (belong to a hacking team) blow them off and stay dedicated to hacking drivers. 99.9% other "hackers" are just a distraction. I can't tell you how many of those kinds of losers infest Colleges and Highschools alike.

PROTIP: Back when these forums were in their infancy a guy named whose name was 'blu' something mentioned that all android devices include a "breaboard mode" where once can test the I/O. I would start there. Also, search RevNIC see if its a dead-end or not. Could save you a few years if you plan on going forward with this or not.

TL;DR

read up about reverse engineering proprietary drivers.

Reverse Engineer Sidekick 4G. Re-release with open-source drivers.

PROFIT???
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] NinjaWookie:
So I'm on Turls CM9 v5 build and I d/l the CM9 music player from here. http://www.seeingpixels.org/2012/01...16.html#!/2012/01/cyanogenmod-9-music_16.html However as soon as I go to play a song it force closes.. Anyone else having this issue? Is there a way to correct?

I've searched around some other threads for other devices and haven't found a "fix"
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Wohee:
Works for me.

Use something like root explorer:

1. Copy the apk into /system/app (make a backup of the old one just in case)

2. Set the permissions exactly the same as the old one.

3. Reboot
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] NinjaWookie:
No Buenos following those instructions. Now force closes won't even open
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] ears1991:
i just delete the old apk, reboot

install the new one like normal rather than copying it to system, it works fine as a normal app, hopefully itll be merged soon
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kezayah:
It works for me but you must rename in system/app CM music.apk to Music.apk after change permissions and reboot ... :cool:
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] syngamer96:
Can I use this as a third party app on cm7? Cause I've seen it in screenies and the colour schemes and all look pretty badass!
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Wohee:
Sorry but no. I agree its sick :)
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] syngamer96:
Haha true that. Thx for the info though... Waiting for a dev to bring it down to our lvl before the original dev releases it to the play store!!! :D
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] stik3nd:
It's pretty cool but, I prefer player pro.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] th3xeroeagle:
I get the same problem, every time I open the CM9 stock music it force closes. I checked in system apps and it's called Music.apk, how do I set permissions?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Moonshield:
clear the data of the Music app in the apps settings and it will open.

That's what helped me...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] bluezr1:
I got my wife the Samsung galaxy plus 7 for her birthday today and it's saying that there is an update for it. I'm not sure if its ok to except the update or not, because eventually I would like to get it rooted. Also, I read that in order to get root, you must first update the kies. Sorry for possible a simple question to some, but what are kies?

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] jmar8124:
hey it is safer than safe to update :) it is infact encouraged to update at all times as updates are made to fix manufacturer bugs and/or issues that may be present on the device weather you have noticed them or not they will be present for sure like the SOD issue Screen of death a bug that makes your device shut down and/or reboot randomly with no control...this is a manufacturer bug and an update will be required to remove the issue from the device. so basically you will need to update on the device and with the Samsung kies (kies is a software that you will need to download from Samsung just search it on Google to learn more and to download kies is universal to all devices supplied by Samsung and i would also like to recommend not rooting your device until you are experienced enough to repair any damages you may encounter on the way if you do lol.

the purpose of root is to gain more advanced control of your device and/or install a custom ROM on the device (but we don't have any custom roms as of yet as Samsung will not release the sauce code) if you need any help and i will help you. if this post help you please press thanks button :D
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] bluezr1:
I've rooted many devices and understand the consequences that comes with it. What I was wondering is, if I except the update will I loose the option of gaining root.

I had this happen to me before when the wife decided (I was still in bed) to accept the update to her evo. So while she had to sit back watching me change rom's, making backups, she was stuck running the stock os for a while. I do understand that at present there aren't any rom's, but I would still like to use TB, ad blocker and everything else that comes with having a rooted device.

Thanks for your reply,
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] painter_:
The way that Garyd9 made the root script; by pushing it via recovery in a chroot environment; it should be safe to accept the updates. Unless Samsung changes the base recovery gary9d's method should always work.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] jmar8124:
yes you can still get root i have the latest update by kies and i have rooted meany times on the device after messing it up LOL. i would recommend using the root and clock work mod combo its stated not stable but i have used it for moths and have backed up 100s of times and restored lol :D
[Xperia Play General] :
Hi Guys,

Well im using my play since september 2011...

At the first i was suprised about the good gaming qualitiy..

Then i wanted to flash roms on it and it was the pure hell i think..

At the beginning of 2011 i started to android with a Galaxy S i9000 and it has soo many roms at the moment like ICS, MIUI and CM7/9 and all are working perfect..

So for me the xperia play is become boring cause there arent many custom roms which are good working.

Okay we have MIUI = BT and TP not working

CM7 = TP are not working in Some games

CM9 = Data is Buggy

That's why I feel compelled to use the stock firmware SE

What are you thinkin about the Play and Custom Roms?

greetz from germany

evo
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
I haven't rooted my phone or unlocked bootloaders and stuff but I have to say the Xperia Play is a amazing device. I haven't been bored of it since I got it and it's been 5 months.

I'm loving it !:)
[Xperia Play General] Geeve:
The only thing that started to annoy me after 6 months of having it is the slider. The gap is getting more and more annoying and the slider started to loosen it's stability.
[Xperia Play General] skaroger867:
Yea I noticed that one the one on display at the ATT store. I'm gonna ride this device as long as I can.

I am upset about the support for the device but I'll probably just get another android in the next year and keep this one for my emulators.
[Xperia Play General] jacklebott:
I find it more fun that there are fewer "perfect" roms for the PLAY, because then we get to help with testing and bughunting :)
[Xperia Play General] D.Spirit:
I can see that you are neither gamer nor worker. This device is mainly for 2 kind of people:

1- People who are obsessed with games .

2- People who want to waste thier time at work.

Not for who love editing(tampering with) systems. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] luffy_user:
i think this phone is good enough for me.i like to waste my time at work..:D
[Xperia Play General] lightningdude:
I actually switched from a Samsung Fascinate to this phone because I am both a gamer and a worker. I love this phone!
[Xperia Play General] -josh-:
Lol your on the wrong website if you don't enjoy editing and tampering with your phone.

:rollseyes:

At op, even though I came from a hd2 (probably one of the most versatile mobile phones ever in terms of software) I'm still not bored of this phone. There is enough here to keep me busy and ICS (official) shouldn't be two far off which will mean more goodies from the chefs.
[Xperia Play General] Godinhell:
ya we dont have many roms to play with
[Xperia Play General] TheCraig:
Before my Xperia Play I owned an Xperia Arc, got my Play in September too, And I can say I have not got bored yet..., The Xperia Arc has a lot more roms and tweaks but I've never been a fan of custom roms anyway. Both good devices and I do not regret any of my Androids.

I never really used ROMs or tweaks on my Xperia Arc, and I never visited the Xperia Arc section more than once, Never got into modding Android until my Xperia Play.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
I love my Xperia Play even though i'm not into modding and stuff like that.

Even though i'm a gamer I do use for other stuff as well like watching videos,whatsapp and surfing the net.

I think of it as a high end smartphone with physical buttons.

It's awesome !
[Xperia Play General] odanhammer:
Had my phone for over a year, love the thing.

Stayed on stock ROM the entire time , thought about rooting it , but eh.

Used ADW launcher and Go launcher , find Go Launcher is a bit better but more laggy.

However i find Sony is doing a great job supporting the phone , ICS update is in another month and a bit. Playstation Suite is in a few weeks. ( i bet at the same time as ICS).

Other then a few minor annoying issues.

I know for a fact we will see an Xperia Play 2 next year. However do to Sony taking over the Ericcson part. Bet its going to be called the Xperia Vita. Or something along that line
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
I'm with you dude, not rooted, just using as a phone where I can play emulators more comfortably.

brought to you by the XDA app on my badass Android toy
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
P's, I'm definitely not bored of my XPlay

brought to you by the XDA app on my badass Android toy
[Xperia Play General] GetPatriotized:
Had mine since May 2011 and I myself am starting to feel bored.

I'm rooted on 2.3.4 with stock SE ROM. Oh well,PSVITA next week and I'll be a happy gamer :D
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Been satisfactory to me. I only bought it to do all those elaborate smartphone functions that my DS/PSP/VITA can't, while also breaking free from the constraint that quality TACTILE gaming required me to have a whole other device on my person.

Far from bored and at the rate we get high-rating game software I don't see that changing soon.
[Xperia Play General] icebear8:
I use to love my play but I hated texting on a on screen keyboard and we got 4g in our city so I got a samsung stratosphere 4g and a hw keyboard =) plus the only games I played on my xperia was pokemon which is very easy to play on this phone
[Xperia Play General] _terror_:
I liked it for like 3-4 months. I was so exited when i first got it. I thought like "Oh! I will be able to play PSP games and ****! this is gonna be awesome". Buuuuut after i finished Zelda OOT I got bored. I started to look for good games, and yes, I found some like GTA 3, but the controls isn't just working out for me.

So, yesterday, I ordered a HTC chacha. Why? Because I've always loved the design of the Blackberry, but I hate the OS. So what do you do? Well, you buy a Blackberry look-a-like with Android = HTC chacha! I will receive it in like 2-3 days. I think I'll be satisfied. Plus, it was only like $150 so.

The Xperia Play wasn't what I was expecting at first. Sure, it was cool to show of N64oid, GTA3 and some other games for friends.. but other then that, it's not for me.

But I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the dev's on this forum for all the help through out this 6 months I've had this phone, love you guys. And I'm sure I'll pop in sometimes when I've decided to turn my Xperia Play into a gaming device only. Take care guys!
[Xperia Play General] Technologic797:
Yup, same thing with me. I'm bored of playing the games already available on the phone. Want more new original stuff.
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
I'll hold off on new phones until one comes which appeals to me as much as the Play did. So far it hasn't been the case. Let's see what the future brings.
[Xperia Play General] -josh-:
What about the xperia S? Correct me if I'm wrong but the last spec sheet I saw said 1.5ghz dual core, 12 MP camera, 32gb on board storage, 4.3 LED screen and PlayStation certified. Its looks beautiful as well. Probably be my next phone, although I'm still happy enough with this one at the minute.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Yeah the Xperia S is a very good phone but the thing with me is that I need physical buttons on a smartphone and the Xperia Play has exactly that so I'm just gonna wait it out until the Xperia Play 2 comes out or something along those lines.
[Xperia Play General] orangesunshine:
i got my Xperia Play around July 2011 and i`m not bored at all.but i bought it for emulation in the first place,i don`t bother with all the new games(reckless getaway is the only "new game" i have on my play).

To me its still priceless to play all the good 90ties stuff "on the go".(im a retro gamer,most new games doesn`t appeal to me..too much cinematics,too much story,too easy..) I think i`ll keep it till its falling apart..

..really never had so much fun with any other smartphone i`ve owned before and i think its a really great package besides the low internal ram..

But i would also consider a Smartphone with a slide out keyboard as my next phone,i really hate to type and browse on screen,never got used to it really and i think for the most emulation games a keyboard would also be enough to control it decently..but even than i would keep the xPlay for Emulation as a handheld device for holidays or something like that..

only thing that begins to bother me is the thickness and weight of the xPlay
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Its a phone morons, if your bored with a phone then go find a girl to play with.

This is the dumbest thread on xda, congratz
[Xperia Play General] Growling Clover:
Specs is not my selling point unfortunately. If it was down to power I may as well get an iPhone. The biggest selling point for me was the physical buttons and I'm certainly not bored. if I'm bored with the xplay then I'd be more bored with other phones as I couldn't play the games I play as easily.

At then end of the day it's an Android phone, which on it's own is awesome, that can play emulators and games better with the built in control pad.

If you're bored with the xplay then you're bored with Android and probably smart phones

brought to you by the XDA app on my badass Android toy
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Exactly :) Its your average smartphone with the excess of Physical Buttons so it's awesome !
[Xperia Play General] d_zen:
I get your point OP, but personally I like that no rom is perfect (yet), so I can feed my addiction of flashing fixes and new roms :D
[Xperia Play General] metcard:
stock ROM on the play is pretty much perfect.

good battery performance, extremely stable and I like Sony Ericsson's ui.

I played around with custom ROMs on an x10 and a Samsung tab and I always had issues with them such as battery drain caused by phone not going to sleep, wifi dropping out, bluetooth disconnecting... more trouble than it was worth.
[Xperia Play General] -josh-:
Lol of course specs are your selling point. Just different ones such as a physical gamepad.

As for your reasoning its total bull, if your bored with the xplay your bored with android and smart phones, that is aload of Tosh.

And what has wanting a more powerful android phone got to do with wanting an iPhone?
[Xperia Play General] devoice1985:
i have my xp since last week and im suprised.

i can play psx games on my on my toilet what more could you want: D
[Xperia Play General] ck-_-123:
i got my xperia play is not

boring and i had it for like 6

months and its still beast.

casuse i love gaming and going to the

internet etc
[Xperia Play General] KeiranFTW:
I would rather have the upcoming Xperia U than the S, actually, I would rather keep my play for now. Why?

Well, it's good having limits, and who needs a dual core 1.5GHz radiator? Not me!

The Xperia U will probably be my next device :)

Keiran

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ PLAY
[Xperia Play General] metcard:
The problem with the 2012 Xperia range is that they don't have expandable memory, and the U only has 4gb of internal memory.

You can't do anything with such small amount of storage.
[Xperia Play General] Aesed:
I got mine at the end of august and I found it a little boring a couple months in when I couldn't do much personalisation because I have a locked bootloader. Now that there's DarkForest ROM and all my games run full speed, I download a game for one of my emulators, play it through, then google best games and find a new one to play. At the moment, I couldn't be happier!
[Xperia Play General] srelyt:
Not bored at all, I hope I will have to replace it only when the Play 2 will come :D.

End of 2012, beginning of 2013 would be cool.
[Xperia Play General] KeiranFTW:
Xperia U doesn't have external memory? True, but there still will be development, it has USB OTG, just plug in a memory stick :)
[Xperia Play General] crispyduckling:
well everyone has there own opinion

im not bored with my play at all

but if i was then id prolly find all android phones boring

beacuse they all offer the same things eg

big screen

touch screen

gps

internet

games

mp3

camera

video recording etc etc

what android phones out there can do summat that only that phone can do?

they are all genericly similar apart from slide out keyboards/control pad
[Xperia Play General] CloudShepherd:
I like using my play for emulators in front of my friend who has an evo, and doesn't have the smoothness and convenience of the game pad.
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
This topic is boring
[Xperia Play General] crispyduckling:
so is the comment above ^^^^^^

lol
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
I agree with the comment above the previous comment.
[Xperia Play General] kakatoori:
Roms are coming....have patience...i am using TheJokaWild ROM.....
[Xperia Play General] manymoore:
Yes, well it's kinda boring because we ain't got many roms to flash with.

But i enjoy to play games with joystick on it, surf internet, social's, and much more with this phone

This phone is great so far. :D
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Day by day my love is growing for the Xperia Play but the thing is I don't know what it is !
[Xperia Play General] abstractbeats:
I love the Play because it combines everything. It's just a really fun device. The gamepad feels well made, and the phone itself is silky smooth to use. I'm not likely to want to any other phone for a long time other than a Play 2 if it comes. Having bought one and looked at phones recently, I think they are all boring except:

Xperia Play: The only phone to do gaming at all well. Gaming without buttons is like eating soup with a fork.

Nokia 808: The only phone to do camera well. It's Symbian, but has an image sensor approaching the size of DSLR. People's photographs on Facebook have gone downhill since smartphone cameras started displacing digicams.

Galaxy Note: If you need a big screen.

Xperia Ray / etc: If you need a small screen.

LG or EVO 3D: Fun down the pub for a few minutes, I guess.

iPhone: If you have more money than sense, and genuinely need particular apps that are only on iOS. Perhaps some of the music-making apps are useful. But not for games, no matter how many there are, because touchscreen gaming is an affront to humanity.

These feature phones from Japan (STYLE series): Not smartphones, but very cool designs...
[Xperia Play General] tuananh97kta:
got it about 2 months ago. It's the first Android device I have :)

I'm still having fun with it everyday such as installing new apps, try then delete them, rooting my device, figuring out how to control the whole capatibility of my Android-platform cellphone.

All was good, except its bulk design :))

I intend to try a custom ROM but I have also heard that ICS 4.0 will be upgraded in the whole Xperia family till the end of March 2012. So there will be a lot of stuffs to be discovered. upgra
[Xperia Play General] crispyduckling:
i remember when i had an x10 and it was a good while before customs roms where made, but then there was an explosion of different roms it was great so much choice

i think the same will happen with the play
[Xperia Play General] Selim873:
Yea, I started to feel the same way with my Play. The custom roms are in the works, but we're a bit early in that time so that's why there are annoying bugs, I stopped using the gamepad for quite a while, until my entire school literally started a classic Pokemon trend so the gamepad is quite handy now for emulation. I mean, the Play is a great phone! But I think I'll switch to the Xperia S next.
[Xperia Play General] netizenmt:
Ummm, it's a cellphone with a game pad running Android 2.3.X. :D
[Xperia Play General] bornotty:
When you're really bored and by that I mean you have completed all your favorite games try flashing MIUI v2.x.x gingerbread version. Trust me it'd be like using a brand new phone specially if you've never tried MIUI before!
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
The gamepad is a big deal for me actually. I loved the games on my 4th Gen iPod touch...but using touch input for games was really, really lame. I also loved how many advance smartphone features my old x10 had, but it ultimately failed to be what I want. Xperia PLAY fixed the problems of both devices, and has near everything iOS had that's worth playing.

About the only real fault is that psx gaming hasn't gone anywhere...and honestly, I really don't care about playing old ass games on a new phone. I like seeing games like Shadowgun push this to the max and take full advantage of the hardware. As much as I love my Vita, not even that has been able to rip me away from the variety of games Xperia PLAY has built under its belt.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanred5:
Hi

I hope someone can help me with the problem I've got with Go Launcher Ex.

When I go into the Preferences of Go Launcher Ex and open Visual Settings, I noticed that just under where it says Visual Settings, it now says "Partial Interface". The sections under Visual Settings are now just Background, Icon, Font and Indicator, I'm sure the sections were different before, I'm sure there was a section about Go Locker but that's gone now. I don't know what's happened to the Visual Settings and why it now says "Partial Interface" when I open it.

I have uninstalled both Go Launcher Ex and Go Locker, then I reinstalled them both but that made no difference, the problem is still there.

Has anyone else had this problem, if so, do you know what's caused it and whether it can be sorted out?

Please help. Thank you.

Best wishes

Catherine x
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angr1112:
There are 3 tabs on the menu dialog box...

I have had GO Launcher EX for about 5 days now, my visual settings menu has always been just as you describe.

In order to do any settings changes on GO locker, I do Menu>Plugins tab>Go Locker>Settings
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanred5:
Hi

Thanks for replying to my post and letting me know you have the same Visual Settings.

I have recently found out that the changes were made by the GO app devs and that it's not a problem as I first thought.

Thanks again.

Best wishes

Catherine x