yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] doddsy11:
Thanks for the info, the links helped in understanding why i cannot use the Play on feature with Avi's etc.. I will try and see if i can link up with my Blu-ray player. Shame this feature doesn't work and i didnt try a movie with a DTS audio stream.

Still not understanding why i cant stream from my PC DLNA server to the xperiaS via serviio or PSM, again cant play that format but it can if it is installed on the phone?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] RiotRick:
I basically use a combination of BubbleUPnP and DicePlayer. This will play most video files just fine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GFXi0N:
Im concerned about the upcoming update: Im using MIUI rom and i will swap to MIUI v4 (iCS) as soon as it comes out... but im tired of losing my user data between every rom swap...

I know Titanium Backup should be the way to do this... so, is it safe to backup all the apps and the apps' data and then restore it on ICS? even when the backup was made in a GB rom?

Any alternative way of doing so? What do you usually do / recommend to do?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSobadef:
You can back up and restore the apps no problem, though I would be careful restoring user data. What I do is restore all apps and use sms backup/restore for my texts and Google takes care of my contacts.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beston94:
Well, I don't really think it should matter if the backup was done in GB and restored in ICS. One thing could happen, is that you may have been using an application that isn't yet compatible with ICS. Other than that, I don't really see why there should be a problem. :)

Have a good day.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GFXi0N:
The biggest problem is for the apps settings and games progress and so... with titanium backup, i should backup user apps + data and then restore it in ICS?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destke:
To be a 100% sure put the TB folder on your pc and on an external card.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] durangatang:
I tried restoring TiBu apps backed up on GB when I flashed an LPQ ROM and TiBu hanged on some of the restores. I had to restart each time it hung on a restore. I tried using batch restore, and restoring individually, both ways it happened on different apps and the same app. It was weird because my SMS logs restored no problem but some of my apps could not. Luckily I had a Nandroid backup so I quickly went back to my daily driver.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Titanium backup likes a phone reboot after first install .

Install open reboot phone less likely to freeze or hang on backup .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggs2:
i also had over 200 applications, out of which some randomly failed to install on CM9. After failure of restore, i again have to start restoring process in titanium backup from start leaving that applicatoin. Luckily, I dint find any problem in restoring to PURE ICS rom, it just resotred everything like a charm. Some applicatoin (like smartstats) were crashing after restore. I just wiped the data (:() and then it worked.
[HTC Wildfire S] MrTaco505:
Hi

I was recently trying to look for the two zip files from an ruu but couldn't find it in the Temp folder. Am I missing something?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShahinTehShiz:
Hi all,

I know, usual question, but in the configuration menu thing, it shows everything as zero, and says "Bootloader unlock allowed - yes"

I bought it new from a store, and it doesn't have any operator branding on it if that helps.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -josh-:
Your bootloader is locked until you unlock it. The phone does not come with the bootloader already unlocked unless you buy it second hand.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sportstj11:
bootloader

question i go to check if bootloader is unlocked it says nothing not yes or no??? stumped on this i have a xperia play 800at phone is sim unlocked too
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyrusalmighty:
If you have phone off, and hold on to either "back" or "search"(i cant remember which) and you plug in USB to computer and get blue light your bootloader is unlocked. I think its the "search" button, but I know the other button gives a greenlight and is fastboot mode where the blue light is flash mode.

Ios suckkss.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
Other way around, flashmode (back) is green light. Fastboot (search) is blue light
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrEcP:
y i can see the green and blue light

but are you sure it mean it is unlocked? If u are right it would be shocking since i didn't want to unlock my BL.

But I just rooted with SuperOneClick. And as far as I read it shouldn't touch the BL?

and: Fastboot is not = unlocked

Fastboot jst gives you the ability to unlock
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Actually, if your light is blue it means you have access to Fastboot, so you can unlock your bootloader with that tool (which is free of charge). Unlocking it or not is up to you.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sportstj11:
kool ill give that a try and see what happens you guys are the best thanks

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ok i tried that and all i got was a flash of blue by holding the search button while phone was off is that correct or is that wrong?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrEcP:
if u want to know if you device CAN BE unlcoked - just follow the sony instrucktions

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instruction

just type the given numbers in the phone and follow service menu

But still my questions is - how can we see wether its unlocked yet?

All the above is just about the ABILITY to unlock and not the actualy state.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -josh-:
If you unlocked it, then its unlocked if you didn't then its not.

If you have a second hand phone or something then try flashing a custom kernel if its not unlocked it will fail. That's the only way I would know of to check.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wheels83:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1254087&page=53

download the attached zip extract and run the s1 identify tool

click the link above and read the thread its from the x10 forum but the tool supports xperia play to:)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kakatoori:
If your bootloader is unlocked...the stock TrackID app will not work until u update it....if it gives an error then 90% chance ur bootloader is unlocked...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simar55:
there is only one by which you can check wether your bootlader is unlock or not

this is only for sony mobiles

SEUS update,if the bootloader is unlocked you cant update through SEUS and vice versa.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamiyatom:
bootloader question.

Sorry if this question has been asked i could not find anything in the search. I tried to root my xperia s a few days ago. i got the bootloader unloacked properly but i messed up the rooting part. After about 2 days of blindly faffing about i successfully re-flashed GB. Does doing this re-lock the bootloader? Is there an easy way of finding out? Cheers guys. There was alot of fumbling about trying to flash completely the wrong thing as i'm totally new to this phone!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kadesh45:
Reflashing GB doesn't relock the bootloader. If you want to do that you'll have to flash it back with a file, this a thread to do that somewhere
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arafeh94:
locked unlocked

I root my ics in xpria p and in rooting I flash a kernel .544 and reflash .54

is that mean that I have an unlocked bootlaoder ?

If I has it will gone if I upgrade to jelly bean:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
No, and there is no official jelly bean.

Please learn to spell check, xperia p or xperia play?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arafeh94:
man where you live?

The rom is from 24/4/2013!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:eek:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
There is no official jelly bean for xperia play so stop arguing about it please if you mean xperia p your in the wrong forun

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arafeh94:
try update using OTA

if you're brick that mean you're bootloader is unlocked:p
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Team Darkforest: Kernel

Maintained by Atarii and Keiran of Team Darkforest, forked from FreeXperia kernel sources :)

Download v4: http://icxperia.com/keiran/cm9/DarkForest4.img

Download v5: http://icxperia.com/keiran/Darkforest5.img

Features of v5:

Recovery keys remapped :)

Two way call recording (FreeXperia)

Features of v4:

Added 1.6GHz Overclock

Features of v3:

Forked newest FXP kernel.

Disconnected ALS in kernel - read below.

Enabled some governors that were not already enabled.

SEMC kernel update

About the ALS being disconnected, here I explain:

In v2 of the kernel, I had produced a script inside the kernel and an app that ran the script, and basically what this did was check if `cat /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als/enable` was equal to 1, if it was, it changed it back to zero. The problem with this is that it used CPU cycles and impacted on battery, as well as caused flickering.

In v3 onwards, I have done this: https://github.com/keiranFTW/semc-k...mmit/6f252f86b862c9483bc900a8c1bef73f88f8192c

Atarii mentioned for me to do it, and so I did, and what it does is tell the kernel that the ambient light sensor is not attached, and therefore it cannot dictate the screen brightness, so you could say it is physically turned off.

Sources are at github: https://github.com/keiranFTW/semc-kernel-msm7x30-ics-1

and FXP source: https://github.com/freexperia/semc-kernel-msm7x30-ics/tree/ics-beta
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
damn you are quick.

i just wanted to make a thread for my new cm9 kernel:(
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
did i miss something?

is ICS out?

or are the beta kernel sources out?
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
What do you mean?

This is based on the CM9 FXP kernel. Data now works on CM9 :)

Keiran
[Xperia Play Android Development] RiThBo:
Is the battery life better on this kernel or on the stock CM9 kernel included in the data fix
[Xperia Play Android Development] -S.E.R.K.4.N-:
wow its awesome. i will try ! :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
well, depends what settings you use. You could say some of the CPU governors I enabled may better battery life :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] RiThBo:
Just flashing now. I am using yours...

UPDATE: It booted... YAY. Thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] Michealtbh:
Does this have cwm built in?
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Yes :)

//10char
[Xperia Play Android Development] HearthC0re:
Booted, Thanks Keiran :)

I love the dedication that you bring to the XPlays Table!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Asdoos:
-.- For me it boots... but the phone doesn't detect my SIM -.-...
[Xperia Play Android Development] bamsbamx:
it booted succesfuly, thanks.... but does data work with this???? Because after enable data conection, it doesnt connect to 2G/3G... only works with wifi
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
is this not insecure kernel? its says adb remount operation not permitted and according to google you need ro.secure to be off or something lol. i have no idea if this is relevant for xperia play though.

EDIT:

doomlord kernel is insecure so i guessing the above is relevant to play aswell.
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ah just what i thought...

continue kanging ;)
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
flash the data fix from 1 of the last few pages of the cm9 post.
[Xperia Play Android Development] bamsbamx:
yeah, it works!!!!!!!!!!!1:D:D:D:D
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Ah ****.

Will set kernel to insecure tomorrow when I have time :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
:D just checked and the cm9 1 is the same.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Schmoldt:
Du musst deinen PIN deaktivieren und unter Einstellungen Manuellen Suchlauf der Netzwerke durchführen.

Doch weder HSDPA noch EDGE funktionieren.

I have Tried yours but it dosent work for mine.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Flash CM9 data fix :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Asdoos:
Oke Vielen Dank für den Tipp aber ohne Datenverbindung bringt es mir nix :)

Man Thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] Silverstarjigar:
oho.. bestest news... let me try this out...;-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] mauaus:
WOOHOOO!!! You just fixed the most annoying bug, the dim screen was making me nuts!! Thanks a lot!!

Also trying out Smartass V2 :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
It was pissing me off too, I was looking through kernel source to try and fix it, but I think my C is very rusty, so instead I have made a script. Initially I tried an init.d script but it was not working, so I just made a script and an app that executes it :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] sharpz811:
yo keiran whats poppin with the dualboot kernel dog????? c'mon man;)

nice work tho

STILL NO DATA but able to make calls send sms.....
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Anyone want to interview me Friday/Saturday? You can ask me all sorts of stuff like current projects, what I want to do when I am older, how many times I swore at the terminal window lol, and you can also tell me what features you would like to see in my ROMs and kernels, PM me, need MSN or Skype ;)

Will go on the homepage of Darkforest Group :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Need to make a new one for CM9/MiUI dualbooting :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] HearthC0re:
CWM SDCard Mount (USB) is still rebooting the device, other than that.. seems to boot and run smoothly. :)

will try the ALS fix now :DD
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
kind of something out of my reach. I have a 1.8GHz dual core 64 bit machine, running 32 bit linux. Don't know if ICS compiles on 32bit, and I don't have the storage space :)

For ALS hack, don't forget to download the application.
[Xperia Play Android Development] HearthC0re:
AFAIK DooMLorD promised something like a fix for that weird bug.

Yes, working fine after reboot :)

Thanks for the work, so far. Keep on strong!

Oh, and if you haven't allready.. check your twitter!
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Just checked my twitter.

You just made my legend list :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
is this insecure now? if so sweet.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Yeah, it is :)

No more Permission Denied either :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] brockyneo:
@keiranFTW

could you help me ive posted in the ics rom

hi guys im new to xperia play just want to ask does this rom have working controls and does it have the playstation store for the games

also how do i install just come from a bricked galaxy note so dont want to mes things up

thanks
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
ok sweet. how about a changelog? or is it only a few minor changes?
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
basically:

Added disable auto brightness tweak, requires app

Made kernel insecure :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
ok then thanks again. not to tell you how to upload your files but you should really post a crc or md5 with your files.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
md5hash will come :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] elspanish88:
Try the q&a section mate
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Going to put very low frequencies such as 61MHz and 30MHz as well as 15MHz in next update, this should work as well as deep sleep?
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeWCuLTKiNG:
Can these be used like on set CPU so when the screen turns off it goes into deep sleep?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
I suspect you may run into issues at these low frequencies (such as missing calls etc). 61MHz should be ok though
[Xperia Play Android Development] mauaus:
Looks like the als heats up my phone and causes heavy drain
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
just an update from the 800x side:

Kernel does not boot, I did fastboot boot boot.img, it shows the sony logo, then drops back to the kernel I'm using (loads the chargemon animation)

Pax
[Xperia Play Android Development] cornishronson:
Try fastboot flash boot boot.img
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
Honestly, that shouldn't make a difference, because to test out my kernel when I was building it, fastboot boot boot.img is the easiest way to check to see if it works...

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I hate it when I'm wrong, don't know why it didn't like me, but yeah, I was wrong, boots and works fine.

Pax
[Xperia Play Android Development] Trancicted:
I can't enter CWM with Vol+ or Vol-

edit: nvm, I can enter it now.. Weird..

it's with the R button ;)
[Xperia Play Android Development] cornishronson:
Hey keiran

How well does this kernel work with DaekForest Rom 3.1.0 or is it for cm9 only?
[Xperia Play Android Development] ridder215215:
Hey quick question: is there a fix so that the phone won't heat up as much as it does now?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Trancicted:
I think that's because there's no 'deep sleep' yet..
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
When I get back from lunch, I'm going to make a "compilation post" with all the information of anything useful from the thread so people don't have to look all over the freaking place for information that they need.

Also, to install the ROM, I have to:

1: Flash http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1541482

2: Go to recovery, wipe data, cache, and davlik cache

3: install update.zip

4: Apply desired fixes

correct? I have CM7.2, just so you know.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Trancicted:
yes, but take a backup before wiping something in recovery, just in case
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
Hm... I didn't realize this was in the kernel spot xD I thought I posted in the CM9 thread.
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
When I try to enable USB mount, recovery backs out and my phone reboots. not a big problem, but an annoyance.

EDIT: sorry for the double post D: I thought it would add this to my last post...
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
The recovery is part of the kernel, correct? If so, any chance we could get an edited touch recovery? It would be amazing *drool*

*headdesk* and I manage to post a third time. Sorry. I'm kinda braindead right now.
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
No touch recovery sorry :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
Since I still don't quite understand what each governer does, from your experience, which has the best cross between performance and power saving?
[Xperia Play Android Development] cosvel:
Smartassv2 is very interesting...
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
That's what I have set. I use 122-971 MHz with SmartassV2 set at boot, but the only problem is that it is always running at 921 MHz :/
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
There's a good explanation of the different CPU governors here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1496777
[Xperia Play Android Development] cornishronson:
I find CPU governor SmartassV2 is good for performance and power saving :-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Looks like I part solved the deep sleep issue. Now I know EXACTLY what is causing deep sleep issues.

BEFORE -

AFTER -
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Wifi is causing the deep sleep issues
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Nope. That's not it :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] ojdon:
Awesome stuff Keiran! I'm desperate for upgrading to ICS on my Play but the only thing that was holding me back was the so called "deep sleep" issue.

Does this mean a new kernel release is on it's way in the next few days, if you don't mind me asking?
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
No, definately not in the next few days. Today :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Oh, surprised that's not it :) (that's what affects all the ICS beta builds and all other devices)

What's have you found out it is?
[Xperia Play Android Development] ojdon:
Well there goes my plan of doing Uni assignments today!! Awesome stuff!
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Well, I did a little bit of studying, and I haven't totally 100% solved it, but I know why it is happening.

The ondemand cpufreq governor seems to refuse going into deep sleep, and ondemand is set on boot. So I am going to change it to performance, best official governor battery/performance wise.

WiFi draining the battery is normal, especially when not connected as it is scanning for networks.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
It's goes into deepsleep for me with ondemand governor. I get wifi on = no deepsleep, wifi off = deepsleep straight away.

I'll look forward to some more of your research though
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
:D Woot! I'm assuming that you'll either create a completely new thread or announce it's release on here, right?
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Actually, scratch that, FXP just merged latest semc ics source, so update will not be today, but I can gibe you new kernel from FXP :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] bouncynemoss:
:) Smartass v2 has a bit of deep sleep.
[Xperia Play Android Development] brainard52:
CDMA?
[Xperia Play Android Development] paxChristos:
@Kieran - you wanna update the thread title to reflect no GSM/CDMA difference, R800x works perfectly with this kernel!
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Should do :)

FXP have also set interactive as new default CPU governor :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Keiran, you should join #icxdev chat; Nick and I have been compiling this kernel today. Might as well all work together on fixing this :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Kernel Update (see first post):

als detached in kernel (see first post for explanation)

forked from new fxp kernel sources

cpu governors that were not enabled now are.
[Xperia Play Android Development] sharpz811:
damn keiran u da u da best u like da dev i neva had dev i neva had!!!!!!!!!lol

good work dog
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeWCuLTKiNG:
I'm not very technicality smart what is difference between this and fxp113 kernel? I understand the auto light sensor and added some governors not sure bout the rest.
[Xperia Play Android Development] elspanish88:
looking forward o the OC version, thanks kieron
[Xperia Play Android Development] MilkyJoePD:
I think having the alarm on stopped it from sleeping. I changed ROMs before I had a chance to double check though.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
FXP113 doesn't go into deep sleep no matter what at the minute. :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] MilkyJoePD:
Oh, I think I was using the last one.
[Xperia Play Android Development] elspanish88:
Mine is 100% my awake is the same as screen on... I have a screenshot but its the wrong format :/
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Actually, with new DarkForest kernel, it goes to sleep whenever the screen is off:

Edit, oc achieved :)

And

Release tomorrow, not at laptop atm :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Can you post the output of CPU Spy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bvalosek.cpuspy

That tells you exactly how long it's been in each state, like this:
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Just installed DarkForest3.img and confirmed it in About Phone. However, I'm not seeing any clock settings above 1024. I was previously using the fxp113 boot image.
[Xperia Play Android Development] netizenmt:
Never mind. I just realized you haven't posted the OC version yet. My bad!
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Right, so it doesn't actually go into deep sleep, but it spends its time on 122MHz instead, it won't impact battery millions though :)

v4 released,

Added 1.6GHz overclock.