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[Xperia Play Android Development] yuppy989:
I have, but his final rom have certain apps such as the weather widget removed, so I feel its not the whole Xperia S feel. Do you perhaps know of a rom where it has the full Xperia S theme and apps without anything removed or added and on 4.0.4? 4.0.3 is kinda laggy in my opinion, even on 1.6 GHz.
[Xperia Play Android Development] ParanormalBat:
You could just try and find the missing stuff in the Xperia Arc Themes and Apps forum.
[Xperia Play Android Development] solomon4400:
yo just try out ice cream pureness port from arc by secko currently using it right now and its real proper.
[Xperia Play Android Development] sdojoin:
+1;)

Kindly Hit Thanks Button if i've help u in any way. ;)
[Xperia Play Android Development] jrk190:
Does this work with a Locked Bootloader on R800x?
[Xperia Play Android Development] sewer56lol:
Wait.....

Isn't the latest version on Gingerbread the 4.0.2.A.0.62 instead of .42 ?
[Xperia Play Android Development] gopin:
afaik .62 is a region specific for some part of Africa.

like .69 to Germany.
[Xperia Play Android Development] sewer56lol:
Well there must be some differences because in .42 my sd card won't work and in .58 and .62 it does (and .69)
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeWCuLTKiNG:
I use .42 as base on every rom never had a problem and always booted I use .42 best baseband for my area
[Xperia Play Android Development] sewer56lol:
I use. 58 enhanced
[Xperia Play Android Development] wuby:
Must try.

Any changes from unofficial beta? Is it laggy?
[Xperia Play Android Development] NeWCuLTKiNG:
I wouldn't this is old rom and not much works
[Xperia Play Android Development] khamees_xi:
hi why dont you try neol ics rom which have been ported to play its much more fast and stable i am using it for me its perfact
[Xperia Play Android Development] jimmyvau:
This is only for GSM phones. Verizon never released an official ICS, beta or otherwise, and as far as I know, no one has been able to get this to work with CDMA phones. Also since you have a locked bootloader you wouldn't be able install the necessary kernel. GBTweaked is probably the best R800x rom for locked boot loaders. If you do manage to get your bootloader unlocks (search the forums) then I recommend the latest CM9.1 or AOKP. The touchpad fix and the Adreno V3 drives make either one very usable as a daily driver.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Xperia Gamer:
Please upload the official Ics official beta Rom for the xperia PLAY .!!!!!

I cant download this Rom . I heard in April that it was cancelled but I went to the Sony website and tried to download but it keeps on saying cannot connect to sever and the download fails. Someone with this Rom should please upload it for me. Thnx
[Xperia Play Android Development] androidseb:
Use this rom its the best of all ics roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1854682

Gesendet von meinem LIFETAB_P9514 mit Tapatalk 2
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
I'm resuming this thread for a very weird question. I know for some of you will an unusual request / info, but well, not for me

I'm trying many roms from some time now, both stock sony gb/ics and aosp/cm/etc etc , but now i'm getting tired of all this...now i just want something different. I have something in mind: something like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2115892 but for Xperia Play. Something like stock ics for the others xperia 2011, but for xperia play, nothing more. No small apps, no sony 2012 apps (Movies, Walkman), no fancy toggles, systemUI, etc etc. Just what Sony should had deliver us but never did. How can i have that?

Here's what i did: i found a very old ics rom for xperia play (i guess was markphyton's) and replace all the junk on system/app with original apks from thread above. Home, MusicPlay, PhoneBook, widgets, etc etc. and guess what? More fast than when it had heavy xperia 2012 apps. Some screenshots:

The result is good, but what if a want to start from scratch? I mean, a "pure" stock ics. To sum up, how can i have a sort of "Stock ICS Xperia Play"? like already have Arc, Ray, etc etc users?

Should i download ics beta official and work on that? And even so, i remember that that beta was not 100% working ( i mean touchpads) on games, i remember the bad feedbacks. But today's ics roms have almost 99% of compatiblity so i gues those roms have "something" that fix that, that "something" i have to flash in ics beta or whatever rom i should start to work, and i don't think it's just some editing in build.prop ....

Guys i know i'm maybe the only one with this desire since everybody seems wnat all the 2012 xperia apps, and other modified things, but i really would like to have something like this and eventually start from it to modified and flash other things in a second time.

Any ides?
[Xperia Play Android Development] gopin:
You should try xdark ics

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1729250

Think its very close to what you are asking. Based on ics beta with greater game compatibility and incompatible with most 2012 apps since its 4.0.3.

That rom is very clean, fast and stock like.
[Xperia Play Android Development] darkharbinger81:
Ya I tried his rom on the R800x cuz I would a stock ics rom but the phone force closes (can't make or receive calls) and the data isn't available for cdma
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
Already done but it's a no go for 2 reasons:

-Of course i would like to have 4.0.4 like other xperia 2011.

-That rom doens work on GSM phones, no data traffic ( i already tried it) :rolleyes:

End before some one post it, i already tried this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1689577

But has no tpouchpad compatiblity and i dont know how to fix it
[Xperia Play Android Development] ozzmanj1:
There is a touchpad fix that you flash in CWM. Unfortunately I dont have a link as I have always been on GB for gaming.

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Would you be willing to make a nandroid and send a download link for it here? For what you have above? I would like to take a look at it.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
Really? i just replace most of the apks in this rom , from the ones on stock ics ray, nothing more, it's not a big deal. But if u want...

In fact, of course there are still a lot of crap on system, that's why i want a "stock ics xperia play".

If u find somewhere that famous zip for touchpad, will be nice.
[Xperia Play Android Development] gopin:
Did you try Neo L ftf? That's as stock as you're going to get. Only thing is that touchpad does not work at all.

Btw, everything worked fine for me on xdark ICS, including data and even tethering. I'm using a GSM version. Afaik no stock ICS ROM supports CDMA, except for miui Australia that is.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
Xdark is old 4.0.3 and neo has no touchpad compatibility.

Well i organized better the system/app and flash some other tweaks. Then i did format factory + sd format and Then when reboot i did d cwm backup, so now i have this "ics classic" for my Xperia play always ready to backup to. So for now im good.

But i hope someday someone will actually do a flashabla zip.

P.s how can i make a zip from my cwm backup?
[Xperia Play Android Development] CriGiu:
firstly, you need to extract the system.yaffs2.img file inside your backup with 7zip or other archive-manager software. inside of that you'll see a .yaffs2 file image, where the backup of system partition is located (use a specific yaffs extractor, like yaffey made by necro_ of xda -link here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1645412 -). once you extracted system folder, place it nearly to a META-INF folder from another ics rom at your choice; then make a zip that contains both folders and sign it with signapk or other signing programs.

well, you have your flashable zip :P

(i'm still a noob and my English isn't well as requested, then if you didn't understand what i wrote tell me :) ).
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
Is this something you already done and u know it works for sure?

It seems very unlike for me that just /system is enough to make a flashable zip of an entire rom. What about the other folders in /...? But i'm absolutly no expert so...

EDIT: i did everything and finally got the final rom.zip. Flashed it but got bootloops... ;-(
[Xperia Play Android Development] CriGiu:
That's strange...what kernel are you running?

P.s.: yea, you can use just system partition for make a rom ;)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804003

But it kinda start booting (i can even see wallpaper's setup at the beginning)...but then bootlops
[Xperia Play Android Development] CriGiu:
i think it's something related to missing files but i can't tell you what exactly is...probably you need to remove some modification that you did
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
do your updater-script have all needed symlinks and permissions?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
As i said, i'm totally noob so i dont even what you're talkin about. I lack of some basic concepts, i know. Anyway i follow this http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/

Since i dont know how create a key pair, i used the test key inside SignApk folder.
[Xperia Play Android Development] lonesomedove:
mehdi.moha is true that Sony's Play is NOT powerful enogh!

sorry but very foolish of you to judge mehdi.moha in such a way.Both mean the same "GAMING/app performance of our GAMING phone would be reduced considerably with ics"...& "the hardware of Sony is not powerful enough to carry ICS"....mehdi.moha said it 100% accurate that actually hardware of Play is not powerful enough to carry ICS..listen with each New release of Windows OS(for PC) it became more resource hungry and require more RAM and hard disk storage more powerful graphics card to display visuals same is true in mobiles...same apply for play as it has very less RAM and ICS needs more RAM to run the system apps smoothly thus leaving less RAM for user apps and games which are graphics hungry need more RAM......think before you speak....
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommyforest123:
Cant get the gapps wifi fix - wont enter into recovery

Hi All,

I installed the ICS beta rom which is great. I want to install the wifi fix from my sd card. I have placed the boot.img in the fastboot folder and flashed the fastboot flash boot boot.img as stated. It says its installed. I cant get the phone into recovery by pressing the back button or any key for that matter. Can someone please explain it in more detail...I flashed the 3 commands, then rebooted phone - then flashed the boot.img as stated ...no recovery tho...any help much appreciated
[Xperia Play Android Development] Dany XP:
why install the official ics beta in March 2013??
[Xperia Play Android Development] JunDavis:
ICS beta does not come with a preinstalled recovery.
[Xperia Play Android Development] tommyforest123:
I figured it out, thanks, the gapps zip had a different boot.img in it for recovery
[Xperia Play Android Development] Michealtbh:
Root, gapps, wifi etc all working using instructions from this thread
[Xperia Play Android Development] thomassafca:
No. Follow the instructions on the Sony blog.

Adding ICS lockscreen now :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] DooMLoRD:
Thanks.... Seems its a slightly different firmware than the one for mogami board... Oh well tomorrow I will get to work on patching my ics kernel, hopefully my Play should be back from service center too...
[Xperia Play Android Development] pricey2009:
No you must put all three files into fastboot folder then do this:

1. fastboot flash boot boot.img

2. fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

3. fastboot flash system system.img
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
the kernel posted in the ported ICS beta rom thread works GREAT!!

1.6ghz overclock!

new game launcher looks great too:D
[Xperia Play Android Development] poo-tang:
My update zip with playstation apps will flash in recovery. here you go
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
alright. im on the xperia S custom mod from this forum right now. do i have to go back to stock? if yes. how?
[Xperia Play Android Development] thomassafca:
Will post the AOSP theme tomorrow :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] sfex3best:
OKAY [ 23.429s]

writing 'boot'...

(bootloader) Flash of partition 'boot' requested

(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000003, block 0x00000280-0x000002e3

FAILED (remote: Image won't fit, partition too small!)

finished. total time: 23.432s

:(

Failed for some reason. Any help please?

and Thank You SONY.
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
what command did you use??
[Xperia Play Android Development] ff7fan4eva:
So whats not working?
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
i really don't know:P
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
How did you get AOSP lock screen?
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
can anyone give me the wifi module??

Do: Adb pull /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
Browser seems to be the only thing

EDIT: To use browser properly, enter a site destination from Google Search menu (search key), then change the homepage in the browser settings (Ex. http://google.com)
[Xperia Play Android Development] thomassafca:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24742928/bcm4329.ko
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
wifi switch doesnt work :(
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
thanks Leraeniesh

after doing that i can just use the browser:D
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
Sony can do the best and the worst. They can lock up the Sony Tablet S insanely until rooting it is a damn big achievement, and they can do awesome stuff like this. Could you pass the memo to your colleagues in the tablet department?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Now uploading a new kernel with:

Working wifi

Insecure mode (allows adb remount)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Laberkopf:
After flashing gapps, rooting and enabeling wifi, everything just works. :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
Amazing work everyone

2 hours after initial release, we have just about everything fixed :D

And little love for the CDMA Plays as well
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
a list for the fixes for the noobs (including me) would be nice.

i cant download or install anything. wifi doesnt work and i dont have recovery
[Xperia Play Android Development] poo-tang:
Yeah mite be cool for an add-on thread. as it will be a pain for others flicking through this. will save Q's as i bet no one searches for them.
[Xperia Play Android Development] thomassafca:
There will be a kernel with recovery tomorrow, just wait for that :)

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Just changed some files inside framework-res, why? :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] d_zen:
Here is all you need:D
[Xperia Play Android Development] nickholtus:
deep sleep is finally working!!!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
thank you.

now i need to get wifi to work
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
Root, Wifi, Google Apps Fix

Browser Fix

CDMA Fix

Recovery.img
[Xperia Play Android Development] KeiranFTW:
Take this still works with 4.1.C.0.7 sources?

Flash Darkforest CM9 kernel and see if it boots :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] thomassafca:
That would probably kill the animations wouldn't it?
[Xperia Play Android Development] stewart1988:
Wow quick progress!

Going to flash tomorrow after work! By that time we will have everything working and some more :)

Does the notification panel have toggles like cm9 by default?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
my data on the sd card is not really loaded. like music and stuff.
[Xperia Play Android Development] pricey2009:
Easy way to install an app from sdcard without a file manager:

Enable unknown sources

Open internet browser

Type into address bar: file:///sdcard/filename.apk

Handy for when you can't use internet to download an app to change your build prop to then enable WiFi :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
After flashing a new ROM, it takes time for the music player to scan the SDCard. Give me about 20 minutes, and it should be good again
[Xperia Play Android Development] d_zen:
Nope, but I'm sure someone will make make a theme with them soon :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
where is the psx emulator? if we sould test the gaming expirience i think this app would be kinda usefull? :)

the rom also kinda feels a bit laggy. especially the homescreen scrolling
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
New beta kernel available here to test: http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/icxdev/Kernel/Beta/boot.img

This is the same as the official kernel released in this thread, but with these fixes built-in:

Working wifi fix

Insecure kernel (allows debugging with adb remount)

This means there's no need for separate build.prop changes to fix wifi and should be easier for developers to modify the system.

Hopefully built-in recovery coming soon
[Xperia Play Android Development] krabappel2548:
I'm going to release my well known custom ICS beta based rom on Xperia Play very soon!! :D

Here is the link to the thread: KA Ice Cream Sony Xperia Play

Please post in the thread if you are interested in my rom or not ;)

Wifi, Bluetooth, etc will be working :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
i would also love a miui rom with this :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] poo-tang:
Flash my zip to get ps apps. dont bother changing buildprop as you dont have too

PS apps = http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550222
[Xperia Play Android Development] sufy1000:
I just wet my pants reading this post ! I'm punching my arms in the air :D

Now tell me people why is the Xperia Play soooo underrated ?!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Magnumutz:
It's 1:08 AM here and i'm not going to sleep until i fix everything and root my baby :D

Thanks Sony!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
thanks. but why doesnt sony include this?
[Xperia Play Android Development] poo-tang:
Because Sony's Playstation section wont allow them too. something to do with law but oh well we will have to do on our own. also i confirm it works straight from flashing it.:)
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
i dont get it. has this something to to with sony computer entertainment and sony ericsson? because the psx emulator is part of the advertisement of the xperia play and also the big "feature" ?

btw: is the fpse emulator better?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Michealtbh:
Guys, don't forget to do actual testing and give feedback to Sony on this when you get time
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Guys, don't forget to fill in the Sony feedback survey after you've tried it out: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q8MFB9S

At this stage our feedback could be really valuable to the Sony devs :)

Edit: Great minds think alike! ^^ "Today, 11:25 PM" and "Today, 11:25 PM" :)
[Xperia Play Android Development] sufy1000:
Agreed.

I love Sony ! can't believe of all the Xperia phones they chose the PLAY !

I bet other people without the Xperia Play will be sooo jealous :D

I'm over the Moon !
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
The fact that they chose the Play over the Arc really says something :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] poo-tang:
They don't sell the older arc anymore. And also Arc/s ,neo/V and ray got this beta a month ago. if anything they left us out.:mad:
[Xperia Play Android Development] faisaldante:
ok my feedback on games

9mm works well no problem touchpads

age of zombies-problems with the game the touchpads work sometimes dont

airattack- they work fine here

backstab- they work fine here an all

deadspace- they work so well on this so glad

eternal legacy-problem with screen on start up otherwise it works past the main menu

evac hd- works fine

eve of genesis- works fine

fifa 12- works so well so glad

gta 3 - works really well had no stop so far

still testing will report back
[Xperia Play Android Development] stewart1988:
You know this is a beta right? It's for testing and giving feedback before the final release which will include everything that your phone come with and more!

You can add it yourself anyway like all the other goodies from this thread.

For all we know Sony might have an updated pspocket app that patches the psxperia app and releasing that in the beta would give people a head start on cracking the ps1 emulator.
[Xperia Play Android Development] poo-tang:
They have. the apps that you make in the psxperia 1 and 2 converter are only compatible with gingerbread like the version of crash that you use to convert.:mad:

For this very reason i think alot of people will stay ginger as ICS wont bring to much change to Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Android Development] clivejefferies:
How do I flash the zip files using fastboot?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Michealtbh:
Haha, indeed!

It's almost midnight here and I have work at 6am but I'm just too damn excited to sleep!
[Xperia Play Android Development] Motawa88:
well. sure. but they want us to test the GAMING EXPERIENCE......
[Xperia Play Android Development] RublJow:
it is not booting it hangs on XPERIA

i have flashed before this file

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1311815

with flashtool then sonys guide but not working :-/
[Xperia Play Android Development] sufy1000:
Sony released the beta late for the Xperia Play because they wanted to test the games as to how they'd run. That's why it must have took long to release a ICS beta for the Xperia Play.

But hey you gotta give them credit for releasing the beta for the Xperia Play even though it came out late.
[Xperia Play Android Development] MilkyJoePD:
I've just got myself to bed, now I have to get up and try this. I'm not waiting til tomorrow.
[Xperia Play Android Development] sufy1000:
Is everyone on this forum happy ?

I bet you all are :D
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
Yh trying to decide the same thing
[Xperia Play Android Development] fma965:
Does it work with (.64) baseband?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Atarii:
Yes :)

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[Xperia Play Android Development] MinionOfEckerd:
With these fixes it's safe to flash to R800x?! I'm scared!
[Xperia Play Android Development] jcsnider:
Other than the fact that my R800x SAYS that it is a R800i everything is working here!

Calling... I am installing GAPPS now, wifi is good. The Xperia Launcher looks really cool too!

EDIT: Data is not working but I can place calls. Not sure what is up but I think it maybe my phone.
[Xperia Play Android Development] imkentoy:
Have you tried adding an APN manually?
[Xperia Play Android Development] MilkyJoePD:
I'll have to go back to bed without flashing. :( I'm not familiar with the method and I can't work it out.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jcsnider:
No I am not sure how to be honest. If you can give me a brief step by step I will let you know if it works.
[Xperia Play Android Development] imkentoy:
Goto settings>wireless and networks>mobile networks>Access Point Name

Pull up the menu or option now choose +ADD VPN and as for the right apn setting use google to search for your correct apn settings based on your carrier.. :-)

Hope i helped you.. :-D

Sorry wrong info this setting is for 2.3.4 im sorry
[Xperia Play Android Development] jcsnider:
No good, I have tried 5 different sets of APN settings for Verizon USA and nothing has worked. I have also tried *228 and re-activating but this also has not worked.
[Xperia Play Android Development] agraceful:
Don't listen to the post above, thats for gsm. Open voice dialer, say open apns and create the correct one for verizon, I assume you know how to since so far it's had to be done on almost every cdma rom.. This however will only correct mms not data in general
[Xperia Play Android Development] jcsnider:
Not too worried about MMS, any ideas on why I may not be getting data?
[Xperia Play Android Development] Leraeniesh:
What about SMS?

For Data/MMS, try the info in this post.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jcsnider:
SMS works. There is no Apn Manager app that is as described in that mans post. I found 1 that would restore apn settings from a backup...