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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] shmoejoe:
Battery Life -5 (.73 fixes the issues, and it could only get better)

Speed - 5 (I still have sometimes a hiccup or two, but that can be android itself of the junk I install, so I will keep it at 5 :rolleyes: )

Performance- 5 (same reason as above)

Build quality- 4 (build could aways be better, its a sturdy device but not as durable as it could be I think)

Overall - 4.7 :P

Pros:

Beautiful Design, I find it a really unique device

Screen is fantastic

Blazing fast. I love the speed combined with the Sony UI, I used to use launcher pro, but I can't bring myself to replace the default launcher.

Cons:

The screen problems in some devices, I feel they could have taken more care with assembly.

The port flaps, I am still not sure if this is a real con, as they are really sturdy (unlike the X10 cover, which broke off in the end) and they just need to be worn in I guess :/.

Gingerbread, though that also I wouldn't really consider a con, as the update is coming, and I am in no rush really (coming from the X10 I'm used to waiting, heh)

I know this is more to taste, but I find the default NFC app could be better, and I wish (I'm assuming they did this to mostly prevent piracy) the extra apps (PS store, music/movie unlimited) had support worldwide, as it was one of the boasted selling features.

I love this phone, and definitely recommend it. It is in my opinion one to look out for, especially when it gets ICS. I am more than happy to have this for the next two years (got it on contract). I know Sony gets criticism for not using the top of the line tech, but in terms of design, I think they are ahead of the market, and I am curious how next years device will look.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] R64:
Battery Life - 4

Speed - 4

Performance - 4

Build quality - 3

Overall 3.5

Pros

High resolution, sharp display

Stylish ui

Sound quality

Camera

Design

GPS locks really fast

Wireless signal of wifi and 3g network

Charges fast

Performance overall is good

Cons

Quality control, many early models have yellow stains on screen

Casing has a lot of seams and edges. Makes it feel cheap, hope it is just sloppy work on earlier models.

Warranty service. To fix the yellow tint and casing I'll probably lose it for a month

Call volume is a bit low

Screen viewing angels are poor

Colour temprature of the screen is a bit off, too cold.

Placement of usb/hdmi port
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zodiac100:
I've had mine for over a month so can safely judge.

Battery life 1

Can't stand the fact the phone depletes so much even on standby.

Speed 4.5

Most things happen near enough instantly

Performance 3

Mainly because I can't stand the UI performance and the poor scrolling especially in web browser. What's this 2010? Come on Sony, you can surely do better. Galaxy S2 is a year older with buttery smooth transitions and scrolling.

Build quality 4.5

Feels solid and premium. Could have done with a bit more chrome to soften things up though. Also very doggy back cover that doesn't seem to fit properly,

Overall 3.25

That's just about right in my opinion. The phone needs better software and optimization. I'm happy with it for now. Don't know if I'll be happy with it for two years however,
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] krabappel2548:
- Battery life 4,5: good idle battery drain (0,5 - 0,7% per hour)

- Speed 5: everything happens very fast once you customised and tweaked the stock .73 rom

- Performance 4.5: after tweaking it's fast, even no lag when opening contacts app :) but I know ICS will increase performance even more :D

- Build quality: 4.5: I really like the design and quality of the phone, it's not heavy and pretty scratch resistant

- Overall: 4.6: Sony gave is a really good phone which is fast and smooth. It doesn't feel like a cheap phone like Samsung phones, and the design is really amazing. And last but not least, it's very nice to develop for this phone :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hamidych:
Custom ROMs > Stock ROM

Hello All,

I've had my LT26i for a few days now, and you know of course how it is when you get a new piece of IT equipment for an IT guy... Tried this and that, tried different ROMs, now eagerly waiting for CM9 RC1, wona know what it looks like at least and what it's capable of. Failed to install RC0, tried all the possible ways, but can't pass the boot screen. Doing something wrong of course, but...

In any case, the Stock ROM has too much extra IMHO. Apps that i can't remove and will never use annoy me... Knowing that uninstalling will free up some RAM and cut down the number of running processes, knowing that tweaking LEDs, WIFI management will increase the battery life, etc. forced me to star searching for a custom ROM that will suit me the same day I got my phone.

So I would rate the Stock ROM the following:

Battery Life - 3 (really runs out faster then expected)

Speed - 4 (boot up could be faster, opening apps is OK tho)

Performance - 4 (screen sometime freezes for a millisecond when sliding the desktops)

Build quality - 4 (being not able to delete stuff I don't need freaked me out... Why am I a guest in my phone?)

Overall - 4 (would be 3, but it's my new phone, got to like it :D)

And the ROM that I am using now (KA05 Xperia SSpeed by krabappel2548 on DooMKernel v03a by DooMLoRD):

Battery Life - 5 (Impressed)

Speed - 5 (No complains here at all)

Performance - 5 (Extra functionality such as better camera and volume buttons wake the screen)

Build quality - 4 (no crashes or anything, but can't install apps from my phone, have to do it from the PC)

Overall - 5 (I am much more happy using my SXS now)

There are other Custom ROMs, some focus on the GUI, some on the speed... All of them are definitely worth to be installed.

I really appreciate the work of all the guys working hard to get us better Android Distros.

P.S.: Yes, I did lose my warranty when I rooted my phone. Yes, I did have problems installing prerequisite ROMs and Booters and all. But now I have a much better understanding how my phone functions and I have a better Android Distro. I AM NOT PUSHING ANYONE TO GO CUSTOM, AS IT IS DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

P.P.S.: If anyone managed to install the CM9 RC0, please post a video on YouTube so that we at least know what it looks like.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] EclipzeRemix:
Rate the phone 1-5 on-

Battery Life

Speed

Performence

Build quality

Overall

And tell pros and cons
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] nash2000:
Ill chime in on this

I feel the battery life is fine, I no longer need to bring my charger to work (former infuse ower)

I'm not as techy as most but the speed and over all responce is real nice, Im yet to experience any real lag.

I could go on and on about everything I like but the only thing I dislike is the back cover...its a pretty poor disign, a few of my snaps haven't latched since day one and several of the store demo models fall right off with hardy a touch of the phone.

I give it 8 out of 10 stars, 9 if they fix the back cover and 10 if it could give me a massage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Yes it does. Themes a reason you can change the vibration intensity. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] HDCowboy:
1 thru 5

Battery Life 2.5

Speed 5

Performence 5

Build quality 5

Overall 4.375 Avg

I could only give a bit more than four overall due to the low battery life, yeah I came from the iphone and am comparing it with that, sorry.........
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hegemytouch:
Battery life is incredible...im on the official ics leak and its better then gb. Speed of the phone is decent i did think the phone would be much zippier considering thw dual core 1.5 processor but no overall complaints. The phone is stable never had any issues no freezing or any lag where the phone was unusable. Now the cons...well the camera could have been better pictures are decent but videos could have been better...also i have a pink hue in the middle of all my pics some not as bad as others. And one last con is the battery cover...they could have done a better job with that also i have the white one and i hear a lot of people are having problems that the right side "if the the back of the phons is facing you" the clips dont pop in the it squeaks if you squeeze it...it gives it a cheap feeling. Everytbing else is solid on the phone and overall i couldnt be happier.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hegemytouch:
I forgot to rate it lol i would give it a 4 out of 5 easily.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] THE_KINGDOM:
So I have Galaxy Nexus and recently i've noticed my wifi only is showing the up arrow on wifi symbol (uploading) but not the small down arrow that it's supposed to when receiving information (downloading), and therefore I can't receive push information, and no messages will send over data when this happens also.

The only way for me to fix this is to turn wifi off and back on again.

I have AOKP M5 and Franco.kernel M3.

WIFI also seems to stop transmitting data when phone is sleeping, until i un-sleep it and then messages come in

I recently redid my phone in order to upgrade to AOKP M5, so this might be hardware related?

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johgru:
Same problem here, I use stock 4.2.2 . I also own a Nexus 7, but it only happends on my Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] .B.0.W.:
i have the same problem. I have an old backup from mars that works well but after 2-4 days it becomes gray and it only uploads.

So what is the cause of this problem.:confused:

---------- Post added at 09:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 PM ----------

I am using a Galaxy Nexus on 4.2.2 stock rooted
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid_legacy:
You might want to download trickster mod from market and change tcp scheduler in the settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johgru:
It didn't solve the issue! :(
[Nokia Lumia 900] EclipzeRemix:
Rate the phone 1-5 on-

Battery Life

Speed

Performence

Build quality

Overall

And tell pros and cons
[Nokia Lumia 900] jallenashley:
Battery Life - 4

Speed -5

Performance - 4.5

Build quality - 6 :-P

Overall - 4.5
[Nokia Lumia 900] jimski:
jallenashley: Same here. Ditto

Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express Pro
[Nokia Lumia 900] xyexz:
Good to know, thanks!
[Nokia Lumia 900] NickS_:
Battery Life - 4/5

Speed - 4/5

Performance - 5/5

Build quality -4.5/5

Overall - 4.5/5

Good overall phone. Can tell its single core once in a while (came from a Tegra2 device), but overall very responsive, GREAT GREAT GREAT camera & screen, great OS, a few bugs here & there. Oh and the battery life was much better than my Atrix 4G.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] harley1rocker:
Im tryn to DL the ics sherbrt edition. all dl's go to a blank screen. Wat to do
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knoc:
Always try long pressing open in new window..or a different browser
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] harley1rocker:
Im tryn all diff browsers. Wat gives
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
Use a computer?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] robyroby0:
Hy all, I tried to install the rom KA04, I followed all the instructions but I had rebooting problem. I tried to reinstall the DoomLord kernel from recovery ,wipe Dalvik cache but nothing. So I do not know what to do :confused:I reflash a prerooted 73.firmware then try to reinstall the rom, but now I have bootloop problems at startup, I can not get into recovery, fastboot mode etc. .. There are solutions to this problem or can not do anything? Can someone help me please please:o
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
Install doom kernel v1a or the stock advanced.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] robyroby0:
unfortunately I can not because I can not get into fastboot mode
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] gm007:
But you can access to recovery right??

Than install doom kernel v1a from recovery there is a zip file in the original thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1554632
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] super hans:
I had the same problem when trying to install a custom ROM (forget which one) the phone was stuck in a boot loop and I couldn't switch it off to get it into fastboot or recovery no matter what I did, then I managed to get it to switch off by holding the power off and volume up buttons together, the phone will vibrate once then about a second or so later it'll vibrate 3 times and force a shut down, I think it's like a hard reset feature, then you should be able to get back into fastboot mode from there like normal, hope that has answered your question and I'm not just talking crap.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] robyroby0:
thanks I managed to get into fastboot mode and solve the problem thanks a lot
[HTC Sensation] preficks:
Has anyone with a Revolution 3.6.13 rooted Sensation 4G (T-Mobile USA) tried this MHL adapter for $10.20 from monoprice.com and how is the quality? I'm in need of an MHL hookup but not exactly sure which to get.

pfx
[HTC Sensation] JeramyEggs:
Tried it on the resound, and would lose internet when connected. I keep meaning to pick up the official 15 pin HTC unit. Costs more, but you get what you pay for. If this is useless, please ignore..
[HTC Sensation] preficks:
Yeah those are the kinds of glitches I'm hoping to avoid, as having wifi dropout while it's connected would partly defeat the purpose. I found this one also on ebay which has the HDMI cable connected, so it only requires two separate pieces/cables, though I'm not sure if using my own HDMI cable might get better results.
[HTC Sensation] xHighAlert:
Be careful. For example I'm in need of one too but I don't have HDMI, only DVI.

When using MHL with DVI, you only get a picture on the screen when it updates the screen. It's black the rest of the time unless scrolling, playing a movie, live wallpapers, etc.

So I'm a little SoL.
[HTC Sensation] preficks:
xhigh, not sure I get the point of your post.. are you saying your tv/monitor only has DVI input? I did mention HDMI specifically in my post, not DVI, so whatever DVI issues there may be aren't an issue.

pfx

HTC Sensation / Revolution 3.6.13 via XDA app
[HTC Sensation] ziddey:
So what is a recommended MHL adapter? Or are we really to spend $30+ on the HTC one?

Looking to be able to play videos (x264) over dlna / samba or whatever to hdmi. Preferably outputting sound through the analog jack still for now.
[HTC Sensation] preficks:
I took a chance on the Monoprice one, and just received it this morning.. I haven't had time to test it extensively yet, but here's my experience so far...

Pros:

I was able to connect to my 1080P hidef tv without any problems.. connected to HDMI-4, plugged the usb into the side of the tv, and was up and running in literally under 60 seconds. No reboot was needed.

Picture quality is not 100% perfect, but it's nearly so... much more than adequate for viewing movies, previewing photos from the camera, etc. Audio quality via HDMI was also extremely good.

I did *not* lose wifi while connected, as some others have reported. Wifi signal remained strong. I was able to connect via SMB and CIFS and stream music and video, though I haven't tested this extensively yet.

Cons:

I'm not sure if this is normal with MHL connectors, but while the adapter was powered via USB on the side of the tv, the 500mA coming out of the tv was not enough to provide a charge.. During the 30 minutes I played with it, there was a gradual discharge of the phone, so it's not able to keep up with the rate of discharge of the phone, though technically it should prolong the battery life since it is providing some power to the phone. (Technically, the USB power connection to the MHL is to power the HDMI signal, so maybe what I observed is perfectly normal). While plugged in via USB, Minimalistic Text showed a status of 'USB Charging' which was to be expected...

Next I tried plugging the power directly into AC and not the television's USB port.. Interestingly enough, Minimalistic Text again showed a status of 'USB Charging' even though it was plugged into mains power, so it must have something to do with the fact that the mini-USB end of the AC charger isn't being plugged directly into the phone, but through the MHL dongle instead. In any case, and also interesting, the phone was again discharging faster than it accepted charge from AC, but it seemed to be a slower discharge than when plugged into the tv's USB port...

So, all in all, given my intended use which for now is mainly going to be for previewing photos, working with some documents via bluetooth keyboard, and playing P90 and Tapout workout videos, I think it's well worth the price.

If anyone can comment on the USB charging and discharge rates on OEM MHL adapters, that would be helpful.. Is it normal that the phone discharges while connected to MHL, even though it's in a charging state? If so, then I'm more than happy with the one I got from monoprice.. If, however, OEM units do actually build charge while connected, then I might consider one down the road if I find I have more elaborate requirements than I do now...

Offtopic, can anyone recommend good affordable bluetooth keyboards for our phones?
[HTC Sensation] ziddey:
Thanks. That definitely helps! My goal is to play hours of video through CIFS/SMB/DLNA (x264), so it sounds like power will definitely be an issue.

Is MHL/HDMI purely a clone of the phone's screen or what? Wondering if there's any apps out there that can have the phone function as a remote / file navigator, and have video output only go through hdmi.
[HTC Sensation] preficks:
MHL is a clone of the phone's screen, so you can use ES File Explorer to navigate your CIFS shares, touch your video file, select the appropriate viewer, and it will stream and clone to the tv..
[HTC Sensation] elzurdo87:
I tried it and it works great

but, buy it in dx
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] DJ1994:
I keep reading different things. Will we be able to just always have Bluetooth on and not worry about the battery?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] guih:
From what I've read, the phone should have Bluetooth 4.0
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sprintZone:
I asked this same question on one of the Sprint forums and there's a mix of yes/no answers to the question. Took some time researching product qualifications from the Bluetooth site, shown below, but haven't been able to reach a conclusion about the EVO 4G LTE. The HTC web page for this phone says v3.0+ but then other various web sites show a mix of v4.0 and v3.0. It wouldn't seem like a phone has support for v4.0 bluetooth smart if finding the answer proves less than simple. I'm hoping the thing does support v4.0 and hopefully on Friday the 18th we'll find out.

The site is:

www[dot]bluetooth[dot]com[slash]Pages[slash]Product-Listing.aspx

Select Phones and then the manufacturer (HTC Corporation)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ep3n3wp:
This site states it has Bluetooth 4.0

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=3742
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] unknown_owner:
It's 3.0. Link on official HTC site: http://www.htc.com/us/smartphones/htc-evo-4g-lte-sprint/

I saw somewhere there was a device that plugs into the headphone jack and makes it 4.0

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
I'm honestly surprised they wouldn't put in the latest and greatest everything. This seems to be the one thing that isn't. Oh well!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] DJ1994:
Well I know that it is compatable with bt 4 cause all it is is a very very power efficient version of bt 3 so if we got bt 4 we could leave it on and never notice battery drain.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shellguy:
I would take that with a grain of salt as they don't list anything other than Wifi for the AT&T X-One nor that this phone has BEATS Audio, so I would wait for a dev or someone with one in hand to confirm or deny the V4.0..

Will
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] guih:
Yeah although HTC says it's v3, on the Sprint forums one of the techs verified that it was v4 so that's what I'm hoping for.

Root: Android unlimited
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sbuxreg:
in my phones hardware settings it says Bluetooth is 4.0 so that's the end all be all answer.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] makavelisk:
ConnectivityBluetooth® 4.0, 3.5mm Stereo audio jack, Micro USB connector with MHL, NFC, WiFi™: IEEE 802.11 A,B,G,N

This is directly from the HTC site....where is everyone seeing 3.0??
[General Topics] swbf2lord:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiY1kSTHZw&feature=relmfu

I almost left Android behind this past week. After watching this video series, I know I made the right choice. :)

I didn't know that so many features that I consider basic in Android don't translate to iOS. Amazing depth to the series.
[General Topics] 85gallon:
Made by one of our members.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1557484
[General Topics] john9:
Android VS iOS The Truth about Apple and Google's OS **Complete Series**

Those are awesome!
[General Topics] swbf2lord:
Wow, had no idea he was from XDA (well I should have figured that...)
[General Topics] vizdak:
Thanks for this eye opener. I'll show this to my friends who is a die hard fans of iOS.
[General Topics] sara.mcdowell:
Android has covered 61% of smartphone market in US. So should be a breaking news for Apple lovers. And the video was awesome. Really it will give some knowledge to all iOS lovers.
[General Topics] Rohil.khadgee:
android rocks
[General Topics] Deleted member 4571279:
That guy is the best. !!!! Android rocks. :D
[General Topics] TheDr1ver:
Haha thanks for this - I'll be adding it to my blog about how much the iPhone sucks. Haven't had any good material to work with in a while.
[General Topics] vite0150:
nice video... iOS is the best :)
[General Topics] 85gallon:
Check out his channel on YouTube. There are a total of 5 or 6 videos in the series.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
Disregard.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Change title to solved or ask mods to delete :)

-sent from my POS i897

no camera, no power button but at least I got miui lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
Forgot. My bad ;)
[myTouch 4G Android Development] ...Awesome...:
[MODS PLZ MOVE TO PROPER THREAD IF YOU HAVE TOO]

With PERMISSION from AMARULLZ to post in our thread

The World's First ANDROID Recovery Based Filemanager​

Android Recovery was powerfull system. But it was pain when it come to managing your filesystem

But now AROMA Filemanager is available for everyone to do this common tasks.

Have you ever rebooted your device into recovery, only to find that you forgot to do some basic file management before embarking on your flashing journey? Perhaps instead you shut down your device, but would like to delete or copy some files without having to fully boot your device into the Android OS. Whatever the case, there are dozens of use-cases for being able to manage your files from recovery, and now it is possible.

XDA Recognized Developer amarullz has created AROMA File Manager, which lets users on any standard recovery manage their files in full GUI glory. You may assume that installing a recovery-based file manager would be quite complicated. However, it is quite simple. To run AROMA File Manager, all you have to do is “install” the update.zip, as you would with any other update.zip. Rather than physically installing onto your device, AROMA will instead be launched and allow you to cater to your file management needs. According to the developer:

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Copy the zip into your sdcard, then reboot your device into recovery mode. Choose install from sdcard, then select the AROMA Filemanager ZIP. The file manager will starting, and you are ready to managing your filesystem (copy, cut, delete, make new folder, etc) while you are in recovery.

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[myTouch 4G Android Development] estallings15:
I saw this yesterday and tried it. Pretty freaking awesome stuff.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] Orical:
I'll give it a go, I'm always flashing tests.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] THEindian:
Just wondering, can you moun the sd card to the computer?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] lincoln131:
This is amazing.
[myTouch 4G Android Development] PiX3L-_-ViRu5:
Not bad at all. I give this app a 9/10 :)