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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Swatto86:
Would be great if a developer could look into this - it appears as though everyone has given up complaining about the issue? :mad:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] niaboc79:
I've found where's the bug :) The music stuttering happens when the frequency change or when the frequency is too low.

Install Incredicontrol or setcpu and set the governor to performance or stay with on demand but raise the minimal frequency to 594Mhz.

For me it works but I can't try with bluetooth since I don't own a headset.

Edit: 432Mhz seems to be good ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] av4tar:
I'll try in the morning. My min was 384, brought it up to 486, see how that works. But with a wired connection it rarely happens even at 384mhz

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
I've just turned mine up so I'll test it tomorrow at work bluetooth'd to my van and let you know :-)

Sent from my Xperia S on which The Kernel has been installed but he bought no chicken.....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
You sound like a pedophile talking about your van, not sure why...

Sorry, had to say that.

About the stutter, I notice it sometimes when I am using heavy apps while playing music, but not much. Freezing some apps solve it partially. I set the minimum frequency to 192 Mhz, saves a hell lot of battery, and didn't noticed any stutter (haven't tested using other apps, though...)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] haithamkhc:
oh Godd, yea mee too its very annoying! whts up with sony? they even took some out some good features in the GB music player where you can click on the artist name on Playing now and it directs you to the artist songs i used that a lot now its gone! Why would they take this away i dont understand sony! it was an important feature
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lord Takyon:
Set my min frequency to 192 via setcpu, all good here.

Sent from my XperiaS via transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Lol, the results are..... It still stutters via bluetooth! :-(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SavCom:
I got my upgrade to ICS last night (GB Generic) and was very disappointed that today, when I tried my MW600 with PowerAmp, I got the stuttering that others here are chatting about. I've not tried other MP3 players but I have tried another Bluetooth device - my Pioneer head unit.

Both stutter.

Neither stuttered - ever - under Gingerbread.

So what's the difference? And how do we test? Has anyone logged a bug with Sony? I've seen the thread with Ben36's entry on it - still on about his van.... :D so they are aware, but the post http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/42889?start=0&tstart=0 says that they assume the question is answered.

I'm not on that forum but happy to do some research and report this back to them (and this thread). Anyone tried making this a 'Newsworthy' topic on XDA for example?

(not happy - this is the second device I have that has been upgraded to ICS only to have problems afterwards - see the thread about the Asus Transformer TF101 in the General section....)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
Xperia S music stuttering

As of today I still have this problem. I've done a few repair with PC,i rooted the phone and changed the value written on some post above,i tried to format the internal memory(i tought it could be the stuttering cause since my old HTC deside HD has a mSD and doesn't have this problem),i tried to rise the low frequency of the CPU,all without results.

I know the thread is old and i hope that with the JB update the problem is fixed but what if it doesn't??

Is there really no solution?

I tried other music player but the result is the same,and i noticed the problem shows up when i surf the web or use twitter or facebook and I'm sure i've at leat 150 if not 200 mb of free ram.

p.s i couldn't try a new rom because i messed up something and i almost bricked the phone so now ics stock with no root ecc xD

and now that i think about it my fried has an xperia sola and he doesn't have this issue at all so i guess it's something software related?i cannot belive the xperia sola is more powerfull than the xperia S.

cheers
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
What firmware you on?

Sent from my Android 4.2.2 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
i'm on .55 but this happen since i bought the phone, about 3 months ago so even with .45 and .50
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
That's odd. No one has complained about this for ages since newer updates. Is it stuttering via bluetooth or just normal?

Sent from my Android 4.2.2 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
I know that's why i decided to write here on xda.

It happen with normal wired earphones(sponsored by sony so i don't think they are the problem,it's the same with sennheiser headphones)

I also noticed that not always it stutter,mostly the first time i do something(like opening a tab in the web browser and such) this morning i had "problems"(i can't really call it a problem,it's a bother yes but not a problem)only 2 time in an hour and for like 2 sec not more opening a link throughout carbon(twitter client)and the very few seconds after opening FB after that everything was normal.

It also happen when i download or update an app on the play store.

I tried using chrome but it's really worse.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] oxycash:
It happens to me too. Bought a smartheadset wired one and it sucks. This stuttering also made me completely abandon music listening on phone. Am not happy with volume level either. The loud speaker is not loud enough when I use IT during a call.

I believe that volume level with headphones goes down after some time

sent from INDIA with love <3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
up xD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SavCom:
The stuttering for me happened only on Bluetooth and only with Sony's borked first ICS release. Since I've gone to .55 all has been well. I've never experienced it on wired headphone connections.

On release .55 streaming is fine (to my MW600, my Pioneer head unit in the car, and to my wife's Bluetooth radio) for hours at a time. I do, however, get a short break the first time the Bluetooth starts up. This I can live with.

My music player is PowerAmp

dav3x86x - I do notice that when the phone loses/gains signal it can sometimes slow down a bit particularly if you are switching apps at the same time. This may contribute to your issue.

Incidentally, Ben36, (off topic) what ROM are you running to be on 4.2.2? Do you have any issues with stuttering?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
I'm on the alpha 4 rom and nope on this and the PAC rom i have perfect music playing. I also use poweramp.

Jellybean is the way forward :D

Sent from my Android 4.2.2 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SavCom:
That's good to hear. Will look into that in a week or so when I no longer have a warranty ... :angel:

Martin
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
could it be some app I install?although i've installed pretty basic stuff no home launcher nor lockscreen. I tried turning off everything but the wi-fi and the stuttering is even worse.

I don't think it's the signal strenght becouse yes my house is a semi-bunker(lol)but this happen also out on the wild where the signal strenght is very strong(thanks,Three).

I study and work at home so it's not a nightmare-ish problem,but it puzzled me like crazy.

Could it be the region of the fw that somehow interefere with I don't know what?i'm from Italy,plus knowing that my friend's xperia sola doesn't have this problem make me a little mad.

thanks for the answers guys!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
I think a lot of it must be due to ram and allocation etc from the kernel. Can you not just unlock and flash Jellybean? You'll never go back to ics if u do

Sent from my Android 4.2.2 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
Are you sure? I tested it yesterday,free ram is always high like 183 to 220 tops.

I tried flashing a rom but I must have done something wrong because the recovery won't flash anything and I found my self with an empty phone.

Scared the heck out of me so I'm a little bit unsure. Can you point out a safe kernel with root access and recovery? I don't want to lose all again :D

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] oxycash:
Haven't tried music on .55 yet. Btw which wired headphones do you all use nd model? Any suggestions below $30 range? 1500 INR

sent from INDIA with love <3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
I have these

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/novero-brooklyn-earphones-with-in-line-mic-p34751.htm

cheers
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Is your bootloader unlocked?

Sent from my Android 4.2.2 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
It was,as I said i unlocked the bootloader,flashed a kernel with root with flash tool and flashed a recovery with flash tool also,but something went wrong and i found my self with an empty phone since i wiped all and when i tried to flash the rom the recovery kept telling me "fail" so i flashed a stock .50 italian FW with root locked the bootloader and update the phone through PC,so currently i'm completely stock no root no unlocked bootloader.

But i can do it i mean i know the procedure i'm only scared to brick the phone that's all that's why I asked you to point out a safe and nice kernel,i trust in "normal" people feedback :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ben36:
Well i say, fastboot advanced stock kernel - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27818068

(always keep this one on your memory card for emergencies)

Then download pac19.3 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33897900

(i prefer the pure version over 19.3.2 Xperia app version)

Use the cwm recovery from advanced kernel to flash pac following the guidelines for flashing in the thread (and don't forget gapps - http://d-h.st/K47)

Enjoy!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
First of all thanks for the tips!!it all went well and i'm currently on 4.1.2 and I obviously love it :)

But(yes there's a but)the stuttering,being it very limited and nearly absent,is still there.

Very very little and very brief(not even a 1/2 second).

Happened with google chrome(during some loading),during video recording(i guess that is normal),and switching from carbon twitter authorization to the app itself.

I'm beginning to think this is an hardware issue rather than software.

Now, is it possible?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gripa98:
I have the same problem. Now i use winamp
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dav3x86x:
And it works?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gripa98:
Yes, perfectly.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
How many here think the XPlay has been a flop? I look at the list of XPlay optimized games, and I don't that much high quality console like games for it...at least any that I really REALLY I to play...
[Xperia Play General] HumveeRuin:
No

Maybe the Xperia Play has not done too well in terms of good quality games released on the Games for Playstation or any other Xperia Play optimized games but it still has its pros. It's perfect for a guy like me who loves to play NES and SNES games with emulators or even PSOne games on FPSe.
[Xperia Play General] Miles Wolf:
Blablabla "Xplay with one year old = Xplay is a fail, is ****, is horrible".

If you get a Samsung Galaxy S3 you will find the same games but with some better graphics. And you will have to play using the touchscreen. xD

I'm tired of all people that thought that the Xplay is some kind of console. The Xplay is a normal Android mobile, with gaming controls to play more confortably the same games for another normal Android mobiles. END. It wasn't going to have exclusive games made only for it and it will never have them. So now you know what it really is, has it really been a fail? It has tons of games compatible with its physical controls (few phones have this preferent treatment). Stop just seeing the dark side of all!

If you want high quality console games and a phone then glue your desired mobile phone to a Playstation Vita or a Nintendo 3DS.

Oh, and learn to enjoy what you buy. People is begining to think it's normal to throw away their smartphones (and other similar devices) after one year (or less!) of use just because they are tired of them. That's an enormous waste of resources.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Well said :)

Oh and one more thing I just wanna thank Sony Ericsson for making the Xperia Play cause this is the only smartphone out there that has a physical gamepad unless of course if in the future HTC or Sony come out with something.

But for now I can boast that I have smartphone with a gamepad !
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
Although HTC said it will no longer be making slider phones, I doubt they will make a new Play :(

Sony seems to be running out of design ideas, so I hope they see the Play as a new opportunity to get back into the playing field. Xperia Ion looks like its going to bomb 10x harder than the Play ever would.

If Sony/Microsoft can create another good Gaming Phone, I would love to purchase it.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Yeah but a new gaming smartphone looks a million miles away unfortunately.
[Xperia Play General] BinaryXeroMedia:
Your post is completely wrong. The device was supposed to be a gaming device. They promised us the PlayStation store and lots of PS titles but we never got them. Also if it wasn't supposed to be a gaming device then why did they even waste their money and time on a gamepad for the device. A device with PlayStation controls is a gaming device. Personally I like my play. Many games are out for it and are play optimized. So people saying there aren't many games for it need to search a little more. There is tons. And I haven't found another device with better sound than the play. Those stereo speaker have such a clear sound to it and have amazing bass. All other devices sound like they are being played underwater or sound like they are being played through a tin can. Yes SE scammed us all by not giving us what they said they would. And also the play had many games threat were play exclusives like minecraft and a few games from THD devices. If Sony were to keep up and give us what they said they were then maybe the device would've done better. If they brought more ps titles out then yes it would've done well even with outdated hardware which to me doesn't bother me in the slightest as there are very very very few games or apps that need a quad core with 1gig of ram. It's a phone not a laptop or pc. The Play is what you make of it. And mine is good as like what I have got. ICS not being given does not bother me in the slightest as ICS isn't all that great anyway. It lags because it's a RAM hog. And it's a juice drinker. GB runs better and uses less power as it isn't constantly trying to sort background processes out etc.....

Anyways that's my two cents or should I say two dollars :D
[Xperia Play General] CapNM77:
God damn to many aspiring writer's on here. It's a first generation phone the one and only with physical pads. I'm thirty and hopefully will live another fifty years and ya its done. Technology is moving fast. Oh my God there will never be another phone with game pads. Look further into the future and not just a year or two ahead. I can't wait. Hopefully I can get a new liver in twenty because I drank my away.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Commercially, I'd say so. But for those ill-concerned with sales, Xperia Play brings a LOT to the table that'll make the sales-counters stop caring. You can find other physical controller solutions out there for other smartphones, but they don't really do much aside from let you play emulators with buttons. That's good for classic games, but we're in a modern era.

Xperia Play's the absolute best smartphone gaming option for people who want MORE than classic gaming. Yeah, it's good for emulators... but you can beat dead horses with a PSP, GP32, OpenPandora, Dingoo A320, JXD S7100, Yinlips YDPG18 or any smartphone on this planet that has bluetooth... Xperia Play's about the only one that's good for people who don't just want to beat dead horses... but rather want to take advantage of that 854x480 screen and modern day improvements in game mechanics.

And when we insert that factor, no other gaming phone allows us to play MODERN games like Dead Space, Sonic 4, Shadowgun, King of Fighters, N.O.V.A. 3 and the like as well as Xperia Play does... they'll, at best, have under 50 "general d-pad compatibility" titles under their belt, but not a single one of them has hundreds of games relieved from lame-ass touch controls like Xperia Play does.

...and as crazy as it sounds, my fresh, revolutionary, beautiful Vita is getting monumentally less playtime than my Xperia Play. So yeah... might not be doing hot in sales, but as far as software support goes... I don't see this locomotive stopping any time soon.
[Xperia Play General] ozzmanj1:
Amen, well said. I absolutely love my Xperia PLAY. Yeah it doesnt have the top of the line specs but who cares. This things rocks. I hate touchscreen controls. Absolutely hate them. However on my phone......awesome. Love it. Nuff said. Appreciate what you have and enjoy it.
[Xperia Play General] IanPPK:
Only God knows where the next PLAY, or PLAY-like device will come from. It could be Nintendo of all people, I mean they really don't have anything to lose. Either way, the PLAY, in my mind is falling short due to the fact that you can now use wireless gamepads on their tablets or phones, the PLAYs lack of HDMI compatibility, and other unnecessary features like HD sound, although HDMI should have been added to non-dev phones. So in other words the plays capabilities can be achieved by buying some additional accessories. So, unfortunately, I doubt that Sony alone will attempt to develop a PLAY 2, unless it turns into a last resort, as it is obviously not their biggest concern. I would try to keep som hope though.

I do agree that the play is the most supported phone when it comes to games like N.O.V.A., but as time passes, the hw gets a little more outdated, and after so long android 5.0 will come along, and gb will more or less be phased out by developers. Aside from that, it definitely rocks, especially when people look and ask "Woah, what is that?". Makes my day.
[Xperia Play General] IanPPK:
I was hoping HTC and Sony might possibly collaborate, but I hadn't heard about their slider discontinuation. Hopefully, they'll make an exception. Samsung wouldn't be bad either, but I doubt they have any interest in such things.
[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
http://www.smartkeitai.com/microsoft-windows-phone-patent-with-interchangeable-keyboard-gamepad/

Microsoft could be our best hope
[Xperia Play General] mehdi.moha:
i'm still hoping to have new xperia play (( mybe by other name : xperia PSP , psp phone ... ))

i'm wondering , there is so many eager people that count the days and crossing finger for next (high-end) gameing phone , but sony still haven't plan on that .

i'm really in love with my beautiful xperia play , but i will it could be possible to change the CPU and RAM , like desktop :D , couse today , it's really out of date( H/W )
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Portable emu.

On live.

Best in class GPS

Awesome android smartphone

720p camera and video

Game pad.

Low price in 2012

Who can ask for anything more?

Psp games? Who gives a crap because I sure don't.

Haters who own one there are few and mostly just forum trolls. How's your HDMI mehdi?

Hater who don't have one. Just jelly I got one and you don't. Oh look another head shot, ya man that's a play owner.
[Xperia Play General] DD-Ripper:
Xperia Play is now an outdated phone. New games doesnot seem to support play because it has an old gpu and only a single core cpu.

I think sony should come up with a new "XPERIA PLAY 2" which should have a 4.8" 720p HD screen, 1.5GB RAM, 1.6GHz Quad-Core CPU and TEGRA 3 GPU. It will be a beast, even better than PS vita...!!!! :D :D

P.s: I dont know why you people hate touch screen gaming. I love it. I reached "Rank 70 with more than 6000 kills" at modern combat 3 multiplayer" within only a month on my S2...!

Sent from my GT-i9100 equipped with Grenade Launcher and Remote Explosives :D
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
We hate touch screen gaming cause we are all gamers and need physical buttons !
[Xperia Play General] metcard:
i love the play.

it would have been perfect for me if it had launched with 1giga Rams and at least 2gb storage.

I'm kinda over the low RAM and will most likely upgrade to the hayabusa when it becomes available.
[Xperia Play General] kelvenha55:
If Microsoft made a gaming phone..... It would dominate and blow away all competitors, even phones like the S3. But they don't even have a foot in the handheld battlefield YET. So it's probably not gonna happen for a long time. Xplay is cool and yeah people get bored of it quite easily. But I look at it as the stepping stone for much greater things ahead. Just hope I'll be alive and not have crazy arthritis or something to be able to enjoy it. Our kids are gonna have some crazy high tech stuff when we're all old and they'll take our places in these forums lol.
[Xperia Play General] DD-Ripper:
Then why you people buy touchscreen phones?? ;)

Whats wrong with qwerty keypad phones..? They have physical buttons.! :D :p

Sent from my GT-i9100 equipped with Grenade Launcher and Remote Explosives :D
[Xperia Play General] brsingr:
Awesome list there. :D

Loved the last sentence with the headshot. :p

I've got a psp that I use for when I need a game that the play doesn't have, like Naruto ultimate ninja impact, or Dissidia 012.

IF I want a bigger screen for some of my games then I grab my nook color on CM7.1(yeah, I need to update it) and my PS3 controller and I'm set.

Also, what do you mean by best in class gps? I've been looking for a good, relatively cheap gps for my play.

Plus OnLive is pretty good on the play...just need the L3 and R3 buttons on the bottom corners of the screen and I'm.good
[Xperia Play General] dabes88:
I think officially its a flop and in no-way future proof.

However I'm keeping this phone until another phone with physical controls comes out.

Slot of games are bad with the analogs (play Amy gameloft game AMD try and control your character with the left analog) but others absolutely shine, gun bros is most notable for me AMD more devs need to work on analog.
[Xperia Play General] bornotty:
I just bought this phone to play gameloft's console like games don't really care what others say about the company since people can't appreciate everything in life. Anyway this phone is in the middle of the ocean right now, agree with others not future-proof at all. But I've no regrets on buying this phone that being said I wouldn't suggest anyone to buy this phone either.
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
Dude let go of the saying " future proof " , its a phone.