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[Xperia Play General] The Alpha Gamer:
The people who will want it will be the only people who wanted it in the first place, Gamers. The problem is you're thinking of the Xperia Play as mostly a phone. I don't know about anyone else, but the main reason I bought this phone was because I wanted something that could emulate all the old retro consoles after my PSP broke. The fact that I needed a new phone and the Play was cheap as hell was just a very nice bonus.

However, on the other hand, this is a phone, and it is running Android. And seeing as it's running Android, who the hell was expecting to use it as a phone for a long time in the first place?

I'm already looking for a new phone(The Play is too slow, the keyboard is ****ed now that it's summer, and I can't play and text all day from the same device at the same time) but i'm definately keeping the Play, it will always have a place as a dedicated emulation console.
[Xperia Play General] Themindbuddah:
Having owned mine for over a year it has not aged well in comparison to some handsets! But yeah when my contract is up looking to see what Samsung have on offer! But will be keeping my Play! Simply as an emulation engine! Even if it died! Still think I would pick up another along side a new handset! Just carnt beat the REAL controls!
[Xperia Play General] Geeve:
^ Actually that's my main reason aswel for buying the XPlay. I'm just saying how the majority of the consumers think nowadays.
[Xperia Play General] bangawasawa:
This may sound odd but I'm getting a brand new XP tomorrow. For a hefty price too. Went through several ones, always regretted selling them. Don't ask me why I do this,it's some kind of a disorder probably :) But the last one was the worst - immediately after I sold it new games started appearing on the Store - Lara Croft, Dead Trigger, Broken Sword, FF 3. Well they are not 'new' but are sort of new to Android. I don't care if the support is waning (I don't see it that way) it's still a pretty decent device/smartphone and the emulation possibilities are awesome. I especially like how many PS1 games I could try on it, while my former PS Vita was still waiting for PS1 support. So, er, I hope one year from now they still make most Android games compatible with this awesome device. I am of the opinion that it must have sold more units than the PS Vita (so far), so it should be worth it to the developers.
[Xperia Play General] kingvillain:
I have now got myself a Samsung Galaxy S3 since my upgrade was due. Funny thing is that even though the S3 is much more powerful than the play, and has a much nicer screen, plus ICS on it is great, I don`t feel quite the love I have for my Play.

I have tried playing games using on screen controls and hate it so much! The S3 is great for other games such as Asphalt 7, Super Monkey ball, Broken Sword, Demolition Inc etc, but any games requiring a gamepad just don`t do it for me on the S3, I miss the feel of a true gamepad, the touch of real buttons, the feeling of a real directional pad.

My S3 is now king of media, net and games designed for touch screen, but when it comes to the crunch and I feel like playing some genesis, snes, N64 etc games my Play will always be with me, it will always rule for beat `em ups too.
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
As long as onlive is around, there should never be a reason to ditch the play.

I'll take emulation and onlive over any android game any day of the week.
[Xperia Play General] DubleJayJ:
Have had mine since launch, but didn't find the XDA scene til like January.

But yeah, it's failed. Especially the Verizon one. They updated it twice, and ****ing broke it in the 3rd update. Go die Verizon.
[Xperia Play General] yuppy989:
The custom ICS roms are the only thing making this phone bearable, was really upset when games like Mass Effect weren't optimized for this phone. But I was kinda disappointed from the start due to the average processing power for a phone that was meant for gaming. And the promised updates are still not here.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Ditto. People wanna pretend that the lack of ICS is the ultimate omen of disaster for the Xperia Play when there's so much more truth slipping under the radar.

I bought the Xperia Play because it was the only phone on the market that had real gaming potential, and actually worked with a large amount of this-generation games (as opposed to everything else that fails from having sub-par touch controls, or fails because it's only good for emulation). For that purpose, it's been great. Sales are another story, but through some form of paradox, Xperia Play managed to get software support that's far above and beyond what we would expect with so many (non-owners) claiming it's commercially failed. It's software support has actually been so strong and diverse that I constantly question if I really needed to buy the PlayStation Vita I got some months back.

When it was revealed that ICS wasn't coming to Xperia Play, it seemed all too easy to jump on the bandwagon instead of actually paying attention. And those who actually pay attention have already realized that, from a gaming standpoint, Xperia Play's capable of getting all of ICS'es major features without dealing with the general higher memory consumption and crippled game compatibility that we've already seen in action on ICS beta & unofficial ICS roms.

Sure we'd be able to prance around clamoring about having 'the new thing' but pay attention and you realize we still have the cream ofvthe crop for tactile smartphone gaming. I'm still getting buttery smooth performance on stock 2.3.4, and as the person whose taken it upon myself to actively database Xperia Play's game releases, I can say with 100% confidence that the release schedule has not slowed down one bit. The phone's never demonstrated any level of falling behind or becoming too slow to handle any benchmark game thrown at it.

Furthermore, we've got to a point in which software options allow us to manually add controls to games, so all of the 150+ charted developers could hypothetically ditch the Xperia Play and we'd still be able to play future games.

Not to say anyone is right or wrong, but it's all about perception; if you want to believe Xperia Play's a sinking ship, there's a good chance that's something you've psychologically drilled into your mentality beyond a point of negotiation...and likewise the people who are copiously attentive to Xperia Play's news are swamped in more quality material than they can handle...and more importantly, they realize that ICS (or a lack thereof) isn't gonna stop their fresh, new Call of Duty: Black Ops.
[Xperia Play General] Depump:
if you need ICS 404 on Play

i recommended CM9 Stable

My friend flash this rom it's work

Tounchpad is work too

but i still use Gb becuase i don't backup my phone
[Xperia Play General] scottmog:
I just went from g2 to the xp. I don't know if any phone will be next or if there will be something in the future to replace the xp.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
eventhough the SGS3's awesomely attractively big screen almost always makes me drool whenever i see it displayed in various malls, i'm not ditching the play anytime soon.. i just cant live with touhscreen gaming no matter how powerful a phone is..

you're a gamer and no physical gamepad? then your phone's lame..
[Xperia Play General] kingvillain:
The SIII is a great phone, but you are right though. Games made for proper controls just don`t feel right on it, this is the same for any device that does not have true physical controls. It is for this reason I got the SIII, it`s great for media and photo`s etc, but my Play stays by my side for dedicated gaming.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Yep, that's about the way I feel too.

I've ogled the Galaxy Note, Galaxy S2 (and all it's variants), SIII, HTC Rezound, Nexus as well as quite a few others. All wonderful, wonderful phones!!

... and when I use them, it's quite amazing to see bigger, better screens with larger resolutions and all the wonders that come with NFC. Can't say I'm too fond of how "soft-hardware" keys have become the norm because that makes a rested thumb near the home key exit me out of a game, but there's a lotta beastly phones out there.

Yeah, I'll admit to getting to a point where I'd wanting them (mostly due to my previous lifestyle where I'd go through about 5 phones a year). But then we get to fluidity/smoothness and I notice my Xperia Play's already got that handled... while also having that bonus of a built-in gamepad. There's all kinds of external controller support to be found throughout various Android devices, but a not a single one that can touch how much

developer support

Xperia Play has under it's belt.

Ideally, that's the only needs Xperia Play needs to fulfill... games and developer support. ICS would've been nice and all just so we didn't get loads of (non-Xperia Play owner) troll communities going on about how we were "dropped," but realistically, the decision to oust Xperia Play from getting ICS proved a level of consideration and integrity that Sony typically does not exhibit...

...and when you look at the general consensus, we all see the recurring theme that all these awesome ICS roms are always followed by the people "in the know" telling us that GB is the best choice for Xperia Play owners who actually care about gaming.
[Xperia Play General] narflynn619:
You gave everyone a nice read again TLR. Nice one! :D

BTW, mind if I asked, you're on stock ROM right? Any fancy tweaks on your phone? Like OC? Just curious. ;)
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
Yep, as of a couple days ago, I'm officially off TrueAncestor and back on stock 2.3.4 (no disrespect for Jikkyu - he's the man for that rom and all, but it was crippling my memory and eating my battery life alive)... and to be totally honest, I don't know the first thing about tweaks :p

I did root and debloat it, but that's about it unless we count "child's play"-level stuff like pushing a SystemUI that has toggles.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kaeruil:
...or did I not notice it before.
[Asus Transformer TF700] gottahavit:
ICK!

That looks nasty, if you didn't damage then I would return it ASAP.

If you try to bend it back it will probably break.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kaeruil:
Yea, I have been using kid gloves with this thing so I know it wasn't from me. Guess I'll be calling the store to get a replacement, just wanted to make sure it wasn't supposed to be like that.

Sent from my One S running Axiom S-less
[Asus Transformer TF700] gottahavit:
Definitely NOT!
[Asus Transformer TF700] paysen:
Photo is not available anymore :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] KilerG:
That made me cringe a little
[Asus Transformer TF700] paysen:
A video review has shown the issue a few days ago. He said he could bend it back and everything was fine. But I would definitely send it back.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] serweezy:
Is there any way we can get these games to work for out N7?
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] lightninbug:
+1 million :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thoramas:
Hi all.

I had a view on the VK rom thread but can' t find it now :☆☆☆☆☆[ROM-4.0.4]-[--VK--™]-[-XWLPO-V5.2-]-[Fast-Stable]-[MultiLanguage] | Rate: ★★★★★ | Developed by nguyenxuanhoa

The link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1559009

The answer : Invalid thread specified. This can happen for a variety of reasons-- most likely because the thread or post you are trying to view has been moved or deleted. Please return to the forum home and browse for another similiar post.

Someone know what's happen :confused:

Thank you ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carson_ls:
Yes...Vk rom thread was missing :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbuzz1967:
I went out for an hour and when I came back his thread had gone!

I know one of the other devs was giving him grief for not crediting him so that must be why. shame cos it's a great rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] developersiyahno:
to be gone for good? that's pretty harsh
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbuzz1967:
it's back for the moment while he sorts things out. looks like he may have been naughty!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carson_ls:
The thread is back again now :good:

But i think nguyenxuanhoa might need to remove some app and rebuild the rom for some reason!

But it's still a great rom :good:
[Milestone 2 General] mkyybx:
Is there anyone's flash light working when focus?

If so, could you please tell me which kernel you use and what kind your phone is (Chinese ME722 or Europe A953)?

Many Thanks, I really need a working flash light.
[Milestone 2 General] Rafael Aparecido Camilo:
no o think there's not... even with GB kernel or CH kernel... it's a known problem of CM9 ... try CM10 :)
[Milestone 2 General] Lean946:
It doesn't work on CM10 either...
[General Topics] heinrichdut:
We are a group of 3 students currently doing our honors in Information Technology at the North West University in South Africa. We are doing a research project concerned with the development of mobile applications and how the development of mobile applications can be improved to provide better user satisfaction and therefore cultivate better demand for the application.

Attached to this post is a questionnaire which contains 11 characteristics that we have identified to be crucial to the success of mobile applications. We kindly request that you complete this questionnaire to help us identify which of these characteristics are more important.

It should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.

You can just email the completed document to the email address provided below or you can send me a PM.

MOD EDIT: REMOVED EMAIL

Thank you for your input, it is greatly appreciated
[General Topics] heinrichdut:
I just want to again ask that any one who has the time could fill this in and forward it to me. It will really take only about 10minutes of your time.

This research is done to further improve the quality of mobile applications.

So be a pioneer and help us further improve this mobile age that we are living in.
[General Topics] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
Is surveys allowed here???
[General Topics] orb3000:
Nobody will download this file, please post a non commercial link instead, PM me for re opening
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alerosta:
For the optimus 3D p920 from LG Prada3.0?

Phone: LG Optimus 3D

Rom: Stock V21E

dead phone:

HTC EVO 3D

Huawei Sonic

HTC WildFire

HERO H2000 (Chinese Clone iphone 4)

Samsung Corby

Iphone 3GS 16GB
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Improbulus:
I've not got round to trying to root a device yet, and before I root my Nexus 7 in order to access files on USB Flash drives, I'd like to check out a few points please?

I'd heard that Google had previously blocked rooted Android devices from renting movies, eg in Wired and this very forum. Could anyone confirm please if that's still the case, or has Google removed that block since?

Secondly, does anyone know if rooted Android devices are being blocked or restricted in any other way on the Play Store? Eg after rooting, would I still have access to (and be able to re-install) all the apps I'd previously installed from the Play Store, particularly paid apps, would previously-installed apps still show up in my Play account, and would they still be automatically updated? I'd suspect so, & sorry if it may seem obvious, but I want to verify this definitively before rooting.

And what about OS updates, I assume I'd have to do those myself manually thereafter?

Are there any other major disadvantages to rooting please, apart from wiping my existing data and perhaps voiding my warranty? (I'm aware it may be possible to unroot before making any warranty claim - unless of course the fault prevents that!)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
I am 99% sure that the root block on movies has now been removed for Google Play Movies

Root does not effect you installing other apps, however certain apps may be root protected i.e. won't work on a rooted device, there are not many of these and most of them you can "hide" root to use.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Improbulus:
Cheers Lennyuk.

What about Play Store accounts, hopefully there's no indication of Google detecting rooted devices and disabling accounts or deleting apps from the accounts of people with rooted devices?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjohnson87:
I really don't think Google cares. These devices are meant to be a stable platform that you can develop on, so they are going to expect people to root them.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
Google don't care about root at all, people that do are usually OEM's (because they like an excuse to void warranty) and certain app makers like bskyb (they quote security reasons but deep down they just don't really understand root and are fearful of piracy)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Improbulus:
Great, thanks very much Lennyuk and pjohnson87. After the movie rental blocking, I thought I ought to check if any other restrictions had been imposed by Google, whether under pressure from app makers or for some other reason.

As long as I don't lose the ability to (re-)install paid apps from the Play Store, that's the main thing I'm concerned about!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drunk0Nwater:
I have TEP and I want the SGS3 as primary phone and this one as a secondary entertainment device. My plan is to tell the I lost this one and then ask them if I can have the S3 and pay any remaining fees since its like $200, right?

Sent from my Galaxy S2 E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g_ding84:
You can try. Asurion my still have E4GT in stock tho. Ask to talk to a supervisor. Kinda dishonest but that's prolly the best direct route to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drunk0Nwater:
I have sprint insurance nor asurion, but I don't I'm all bad if I'm still gonna pay any remaining fees

Sent from my Galaxy S2 E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Really not a question you should be asking up in here but how deep are you into your plan. You can call and ask for an early upgrade and pay for it. They used to do it, I Know I did it but now sure if they still do it.

Fyi - ET4G are real cheap now on Craigslist so getting another should not be a big deal just try and sell yours and flip it to get a new one either from Craigslist or store. Especially since you already will to put in an additional $200
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
If you get a S3 you will never use this phone so just sell it with clean esn and buy out to an early upgrade. This phone is going for $250 around here, Austin TX area.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gilbydakid:
Ummm. TEP is asurion.

Sent from my Ga...... Isn't bacon delicious?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sheiji:
Hi all!

I'm here today because I'd like to know from the devs here if there exists different techniques of handling games graphics rendering such as good old hardware animation or video animation or other and how effective they are compared to others. Thank you very much for your help!

PS: I realize that I can Google this, but I'd like to get the point of view of XDA devs :)

-PS: : Please move this thread if it's In the wrong location. Thanks :)

________________________________

Please press thanks if I helped you in anyway.

Sent from my HTC Desire using the xda app.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] zoneofSAM:
Moderator please delete this thread.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rohitsk:
plz check using the rom manager. I am able to see the RC2 prefinal ROM there.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] williamcharles:
It has been said by hephappy...

To acess his roms use rom manager..For any two days of a particular week, the rom will be available in premium section.

For rest of the days, the rom will be in free section. You can download then.

Now, Topic should be closed..Reduce spamming....:good:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] zoneofSAM:
ROM manager only shows the builds for devices supported by cyanogenmod , and p500 and other armv6 devices are not supprted for CM9.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] neko95:
> i installed cwm. And my recovery version is 5.0.2.7.. i heard there is some issue with this version. Should i downgrade it to 5.0.2.0? Its been 7months since i changed my recovery to amonRA.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rohitsk:
That is not true. Did you check? Or it might have been moved to premium section. Anyways you can use the below link to download the ROM

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommana...name=HepHappy @XDA&deviceName=LGE Optimus One
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dynamite33:
Where can we get change logs???
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mrcorey:
On weekly thread a few pages back its pasted
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rahulsby:
hephappy New ROM link Heppy CM9

http://goo.gl/fkPpa

---------------- :cool:

If this post is useful PLEASE give Me Thanks:good::laugh:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] RockR172:
View attachment 1259959

View attachment 1259960

It is available in ROM Manager.

Please close this thread.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rahulsby:
Please close this topic, hephappy rom now available through the rom manager.

And also available the rashed's cm10 rom
[Optimus One, P500, V General] andrea210701:
And hehappy cm10
[Galaxy S III Accessories] trafalger888:
I had originally bought a cheap case that Verizon had offered when I purchased my phone as well as a screen protector. Mostly because I could not find an otterbox defender anywhere. I ended ultimately finding one a couple hours from my house and went and picked them up. I also did not like the screen protector at all so I got a zagg hd and applied it and removed the one that was glued in the otterbox, as well as the glue. I have to say that is much better. There have been many complaints about the zagg install process which I found easy as long as I took my time and didn't rush. I was curious what everyone else's experience was and what they were using to protect their phones if anything
[Galaxy S III Accessories] keekah:
There are several threads on this already. Look at them.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] keekah:
Here is the main one. There are a few for specific type cases as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1634628
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzNTypeR:
This has happened more than 5 time this week and it makes me have to turn the phone off and reinsert the sim card. Before the Wifi would still work but now when I try go on Facebook (which used to work) it says error.. Could it be that I deleted something? Or do I have to factory reset?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeff7424:
Details on ROM, kernel?

Sent from my awesome Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzNTypeR:
Stock Rom Stock Kernel Lol
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GetPatriotized:
What I do is remove the sim or turn on/off airplane or reboot.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AzNTypeR:
I'll try the airplane on and off next time.

Clicked the thanks button aswell!