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[Xperia Play General] Leraeniesh:
I'm planning on replacing my play with the new Nexus, and using a PSP for my gaming needs.

However, I'll never be able to trash my play.

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire
[Xperia Play General] savage24x:
iPhone 5. I'm not making the mistake of going Android ever again, even after using my bro's SIII.
[Xperia Play General] BensJammin:
This ^^^

Sold my Galaxy S to get my PLAY, which to me seemed a downgrade as the galaxy screen was amazing and with SlimBean seemed much faster and smoother than the PLAY, but I LOVE this phone so much more due to the gamepad.

I had no interest in mobile gaming before, and now my PC Steam rating is 3.5, whereas it was a permanent 10 before!!!!
[Xperia Play General] Erikwithafro:
I won't get rid of this phone until something better comes along. It's far too great of a device to let go. The emulators alone give this phone SO much life. I'd say until there's a gaming phone that can handle PS2/gamecube/Xbox games, this will be my phone of choice.
[Xperia Play General] D.Spirit:
No it's not that difficult since now we can use PS3 hand controller to play games on any Android device.

It's just that I don't want to change my xperia play.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Yeah, I'm finding it hard to move too, unless an XPlay 2 like phone comes out...
[Xperia Play General] Xperia_Play:
I wasn't thinking of moving until I went on my dad's s3 and now I am stuck because I love the gamepad. I also kind of need a new phone too, the screen is cracked and the proximity sensor is broken. Do I spend money on repairs or start saving for the S3?
[Xperia Play General] BensJammin:
It's just more convenient to have the controller built into the phone. The amount of times I have gone out with the missus shopping and she wants to try the whole shop on, the play has saved so many arguments.

I had a bluetooth controller years ago when I had my XDAII (or HTC himalaya) which worked perfectly but I found I never really had it on me when I needed it. Only when I had planned to have it, and this is the same with any separate controller like the PS3 or Wii ones. You wont have them on you all the time, whereas the PLAY always has its controller!
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
As much as I'd like to change phones the gamepad on the Xperia PLAY is not letting me. As a gamer It's just one of those things that I need

cause sometimes when i'm out and about or bored the gamepad really comes in handy.

I'm finding it difficult to move to a new phone tbh.

So will be keeping my Xperia PLAY till a new one comes out :)
[Xperia Play General] kurosaki99:
hmm , i have no interest on samsung phone . the first android phone that i owned is play because it looks like a psp + a mobile device . that makes my heart to move to android phone . before this , i dont really care about android phone . (peace no war) :)

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btw , can i use my play as controller for ps2/3 ? my controller was damaged and lazy to buy a new one :p
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Buy a new XPlay, maybe? They're cheap on eBay...

Has anyone ever noticed that the gamepad isn't just great for games? I haven't been doing it much lately, but when I first bought the XPlay, I used the gamepad a lot for Internet browsing and other apps... it's a whole lot of fun for Internet browsing...
[Xperia Play General] eksasol:
I use a separate phone which I tend to switch very often. But I do like to keep a Play for the purpose of classic gaming, couldn't get my R800i fixed, so I bought a used R800x. The camera of this device is still on par with the Galaxy Nexus, maybe slightly less detailed, but definitely better for night shots. The sound quality is just as good as the Galaxy S. Guess I'll be stuck with Gingerbread, at least its stock Android to my surprise.
[Xperia Play General] TLRtheory:
I actually have upgraded a few times. GS2, Infuse, G2x and an Atrix 2. Even tried my hand at a number of tablets, thinking that SixAxis or other BT controller solutions would make up for the lack of physical controls. I pretty much could've expected this conclusion, but no other phone works as well as Xperia Play does for gaming, no matter what combination of BT gamepad is applied. Needless to say, all those found their way to eBay with lightning speed after proving they paled in comparison to Xperia Play's gamepad... what I realize more and more is that Xperia Play's already strong enough to handle everything smoothly with the CPU/GPU it has, and that most of what else is out there usually ends up being a needlessly overpowered steroid phone that's power is best used for nothing more than... well... **** measuring.

I'd rather get hardware bonuses that equate to practical usage (such as a physical gamepad) and stick with a single core phone than end up upgrading for no real bonuses.
[Xperia Play General] Trooper_Max:
More power would be nice, but as TLRtheory said, the power we got is actually generally sufficient.

The one thing I would like that does make other phones tempting is HDMI out. But I don't want to lose the gamepad either >_>

EDIT: And then I saw this:

http://www.slashgear.com/powera-moga-mobile-gaming-system-now-in-stores-23253305/

http://www.amazon.com/MOGA-Mobile-G...ie=UTF8&qid=1351017884&sr=8-3&keywords=powera

Looks to me like the best bluetooth controller solution I've seen so far... but I think I agree with the others that these can never quite match an integrated gamepad - if you can leave it at home, chances are you often will and won't always have it when you want it.

EDIT2: And then I read the reviews... sounds like it's not just a regular HID controller and so you have to have their special app on your phone/tablet to be compatible with the controller... that totally bites. Also, so as not to derail this thread, if you want to discuss this controller, I recommend this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33164006

~Troop
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Your right lol I sometimes use the gamepad to browse through my homescreen.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Yeah, me too. I have just started using it to browse PDF files... you really can't do this sort of stuff with other cellphones...

For awhile, I was thinking of buying a new and faster cellphone that I could depend on for important situations related to work...but now I am finding myself avoiding to buy a new cellphone so that I can stick w/my Xperia Play. I am trying to make sure it runs faster by getting rid of applications and games that are, by mandatory, running in the background...
[Xperia Play General] jabberwocky_one:
Yep, I am using the controls to read comics with one hand on landscape mode. Up/Down to scroll, Left Trigger to next page. No swiping needed, it's pretty handy.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Yeah... I also use it to control functions for porn videos with one hand and the other hand I... J/K ...pretty handy, yes...
[Xperia Play General] jabberwocky_one:
I see what you did there.

Back on topic, the increased surface area helps dissipate heat quite abit if I'm not wrong. My region, if OC'd 1.6GHz, peaks up to 42 degreesC when gaming. If without the controller padding, it'll explotion. Probably.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Sorry... I thought it was a joke everyone would understand... but I'm sure it's not a joke for some people (because that is exactly what they are doing...which is perfectly OK)...

OC to 1.6GHz? How much snappier is the XPlay and how much battery life is wasted?
[Xperia Play General] jabberwocky_one:
It flies real fast. Apps take seriously no delay to load up and etc (2 seconds max browsers/media player/gallery/mail/YT/etc).

Then you run out of RAM (on an ICS ROM) and everything starts slowing down and it feels like a 768MHz phone. 5 seconds load time, unresponsive touch controls, yadda yadda.

Battery life, media/light browsing/news reading/30-70% cpu usage -> 10 to 15%/hour battery drain on lowest brightness or estimated about 300mA to 500mA drain (not really reliable figure since XPlay doesn't report current(mA) usage).

1.6GHz has its upsides. It feels like a PC clocked on 433 MHz RAM with a good processor.

Everything feels a hell lot snappier, that is until you run out of RAM.
[Xperia Play General] Bradshort:
Besides anything else, the comfort of having the hinged gamepad to idly flick during those meetings is too much to lose.

The satisfying click as the gamepad locks back, and the screen briefly comes to life . . .

Nope i don't want to lose you SEXPLAY, but if I want to play the next gen games, I'd better hope on a SEXPLAY 2!
[Xperia Play General] 360porcento:
Im the only one that regreted the play here?

I really played with the gamepads on the first, second week, and the I buyed Nova and MC3 (for 25p each I think) and I played for 2 weeks more and then never again... the gamepads to me just makes the phone heavier and bigger... I guess if id take a train or a bus, I would play more....:(
[Xperia Play General] cotda:
I was going to move to LG Nexus 4 but, no gamepad and no SD-Card support. I love my play, and running JB means I probably wont jump ship for a little while, the gamepad/touchpads work awesomely and I probably couldnt play mobile games without them!
[Xperia Play General] Card83:
I haven't activated my Xperia Play (and probably never will). But as an Android device that plays all my favorite classic games, it's hard to beat. I have a PSP, but it's just a bit too big to comforably keep in my pocket all day, and would generate lots of strange glances if I walked into a meeting with it. So I know the device is new to me, but I love it and wish I bought one earlier.
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
There definitely are some people who regret buying the XPlay... you know? The games are nothing like PSVita or some of the other hit games they have played for PSP... even though the XPlay is capable of being much better than the PSP... but for a lot of the users, its a phone and PSP like device and much, much more...so, for them, it's hard to beat...
[Xperia Play General] 360porcento:
Yep... PSP is more comfortable and bigger screen... and better games... one in special is rockband... but I'm not that mad because if I had a PSP and other phone, I would regret not getting the xplay... happened with Xbox over PS3, graphics card, school choices... story of my life.... :/

Sent from my R800i on 4.1.1
[Xperia Play General] RozenTensai:
Well, my reasons to not replace my Play are these:

Gamepad: I don't use them so often because of school, work... but when I want to play something, they're always there.

Replaceable battery: This little beast can take a 3600mAh aftermarket battery and with some tweaks in the ROM, get ~2 days of juice, gaining some weight, usability, and that solid build feeling when holding it in the process.

Expandable memory: With cROMs onboard, using a 32GB microSD is more than enough for a year of gaming/music needs.

Audio: though not specialized in this matter, after some tweaking, you can get the same or better sound quality (at least an audible one) than a dedicated MP3/4 players.

No HDMI out? you know what streaming means, right?

I got a cheap chinese android tablet (that gets frozen sometimes :p) but only to move to it apps like social networks, readers, videos (tough the Play plays more videos on HW accel lol), rss feeds and everything that I don't need at hand every time. Leaving things like emails and IM, music and of course the phone and gaming in the Play.

Because of this, I don't see the need to jump to a higher specs phone until a XPlay2, yeah.

Oh, and this one Xplay of mine gets up to 2GHz without burning in flames or freezing up after a heavy modification and tweaking of the ROM i'm using. The downside, of course, is the need for the 3600mAh battery because it starts eating the battery power, literally.
[Xperia Play General] swebosdev:
I will still have mine years from now
[Xperia Play General] Thewonderboy:
Nope, I might be looking for new phones when I have had my play for 2 years (one more to go).

I dont see why I need to upgrade to new phone ? Sure I would have better multitasking machine and few other fancy features...
[Xperia Play General] nitram100:
I have the same problem. I see new phones coming out with faster processors, better cameras etc but I just cannot get rid of the Xperia Play. I was about to get rid of it until I found link2sd, which got rid of my internal memory problem.

The reason I will never get rid of this phone is obvious, the control pad is just too damn good. I just finished Final Fantasy 7 playstaion 1 game on the amazing FPSE emulator and am half way through Golden Sun on GBA. The games now support analog controls as well!

1. Processor is still fast to cope with almost all demands placed on a smartphone (apart from heavy multitasking)

2. Battery Life is great, I get 2 days out of mine.

3. The control pad is one of a kind not to be found on any other phone.

4. It looks and feels great

5. The camera is still very capable and I have used it on holiday, gigs etc with the HD recording.

Until Sony announce a Xperia Play 2 or another company release a built in pad, I will not be changing. My brother owns an S3 on contract, but is asking me to try and find him a Play because he loves emulators.
[Xperia Play General] sufy1000:
Well done! I agree with all the points you've made there ;) except for number 2. How do you get 2 days out of yours ? are you using the stock battery? rooted ?
[Xperia Play General] neverwinter:
Suddenly, my XPlay is way faster now...no complaints. What I did was reflash my phone with a different (enhanced) FTF file and remove all the bloatware. Now my phone boots very quickly, is WAY faster, running all my apps and games in an instant and runs a live wallpaper at the same time with no problem, and has a much better battery life even while I am running the koi fish live wallpaper in the background... now I can't imagine myself needing another phone for quite awhile... I would recommend anyone who has had speed problems to do the same thing...or maybe I'm the only one who didn't know about this...
[Xperia Play General] XDM inc:
i am looking to trading my xperia play R800x (CDMA) for a R800i. the bootloader is unlocked already. anyone want to help even though i believe no one will? :rolleyes:
[Xperia Play General] CosmicDan:
LOL

Sent from Xperia Play (R800a) with Tapatalk
[Xperia Play General] CyberScopes:
+1

Lolz

/==(CyberScopes)==\
[Xperia Play General] gtanny:
Just re-purchased one as i cracked the screen on mine and at contract renewal time i decided to sell it and "upgrade" to a HTC One S which after just under 2 months is on eBay as i just cant get on with no physical controls for games.

roll on delivery time so i can play my retro games on the go again.

and unless they release a new version i intend on keeping with this for a long time (purchased a leather flip case to protect the screen this time too)
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
Lol, he's also waiting for the iToiletPaper that will actually wipe his ass for him.
[Xperia Play General] DanielEGVi:
...

Wat.

Nexus 7 - Tapatalk 2
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] constancebwn:
Hi,

I have the Asus Eeepad transformer TF101, I've had it less then a year now, and when I got it, it had been refurbished. Today I had tried to root it, and that's where it all went wrong. The root managed to go through fine, but once I rebooted it, it would not get past the first screen "the eeepad" screen. So I managed to get into recovery mode and undo the root and get it back to factory settings. I once again rebooted and it worked fine...until I went to install the most recent firmware update... the installation fails, again booted it and its stuck at the first screen again. Did another system restore, and tried to upgrade it once more, just in case it hit a glitch or something. Same thing happens, error in the middle of installation and freezes at the screen. Again tried to restore... and this time I wasn't even able to get into the mode to restore... I get the android guy with the loading bar, then the next second I get the android guy with the warning sign with an "!" in the middle of it.... It won't even let me clear the data, it just sits there with the speaker popping every 5 seconds or so. I could really use some help.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udupa82:
Use easy flash and restore your tablet to stock... then if you want try rooting it using the same tool... while using easy flash, read the instruction carefully...go to android development and go to easy flash forum n download the latest software n use it... good luck, if u have nay doubt then ask after reading....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] constancebwn:
Thank you

ok thanks for the help, i'm sure i will have questions after reading.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] constancebwn:
I've tried running the flash but it keps telling me that its unable to find the device.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udupa82:
Remove all installed drivers(including Asus sync and any other Asus software) and then download and install naked driver(link is available in easy flash thread).. now plug your tablet and when it asks for driver install naked driver... if it doesn't then go to device manager on your laptop and install from there... once this is done, press power button and volume up buttons together for 5 secs and that will take your tablet into APX mode... plug the tablet back, your laptop will install APX drivers then go back to device manager and right click on the unknown device and update/install driver( same naked driver).. once you have installed required drivers its just a matter of running easy flasher...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] perez89:
Im new to rooting and would like as much knowledge i can get before proceeding .. Im on 4.0.4 any help would be appreciated thanks in advance :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
What questions do you have?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoHoGalore:
Being on boost, rooting shouldn't be an issue. It has been said by boost posters that reprogramming isn't required. There used to be a guide but I can't locate it now. May have been removed.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
Rooting a boost device is no different than a sprint device. Here is my Febby approved guide to rooting ICS based ROMs on sprint or boost manually.

Step 1: download and install the samsung drivers if you don't have them installed, and reboot PC to ensure proper installation.

Drivers Download: http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com...Files/Samsung_E4GT_USB_Driver_v1_3_2360_0.exe

Step 2: Download a custom kernel such as agats to your PC. I'll link Agat kernel thread below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1767421

Step 3: If you don't have odin, download odin zip and extract. Link below.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1418814&d=1350807034

Step 4: Download superSU zip, and transfer it to your phones sdcard or internal. Links below

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Step 5: load up odin, press the pda slot to select the custom kernel you downloaded.

Step 6: Put your phone into download mode. To do this remove the battery, put the battery back in, press and hold the power button + Vol down button, and Lastly press Vol up to confirm download mode.

Step 7: connect your phone to your pc with a usb cable, confirm that you are connected to odin by looking under "ID:COM", It should say com5 or such. Press start to flash the kernel. Phone will reboot.

Step 8: Boot phone into recovery mode by powering off the phone. Once phone is off, press and hold the power button + vol up, till the sgs2 screen pops up (let go of the buttons). Once in recovery, flash the superSU or superuser zip by pressing "Install zip from sdcard", then press "Choose zip from sdcard" or "Choose zip from internal/external" depending where you placed the file. Reboot phone after flashing zip.

Step 9: Phone is now rooted! :)

Step 10: If you want the stock kernel back, just download the stock kernel for your stock ROM and reflash it via Odin.

step 11: Thank my post (Febby is my name!), share post for rooting, and enjoy life. :)

Credit list:

Thanks to ChainFire for SuperSU!

Thanks to the makers of Odin!

Thanks to Agat63 for making a custom kernel.

Thanks to Rwilco12 for samsung driver hosting.

Thanks to this amazing community for any other work and support.

Thanks to me aka Febby, for writing this small guide.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
Search on YouTube for QBking77. Reading how to do it is helpful, but videos of the step by step process was much better for me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ami2510:
Thank you Febby, is this tutorial depending on just the Boost version or any carrier. I am currently on ICS, not rooted all is stock and am thinking about putting a JB rom on this baby! Let me know if there is anything I have to look out for!

Thank you in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Post 2 has the steps to put JB on your phone in this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1953783
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ami2510:
Hey BluesRulez, thanks for the reply, so I assume it doesnt matter what carrier I have.

I can't see the JB instructions, do I need to go back to GB because I am running ICS already, is this what the process should be:

I see this:

-Make sure you have the ROM zip file already on your SD Card before starting this.

-Download Mobile Odin Lite from here. You can also download from play store.

-Download GB - EL26 Stock repacked with CWM from here. You want the .tar.md5 file.

-Open Mobile Odin and select the kernel slot. Find the file on your sd card and select it.

-Flash firmware. It will take few seconds and phone will reboot.

-Next step is very important..

-Now one thing to keep in mind here is that you just flashed a Gingerbread based kernel. If you are on ICS or JB, your phone will no longer boot. So you want to hold down power + vol up until you see the CWM recovery.

-From here on follow the instructions of the rom you are trying to install.

Then go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903252 and flash any of these EL26 - Rooted or EL13 - Rooted (which one?)

and with the JB ROM that I already have on there flash it and gapps?

Am I missing something? I just had a really bad experience with bootloaders for the infuse, that's why I am asking.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Flash any rom using those steps. GB based EL 26 kernel with CWM is the safest recovery.

You are not doing anything from here [STOCK ROMS][CWM][ODIN] Stock ROM Repository - Find/Download Them All Here. That is for FULL roms. You ONLY need the kernel with CWM to flash JB which is linked in step 3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ami2510:
Ok I will do that tonight. it just seemed odd that I ll be flashing JB roms with the GB based EL 26 Kernel with CWM, when the instructions say now your on GB and ICS and JB won't boot. But then I should just be able to get into CWM and flash the JB and it should install a JB kernel and work, right?!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Yes. Your current ROM will not boot anymore after flashing the EL26 kernel but obviously after you flash a new rom it flashes its own kernel and phone will boot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ami2510:
Wonderful! I will try that as soon as I get off work and hope that the process goes smoothly.

Thank you again BluesRulez and Febby for helping me out. Is there anything else I need to look out for? Backing up EFS, IMEI or something like that?

I ll report back with sad QQs or happy QQs once I get JB on the E4GT. Yay, I am stoked. :victory:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moogie522:
root

I have recently had my s2 flashed over to cricket. Want to get my phone rooted with recovery...am running GINGERBREAD EL29. There is also a rom that I would like to use called CelestialBody Rom...is it possible for me to use this once my phone has been rooted w/recovery? Any help is greatly appriciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dannyx1:
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