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[Shield General] danthe0:
Be able to call. It ain't a successor if it ain't able to call. And fit in my pants for that matter.
[Shield General] Xperia Player:
Is 2013 the year for Android home gaming consoles or something? First the OUYA now this? I respect the fact they're trying to give people more variety over tradition game consoles. But I mean... are Android games REALLY that good? I mean if your on the go, you pull out your phone and play MC3 or whatever, when your home wouldn't you much rather play xbox or something? Or even connect your phone via HDMI (excluding XP obviously) to your TV? I just don't think android games are THAT good to have home consoles dedicated to them.
[Shield General] rgrover:
If they made a smaller version that incorporates a phone then I'd definitely be interested.
[Shield General] danthe0:
Like the N-gage?
[Shield General] yekasangredevago:
The Streaming system is like having kainy App. But more perfect.

What intrigues me is how you configure the controls? have its own mapping system too??

As I see console games perfect.

But for uses such as messages and calls I doubt,

It depends on the point of view,

But as I said, as a console, would be perfect.
[Shield General] crazymonkey05:
I hope they are not using there own chipsets because android apps don't run the best on tegra chipsets they have been shown to run the best on snapdragon
[Shield General] Thewonderboy:
Again, pointless to compare this to Xplay.

This is one big bulky controller with integrated screen.

Xperia Play is essentialy phone and has very convenient desing when it comes to gamepad, you can "hide" it if you want.

And again, Sony didnt say "we wont be making Xperia Play 2"

The anwser was something along the lines "we currently are not making Xperia Play" which rather means they were not working on new model, not that they ditched the whole idea.

I already argued in one of the threads that Sony WILL make new Play. They have everything they need right now or under development like new, mature hardware/technology (reason #1 N-GAGE and N-GAGE2 failed), Software which is not all supported by one model (#2 why N-GAGE failed) and a position to get enough regonizion for their device.

Playstation Mobile is still under development so I guess we can start waiting for XP2 after they get PSM fully geared and proper hardware (for that time) ready. Give it year or two.
[Shield General] sdojoin:
Looks like a gameboy with dual-shock analog.:p
[Shield General] Spizzy01:
No comments on the Nvidia Shield... Although I most likely will get one, it's just not the kind of device that can compare to the usability of the Xperia Play.

On the Tegra 4 however, now that really is something to admire! Perhaps there should be a topic on that?
[Shield General] jutley:
I want one selling one of my many devices now to prepare lol.
[Shield General] TLRtheory:
Man, these things are getting less and less portable... already hard enough to lug the Vita anywhere with it's extreme thickness and protruding analogs (which MUST be protected with a case). MOGA is both inconvenient from both a hardware and software standpoint, and this looks to steal the crown in great specs matched with impracticality.

If anything were to ever match portability with premium gaming, I'd imagine it would look a lot like the Yinlips YDP-G66

Put Android on that, shove another analog in there, have it's inputs detected as a gamepad and that would actually be something phenomenal.
[Shield General] technieland:
is like a ps2 dual shock controller with xbox style button plus a 5 inch lcd on the center,and by the design it looks very much the same as old third party lcd add on attached on ps2 controller from 2005

it maybe good for gaming and watching movie only , doing other things like web browsing sux with this shield,well if the price 200$ below maybe...YES!
[Shield General] Visa Declined:
The Moga isn't really convenient to carry around, you're right. It serves a purpose though for people who love to game on their Android devices.

I ditched my PLAY somewhere around Q3 of 2012 and got a phone with a Snapdragon S4 soc. The Moga gave me a way to still game on my phone, and with my phones HDMI output, I literally have a pint sized gaming console I can take with me places. The Moga's game compatibility list is huge and growing still, and I love the dual analog sticks it provides.

I know you guys really love the Xperia Play, I did too, but with only 512mb of ram and a single core cpu, the phone just doesn't compare... not to even last generations offerings.

When you look at how good the graphics are on Tegra 3/Snapdragon S4 devices in comparison to the Xperia Play, I don't know what keeps you guys using the Play. The slide out controller isn't worth all of the drawbacks.

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You haven't even seen one of these nVidia devices in real life and you're already certain it "will suck". It has a bigger screen than the PLAY does, and bigger screens usually make for a better web browsing experience.
[Shield General] Miles Wolf:
When you look at how bad are the options to play with physical controls on other phones in comparison to the Xperia Play, I don't know what keeps you using those other phones. The graphics are useless if you play uncomfortable and tapping the screen.

"Oh, I can't play very well with this game... But look how good does it look"----->stupid.
[Shield General] Visa Declined:
If I want to game on my phone, I'll bring the Moga controller. I've got a Tegra 3 tablet on me all of the time anyways. The Xperia Play is simply old tech that most people have moved on from. There's a small number of you here that that don't seem to want to let go though, and it amazes me.

There are even cases where game developers are breaking PLAY compatibility just to make their games work with the Moga.

What I quoted above is an Experia Play owner crying about "Sky Gamblers Rise of Glory" not being compatible with his phone anymore. This is coming after the latest game patch that brought in support for the Moga controller.

I still have my PLAY, and have no intentions of letting go of it. It could never be my daily driver though.
[Shield General] Miles Wolf:
I don't see anyting amazing on still wanting to have the only Android phone that allows to play comfortably with physical controls and that can fit in your pocket with those controls, it's just logic.
[Shield General] Si1ver Shad0w:
The Xperia Play is definitely outdated in its specs, but I won't throw it away even when I'll get my new phone in 6 months (hopefully a Galaxy Note 3). It's a great piece of work, and even outdated it's still a revolution.
[Shield General] mehdi.moha:
my dear old-xperia play is still the 1 :D

yeah

i can play & call ....
[Shield General] disclaimernotice:
Don't you guys think that project shield is gonna be kinda useless?

It runs android and has a tegra 4 processor, which means all tegra 4 android phones will be able to play similar games. So you might as well get a tegra 4 phone instead. Also, since 90% of android games are ports of ios games(which use outdated hardware), the games won't truly be able to take advantage of the 72 gpus, despite being advertised as tegra optimised.

As for streaming video games, that's only really done when you have a strong wifi connection and if your home pc is turned on. In other words, you would usually be at home when these conditions are met. Which means you might as well be playing directly on your pc.

So I don't really get the point of project shield. It doesn't seem to offer anything that android phones don't already do.
[Shield General] AzNTypeR:
Am going to get hated but waiting for my Contract to end in December and get an upgrade..

.. To the Apple World (Insert Serious Sounds Here)..
[Shield General] nick.knack:
I agree with disclaimernotice. Not portable enough for me anyway . And ofcourse there is xbox for home :)
[Shield General] DrROBschiz:
Xperia play is the clear winner in the design department.

Mine is falling apart and I still refuse to get rid of it!

Seeing all the recent ANDROID gaming devices coming in 2013 really makes me mad that Xperia Play 2 isn't in the pipeline....

Also... WHY IS NO OTHER COMPANY making an android flip out gaming phone

You think Sony has the Patent on Lockdown or something?
[Shield General] Visa Declined:
Because most people are content playing games with their touchscreens. The ones who aren't, like me, just use a Moga. For all of the R&D Sony had to put into the Play, it wasn't a popular phone. You don't go places and see people using them. That's why there isn't going to be a Play 2.
[Shield General] PR0XIDIAN:
The problem was carrier exclusivity. I'm actually thinking about getting an unlocked Xperia play from Amazon because I have T-Mobile. Most of my friends who wanted one didn't have Verizon.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kchochev:
Hello everybody!

I'm using SGS GB 2.3.6

My problem is that every time I copy new file to the microSD card, after scanning the phone, the stock player does not recognizes which file is added recently and which is not, so each time everything is messed up and I'm browsing the folders for the files that I've just added and I'm playing them using the Sound player. When I sort the files by date, everything is messed up in the Music player after the phone scan.

I was wondering how to make the Sound player in Galaxy S I9000 running as a background process just like the Music player is developed.

I have tried both free and paid players but I don't liked their designs and functionality as far as I really like the simplicity of the stock SGS player.

How do you manage to browse your recently added files through the stock Music Player in Galaxy S I9000?

I'd really appreciate your help if someone help me to fix that?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Hey,

In the stock music player, under playlists there should be one named "Recently Added" :D

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kchochev:
Thank you for the answer!

Yes there is such an option, but the problem is that I couldn't sort the files by this criteria.

When I copy some music files to the card or phone memory, after the media scan, all the files are completely messed up and recently added are all of my files I have, which are added long time ago, you know, instead of 2-3 recently added files I have e.g. 200 'new' + 2-3 (really new)...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
I believe its supposed to do that. The Recently Added playlist displays all your music, just sorted by the time it was added to your SD. So your new songs will obviously be at the top, and everything else will be at the bottom as you go down.

If you're talking about the songs not being sorted by time however, I'm not quite sure. I have had that happen where albums I added two years ago were suddenly near the top of the list- it might be a bug or something.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[General Questions and Answers] UK_Overkill:
Hi all,

I have recently purchased a Tinji GT-i9300 4.7" S3 clone phone with Android 4.1.1 and Kernel 3.0.13

It all works fine apart from the signal/service freezes all the time. The signal will freeze with-say showing 4 bars even though I'm now in a no-signal area, I could even put it in a lead box and the signal indicator would still be stuck on 4 bars. When it freezes, I loose all service, even if I'm in a strong signal area. It might be something to do with when it's been sleeping for a while. I can get the service back by selecting Airplane mode and then unselecting it.

I've tried different SIMs from different providers, but they all act the same.

I've tried the obvious, like reset to factory. And I've google'd for ages, trying to find an answer.

Does anyone have any ideas or a later firmware that I can try? or do I send the phone back to China?

Thanks for looking.
[General Questions and Answers] UK_Overkill:
Just some extra information

Just some extra information:

I have stopped the phone from going to sleep and have adjusted the CPU (I had to root the phone) to not drop down low, and it's not lost the service for hours. I will experiment more to find out if it's the sleeping or the CPU speed dropping that is causing this problem.

I believe this is quite a common issue on many android phones.
[General Questions and Answers] UK_Overkill:
I FIXED THIS PROMBLEM!!!!!

This probably isn't going to be the answer for most of you but it worked for me. I tried all of the suggested fixes first and had tried 3 different SIMs and my phone still had the radio service freeze.

Yesterday I went into the EE (Orange) shop and got a brand-new SIM and now my phone works perfect and even the signal strength is a lot better.

Try getting a new SIM, it MIGHT FIX your problems. GL
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piatos:
Can I revert my Galaxy pocket to stock rom without using Odin or any usb relatives thingy? Thank you in advance I really need your help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkmali:
I think Odin is only way. :thumbup:

Sent from my Android Smartphone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piatos:
Can I use CWM to revert?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkmali:
Cwm normally use for custom roms.

:thumbup:

Sent from my Android Smartphone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piatos:
Okay, thanks for the info

Edit: Can somebody give me a link on how to use Odin about reverting to stock rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkmali:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1922505

this is for i9001 read this for basic info and find for your phone.:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piatos:
Help I can't find any stock rom for galaxy pocket, where can I find one?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajeesh vijayan:
if you have flashable stock rom.,you can use cwm
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] shepscrook:
Sadly these are no longer available at this time from Aliexpress. I'm very interested in playing with the quad core model.

We seriously need some more distributors in the US.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] Gort10:
Unfavorable review of GK802

There is a Youtube review portrays the GK802 graphics performance as substantially inferior to the MK808. I can't post the link as I do not have sufficient posts but if you google "SZEALZ GK802 Quad-core HDMI Stick PC -- Graphics Tragedy" you will find it. It seems difficult to understand or am I missing something?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] werttrewis:
re: review

Well the Vivante quad GPU used in Hi802/GK 802 may not be as fast as a Mali400, but it is definitly fast enought to play most games and to decode nearly all videos in hardware up to 1080p.

I tested a lot oft different 1080p videos in avi, mkv etc., and all oft them were played fine without any dropped frames or lags.

When configured correctly (large network-buffering and using hardware-acceleration), you can use mx-player, bs-player and even xmbc to play nearly all video formats.

The only problem at the moment is the missing support for harddrives and thumbdrives, not all nas can deliver 10 MB/sec over wifi.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] Sohip:
Is it true that there are some physical differences between the gk802 and the hi802, or both of them are exactly the same? I'm asking this because I remember I read somewhere that gk802 has a heatsink while the hi802 does not..can anyone confirm this??? :confused:
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] werttrewis:
Hi802/GK802

As far as i know, there are no physical differences, everything is the same, even both devices run with the same firmware.

I only have the HI802 and have only seen pictures of the GK802.

There is no heatsink, the heat is dissipated away from the processor over the metal shelf of the dongle.

This seems to be sufficient for the 10 watts the dongles are consuming.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] werttrewis:
Which firmare version do you have?

I am using the lates 1.65.4 rooted version for the gk802, which works quite well and is really fast, but I am still having no success to access any files on ecternal harddisk and thumbdrives, although the latest firmware should have fixed that.

Do you use any apps to mount your drives, or are they automatically mounted?

The Hi802 comes with android 4.0.4.

Normally you just open the apps-screen by clicking the ... menu on the right upper side.

Than you can drag and drop your apps to the homescreen.

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[Android Stick & Console Computers General] jcburkha:
I will be honest, I really don't know much about what I am doing. But, here it goes. I am using version 4.0.4 Android ICS Build version is R13.4-RC2V1.65.3. As far as the drives go, I plugged in the powered hub that I bought with the unit along with a cam that I had and a 32gb jump drive (w/ movies and music). That is it! The GK802 found everything and I didn't have to mount anything. Even the camera video worked fine. The sound is great except for when I try to record audio, all I get is buzzing. I even downloaded xbmc from the geekbuying.com website and it works without a hitch. If it was not for the buzz I get, I would be a happy person. PS - I also plugged in a wireless mouse to the same usb hub because I found that I could not do some things with the air mouse remote alone. (like moving apps and playing angry birds) Everything is fine with it.[/QUOTE]
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] rahul1023:
I have nothing but problems with my newly purchased hiapad hi-802. I bought a mele f10 wireless air mouse with it. The mouse works perfectly with the supplied micro-usb charger. However any video I play freezes and crashes after 30 seconds to 1 minute. Also Bs player is the only video decoder that works. Everything else crashes. I bought a second charger 5v/2000ma and it works except the mele f10 mouse doesn't work. I updated the software to 1.65.4 and I applied the usb fix on hiapad site but the mouse only works with their supplied charger. So I can either use the mouse with no video playback, or video playback but no way to get to the videos... Any suggestions?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] sdspieg:
Sure. Just ditch the airmouse and use an android phone or tablet with droidmote. Much cheaper, easier and - I think, never having tried one of those airmice - probably also better!
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] deviker:
hiapad 802 usb fix file

Hi, they removed the usb fix from their website and I need to download a working firmware.

Do you still have that file?

I've built an AOSP android image for it but I need to be able to compare both boot logs.
[Android Themes] toxicthunder:
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Once downloaded, install the theme just like any other app.

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After activating the theme, please restart your device for changes to take effect completely.​

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[Android Themes] toxicthunder:
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[Android Themes] toxicthunder:
Thank you :)
[Android Themes] mattmanwrx:
Helped Toxic with compiling the theme... and I must say, what beautiful work he has done here!!

Couldnt be any better!! - and that is me being a themer myself :)

Thanks for making it Toxic... :)
[Android Themes] sunnylovesalman:
Very Nice work on this ............This is really a Great Eye Catcher in this Forum.
[Android Themes] purian23:
Great Work ToxicThunder!!!
[Android Themes] warfareonly:
Amazing work toxic, I might actually stick with this ! (Me, a die-hard fan of Asylum's black :eek:)

P.S.:If anyone's Quicksetting panel disappears, please reboot.
[Android Themes] gardobus:
Awesome theme, thanks!
[Android Themes] Kakito:
Great Job!

Very Nice minimal and Clean.
[Android Themes] mattmanwrx:
Nice to see other themers are liking it too :) it is a real nice theme and a great job by ToxicThunder :)
[Android Themes] tlcollinsjr:
Fantastic looking theme!!! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to download it from the market. I'm still rockin' my Droidx with a LiquidSmooth Kang but, the market says my phone is incompatible. Hopefully, I'll figure out my issue soon so I can see it in full action. Regardless, your theme looks fantastic. Great work!!!!
[Android Themes] sunny2303:
Re: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

Your work is always a delight for eyes Toxic. Its good to see you improvising on your own benchmarks. Way to go !!!!
[Android Themes] bioinfoboy:
This is a great theme... If you accept new feature request @toxicthunder, I would like to make one....

Now as CM supports the search button on the navigation bar, you can also theme the search icon blue just like the other navigation bar icons.... This just made my day but that will just be even more fantastic :)
[Android Themes] karanrajpal14:
Re: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

You are one of the very few themer's who knows how to use blue well! Thank you for an awesome blue theme! :D Blue lover here :D
[Android Themes] mixedguy:
Awesome looking theme judging by the screenshots! Unfortunately Google Play wont let me download this to my Nexus 4 running the CodeFireX rom.. It says "This item is not compatible with your device."
[Android Themes] dundee27:
With your device or your device's screen resolution? Because if this is the case, you can choose "apply anyway"!!
[Android Themes] Drakonas:
He's saying he can't install the theme from the market (meaning he can't even download it), because the market says it isn't compatible for his device (which it should be compatible). He's not talking about applying the theme with Theme Chooser.

I am having this problem as well, and I am on CM7. Not sure if its supported. My device is Motorola Atrix 4G. My screen resolution is qHD.
[Android Themes] drive2droad:
where would the google play store link be ?
[Android Themes] mattmanwrx:
Re: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=ToxicThunder
[Android Themes] krazie1:
The Theme was Updated Today both free and paid, however I do have a Graphical issue with the signal icons. Sometimes the signal bars will be normal but most the time they are moved up. This is on Rootbox v3.8 for Galaxy S 3.
[Android Themes] MuFuko:
AW: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

same on carbon 1.4 nexus 4.
[Android Themes] toxicthunder:
Re: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

Updated yet again.

Will update OP soon.
[Android Themes] MuFuko:
AW: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

Now the signal bar don't move up but the colors are brighter than the other. Is that wanted?
[Android Themes] toxicthunder:
Re: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

Yes
[Android Themes] MuFuko:
AW: [THEME] Signature Blue v2 (25th Jan)

Wouldn't it be nicer if the symbols have the same color? Only my opinion.