[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
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i hope you guys find this usefull ive probably spent about 400 hours in total just browsing the internet for anything that is useful and not too complicated ive also been testing many different things for a while too

Updated: 15th of may

I made this thread for general tricks tips etc just so you know

Xperia S tips

Undervolting -

Undervolting your Phone can cause issues. undervolting your phone from its default settings is usefull (saves battery and stuff) but undervolting too much can cause your android to have a lack of power to some parts and well CRASH!, same with overvolting , too much and it will burn out parts., i suggest taking it step by step untill you get a slight lag.

-/system/app

Take not Un-installing unnecessary apps like maps facbook and talk will SPEED up your phone Alot. WARNING - uninstalling the wrong app can cause your phone to bootloop so you will have to RE-Flash the rom or do a restore

-Sreenshots ICS (im sure this will be like this in Jelly bean)(At first i was Like WTF?!!)

This took me a while to find but in ICS to take a Screenshot you press the power button (button on top of your device) and the Volume down)

-Camera Quality

Lower ISO means less noise but darker images , raise the Exposure enough to match your image to well what you see , superior auto is kinda useless, , i find 200 Iso is best because it captures colour quite decently, anyway what im saying is Manualy set up your camera for best quality AIs are never good at guessing

-Battery life

ive knoticed that com.sonyericson.android.wakeup stopped my phone from sleeping over 100's of times in about 4 hours , so if possible delete or freeze it , your device would sleep properly and your battery would last months well if it was sleeping. anyway i tried to avoid using apps like ilumination notifacation , it made my phone not sleep and well killed my battery

-Lag

Take note lot of build properties make your device lag more, it is best to use few and ones that ACTUALLY WORK

you can use a entropy generator (Seeder thread) this is the best way remove of lag

here are some that may help with touch response, these have made my device feel a tiny bit less laggy when scrolling

Touch response

touch.pressure.scale= 1.0 [instead of 0.0075]

touch.size.scale= 20.00 [ instead of 16.91]

touch.size.bias= 70.00 [instead of 67.65]

View.scroll_friction=10

ro.sf.compbypass.enable=0

persist.sys.use_dithering=0

ro.max.fling_velocity=12000

ro.min.fling_velocity=8000

Camera quality (these can cause focus problems)

ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100

ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=192000

ro.media.enc.hprof.vid.bps=192000

-Rom/Kernel Thingys

-bootloaders and kernels

BIG NOTE - YOU CANT INSTALL KERNELS ON LOCKED BOOT-LOADERS

to check if your boot-loader is locked go to your phone keypad (where you put phone numbers in) and punch in *#*# 7378423#*#*

it should open something called "Service Menu" you would want to then go to Service info then Configuration

There should be some text below everything else saying Rooting Status: Bootloader unlocked: yes. this means you can unlock your bootloader

to unlock your bootloader you can use the sony flashtool and run a bootloader unlock , from then you can install custom kernels compatible with your ROM and your Device

-roms

installing some roms means you sometimes need a custom kernel (like i said earlier unlocked bootloader) there are instructions to install on Almost all ROMS/Kernels, YOU MUST FOLLOW THEM ALL otherwise you may encouter problems (example wifi not working because mis-installant of kernel)

-Dual Boot

having a dual boot system on your device may make it alittle more laggy thats only just after installing i have noticed once its run through everything a couple of times its less laggy

-memory cleaners

most memory cleaners can cuase problems ive had a few issues with apps being damaged by a ram clearer of sutch

-Bare results

Build.prop

touch response= smoother , mild increase in performance

camera quality= less noise , focusing problems

other props= more lag (tested props)

Dual boot= only laggy after fresh install on loop Rom/kernel

Seeder= perfect (dont use android tuner entropy generator and seeder at the same time causes FC on seeder)

anything else , just ask me and ill test it

sorry for bad English, English is my 5th language and it is the hardest thing ive found to learn so far

Very useful apps:

-android tuner - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.at.free&feature=nav_result

-system tuner- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.pmw&feature=nav_other

-backlight keyboard controller https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kZXNrYW5nZWwua2JsaWdodCJd

-Fps meter (not free) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aatt.fpsm&feature=search_result

-xperia motion snap http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1970737

-Xplore file manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDMsImNvbS5sb25lbHljYXRnYW1lcy5YcGxvcmUiXQ..

Others

For Recover soft brick

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849170

Sources/Credit to original thread creators

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/170676#170676

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31961736

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2195355

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2040927

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086074

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