yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Jargon:
The Bluetooth Class 2 standard range is 10 meters. So Bluetooth Class 2 devices should have at least this range. But I have seen some Bluetooth Class 2 devices with a range of 30 meters (written on the box).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] davey999944:
Hey everyone. I'm using a (rooted) Motorola Droid Razr Maxx running android 4.1.2 (JB) and was wondering;

What is/are your favorite ROM(s) and why? Including Pros/cons ￼ thanks in advance!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dravekx:
I've tried a few ROMs for my xt912 on Verizon. They all have ups and downs. I'm currently trying Rage 2.8. It seems okay.

Cm10.1 is my favorite so far.

Pacman is a nice ROM and has lots of settings and customizations.

Liquid isn't too bad.

It all depends on what your preferences are. Just install safe strap and then follow install instructions and try out a few of them til you find your comfort zone. :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Clark Joseph Kent:
OP see my post >>>>>Here, Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MДЯCЦSДИT:
As pretty much everyone here is aware, there seems to be an obsession with using O3 for compiling binaries for this device. This obsession is probably due to the fact that O3 is the "most optimized" flag in GCC. The issue here is that all of these optimizations do not come without drawbacks.

Technically, due to the nature of the Galaxy Nexus as a mid-spec ARM-based device, we should be using Os to reduce the size of the code that needs to be run.

Also, there are many other drawbacks to O3, such as significantly larger binary size and possible instability, which is why it is not default in the Linux kernel. Binary size does not only impact the size on disk, but can also impact processing time of the code and the amount of space that the program takes in the CPU cache and RAM.

If somebody could please show actual benchmark data showing that O3 optimization actually is an improvement compared to O2 and Os on the Galaxy Nexus, I would really appreciate seeing why it is used on nearly every ROM and kernel.

Edit: I also just read up on Ofast, which disables some standard compliance by simplifying math. I wonder if this would cause any stability issues on the Galaxy Nexus. I'd really like to try -Os -ffast-math when I have time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] borizz27:
I'm sorry, I don't have the time to do that, but I can say this. In all the time I've spent tinkering with compiler optimisations, -O3 has rarely been worth it. Especially on a system like the OMAP 4460 which suffers more from IO bottlenecking than MIPS or FLOPS being the bottleneck. It seems Google's default is -O2 and they have guys who know things about compilers. I would be very curious about -Os though, since that's basically -O2 with the code-bloating features turned off. But I suspect there won't be a perceptible difference.

My guess (again, don't have time to test this) is that since 3 is a bigger nummer than 2, it's used by people who don't know precisely what it does, which seems to be the MO for a lot of people who create ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I also believe that this is the case... I've even seen a ROM on another phone "compiled with O4", which just uses O3 (anything >3 just sets the optimization level to 3)...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] borizz27:
During my brief stint in writing patches for Gentoo Linux back when my desktop computer was slower than my phone is now, I read all kinds of weird stuff. People with --ffast-math on complaining that math was wrong, for example, or people on tiny systems calling for complete loop unroll.

The GCC website is quite clear in what the different -O levels do: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.4.4/gcc/Optimize-Options.html#Optimize-Options

I would find it very odd someone at Google hasn't had the same idea and actually tested the different Olevels. I'm guesing O2 is where it's at.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Sure, and somebody who worked on Debian, Redhat, etc. also decided on O2 and it had just become a standard for stable, production-ready c builds.

Theoretically, due to the lack of sufficient cache on tiny ARM chips like the omap4, we should try to keep minimal code size through something like Os.

Also, I am assuming that ffast-math has improved because of the inclusion of Ofast in gcc4.6.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I hope to do some testing after I sync AOSP and fix errors with GCC 4.8
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] borizz27:
I don't know. The 4460's cache is 1MB. While not huge, it's not tiny by any stretch of the imagination. However, I'm looking forward to your results. We can all keep guessing about what's best, but hard data will be better. :)

As far as I know, --ffast-math wasn't improved -- it still cuts the same corners and breaks the standard in the same places. -Ofast just combines -O3 with all the standards breaking options like --ffast-math.
[Xperia Z General] Zorua:
I got an Xperia Z the other day and....I love it to bits AND regret getting it. I love it because it's a looker and the UI is also close to AOSP. The fact that it's shock proof, dust proof and water proof helps a lot as I have to carry it to school everyday.

However, the phone really heats up, even if I'm generally browsing, watching videos or playing video games. By 'really' heats up, I mean the top part of it becomes extremely hot to touch, so much so that I often have to keep it aside to cool down. If I make a call immediately after this happens, my ear goes from pink to red. Also, the speakers, camera and screen colors are underwhelming to say the least.

What bothers me the most though, is the fact that this phone may never get 'offcial' custom rom support from popular devs, for example CM and AOSPA, because Sony are slow with updates, and with Key Lime Pie probably coming next month....I'll be disappointed if I'm unable to run it immediately on my phone. Now, I'm in no way asking developers to do this, but I'm asking if it'll be popular amongst developers in the long term. Sony are proactively supporting custom dev, but I don't know if that's going to help the XZ's case.

I'm coming from an HD2 and I regularly use my Nexus 7, so that might help you understand what I mean. I'll probably sell this and get a Nexus 4 / HTC One / Galaxy S4 depending on the replies I get in this thread. Please give me your honest opinions on this, thanks! :D
[Xperia Z General] Rchard:
The heating issue is common because the device is thin and the processor is a beast. My previous phones had same issue, but I think this is normal because the chasis is thin and probably heat doesn't easily ventilate due to the water resistant feature, this is just a theory.

As for development, well the device has been available for about 2 months and already there are many custom roms for this. Personally, I am running the unofficial CM 10.1. Almost everything works expect for the camera yet and forgot to mention its very very smooth. There are great devs developing for this device and I think the future of this looks promising. Android 4.1 and the update 4.2.2 does almost everything and runs very smooth so why rush for next version. Sony has done a great job with their UI, unlike Samsung's girlish touchwiz UI.

All and all its a good phone, but ofcoz it needs improvement e.g. speaker, display. Then again no phone is perfect. If camera is not so important for you till it get fixed, try the unofficial CM 10.1, you will love it and its still in alpha stages of development.
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
The thing is Sony brings really good firmwares, it makes it hard for devs to make them even better. Actually Sony's firmwares are already completely optimized for the phone. It's not like Samsung with all the buggy releases.

About key lime pie, you won't see it on any device immediately after release, only nexus devices will get it really fast.
[Xperia Z General] adamsweeting:
+1

Sony seem to do a real good job with their firmwares. HTC's code for the One X was a joke..... bugs all over the place.
[Xperia Z General] Zorua:
Well yes, I do need the camera. And I've been using a One X lately, the heat level isn't nearly as close to what my XZ produces. The One X does get warm, but not hot. I've also used an N4, which as far as I know has the same processor, and it doesn't heat up at all.

Well, that's fine but Sony are very slow with their updates. Even the Galaxy S2 has an official 4.2.1 update, which it received before the XZ was even released.

I like custom roms because of the amount of customization and choices they offer, plus the statusbar and navbar look ugly, and the navbar is particularly huge. I'd much rather have a buggy custom rom over a stable, ugly stock rom.
[Xperia Z General] krabappel2548:
Well there already are some custom roms :)
[Xperia Z General] gm007:
I think you have wrong information.

1-XZ and N4 has same board not same cpu(xz has fusion3).

2- galaxy S2 has official 4.1.2 not 4.2.1
[Xperia Z General] OsiBasi:
My phone heats up, sure I think any phone does this.

Mine doesn't heat up anywhere near you're describing. It gets pretty much mellow when browsing, and only warm when playing games

And it's stone cold when you're on the phone.

Try using a small. Case it will protect you from heat. Not the phone itself though x)
[Xperia Z General] Entropy512:
Also, once the groundwork is done for something like CM bringup, we don't have to wait for Sony. Not when we have the same SoC as the Nexus 4 AND we have CodeAurora.

Also, Sony is getting much better with updates for their newer devices.

Last but not least, Sony cooperates more with CM developers than any other manufacturer. A LOT of former Samsung developers moved over to Sony in the past few months - you DO realize that every single Exynos4 (International GS2/Note/GS3/Note2 devices) CM maintainer now owns a Sony except espenfjo? (espen has been too busy to take on new devices lately, and hasn't even really worked on his older devices either.)
[Xperia Z General] paalkr:
Coming from a long range of HTC and Samsung devices I must admit that I don't have the same need for flashing a new ROM evry second day, to find out if there are less bugs or better battery capacity. The stock Xperia Z ROMs seems superior to any creation from Samsung or HTC ;)

My phone last for two days, everything on autosync and almost 5h screen time. My S2 and S3 would have died more than 35h earlier with the same usage.

I'm now running this stock based custom rom with a locked bootloader. The XZ is by far my best smartphone experience ever.
[Xperia Z General] Zorua:
Wow, I did not know that. Does that mean we're going to get more custom roms on the XZ, than say, the HTC One or Galaxy S4? Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer my questions. :D
[Xperia Z General] Aman27deep:
Probably.
[Xperia Z General] thegregulator:
I doubt it - just based on past experiences. Samsung will sell so many Galaxy S4 units that there's bound to be more custom roms than the Xperia Z. Flagship HTC devices generally have many custom roms as well, even without S-Off. Hopefully I'm wrong!
[Xperia Z General] SXZdabbler:
Enjoying the current Android 2.1 and after coming from a Galaxy S with cm-10.1 (Jellybean 4.2.2)
[Xperia Z General] Akiainavas:
To be honest, after using CM for a long time on Samsung devices ( because Touchwiz... ) - I have to say that Sony XZ firmware is very close to AOSP. Very light with minimal amount of modifications. That's how you make an Android skin. I haven't even rooted my device because frankly i don't see the need to do it right now. Just waiting for fully working CM, then i'll try it.

No. You'll definitely see more custom Roms for Galaxy S4. Samsung is, and for a while will be much more popular than Sony. They'll sell huge amount of S4 - there's no doubt about it.

But quantity doesn't equal quality. Look what devs like Entropy have to say about this. We can expect CM working flawlessly on XZ after a while, which was impossible on certain Samsung phones due to lack of sources. So i'd rather have one, fully working CM release than 25 barely working "custom roms" that are no different from each other anyway.
[Xperia Z General] wawyed:
Exactly!!!
[Xperia Z General] luisoman2000:
You want fast updates? Get a nexus. Tge Z doesn't live up to your expectations? Sell it and buy something else.
[Xperia Z General] Zorua:
Thanks a lot for your valuable inputs, captain obvious!

On a serious note though, thanks a lot for all your suggestions, guys. Keep 'em coming. I think I'm going to keep the Z, can't get myself to sell it. :P
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
CM Developers passing on Samsung Galaxy S4

Maybe this time SGS4 won't have so many custom roms...
[Xperia Z General] lokenok:
tbh.. i want to sell the nexus 4 and get the xperia z.. ive kinda been ripped off.. nexus 4 launched jan , cost 4.3k now costs 3k??? and xperia z launched march cost 5.6k now costs 4.3k... the pricing is near the nexus 4 .. i f i just waited.. ugh im so lazy.. i hope to see you guys on the next sony phone in 2 years :) (2015) < Xperia Z3 plz?

currency is in HKD
[Xperia Z General] luisoman2000:
It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it! On a serious note though, seems like you are nitpicking a bit. The Z is barely a few months old, give it time to develop. As for overheating, you might want to compare with another Z to discard posible hardware issues.
[Xperia Z General] RoberM:
Xperia Z stock rom is really great, it is beautiful, fast, and polished, and doesn't have almost any bloatware. it is my 2nd Xperia (previously Arc S), and i never felt the need of roms like AOSP or CM, just stock roms, then root, and then 2 or 3 tweaks i like, and that is all.

It is not like Samsungs, everytime i look at my girlfriend's SGS3 stock rom design, fonts, colors, and icons, i feel the need of throwing it out of the window
[Xperia Z General] Zorua:
Found out that my heating issue was indeed a defect, and they're replacing it!
[Xperia Z General] Entropy512:
Qualcomm-based GS4s will probably be OK - cyanogen himself will be getting either the T-Mobile or AT&T variants.

Exynos-based GS4s - not a single person with prior maintainer experience has expressed interest in the device yet. I'm sure some people will take a crack at it, but the probability of someone succeeding is very low unless Samsung LSI starts releasing more updated reference source. Insignal can't come even remotely close to touching CAF.

CAF is a massive timesaver - with Samsung, I spent nearly a week reverse engineering a GPS header change. With my Find5, I just checked out the CAF tag that matched the kernel source and pulled the header from there. Boom, done, working. (Others had already made the same change on the Z.)

One interesting observation: Over in Samsung-land, there were all sorts of one-man-show "developers" releasing minor variants on other work. As far as AOSP derivatives, nearly all of the Exynos4 work was done by about 4 core maintainers across all devices, with maybe 10 smaller contributors helping for various things. Then there were 20-30 kangers who contributed nothing upstream.

Here, we have at least 5 maintainers working on CM for a single device. 6-7 if you count the guys with ZLs (Z/ZL are similar enough that nearly all work is done in fusion3-common...) The number of kangers is far smaller, and people working on kangs on many of the Sony devices are actually contributing upstream (such as ChampionSwimmer contributing upstream to us on the T/V/TX).

CM10.1 fell behind on a lot of Qcom devices for a variety of reasons, partly a lot of people switching over to the platform and still coming up to speed. This month is when everything seems to be coming together. arcee's header hack tip knocked down a major blocker across many Qcom devices in one fell swoop.

Edit: That's another nice thing. While each device has its unique quirks, there are enough similarities between Qcoms that often a problem encountered on one has been encountered and solved on another. I've gotten some GREAT **** from detule (kernel guy on Qcom GS3s), and one of our modem fixes for the T saved the HTC guys a ton of time on some of their devices.
[Xperia Z General] arc_u:
I can get it for low prices but with "bootloader unlock allowed: No" Can I hope that there would be a way to unlock it a day ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wesf90:
XT912 Running Android 4.1.2 (stock, rooted). I've installed SS 3.12 and the installation went fine. However, when I turn my phone off and back on, I never see SS! Am I missing something?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] monkteo:
SS 3.12 ? where you found it ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kamikass:
There: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1995220
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wesf90:
I actually found it in a RAZR thread when rom searching. Any idea as to why it's not working?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Gus194:
Because 3.12 is for Razr HD and not the XT912 razr
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wesf90:
That makes sense then. I'm going to look for the thread where I got this from and let the other users know the same thing.

Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] FaZeApex:
Wait...

i saw this thread and i was like there was no way that this version was out lol
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Hello Guys,I Want To Share The Latest Google Play Store App v4.6.17 {Updated 6 April 2014}

Sorry For Taking Long Time To Update From 4.6.16 To 4.6.17

Google Play Has A New Design To Make It Easier To Browse And Discover New Favorites.

Faster,Clean And Better. :D

The New Update Comes With Batch App Install, New 'Require Password' Option, Tweaked UI, Forced Self-Update, And More...

Hope You Guys Like It.

Enjoy! :)

Works On All Android v2.2+ Devices

Rooted Or Non-Rooted

Installation:

Just Install As Normal APK File

Or

Flash It Using CWM / TWRP

Go To Settings>Apps>All>Play Store>Clear Data & Cache If It Is Not Working.

Screenshots:

Download:

Older Version

Play Store v4.3.11

Play Store v4.4.21

Play Store v4.4.22

Play Store v4.5.10

Play Store v4.6.16

Latest Version

Play Store v4.6.17

Please Hit Button If You Appreciate / I Have Helped You​
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] dostfunny:
Can't Download the attachment.

Error 410 gone
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
others ppl can download?

try to download again...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Dragoboss:
Somehow causes an error whenever any other app requires any data / connection to this version of Play Store.

It says: "Unfortunately, com.android.vending has stopped".

I've pushed it to /system/app to replace the original vending apk (called Phonesky in Tipo). Could it be that it requires the old version of the app for some reason to prevent crashes?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] random hero:
I installed over old version, working great. If you have layout problems like white tiles disable ad blocker!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
i told you guys to install as normal apk isn't it?

why you replace it in system/app?

nevermind...

go to settings>app>google play,clear data and force stop...

hope that this would help.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
UPDATED with More Screenshots
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Dragoboss:
Sorry, read it in a bit of a hurry, and downloaded it to my phone to install it underway to my family.

Sorry to have caused you trouble there.

Tried that method (data clear and force stop) myself, but I'll try installing over the original one this weekend, it will probably work, if not, I will post my report here again.

Either way, sorry and thanks for the share!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated With New Version

Google Updated It's Google Play App With v4.0.26 :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Samzter:
whats the changelog in .26? the design is from .25.. i like the old play store design but thanks!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
.26 maybe fixed some bugs...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Samzter:
ok. thanks..
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ayaorei:
thnx a lot....
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] wts1:
works :) thanks
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
UPDATED To v4.0.27 Latest

Google Update The Play Store App Again With v4.0.27 :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] oSandmaNo:
Are these unofficial?? I havent got the update till now
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
official,i got the .27 update in my phone
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] 2010matej:
Works great on XJ
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ice_b:
Yes, its true, i test it on CM10 FXP216.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] 2010matej:
I test it on stock 11.2
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ayaorei:
Installed lke normal apk but it exit without giving ny information itself.. plse help tia. Lg e400 cm9.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Stahuuuu:
I have the same issue. It worked perfectly until yesterday. Now app 'tries' to open but immediately sends me back to the homescreen.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Mankotialovely:
A new Playstore is released by Google. Until OP Ben Ling updates his link you can download it from here-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2252789

After OP updates his link I will remove my one. :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
UPDATED To v4.1.6

UPDATED with v4.1.6 (Latest)

Will update screenshots soon.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Screenshots Updated. ;)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Option58:
Google Play updates itself, I got this without knowing it.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] shopyan:
Thanks Brother
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated

Updated To v4.1.10 :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated to the latest v4.2.3 from Android v4.3 Nexus 4
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Chuponjr:
Thanks for the links!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
you're welcome :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xehed:
works very well on tipo, thanks..
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
don't say thanks,press thanks :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] JohnHK:
Didn't work

Sent from XPERIA sola

I've installed v4.2.3 over the original play store as a normal apk But it just says "Unfortunately, com.android.vending has stopped".

Is there another way to make it work ?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
try to clear data & cache of Play Store ;)

works on my Xperia sola properly :cowboy:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] JohnHK:
....

It worked. Thanks. :laugh:

I suggest to write this in the main thread.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated to latest v4.2.9 :cowboy:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ayaorei:
V4.2.9 dnt work...flashing says aborted. Can v get d apk? Tia
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Yes open the zip,open system/app and move the phonesky.apk out and install.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] megaancient:
Using 4.2.9 since 27 july.:D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ayaorei:
Thnx...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Andreas75k:
Thanks, now I don't have to wait for it. :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
You don't need to say thanks,press the thanks button is enough :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Magissia:
Confirmed working on XT320
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] hanspampel:
Here is v4.3.10.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Yea i knew already,will update later.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated to v4.3.10 :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] FedericoPeranzi:
Works on Xperia Tipo
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated

Updated To Latest v4.3.11 :cool:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] LordNerevar:
Deleted...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated to the latest v4.4.21 :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] MarckozZ:
Updated!

Great!! Works great on my tipo!! THANKS!!! :good: :laugh:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated to the latest v4.4.22

Download Link

Play Store v4.4.22
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Ben Ling:
Updated

Download:

Latest Version

Play Store v4.5.10
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] yusharap:
What different from previous?