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[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] session20:
Hello everybody,

Actually I was planning to purchase new xperia device... according to my budget, I thought of going for Xperia SP.

The reason for this thread is .. Can I go for SP as I am getting it in 19000 INR from ebay.in.. It is worth to buy or should i go for ZR which is 8000 INR more than SP price..

Will SP be future proof for atleast a year and will it Honami style 4.3 update.:confused: or just a common 4.3 update.

What do you think guys please.. suggest me!!!

and about considering the problems SP users are facing.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotzi75:
I don't Know how much is this in €. But SP is a really good choice! Buy the SP!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heross:
Test the Camera before by XSP. Picture size and quality is no more up to date. Not poor, but other devices (XS or HTC one) make better pictures. All other works great.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_helix:
Value for money phone

Since I own a Xperia SP for more than 2 months now, following are my impressions. Since I am being critical I'll list negatives first.

Negatives:

Xperia SP's biggest weakness is its camera. Pictures in low light are very bad for its price... pictures in day light are ok, but nothing too good. Pictures taken by SP have more noise in them. So over all SP's camera is very much worse as compared to, say, Galaxy S3's.

The screen is not as good as Super Amoled screens of Samsung's Galaxy series or HTC's & LG's IPS LCD. However, while indoors you will not have any issue. While outdoors, the screen is a bit reflective but is still manageable. I haven't faced any other display issue till now.

Wi-fi reception is truly a bit weaker than other phones, but the internet speed is not affected. Only range is lesser.

Some people have encountered the touch issue when the phone is kept on a table & not in your palm. Some people have also faced a bit of trouble while the phone is plugged in for charging via AC adapter. However, I haven't faced any of these issues.

Positives:

The best part about SP is its performance. Snapdragon S4 Pro is simply a beast and Adreno 320 GPU blows the competition out of water. Current flagships of various brands like Xperia Z, ZL, ZR, HTC One and LG Optimus G Pro all have the same GPU.

SP has 1 GB RAM, which although is not equivalent to these flagships, is enough even for the heaviest of games/apps available in market. However, real racing 3 has some issues. Other games run very well.

Another plus point of SP is its build quality & design. It doesn't look cheap like Samsung GS3 or GS4. The illumination bar at the bottom is a very nice aspect of the design.

The battery performance of SP is one of the better ones.

When used with Bravia Engine 2, the display is awesome while indoors. It is sufficiently bright.

PRICE!!! A total value for money.

So, keeping all these in mind I would suggest:

If you are too much in cell phone photography, explore other mobiles. Galaxy S3 could be good choice in that case. Glaxy S4 mini and Nexus 4 are also there. However, all these cost slightly more than SP.

If 20K is your budget, then go for SP. You won't find a better phone at that price.

If you don't want even slightest of performance issue, surety of many more updates & have the extra budget then you can also give Xperia ZR a serious thought. It has a faster processor, more RAM & better camera in addition to being dust & waterproof. Battery life of ZR is even better than SP's.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parkside:
Pretty much agree with the post from the_helix.

I think Sony have been clever with this device, they have taken away the things that average/practical users don't really care about.

Do you really need 400+ PPI, 1080p screen, a big internal memory if there's space for a memory card, more RAM etc? They have instead made sure that the processor is top notch, given it 4G and NFC - so you get almost flagship performance at half the price.

Yes some things could be better (there is always something to complain about - the S4 and HTC One are not immune from this either), but with a bigger screen and more robust build than the competition in this price range (the mini S4 and mini HTC One) I think this is the best mid-range phone on the market.

I think it's future proof - but within reason, some games developers always push the boundaries and make software that will only run really well on top devices. I think/hope it will see the next iteration of Android - is it really going to be called kit-kat?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajkumar85:
hi,

purchased today my xperia sp in ebay.in. waiting for delivery. so now i being here for have a glance. iam biggest fan of sony till now i used four mobiles from sony, ( J230i, w810, x8, mini pro). and this is my fifth from sony. hope this mobile will meet my expectations. will join u later guys after getting my sp in hands. cheers!:o:o:o:o:o
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] session20:
Well guys, I finally ordered Xperia ZL. Thank you everybody for replies.....
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajkumar85:
why bro? not satisfied with sp?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] session20:
nope....Actually, I got some extra money, so thought to go for ZL... for 27000 INR
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deathless93:
Good choice, the sp is just ****ed up!
[Off-topic] GreenMean:
And when? Launch day? Midnight?

I think I might hold off till January so I can concentrate on school more.
[Off-topic] drewwtek:
I will. I love the GTA games.. But I will wait for a used copy.
[Off-topic] Archer:
There's probably a whole bunch of people getting that, but they'll be talking about it in the existing gaming thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1279620
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sonicdivx:
Hi,

Well I am running a build of 4.2 attempted to go back to 4.1.2 and having not read the articles on the sdcard symlinks, had issues. So I went back to my 4.2 build.

I then proceeded to move files to the correct folder and now In some apps (Astro File Manager, Dropsync) I am getting errors. Astro says Error Code 14 database error and Dropsync says folder not writeable.

I am thinking it has to do with symlinks but not sure how to fix.

Thanks

Kevin

[Edit]

it was a permissions issue. Just had to run some commands to fix data/media. for reference

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2222297 sdcard Fix Permissions script
[General Questions and Answers] Champakbhumia:
Hello,

I am a newbie on xda. I have a sony xperia arc LT15i 2011 model build 587. I am going low on internal memory and having difficulties in installing other apps. I read about an app Link2sd which saves internal memory space by transferring app and data to sd card.

Just wanted to know how safe it is to install such an app and are there any known threats related to this app which could adversely affect my phone. Also if some one can give me a complete guide for installation of this app on my phone i would really appreciate it.

My phone is rooted with bootloader locked.

Any help and suggestion is welcome.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] MaskedMarauder:
Has anyone else got issues with the use of SD cards in their Alpine derivitive?

Like the card not showing as being there when you try to write to it or explore the phone with file explorer or ActiveSync?

Perhaps videos on the card stop whilst watching them with a file error or the like?

Mine does with all 4 different makes of card I have tried and I am wondering if this is a common fault.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Danny-B-:
Yep its a very common fault.

I think everyone has the same experiences. (Me included)

what version ROMs do you have ?

there is an upgrade available if yours is the origonal, the upgrade will help a bit.

have a look here ... http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=25801

But read to the Third page as "Pug" psted a more up to date package :)
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] MaskedMarauder:
I am using Pug's Radio version 1.03 hybrid, but continue to suffer!

I have downloaded a SD Card benchmarking utility, my card is showing as 4.7x, but I don't know how that relates to manufacturers quoted speeds. It is either painfully slow or uses a different scale!
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] bryan_suen:
1GB SD from Transcend

Some ppl said the Transcend 512 SD works well on the 2i, just wonder if the 1 GB will work as good as the 512...

Any comment will be appreciated
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Dodger:
Does anyone know where to get the 4 GB SD-Cards cheapest?

And what branches are there?

A-Data and Pretec i know, but are there more?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] MaskedMarauder:
Re: 1GB SD from Transcend

I bought a Transcend 256mb 80X card an my XDA IIi has worked flawlessly since with no lock-ups what-so-ever.

I can't speak for the 1mb though!

This seems to be a power issue, the Transcend cards are very low voltage and ampage. My old SanDisk card would fail every time a network function took place, and they are high power drains.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] xda2i:
I bought a OEM (white labelled) 1GB MMC and use it on my IIi. Everything is fine so far...

Is there any difference between MMC and SD in terms of IIi flaws?

:?:
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Danny-B-:
Only SD cards are supported by the XDA2i, although if you use the backpack addon i think you can use MMC, but not without the addon.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] seanrkelly:
Someone told me once that the IIi works best with a fast SD card like the Kingston Elite Pro. I changed to that and all my problems when away. TomTom5 stopped locking up as well.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
Kingston SD Card

Are there any other users who have used the Kingston Elite Pro SD Card. I have been looking around for a while, and the Kingston Elite Pro 1 GB / 512 MB seem to be a single layered card.

I also wanted to confirm that when using a Sandisk SD card, I am having lockup's. If I take the card out of the slot, the XDA2i begins to respond again. Though I must admit I havent tested it exhaustively.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] AlanJC:
You mean CF not MMC. SD and MMC both work in SD slots, but not vice versa.

CF type 2 is the slot on the VGA backpack.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
SD Card issue

I understand all SD cards work.. I was trying to find the compatability of the same with Tomtom Navigator 5. I understand from the earlier posts that a multi layer card causes lockups. The transcend 80X card works fine. I was inclined towards buying a Kingston Elite Pro and hence the question...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
SD Card issue

I have removed this message as it was posted twice by mistake
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] zehave:
another Newbie,.,

hiya all. . i'm recieving my Xda 2i in about an hour.. just wondering which SD memory works best.. i read a few posts and quite frankly being quite confused,, was about to order a scandisk SD 1 gb card.. but i read somewhere ppl saying this is bad??

is that true?

thanks..
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
The Sandisk is not the best one. I have one and it causes lockups being a multilayer card. The transcend 80x works fine ( what i gather from different forums ). The Kingston Elite Pro also has some very good feedback. I am purchasing a 1 gb Kingston elite pro today. Sandisk is a no no... [/quote]
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] zehave:
Thanks m8...

Kingston elite pro huh? like this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7550999880
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
I cannot browse Ebay at work so couldnt confirm. But you could find the card on this url:

http://www.epcbuyer.com/products.asp?recnumber=5761

Its around £44 on this site.

I tried to find a deal at ebay from home yesterday. They are around £39 and are being shipped from HongKong. I dont know when we will receive it. There could be excise + other charges. I am not sure.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] zehave:
hmm.. well on this guy whom is shipping from HK is selling it at 25 quid including shipping.. .trouble is i want it asap .. Heh... buying from him seems like 20 quid cheaper.. howeber have to wait for about 10 days or so.. . so he sez.. not to mention customs and duties.. ....

i just might shell out 44 quid then...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
Well you also avoided the same trap... I almost fell into. Though it says £12 (Card) + £13 for postage, but you didnt have a look at the mandatory insurance which stands at £13. In all its around £38 + Other expenses. Not to mention the pain of getting it from hongkong...

Good decision at last...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] swapniljain:
I think you have not taken into account £13 mandatory insurance....
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] MaskedMarauder:
And when it arrives it will most likely be a fake. A cheap usless card dressed up as the real deal.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] zehave:
Ouch! :oops:

i DID overlooked that insurance bit.. Bleh...

Real lucky .. thanks mate.. guess its safer paying alittle bit more extra huh? :o
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] zehave:
OUCH!1 :oops:

i overlooked that insurance bit...

guess it's safer paying the little extra ...

atleast it gets here sooner... 8)
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] zehave:
finally got my 512 gb kingston memory.. ( didn't have the cash for a 1gb one.. .damn phone bills.. . heh.. )

however on the phone only shows 471 mb of user memory on the SD card? :shock:

is this normal??

if is it.. i think i should had waited for a 1gb one.. ¬_¬
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] DAz999:
RE: SD Card

I use a

zynet 1gb SD card x68

(multi layer)and it only locks in TT 5.1 when I recieve a call, i just pop the SD in and out or turn BT GPS on and off and this fixes it. everything else works fine, video etc.

My friend has a Qtek 2020i and he has a

Transcend 1gb 80x

(single layer) and his works the same as mine.

I wish 02 and the like would pull their finger out, trying to blame SD cards is a bit rich as they work in plenty of other devices. I reckon it must be a design flaw in Alpine, but of course they wouldn't admit to that!
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] lhpwz:
:lol: ohoh.

I come here.....
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Charlychar:
Re: RE: SD Card

Your friend's 2020i with a transcend 1Gb 80x has loccks? Please confirm this.

What SD of 1Gb is working well?

Thank you!
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] DAz999:
RE: Transcend

I can confirm that his Transcend 1gb single layer does lock when receiving calls on his 2020i in TomTom 5.1, he also has a Bluetooth GPS Unit.

I have tried all the tricks on various forums, no joy, as I said, pop SD or turn GPS Off/On seems the only solution. :cry:

I have also noticed , that if I am running GPSinfo connected to BT338 to set Waas/Egnos. If I try and watch a video (Stored on my SD card) it keeps flicking out of full screen mode (WMedia player 10) and then freezes.

Which is not a problem as I only run GPSinfo for a few seconds, but it does seem to point to an issue between the Alpine SD hardware and the bluetooth hardware, maybe there is a shared componant at fault, which may point to a power issue?

The bad news is if it is an Alpine hardware problem, then there will be no software fix. That is probably why the sellers are fudging the issue, the Alpine has been out long enough for them to have found a software solution, of course they are not going to admit a hardware design flaw!
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Charlychar:
I have a sandisk 1 gb. I find freezes when I activate many POIs is it possible? Without POIs no freezes and receiving calls and messages. Also I did a trip of 250km with pois activated and charging all the time. It worked much better.

May be this two things are the same for you?.
[Micromax A110] liveXtrm:
I have searched and found these products on internet which has mt6577 or mt6572 chipset and running on android 4.2. This may help Devs those are involved on 4.2 development for Canvas 2.

http://www.gogi.in/lava-iris-405-dual-core.html

http://www.ebay.in/itm/GooPhone-App...01292?pt=IN_Mobile_Phones&hash=item232f0aefec

http://www.gogi.in/xolo-a500s.html
[Micromax A110] khan_frd2002:
May be Goophone i5 help but it has fake 4.2.1 actually it is ICS 4.0

and other has different processes and gpu

so they all don't help us
[Micromax A110] GuestK00380:
There are many phone Many More Than It But Roms For phone isn't Available that's why devs. Are not using from these phones
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] unknownfame:
Hey so I'm on a custom ROM. I'm having these problems. (I have already wiped my whole phone but the problems still persists.)

1. Everytime I start my phone, there will be popups saying "Unfortunately, Gmail has stopped." and "..Sound search for Google Play stopped". It seems like my google services are having errors and cannot be opened.

2. My Google Play Store doesn't work, it shows "no connection, retry". I have already reset my phone and can't download anything! My phone is now empty! :mad:

3. I'm using a custom Kernel and ROM. I wanted to reflash a ROM, but it doesn't work. It either shows "cannot open /sdcard (bad) installation aborted" or " Finding update package... Opening update package... Installing update... Installation aborted."

I really need help now, I practically can't do anything with phone without any apps! Any help will be appreciated.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JJEgan:
As you post no details cannot even guess as to the answer
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] unknownfame:
What details do you need? Btw I've searched for fixes for the play store connection error and it still can't be fixed.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JJEgan:
Suggest you wipe phone flash stock rom then read the faqs and guides .
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Raistlin1158:
Flash this and you will have stock and still be rooted with no increase in the counter count or showing that it is modified.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1942150

Simples...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starship706:
Hello community,

there has been a problem that is driving me insane for a few days. I have had this problem with I think all roms based on android 4.3:

google services keeps my phone awake!

WIth trickster mod I could see that my phone never (!) goes into deep sleep. Wondering about that, I flashed some other 4.3 roms - same result. Google services is No.1 battery consumer. Please don't say... "it's your apps or gps that keeps your smartphone awake" because it is not!

After some research I found that many users, most prominently 4.3 users, have a similar issue. Appearently, there has been some problem with that since one of the latest updates so that either google maps, gps, google now, or services in general cause this drain. Updating did not help, going back to an older gapps version did not help me either.

Finally I went back to miui being based on 4.2.2 and ever since the drain has stopped and my phone enters deep sleep almost immediately after switching the screen off.

Who has the same problems? Has someone found a real solution, other than deactivating all google apps? At least, this did not help me...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
You should search before make a new thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2385843

;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starship706:
Thx I have read it but did not find a solution to my problem as most still suggest to turn off gps or wlan options... Although I have to admit that it is related to my problem but yeah... searching the xda app is more than difficult :D

one user wrote to stop wifi from constantly scanning... will have to try this the next time I am going back to 4.3 but surely many (or all?) users are suffering from this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigs Boony:
Same problem here.

Flashed XL based on cm10.2 + core jb gapps (20130821) and immediately noticed this insane battery drain. Battery stats showed Google Services as a main cause of the drain, so I did some researching, and found out, that switching Location improvement (Wi-Fi & mobile network location) would walk around that wakelock bug in google services. So I turned it off, and it helped for a couple of days.

Then I decided to sync my contacts with google account, and after a while, I've noticed the battery drain again, but this time nothing helps. I believe I've switched off everything I could in every Google app I have, and yet the drain remains.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grgana:
Hy im allso having this problem, snice yesterday battery drain from google services ..im still on CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2) waiting for stable 10.2 to show up.. I keep all my sync and all locations off, no extra "funny" :)aps..not even facebook app.

(I have' service disabler ' because my phone was suffering from data lost..consumed by google framework..but it solve it..)

I allso search before posting but no solution since all location services that i have found are off since i have this phone..

Ps. New to nexus. Only about two months.. Any clue? Greets
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joni1101:
GoogleService Battery Drain on Nexus 4 CM10.2

Exactly the same problem. Keeping the wifi off, keeping mobile data off, keeping everything off does not help, CPU stays on the whole time!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grgana:
Hy try to downoad Aurorun manager from play store instead of disable service and it should be fine, and let us know:)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] null_buffer:
Hello xda, :D

I'm presently experiencing problems with sideloading apps that have external data that is stored in Android/obb, on a secondary user account. For example, if I'm on my primary account(the one with which the tablet was set up) I simply copy the 'obb' data to Android/obb, install the apk and that's it. However, when I'm on a Secondary user account, the apk is installed without any issues, but the account refuses to acknowledge any 'obb' data. Even, if I go to Settings --> Apps, I'm only shown the apk size.

I noticed however, that if any app that uses 'obb' data is downloaded through the Play Store, work fine.

EDIT: I was wondering whether this app can solve my problem:

- Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tm_medium=forum&utm_campaign=app_announcement

- xda thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2033167

Any kind of help is excessively appreciated. :D

UsmanJ
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oceankhylle:
I read in one the the threads here that for shv e300l LTE is not available for globe. Is there a workaround for this? I really want that lte.. hehe
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oceankhylle:
If i root or flash my e300L will I be able to use lte?

This bandwith thing, is this changeable via softwares or is this more on hardwares inside the phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathnotice01:
Globe uses cat4 and smart uses cat6 (i think).

If those band doesn't support the korean versions then it won't work.

Are you on postpaid by the way? You need to call globe and provision LTE Services.

This post has been approved by the supreme potato overlord of earth.

[via Galaxia S Cuatro LTE]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oceankhylle:
Yes I am on postpaid. I already did called them and they dont know what to do.. lols.. i guess i just have to wait for a fix on this.. haha
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oceankhylle:
Up.. waiting for an update...
[Moto X Q&A] rmead01:
So I liked the idea of using the driving assist but it didn't seem like it was working very well. I was listening to Pandora, got a test message and the music paused "Message fro.." and it blanked. I confirmed to the phone saying listen and then it continued as though it would read the message but nothing came out from the speaker.

Anyone else having this issue? Is it something easy I need to fix to have it work correctly?