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[Xperia SP General] Tomoms:
[MENTION=7495649]GFlexForever[/MENTION]

If you still need advice, I'd say: get the SP. It's one of the few (if not the only) 2013 midrangers that still kicks asses today. Especially the GPU: modern midrangers lag in games (while the SP is perfect) due to Adreno 30x GPUs and (Full)HD displays.

The downside of the SP is the internal memory, that isn't very fast; this is noticeable when you install and app from the Play Store: the phone lags during the installation. 1 GB of RAM is not a downside, for if in 2016 you buy any device with less than 1.5 GB of RAM you surely aren't an "aggressive" user. What's more, with ZRAM and/or swap you can circumvent this problem.

Trimming the /data and /cache partitions once in a while is also a good habit to keep the memory clean and fast, this is not needed on stock ROMs as those trim the memory all the time.
[Xperia SP General] GFlexForever:
And just to add to this, although the device is from 2013 and hardware has been improved it doesnt mean that this hardware has anything wrong with it, it was the best of its time.

For example phone screens have went from 720p to 1080p to qhd and they improve but that doesnt mean the 720p screen is at fault.

Another example is that the adreno chip in phones improve drastically and they improve, doesnt mean theres a fault with the older ones :svetius:
[Xperia SP General] GFlexForever:
Thankyou for the advice i think i am going to go with the SP and just try different roms and as you said use ZRAM or another app and see what the best fit for me and i also have a Z2 which is my main device but i want to keep that more as a business phone if that makes sense, when i get my SP it will be more for out door use like when i go out listening to music or browsing and playing games :highfive:
[Xperia SP General] GFlexForever:
Big thankyou to Lekuta & tomoms for helping me decide and proving some helpful information :highfive: :good: thanks guys
[Xperia SP General] Iekuta:
Best answer,

%100 agree with you !
[Xperia SP General] Gamer4Life:
You will regret it ;)

Benchmarks And numbers mean nothing.

Its true has solid hardware cpu gpu combination. But real life performance is what matters.

Its true sp can run games smoothly but. Using it how its supposed to be used is pain. Lag stutter freeze...

I was thinking just like you when i first bought it

Anyway its your call, but remember my words ;)

Idk about cm13. when i had it, cm12 was not usable...

And beleive me, i tried every solution mentioned here, from almost bloat free roms with just must have phone apps like calendar alarm... and just playstore. To zram swap custum kernels... Overclock

Its very fast as soon as u install your rom with 500+ free ram... But its the case even with a galaxy y.

The phone would slow down eventualy and only uninstalling all your apps would make it fast again

Heck i remember every time i turned on wifi or data the phone would freeze for like 40 seconds. Why? It couldnt handle the incoming notifications lmao.

Mean while slower sd400 devices performs 10 times faster
[Xperia SP General] R3XER:
Ok we all have different views. I know we all are sony fan boys. I got my Xperia SP on March 2013. The phone was a beauty to me with quite impressive hardware, it could run games my friends couldnt run on their same range of samsung phones. I cant deny it had best gpu and cpu at its time. But the fact is sony provided us with less than average internal storage chip that doesnt compete with low end phones, my bro's moto g is smoother than my sp lol. Sony ditched us with a false promise of official kitkat. We also had rumors they were testing the builds but they could not create a sync between the cheap hardware and software. I always loved sony since the sony ericsson days and have used quite a few phones but sony isnt able to do good these days. This may be my last sony phone ever, i would rather buy 2 years old iphone or galaxy instead of sony. They have lost alot of loyal customers due to bad support and who knows one day we may not hear about sony phones anymore (didnt wish to say it though). But lastly my opinion is save your money buy one plus one or three or older gen iphones. You will regret buying SP.
[Xperia SP General] GFlexForever:
Bit off topic here guys but if anyone has had a try of most roms could someone recommend one please im currently thinking either stryflexs marshmallow xperia x rom or cm13 or a solid 4.4.4 rom (if there is any) what do you guys think :highfive:
[Xperia SP General] GFlexForever:
Thankyou for your advice ive currently got a z2 and g flex 2 so i dont really need a (better device) im going to see how it goes with the SP, thanks for the answer tho :highfive:
[Xperia SP General] Iekuta:
I think you will get bored of using 4.4.4, just the boring interface (but your choice :) )

You should go for Xperia X rom or any of the 6.0.1 roms :)

Sorry for talking too much :P
[Xperia SP General] GFlexForever:
Do any of the 4.4.4 roms bring any features or speed or stability that the xperia x rom or android marshmallow roms dont? And youve been really helpful man thankyou :highfive:
[Xperia SP General] Tomoms:
The Kitkat ROMs suck compared to our Marshmallow ROMs. The kernel, the liblights, the fixes... Everything is better on Marshmallow! The performance too. I'd suggest you official CM13 or any other ROM of which we have official support, because official = new builds very often = latest fixes and features always available.
[Xperia SP General] Iekuta:
Agree with him %100

Kitkat slows down after 3-4 days of usage ;)

If you update CM13 weekly, it's enough to have smooth/stable experience.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] Nilshalok:
is it True? any one Know Him... ? Really Done a good Job But no reply No ans ?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] Nilshalok:
But he didn't ans us any qus!!

? Find Him On Facebook and Asking For the link
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arahmanzehri93:
my mobile samsung s4 i9505 not working motherboard problem i want to ask motherboard s4 i9500 its work on s4 i9505
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exorcist74:
I have a Galaxy Note with 4.0.4 rooted. Life mobile (EE)

I have a 1gb data plan, I have had a problem with this for the last 4 months, I only use my data plan when away from home and no access to wifi,but all other times i turn it OFF, but lately at 2400hr or 0:00hr midnight something turns on my data plan and upload/download data, no way of telling large amounts of data sometimes as big as 199mg at one time..

I have gone through 1gb of data within 1wk of limited data use,facebook,mail,whatsapp,most of the time using Wifi.

It seem i am not the only one this is happening to (check your data usage via your provider phone account),there are many cases on the internet, but no one has found the real reason,a lot has pointed to the sim provider ???

Can someone throw some light on this..

I never knew that Data plan can be automatically be turn on then off by app on a phone...

Data conection always OFF

WiFi when I can get it On

thanks you
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronRoo:
I'd guess a rogue app, turning on data

Not sure if this will work as don't have the N7000 in front of me & not even 100% sure "data" will show in Android 6 due to app permission changes in Marshmallow, it might be under device or something.......

Go to settings>apps>gear wheel>app permissions

then look for data permission touch it to see & change which apps have premission to turn data on & off
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
If you received your phone directly from China for example a NXT-AL10 , you need to install Play Store separately, to use Google contacts You also need to install an apk to sync them.

Give them permissions to work properly.

Go in settings, Apps.

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...tore-6-7-13-e-0-2920566-android-apk-download/

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...gle-contacts-sync-6-0-1-android-apk-download/

Contacts sync version 7.0 seems not working properly.

Possible it's for Android 7.0

After going back to v 6.01 I needed to stop the program, clear data and cache and renew all permissions to have it working properly Again.

Huawei dialer/contacts on Chinese mate 8 doesn't support additional fields for first name and surname etc.

It's not possible to sort on them either.

For that you can install google contacts.

According to Play store our device is not compatible with it. So you need to install from apkmirror also in case you need it.

Don't worry, it's safe. At least for me it is though.

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google.../google-contacts-1-5-16-android-apk-download/
[Mate 8 General] Shtihi:
what about calendar sync?
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
Will sync fine Already.

No extra action needed.

Everything else works as usual.
[Mate 8 General] bodzio3333:
Maybe easier way is install Play Store by HiApp.
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
I personally don't think it's easier. I don't speak Chinese. So I've hiapp disabled. ?
[Mate 8 General] shackks:
I did not installed the google contact on my NXT-AL10. I just export the contacts from my old phone to a vcf file and dump into the mate 8 and import it into the Huawei contact app.
[Mate 8 General] deaad:
This way I can share them including foto's and more on every device I own. Changes on one device will show on the other devices too this way. ?

But, everybody can do it as he pleases. ?
[Mate 8 General] tayyabzulfiqar914:
Plz help me>>google play store not working

Please help me. I am using Mate 8 NXT AL10 Chinese Version. When it came to me was installed with EMUI 4.1 and now updated to EMUI 5 (over the air). Phone is not rooted at all.

When I got this phone, I was unable to have Google Play Store and other Google apps, then I use it’s built in App “Hiapp” and from Hiapp I installed Google play store and all other thing.

Everything works very fine all went good even updating EMUI 5.

Last week I visited Dubai (UAE) and here the problem begins, At Dubai (UAE) when I tried to download IMO calling software from Google play Store, I was unable to download it. Google Store worked fine but while downloading the progress bar keep on going for hours without any download. Same I encountered while updating google different apps update.

I checked with permissions (all are granted already) and other things but I am still facing the same issue.

I though perhaps it would be an app conflict issue due to Hiapp (Chinese) and Google Play store and I disable Hiapp as well but problem remained there.

I am stuck what is the issue. Can anyone help me.

For any question let me know.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakkaday:
are there any fixes, not rooted fully updated and paired but sometimes after a restart or when box is switched on, the controller is not recognised and i have to go through repairing which doesnt work either but then miraculously the controller works after going on homescreen (using ir remote logitech)

any advice?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] varadrane7:
I am having a problem in starting my device Samsung Galaxy S3 . I had just installed CM13.0 using TWRP, i was successful in installing the ROM. My phone did reboot. But as my Google play services were not updated, i tried to do so. but the Play store was showing error. So, finally i tried to Factory data reset my phone. the phone switchet off and then it showed the samsung logo. After that, the TWRP's logo came and my phone is not moving ahead.

1) Is it a softbrick?

2)how can i get my phone back working?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jisoo:
You'll need to flash original firmware, and then you can flash twrp and cm again. Right now it's trying to format /data partition but the command used is not supported by twrp, which is why you are stuck.
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] edward8:
when I use my lg g5 h860 dual sim in low light condiiton the camera is very sluggish when I move it around before a shot. Am I the only one ?

best regards
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] jamiee6610:
Are you in auto?
[HTC Tornado] enjoyamd:
WM6 English ROM 5.2.1616.18120 by EA Chinese

Details:

- WM6 Standard 5.2.1616.18120.0.0.0

- ROM Version 6.0.07.1026.0

- Shortcut keys for Qtek 8310/iMate SP5/Vodafon V1240 (Tornado Noble)

- MUI: English

- t9: English

- 8MB Pool

- Fully application unlocked!

- MMS client.

- HTC Camera 4.00.23355

- Internet Sharing

- Windows Media Player playback support of 3gp, mpg, mp4, aac

- Automatic date/time adjustment (needs latest GSM update)

- Connection problems with hidden SSID and WPA fixed!

- ADD System Settings

Included Applications:

- CeleTask 2.2.2433.4986

- ClockOnTop 0.81

- CommManager 1.6

- HTC SIM Manager v1.0b4.36.365

- VoIP DLLs - VoIPiser 0.1

- WMPMusicPlugin

* HTC File Manager 1.41

* Low Light 1.02 (Long_Volup.lnk)

Download link:

http://www.fs2you.com/files/d5d9fe8a-8386-11dc-9abe-0014221b798a/

HTC VideoPatch.cab fix WMPPlayer .3gp .mp4 error
[HTC Tornado] lanny:
awesome!

This ROM is really rocks! its much stable.

There are so many interesting new features and convenient settings.

Great job EA!
[HTC Tornado] mantis123:
Great to see E brother's English ROM. I have tried it for a few days, it is very fast and stable, I like it very much.

If E brother could add CHS language support, that would be excellent, afterall, we have to read ebooks in Chinese and also those news in Chinese, hope E brother consider about it. Thank you. :)
[HTC Tornado] lanny:
This is the same edition w/ above from Bro.EA just added Chinese surport and Plum input. Enjoy it:)

HTC_Tornado_WM6_Eng_Yahei_PlumSIP5_by_EA

http://www.fs2you.com/files/909d9868-8388-11dc-9b7c-00142218fc6e/
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
Nice to see u here. I'm a regular visitor to koxo the great chinese mobile site. It is really good of u to take this task after andot. :)
[HTC Tornado] illi:
Memory stats

Whats the memory statistics like pls?

Thanks
[HTC Tornado] 5zdong:
I'm just wondering this...
[HTC Tornado] illi:
I think I will wait till the ROM is "cleaned" as suggested by Nitrogenious.

Am tired of re-installing softwares... and editing registry once new ROM installed. Luckily my contacts (pim) are sync to mail2web.
[HTC Tornado] mantis123:
Thanks, lanny, it is what i am looking for, do you have trouble in playing videos such as mp3 by the use of WMP? When I play mp3, some noise comes out of the wmp? I don't know why??? Thanks.
[HTC Tornado] bluehanson:
Nice to see EA released his latest ROM here.
[HTC Tornado] lanny:
Nothing happen like this in my device. But, it looks like cant be adjust the width of text automatically in IE, both Eng and Chn website. Its a little bit bummer.
[HTC Tornado] illi:
@Lanny I believe you have this ROM installed on your device. What is the memory statistics please?

Thank you
[HTC Tornado] lanny:
I dont remember the concrete values on cool boot. its approximately:

Memory:

Total: 48.69MB

Free: 28.30MB

Store:

Total: 15.95MB

Free: 12.60MB
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
I think this is what u've got from the Yahei version. The pure english version should have more storage. I've already cooked a SIMYOU.ttf version with 16MB available storage. ;)
[HTC Tornado] lanny:
Thats right, the values on cold reboot of the pure eng version are:

Storage:

Total: 21.94MB

Free: 18.95MB

Memory:

Total: 48.68MB

Free: 27.96MB
[HTC Tornado] Terra_rules:
Need advice

Hey Guys, I have been running over all of the blogs concerning flashing new roms and I understand the most, but due to the fact I am a fetus to my new game and hobby, I need a starting point. Another problem is that my phone is in German so there's no reading any directions. I don't mind doing the dirty work and researching, I'll learn better. But it's getting frustrating just looking for a starting point. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

T_R
[HTC Tornado] bluehanson:
"ROM Version 6.0.07.1026.0" means it's a WM6 ROM and released on 26th Oct. 2007

Actually EA is not a green hand in cooking, so I think he has done something to release the free space.
[HTC Tornado] bluehanson:
A starting point?

Unlock and CID unlock your smartphone first, then you can flash any rom which fits your model with RUU.
[HTC Tornado] Akeo:
This is the best rom ever i tray! Thanks very much! You are the best!
[HTC Tornado] Terra_rules:
Exactly! Thats what I'm talking about right there. I would if I new how to. See, I have the XDA terra. just bought it-OS is in german-and I want to do new things with it but after reading everything, it seems that there are no instructions anywhere on "unlocking" this particular phone. I'm afraid to do any of the other phone suggestions although they seem pretty trustworthy, until I hear from someone that doing this to the O2 terra won't damage anything. I'm learning a lot about the systems and all, just can't seem to find anything regarding my particular phone. Or if there is even an RUU compatible for it. Did any of that make since?
[HTC Tornado] bluehanson:
XDA terra is shipped with Windows Mobile 6 Professional, so try to get help from Herald forum:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=348
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
Is it possible to display Chinse perfectly with the Yahei version? It can display unicode Chinese characters. But it fails to display SMSes in smsmanager making them gibberish. I examined that it has approprite wince.nls and respective registry values. So what is wrong with this ROM?
[HTC Tornado] kinchung:
EA

It works really faster than the previous ROMs by Phil or KOXO cookers. Please note the followings:

1. Sync under Vista is unstable. It can't be connected everytime.

2. The responds of joystick and keypad are slow.
[HTC Tornado] KEROLiUKAS:
Just spent some time today to install this..I wasn't even aware this was out, until my friend pointed it out..Thanks guys! I was waiting for WM6 support on the Tornado..I'm an SDA user and i'm loving it...This ROM seems to work pretty well so far, i've only used it for a few hours..I'm loving the light sensor...

Though it woulda been nice to have a task manager..Can someone give me a link to 1?
[HTC Tornado] mantis123:
If it is necessary, hopefully EA brother can keep this ROM updated. We like this ROM. Thank you. :)
[HTC Tornado] DSF:
@enjoyamd

you should copy this webview.dll for fixing the problem with Internet Explorer scrolling.

Download from here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1593807&postcount=33

(it's cabbed)

Also, you should consider to include Orange UK AKU 2.0 driver driver for more responsive joystick.

EDIT:

use this DLL instead:

it seems to perform better.
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
I think the merit of the new joystick driver is that the joystick no longer wakes up the screen when the device is keylocked. Don't know if this feature can be integrated into the AKU 2.0 driver.
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
Can anyone plz help me check or tell me how to check if NetCompactFrameWork is included in this ROM? Two (bus and train info) apps just no longer work in this ROM. I saw EA removed NTCF from his Chinese release. PLZ someone confirm it.
[HTC Tornado] NiTroGenious:
Well, after dumping this ROM, I can clearly see that the .NET CE Framework is included. You can see all the GAG_* and netcf* DLLs in Windows directory. ;)
[HTC Tornado] drasterlx:
i Have a problem with the donrforget, because i instaled but in minutes desactive automatic.

Thank
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
Thank you for that. I also checked and found that the Yahei version didn't have it. After putting the NTCF files to storage card/program files/netcompactframework/ directory, everything worked normal. :)
[HTC Tornado] shencn:
ea

hello EA!:D this rom is very good!but.when you give us a china lanuage rom?:(
[HTC Tornado] MagicWind:
I have used EA brother CHN WM6 Rom for a long time. It is very stable.

I think this is the time for EA to do the pure ENG version, just give him some time, he can do a better job.
[HTC Tornado] bipinsen:
Love at first sight!

I LOVE this ROM!!!! At last!!! A decent replacement for PEE. From all that I've seen so far, this is the PERFECT ROM. All the tweaks and settings that had to be done manually in the registry are now included as options (PIE, Camera Folder, even Comm Manager). My word! Where has this guy been all this time?!! Thanks EA!!! Great work! Where can I send in my donation...? ;)
[HTC Tornado] drasterlx:
i Have a problem with the donrforget, because i instaled but in minutes desactive automatic.

PLease any can help me?

Thank
[HTC Tornado] karhoe:
Hey EA, i'm wondering if you can include the dopod SMS pack as it is very useful, especially SMS Restore/Backup and SMS Filter
[HTC Tornado] DSF:
it has problem with some media files.. but not mp3s. they play fine.

i found that 3gp, aac, amr doesn't play properly. just a weird noise is coming out.

maybe it's related to some wmp decoder files..

enjoyamd what system tweaks have you applied?
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
Today EA posted a ROM release in koxo which he called final. He included live messenger, T9 and NTCF in the ROM. It seems to be a Chinese only ROM (He didn't mention the OS language, but he said it included congti font). Maybe a final English release is coming soon.

Link to EA's thread:

http://bbs.koxo.cn/thread-14687-1-1.html

ROM doewnload link:

http://www.fs2you.com/files/18ac1e45-86cc-11dc-8d26-0014221f3995/
[HTC Tornado] dosada:
I allways get wrong vendor id error. I am trying to use it on a Imate SP5. Is there something i can do to get it running? Thanks
[HTC Tornado] giuseppebitonti:
could anyone post a rapidshare.com link for this rom.. the server posted by EA is too slow.. thank you!
[HTC Tornado] NiTroGenious:
Already done so! ;) Check first posts...
[HTC Tornado] Akeo:
I uploaded this ROM on RapidShare, because file hosting service is very slow:)

http://rapidshare.com/files/66343832/dopod577W_WM6_OS_6.0.07.1030.2_Final.exe This rom is in chinese and english language!:)
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
@Akeo

I'm not sure of the OS language. Maybe you can tell us that if u've already flashed it.
[HTC Tornado] xmlee:
This is a bilingual version,Chinese and English.
[HTC Tornado] knightcapain:
can someone else confirm the dst update is working correctly
[HTC Tornado] david1978jp:
How strange? I only got Chinese. :confused: Is there any way to change the language setting?
[HTC Tornado] Akeo:
Working in my spv c600 ! I change chinese language in english,and now i testing! Is very nice ,but missing some useful apps such as: WM5torage,Auto Keylock..
[HTC Tornado] bipinsen:
Anyone have any solution for Media Player

I've confirmed it too.. Windows Media Player spits out nothing but noise. Anyone have any way of fixing this? EA.. Are you reading this?

I've installed TCPMP, and that works just fine. But I'd like good ol' WMP back!
[HTC Tornado] Eminos:
Could someone please upload this ROM to something other then RapidShare, coz I can't use that (shared IP).

Thanks in advance :)

/E
[HTC Tornado] BlackTigerR:
Here - http://depositfiles.com/files/2225330
[HTC Tornado] lanny:
The DST update is not working correctly in Canada, its one hour ahead.

I think that reason is the DST rules has been updated in US and Canada from this year, but the OS from WM hasnt been changed. My HP PDA w/ WM2003SE has the same problem.

So maybe it will be restored to correctly in this Sunday (Nov.4).

But...but why my Tornado cant be update correctly from the operator? So strange! My wife's N6230 is going correctly.
[HTC Tornado] illi:
@NitroGenious Do you plan to release your improvements based on EA's ROM, and if you do plan, may I ask when?

Thank you
[HTC Tornado] NiTroGenious:
I plan to release a new ROM based on EA's ROM (which is based on mine, which is based on Shark's, which is based on....) having his improvements and more included applications, but I do not know exactly when. It may take a couple of weeks (or more), because my Tornado is my primary phone and it's quite annoying to install and test a new ROM every now and then...
[HTC Tornado] illi:
Thanks Nitrogenious. I shall wait for your release; I too fin it " quite annoying to install and test a new ROM every now and then":)
[HTC Tornado] david1978jp:
Can't wait to try the latest one. Thank you.