[XPERIA X1 General] kdspiv:
I have spent literally hours culling the different threads looking for what others have set their X1’s to. These threads are to improve performance in specific areas and people change them over and over using different benchmarks…..ARGGHHH!!!! It makes for tedious research!

So for me and other noobs can you you fellows please post the performance settings and contributing hardware in your X1 that you currently use and are happy with? If NOTHING else just fill out at least the cache settings you are using? I am not interested in benchmarks here PLEASE!!! My X1i scores lower on benchmarks now than it did with the old roms with loads of tweaks…but real world performance is spectacularly better now!

So if you want to really help out and post all your info, Please use a format kind of along the lines I will use.

(optional but appreciated)--Used mostly for--Business first and foremost (enterprise mail and data connection are enabled no matter what applications are other wise running). Then it is used for movies and music as it replaced my iPhone.

(optional but appreciated)--Ultimate Goal for Tweaks used—VIDEO PLAYBACK - I wanted movies and youtube to run perfectly smooth without dropping frames. AND do this while data connection and enterprise were in use.

---Device info:--

X1i w/ R2AA010 (GENERIC_UK)

8gig SD card (class 8)

--Programs in use to improve performance—

SDtuneup

Schaps advanced config

--Cache Settings—File system cache: Enabled

File system cache size: 8MB

File system filter cache: Disabled

Glyph cache: 32KB

(optional but appreciated)--Other Settings that MIGHT be helping--I have installed or moved all possible programs to the SD card

Also on the SD card is the default storage location for:

Image files

Audio files

Video files

Downloads

IE cache

IE cokies

IE history

Illumination is NOT enabled.

--Performance and Pros for these settings—Overall performance is snappy as hell. Landscape to portrait change is instant as are menu pop ups. Panels are deployed 2seconds after the panel button is pressed and panels are fully functional 4seconds after selection.

--Possible problems or cons noticed for these settings—Maximum battery time is about 10 hours now with 6-7 hrs of actual use on a charge being normal.

(optional but appreciated)--What two tweaks gave the most improvement?—

Upgraded Fimware was number one as this improved everything my phone does. And even though I have read that is doesn’t matter….easily the single best tweak I made to my X1 was the Class 8 speed, 8gig, SD card. This made the most difference to my video playback (of properly converted movies). The intial run of IE or anything sucks while the X1 rights the folder for it on the SD card but after that performance is golden. All of my programs run perfectly from it where with my class 4 sand and class 6 Kingston cards caused lags and lock ups.

(optional but appreciated)--Any BAD setting or software Tweak for YOUR X1?--Enabling "filter system cache" ALWAYS made my X1 slower over time and eventually reduced stability. I HATED the random, little, 'effing freezes that I constantly got. I unloaded, relaoded, deleated and hard reset over and over until I found leaving this cache and just using my X1 resulted in the fastest and stable real world X1...at least in my case.

(optional but appreciated)--Other useful info to achieve performance goal—

DVD Catalyst 3 has finally given me the video play back results I wanted. Nice and smoooooth!

Catalyst Settings.

Ipod Touch (HQ) high quality

Video 500kps normal and 700kps for show off movies

25fps

128kps on sound

720 x 526 resoloution

(optional but appreciated)--Any stupid or ghetto mods, software, etc. you did to improve your X1—

I removed the plastic battery label and put a small amount of heat sink compound between the metal of the battery and the metal X1 battery cover. The result is that at first my X1 would hit 110F degrees when watching YouTube “HD” videos while receiving emails. But now the temp NEVER EVER gets above 95F degrees…..So it is ghetto but it works. BUT the phone feels warmer in your hand of course. HA!

(BTW: I did cut out the battery info portion of the label and put it back on the battery)