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[XPERIA X1 General] Hannigan174:
After having read one too many "I hate my Xperia and wish I had an iPhone" thread I thought I'd make a thread for people to remember why they bought an Xperia.

Does it have it's issues? Absolutely, but it makes up for it (for me at least) in many other ways.

I originally bought the Xperia X1a because it was the ONLY 3G capable WVGA device available for AT&T bands (850Mhz and 1900Mhz). It has a nice feeling keyboard, it has a beautiful display, and it has a very nice hand-feel. Even when I pick it up now it just feels so good in the hand. In fact I haven't had one that felt so good to hold since my old SE W810i. I had the Hermes and Kaiser and both were clunky and unenjoyable to hold.

The Xperia keyboard has a very pleasant keyboard. Its clicks are well defined and the arc slider's spring assist makes it a real joy to slide out. Also my battery life has been superb. Even running 24/7 Push E-mail and a separate IMAP account I still get over 48 hours of power.

Also it came with SPB Mobile Shell for FREE. SPB is, arguably the best Windows Mobile Shell available and it was a sheer joy to use, and while the default SE Panels were rather unimpressive I love that I can switch from Titanium/Sense, to SPB, to PointUI, as well as the absolutely gorgeous Growing Panel with just two presses.

While the processor is unimpressive it has been consistently able to run AVC Video at WVGA resolutions (some ROMs worked better than others, actually).

Sony also added a pretty good Xt9 SIP keyboard (I prefer TouchPal anyway) and with custom ROMS bringing Titanium and Sense to my Xperia I wonder why I would get anything else.

Pros:

1) Very High Res screen (More than double the lowly iPhone)

2) Latest UIs (I got SPB MS 3 from Korean site :) )

3) Great hand-feel

4) Great 3G performance (if you are on U.S. AT&T Xperia X1a is the best, for now)

5) Long Battery life

For those of you who might say I am glossing over some of the downsides, well sure, but this is a why I am HAPPY with my Xperia thread. (I have found most of the complaints to either be largely due to user error, or what I would call "making mountains out of molehills", but that's just my opinion).

Anyone else feel like their much maligned X1 has been getting unfair treatment feel free to offer some positive feedback for the device that, hopefully, we all still love.

P.S. - I got this idea from flamingsamurai
[XPERIA X1 General] imperiallight:
I am loving this phone right now.

*Opera mini feels as fast as my LEO and 3gs.

*The ability to use panels is a good point too.

*HTC Kaiser and TP2 were nice but chunky phones for me (bricks).

*The screen is just about as wide as the iphones and the device is much smaller.

*The hardware keys come in really handy. The optical sensor is good for menus.

*The keyboard is nice with good width for keys.

*Its a beautifully constructed metallic device.

* I am using vakleryire firestorm leo with htc sense activated in the home menu and it feels like a compact leo.

*No accelerometer but I use left softkey remapped to rotate screen.

* Android and Ubuntu are in deep progress as far as I can see (3 OS in one!).

Many more too.

Swap with 1ghz, increased ram/rom and the 0.2 inch for the screen and you have one of the best devices out there!
[XPERIA X1 General] Rydock:
I like my X1 because it actually 'feels' like a communication device rather than an MP3 player with a call function. I honestly think the iphone looks and feels really dopey. I also have to agree that it feels great in the hands too. The way the keyboard springs open is just incredibly badass. The weight and the metal fascia just feel so classy. The panels are fun to change up every now and then, and I think it's just cool to have windows on such a tiny device. I thought my itouch felt like I had a little computer on me at all times, but the X1 is even more so. I feel a lot more organized on the X1 than I think I would with an iphone.

I had a hard time choosing between the X1 and iphone, but in the end, I couldn't justify paying the same price for a device (3G) with far less inferior hardware specs than the X1 just because of what it is. I generally hate apple products and didn't want to give in to their supremacy by getting and iphone. Sure apple's touchscreen is awesome, but I didn't feel I needed it for a phone; that's where my itouch comes in.

I found that apple's accelerometer annoying sometimes when I'm using it in weird angles, i.e. lying down in bed. I think I'm just glad to know that my X1 would be vastly superior in outer space than an iphone. You know, space-proof, just in case.

In the end I'm glad I made my decision to get the X1 and keep my itouch for my apple needs, rather than combining everything into one device. I'll use my itouch for video, music, and games; my X1 strictly for communication and productivity.

I actually love my X1 and think that it was the best phone I could get. After learning about the potential physical short comings, I'm going to do my best to baby this phone to make it live forever. If she dies, I'll revive her.
[XPERIA X1 General] Rydock:
Sony eirccson is a pretty cool guy. eh is better than teh ifone and doesn't afraid of anything...
[XPERIA X1 General] poetryrocksalot:
A message to the OP; when did you purchase your X1? Was it brand new. refurbished, or used?

Anyways, if the device was increased to the scale of having a 3.5 inch screen, I would definitely have kept my device.
[XPERIA X1 General] flamingsamurai:
Absolutely agree with everything said, especially about the X1 being space proof =D

Also people complain about WM, and I have no problem with it, its perfectly logical, and if you use a rom which you like, then it runs fine. Someday you'll be able to jump ship to android. Anyways I'll always love it, its fun to fiddle around with, rather than be a boring symbian phone, where you have no control.

And wheres the fun in having a phone everyone has?

Great thread Hannigan ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] Concentrate:
I wouldn't call the phone cracking by itself user error. It's true, the phone does have good points, but it doesn't get the basics down.

If I have to keep the phone in a safe vault for it to not crack, what use is it?

I like the optical sensor and having the ability to choose between the optical sensor and physical clicks for directional input. However, I hate the feel of the keyboard.
[XPERIA X1 General] Viper89:
Finally a thread where people actually enjoy the phone

What I like about the X1:

The Professional look and feel of the phone

Screen size and HD Res.

Modding capabilities and Hacks and the Different UI's you can put on it.

Camera front and Back and video recording

Optical mouse pad

Keyboard

Speed of phone, yes thats right I said Speed:).

Wifi

GPS

HD games/PS1, sigh....... I miss Call of Duty 2 but I just couldn't go back to Sh!ty 6.1

And most of all The fact that their very little people that have heard of or seen this phone where i live. Actually I'm the only that owns one I don't know anybody with this phone in Auburn,NY .

@Rydock I'm glad to see your enjoying your X1 so far:).
[XPERIA X1 General] PSmonkey64:
I'm still getting use to my X2 (just got it this week) but over all the more I get use to it the more I love it.

Single greatest reason why I love my X2 is .... Keyboard! =) (I hate typing on my ipod touch, nor do my fingers allow for a smooth scroll on the screen).

My only hope is the 2 up and coming firmwares fixes the little minor issues I have.
[XPERIA X1 General] Hannigan174:
I bought mine new on eBay from an Australian retailer selling a Telstra NextG model (it comes unlocked). Only U.S. sources I could find had significantly higher prices for the X1a. I received it in February or so I think? About 1 year old.

Why do you ask about age and status? I presume you had one and are on U.S. AT&T. Were you curious since it is so rare in U.S.?

P.S. - I would prefer a bigger, flush screen. Then again it is still the largest screened phone I have ever had. And for me the physical keyboard is a huge benefit (Had Hermes and Kaiser before so I like them side sliders).
[XPERIA X1 General] sidneylopsides:
My X1 is still my favourite phone, the modding capabilities are what does it for me.

I like the fact it's my phone, I've customised it to how I want it to work, I can't do that to any other phone I've owned.

The screen is great, it runs smoothly, i can get push email from multiple accounts no problem, I sync my contacts and calendar, vide oplayback is generally good, ther are a few files that is has problems with, but that's pretty rare.

Sound quality is great, shame abut the speaker, but I generally have it on silent and use a bluetooth headset or headphones.

It looks great, the build is solid, it's been dropped countless times now, ther are a few dents, cracks and scratches, but I expect that after the battering it's had over the last months!

I love having a QWERTY, but I wish it was more friendly for single hand use.

I've found myself using titanium over any panels, and things like the wifi router abilities, even torrents, mean i can do anything I want on it.

The X2 with a 1GHz processor would probably be my ideal phone! Just wish that looked more like the X1.
[XPERIA X1 General] Hannigan174:
I'm happy to see that there are at least a few of us who are more than satisfied with the Xperia :)

It's always good to hear some positivity for a change. Thanks for the input, to all of you.
[XPERIA X1 General] Nightcookie:
Hi all,

in fact I just BOUGHT an X1 afresh!

I'm using an HTC Touch HD with customized ROM as my primary device, and still think that's the best setup for me. The only things that bugged me were the width and the absolute lack of any tactile experience.

So I shopped around ...

In fact I actually ordered a Motorola Milestone: I wanted to see if I liked Android, the reviews are enthusiastic, and it has a hardware keyboard.

Guess what: I sent it back the day it was delivered. (but that's another story)

And so I went back to Windows Mobile.

My new X1 (and in fact it is brand new) has everything that I was looking for. It sits well in your hand, and I mean as a phone it feels just right. I'm quite happy with the keyboard, and I love the rich feel of the slider. And finally: Hardware buttons hooray!

Other than that it's got pretty much everything my Touch HD has, minus the G-sensor (and I can live with that).

So I use the HD for business (because it's lightweight and discreet to carry in a jacket) and for navigation (big screen!) and the X1 for leisure. Btw, the media panel is just amazing in terms of audio output!

All in all I've fully returned to WM thanks to the X1, and I don't see myself migrating to Android, WebOS, iPhone or Symbian any time soon. Windows Phone 7 Series (or whatever it's called) is downright scary in its restrictions, so I'm glad that 6.x will still be around for power users like us.

Bliss. ;)

N.
[HD2 General] lee2305:
I am still on rom 1.43 as 02 UK network say that they are still testing Rom 1.48. I have been on the htc website and they state that I can't update to 1.66 as the phone is branded to 02.

This is really stressing me out as 02 are useless and are not bothered, htc keep saying contact your provider

What are my options to make this a de branded phone.

I knew I should of bought a de branded phone
[HD2 General] ClydeB1:
What version of spl do you have. If it is 1.42.0000 you can use hspl and flash to whichever rom you want. Just check that you can get a backup copy of your current rom as a backup in the event you ever need to return to stock for warranty purposes.

You'll find all of the necessary information

here
[HD2 General] philcat:
I have an O2 phone just like yours and did exactly what ClydeB1 said. I first found the stock O2 ROM I was going to replace (links are in the stickies in this forum) and put the image on the SD card that O2 so kindly supplied, for us to revert back to their stock ROM. Then I followed all the information on this site to put HSPL on, and I've been flashing like a pervert ever since. Not to mention MTTY and HARD RESET!
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
just a note i got my HD2 O2 handset and it came with 1.48??
[HD2 General] jsmith_00:
mmm sounds good cos i was taking on twitter to o2 and they said all o2 hd2's will be released with the orignal rom, just on another subject am getting a hd2 from o2 nest week and have just seen on there site they have put the prices up!!!!
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
Prob got it from a 3rd party and they provided an 'unbranded' HD2 so it's on HTCs normal ROMs
[HD2 General] lee2305:
02 are awful for customer support.

firmware

1.43 70315
[HD2 General] chris_ah1:
correction - serial works on HTC website. i put in the IMEI number instead :p

:embarrassed:
[HD2 General] Viper_80:
Got my HD 2 from o2 online shop and it seems like they have given me an unbranded phone, updated to 1.66 no probs. Guess I'm lucky for once in my life! Maybe I should start playing the lottery?
[HD2 General] MalekoUK:
Had my HD2 last week, cames with 1.43, cannot update via HTC, BUT nothign wrong with 1.43, so no rush for me, when (if :P ) O2 release an update, i will, but I'm not fussed tbh.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
a few notes to using HSPL for users locked to o2 roms.

1 - go HERE, see the first post, first link, look for the 1.43 folder, in there is a ROM with o2 in the name. That is your get out of jail free card. Download the file

RUU_Leo_O2_UK_1.43.206.4_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50.22_2_Ship.exe

This file is actually a zip file.

Right click the file, choose extract here (Or, change the filename to .zip instead of .exe) inside is a file called RUU_signed.nbh. That is the ROM. SHould you need to gat back to factory conditions, put that file on your sd card, rename it leoimg.nbh reboot the phone into bootloader, it will flash the rom, the radio, and most importanlty the SPL back to how they were when you got the phone.

Once you have that file, keep it safe. You can now go to the HSPL thread, download and instal HSPL (use a USB port in the back of your PC, for some reason HSPL doesn't play nice through USB ports in the PC case, or through hubs, or card readers, etc)

Now that HSPL is on your device, you can flash ANYTHING you like USING USB. Roms, radios, whatever.

The only time you should use SD card from now on is to flash teh stock 1.43 rom. Flashing ANY OTHER stock rom from sd card will cause you problems.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrsg:
I stupidly set my ext2 partiton to 128mb now I want to make it bigger, is it possible to do this without losing my apps?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
No, back them up then re-partition the whole sd card. They are located in /system/sd/app. Search for how to setup adb and pull them or search for how to copy files in linux and that will give you the commands if you want to do it from terminal so you can copy them to /sdcard/

Don't forget to mount the /system/ as r/w, again search how to do that.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w793078324:
i want to do this because i never use panel.Now i use energy's latest 21892

rom.Can anyone give me a hand ? thx very much.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] at45:
You want the SE X-Key Handler CAB
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hkkla:
This will be hard to explain in english but i will try.

Volumebutton on the side, it turns of my ringer now and then, very annoying. I dont understand why HTC let that button control ringvolume at all wake times.

One solution was to edit keypad.kl, i made volumebutton to a scrollbutton. That solution was of course not so good.

Is there another way? I want it to be able to change volume when playing media but i dont want it to be able to change ringvolume.

Softwarewise there is functions to individually have different sets of volume on media, ringer, messagenotification, this in Settings control panel. Somewhere in the code there should be some kind of call to those functions and give volumebutton access to ringvolume. Maybe possibility to delete that function that lets volumebutton change ringvolume?

Does anyone understand my jibbrish-english?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hkkla:
Perhaps any rom-cooking chef could do an "update.zip" for this purpose? Or is this deep inside the software that needs reorganizing much?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hkkla:
Any chef want to confirm my request are looked into? I want this so very much and i dont think i´m alone with this wish.

Or if its practically impossible, please tell me then so i can drop the idea.

Or if my english is so messed up you dont understand what i mean, tell me so i can try harder to explain.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Stickman89:
Yes it can be done, all you would need to do is edit the key bindings located in the following file "system\usr\keylayout\qwerty.kl" , you could do this in a update.zip form or via adb.

What do you want the volume up and down keys binded to do>?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Repp:
I'm also interested in this. Great idea! It has made me miss several calls :mad:

Let's not forget that they should work during a call too, which, in my opinion, is even more important.

Would it in some way be possible to stop the volume keys from changing the media volume when the screen is turned off? It's quite annoying when you take your phone out of your pocket and grab it by the volume up button :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hkkla:
Whats the difference between qwerty.kl and keypad.kl? I have tried alter keypad.kl but then vol-button became more or less useless, it lost all volume-functions. I only want it to loose ability to change the ringer-volume and leave the rest of volumes alone.

I pulled qwerty.kl from my phone and it practically looks almost the same as the keypad.kl.

If i change key 114 and 115 in qwerty.kl to be for example scrollbutton i wont be able to change any volume at all with that button?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Raptor-21:
I too would like a similar function as there really is no need for the ability to change it almost anywhere;, especially with the volume rocker being so easily pushed on this phone. The following would be my preferred set up:

Only adjust media volume while playing media (including screen lock as I find it beneficial to change volume without taking phone out of my pocket)

Only adjust ring volume while in sound settings menu (where it should be!)

Volume adjust while in call should be left as is.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] HomerSp:
The only thing I would want fixed is that you shouldn't be able to use the volume buttons while the screen is locked/turned off.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom ROM Development] ryanlow134:
well like the tittle, any ROMS like that?

I Love WM6.5 coz we dun have to use that tiny bar to scroll as my stylus had became 2...

M2D coz i love it~~~
[About XDA developers] devil_82:
Hi Mods,

Is there any option for the mobile view like the last time when surfing xda-developer site?
[About XDA developers] galaxys:
Here's the last discussion thread I saw on this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=618264
[About XDA developers] devil_82:
thanks alot of the help :>
[Nexus One General] djmcnz:
Anyone out there having the same experience as me?

After unlocking and rooting my N1 I now get frequent, if not regular, soft reboots. It seems that it only when reading or writing a lot of data to or from the SD card (e.g. search the SD card for applications, a full data or app backup to the SD card, reading a large playlist off the SD card etc). It seems to be easy to reproduce and certainly didn't happen before unlocking/rooting.

Part way though an operation the screen will go dark and the phone will reboot from the static Nexus logo.

Am using himem. Allocation problems?

Any thoughts?
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Wipe , format sd card. Start over with latest stable ROM.
[Nexus One General] djmcnz:
Thanks, I'll try that.

Is this advice offered because it's a known problem or because it's just the default advice for random problems?
[Nexus One General] JoshHart:
Ive never had any random reboots on mine (running cyan latest right now) I did with some roms on my G1, what rom are you using?
[Nexus One General] djmcnz:
Stock...

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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Neo.03:
Hi, I wanted to ask if going to the MDA Compact IV load ROM from HTC Touch Diamond? There is not problem with the change keys?Thank you for answers
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Is this already known here?

http://www.htc.com/es/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=246&cat=2&dl_id=882

Maybe an old version just released for vodafone spain later than the rest?

Apologies if been posted before...
[G1 Android Development] M..N:
anyone know what this update contains? http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=246&cat=2&dl_id=882
[G1 Android Development] AnderWeb:
Its a donut DRC92, but cannot test it cause i'm on a linux bo
[G1 Android Development] mjrgens:
Radio: 2.22.19.26I

SPL: 1.33.0007 (perfect)

Build: DRC92 (Android 1.6)
[G1 Android Development] Dragon_GT:
hmmm 60 MB. I think it's donut without Sense.
[G1 Android Development] jcarrz1:
cupcake, I think. but there was one from the 18th floating around that was cupcake, so this could be that, "donuted".
[G1 Android Development] funbacon:
This is a HTC android 1.6 (like Roger rom but with android 1.6)
[G1 Android Development] domenukk:
Gonna download it now...

at least trying to :P
[G1 Android Development] soulife:
?!

If this is true, anyone with a s/n willing to mirror this

Which one are you referring to, the es or uk download?
[G1 Android Development] xaueious:
Well the version string is really old: 1.91.164.1

This means you can still gold card this ROM. I guess... Wonder what the update was for.
[G1 Android Development] domenukk:
I have downloaded the installer. what should I do next? I don't want to loose root and so on...

Can I unpack the Data or fake an android Phone somehow? :confused:
[G1 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
nvm, i got it)
[G1 Android Development] nicknowsky:
yeAh wait for dump maybe someone will cook something up
[G1 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
Got from there: http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=246&cat=2&dl_id=882

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IT. 32A or 32B - I DON'T KNOW

Original link: http://87.106.248.77/download/RomCo...Mobilkom_1.91.177.1_DRC92_signed_NoDriver.exe

4shared: http://www.4shared.com/file/231058241/cf5002a2/RUU_Sapphire_Vodafone_Mobilkom.html

I was surprised. It is another strange ROM... weird...

At first: it has rom.nbh not zip

At second: i viewed rom.nbh by text-editor

it has Hboot 1.33.0007

Radio: 2.22.19.26l

and... this tile of build.prop

m?яь'♦◘яя г ¶◘х # begin build properties

# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh

ro.build.id=DRC92

ro.build.display.id=DRC92

ro.build.version.incremental=15632

ro.build.version.sdk=4

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.release=1.6

ro.build.date=Wed Sep 30 14:19:12 PDT 2009

ro.build.date.utc=1254345552

ro.build.type=user

ro.build.user=android-build

ro.build.host=apa24.mtv.corp.google.com

ro.build.tags=test-keys

ro.product.model=HTC Magic

ro.product.brand=vodafone

ro.product.name=vfpioneer

ro.product.device=sapphire

ro.product.board=sapphire

ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

ro.product.locale.language=en

ro.product.locale.region=GB

ro.board.platform=msm7k

# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device

ro.build.product=sapphire

# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint

ro.build.description=vfpioneer-user 1.6 DRC92 15632 ota-rel-keys,release-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=vodafone/vfpioneer/sapphire/sapphire:1.6/DRC92/15632:user/o

ta-rel-keys,release-keys

# end build properties

#

# system.prop for sapphire
[G1 Android Development] mjrgens:
This NBH is for 32B devices. It's just normal Donut (Android 1.6). Nothing new here...

After flashing:
[G1 Android Development] looktall:
just because it is donut doesn't mean it is not something new.

give it a chance for people to check to check it out.