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[XPERIA X2 General] Hannigan174:
Pros: It adds 8M camera and has a flush screen. Accelerometer. Nice new Panel interface

Cons: No conventional D-pad. Little support from XDA-Devs. High price.

I don't feel like the X2 has enough benefit to upgrade. If it was less expensive and had XDA-Dev support (it doesn't because it is not an HTC-made device so it has very different software) I would be looking to get one. Using the same processor and RAM certainly makes it harder for me to justify getting one. I'd say get a nice cheap X1 and save up for the next top-shelf model. IF you must upgrade perhaps an HD2.

P.S. I have not had hands-on time with the X2, just YouTube vids and tech reviews so my opinion is only semi-informed.
[XPERIA X2 General] anothadave:
ive had the X2 for a couple months. price is no different to the X1 when it came out so id consider it no more or less expensive (and if you sell on your existing X1 then the cost to upgrade is cut in half) i got mine from ebay for £375.

ill warn you of the cons first...

battery life for me is quite bad but i can live with it. the X1 wasnt that great for me to be honest so im kind of used to it. expect to charge it daily.

at the moment the firmware isnt quite up to scratch but once again its no worse than the X1 was when i first had it. theres a firmware update due this month so hopefully that will sort a lot of the problems.

loss of the dpad, but you get used to it. i find i use the touchscreen more anyway.

as mentioned before, no support for XDA-devs so if youre into replacing roms every five mins youll be dissappointed. but a lot X1 software still works on the X2, just not everything.

the hardware inside is the same as the X1 so dont expect any major speed improvements when using software. but i was happy enough with the speed of the X1 anyway so not a problem for me.

currently theres no front camera for videocalling and no FM radio support but these will both be activated in the forthcoming update.

Pros.

construction is far superior. back to the quality i expect from sony.

i find the overall design much better and more attractive. the curved back makes it look smaller and less of a brick even though its near enough the same size. side by side with my X1 it makes the X1 look very dated indeed.

keyboard has a very nice feel to it. ive not used it long enough to detect any problems but im more confident it will last.time will tell of course. the keys arent squidgy or crunch when pressed. when its opened it feels reassuringly tight as it slides and snaps into place. the x1 felt more sloppy and when opened didnt feel all that sturdy.

the screen is a tiny bit larger but is much clearer and sharper. its also flush with the body which a lot of people wanted.

it currently has wm 6.5 and soon to have wm 6.5.2 and then wm 6.5.3 in a couple of months.

the overall experience is much better. the X1 always felt to me that it was a pocketpc with a phone tacked on as an afterthought. the X2 has a much better dialer and phone interface. feels like a proper phone now.

improved camera, ive not used it much but seems better from the few times ive used it. (although the multishot function doesnt work, id imagine this is one of the bug fixes in the upcoming update)

ive not used the tvout so cant really comment, not something id use to be honest.

i liked my X1 but it was falling apart, so im pleased i upgraded to the X2. if you wish to return to the xperia experience then i think you would be happy, just dont expect any major upgrades. consider it more of an X1.5 and then you wont be dissappointed. between a cheap X1 and the more expensive X2 then id definately recommend the X2 (unless the X1 was very very cheap of course.lol) dont pay any more than £400 ($700) theres plenty available for less than that price.
[XPERIA X2 General] gettingtired:
nice to hear from an x2 owner, wanted to ask about the included earphones sound quality, is it any good and could you recommend a place one could be got for less than 400£
[XPERIA X2 General] anothadave:
the included headphones arent too bad. depends how much of an audiophile you are! theyre the in ear type but not the ones that go deep into your ear. i actually kept hold of the X1 headphones as i was used to them. but sound wise theyre very similar. i thought it would be better to sell on unused headphones with my x1. i found the sound quality was much better using pocketplayer rather than the supplied media player. pocket player has dsp plugins with bass boosters and equalizers etc. sony of course are famous for the walkman brand so do know a tiny bit about music lol. they wouldnt package anything too cheap and nasty. i would say theyre a decent mid range set and personally im quite happy with the sound quality. the x2 has a standard 3.5mm jack of course so you can always use a different set of headphones.

i got my X2 from ebay. theres plenty on there right now for just under £400. i was lucky to get one privately which was about £50 cheaper than the rest. i dont think they knew the value of what they where selling :)

this one is currently £370

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson...MobilePhones_MobilePhones?hash=item335b24f895

theres plenty of others for around £389 - 399. most from hongkong though but they do tend to give away some free goodies. theres currently an X2 on auction for around £200 but i think its a used one.
[XPERIA X2 General] gettingtired:
thanks for the information on the earphones and also the ebay listings. good to hear the audio quality is decent. hopefully i'll get my hands on one soon.
[XPERIA X2 General] doministry:
Me finally and hopefully this week.
[XPERIA X2 General] anothadave:
lol i hope i havent bigged up the headphones too much :P if youre going to listen to music then hunt down pocketplayer... its not too hard to find ;) theres a big difference in the sound quality compared to wmp and looks very good when its full of albums with the cover art. probably my top recommended software for any wm phone to be honest.
[XPERIA X2 General] rickyzone:
Haha. Thanks for all the thoughts... Though I still can't decide. I LOVED my X1. It did fall apart however. The earpiece stopped working, (had to do calls on speakerphone or bluetooth). Then the flash stopped working for a little, but I managed to fix that. Recently it stopped working again. Whats funny is the case is cracked up, and stuff isn't working, but the screen (with no screen protecter EVER) Is still pristine.

X2 should be just as awesome, though I like the whole changing roms thing, and xda has been so helpful with my x1. I do like my Nexus one and the whole 1ghz processor and android has been fun. Though I think I may trade it for the x2 to help cover the cost :) We'll see. If any of you all are interested in that trade, send me a PM. I'm not quite set on it yet, but it's possible.
[XPERIA X2 General] ring-bearer:
Rick'

What are the downsides to Android compared to WM 6.5.5? A lot of are thinking of making the jump now that WP7 sounds like a half-ass iPhone. Any thoughts?
[XPERIA X2 General] rickyzone:
Well, and I read this a lot, noticed it with my nexus, android doesn't seem quite as mature as winmo, and a lot of the good stuff requires a rooted phone which of course voids the warranty. Everything I ever used the phone was there though (phone, message, email, gmail (two different apps, wasn't streamlined, didn't have an issue though), web access (no flash yet), games (always love all of gamevils games i'll pay for em), and ftp access to my webserver.) I didn't like androids soft keyboard when compared to my old iphone 3gs. Game selection wasn't all that great, but apps were still solid, many of them at least. Other then that though, no issues. I think I've tried every Mobile OS on at least a few phones except a few, and Android is definitely tied up there with windows mobile.
[XPERIA X2 General] ring-bearer:
Thanks, dude, that's helpful.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nganlang:
my phone run wm6.1, i downloaded dt39-UltimateROM-v3-MutliLangKB from this forum

- start Mirage_LV_1.8, click PDA button and select dt39-UltimateROM-v3-MutliLangKB

- click detect button. switch off phone to Emergency Mode, and it start flashing...

- after all, the label changed from green to blue,device reset and cannot boot to win, it halt at Samsung boot screen for long time

- i take battery out, and insert back, start again but still this problem

i try to another rom but it still this problem

was I wrong?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] voljka:
after flashing new rom always do hard reset. If any problem - do hard reset...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hexham:
what if install harmful cab on i780 orange which lack key combinitions for Hard reset

I post here even it is to late because I had a problem of a spanish i780 that did not respond to key combintions of hard reset and boot mode. the only way to HR is by using code *2767*...... I forget it lol. But, when I installed an Arabic MUI cab on it the phone can't start so I have no way to Hard reset now since I can't access to dialer no more. and I can't flash by mirage since I can't use fn+Enter on this wm6 orange tweaked rom phone.

The only Solution for me was to download this rom ziddu.com/download/8450774/i780PDXIB1_Upgrader_VISTA.rar and I used wincotroll program from 4shared and samsung xp driver (using windows 7) then I tweaked the rom installer by draging a loop icone from wincontroll (software tweak tab) to the bottom of rom installer and clicked show then an emergency box appeared ... I checked this box (no need to check charger battery or phone connected boxs) and reset the phone or rebooted it. >>>>>>>>>>>> the phone started flashing and horaaaaay I have wm6.1 now and both key combination are working now.

I was able to flash the phone again and again testing for the best rom now I have 6.5 rom that works very very fine for me

NB: I searched the inside and outside of the Web with no results so I applied this tweak as I do to my omnia i900 when facing (incorrect software essage)

I am sure this can help someone else who still have orange wm6 useless rom on his i780.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
If anyone is interested in assisting me in making a new rom, for our NOW rooted phones. Please let me know.
[Droid Eris Android Development] binny1007:
Lucky you ;)
[Droid Eris Android Development] refthemc:
lol I was just thinking the same thing...
[Droid Eris Android Development] zifnab06:
working on it already jcase
[Droid Eris Android Development] jamezelle:
:rolleyes:...............
[Droid Eris Android Development] toastcfh:
im on it. i promised i would. so all we need now is a recovery
[Droid Eris Android Development] SoCalSpecialist:
NO BUENO!

its our luck tho, a week after we get a leak of 2.1 .. tadaaaaa the device is rooted.

this make socal mad! :mad:
[Droid Eris Android Development] ECLIPS3:
+1 im in the same boat. i upgraded my eris thinking root was going to take a while longer and didnt want to wait. my understanding also was that the devs gave up on 1.5 root and were instead working on 2.1 leaked root. oh well. i can either wait for 2.1 downgrade or another root for 2.1. or my more likely scenario is to go out and get the Nexus 1 on the 23rd when it is supposedly coming to verizon.
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
What would top off the cake is if HTC released the OTA right now.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
If your a chef, and want, I have a list (and files) of what I want added, and the base image.

I want the bootloader from our ROOT rom, the contents of /system/xbin from the ROOT rom and everything else from the leak rom.

Correct me if I am wrong, but that should give us

the s = off boot loader, su and other programs from xbin, and finally a more stable system.

jcase
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
That's not much to ask for. lol. Why the bootloader and xbin from the root rom though, why not just remove boot.img from the leaked rom and add SU to it and flash it?

Or better yet, build AOSP from source and add the 2.1 Eris drivers from the leaked ROM, and make a Nexus One replica ROM for the Eris?
[Droid Eris Android Development] iornslave:
Actually.... they didnt root 1.5 supposedly based on the official root is here thread

somone came across a rooted version of the 2.1 ROM so we just have to wait for somone to figure out a way to get the 2.1 leak to "downgrade".

this is all because the rooted rom has a build of 2.19.605.1 Test Keys and the Leaked rom has a build number of 2.26.605.2 Release Keys which in turn makes it a down grade because the rooted ROM is 7 builds lower then the leaked ROM.

my thought would be can somone get into a hex editor and change the build number to a higher version without jacking the checksum and ruining the ROM. maybe that would allow a "downgrade".

but back on topic.... it appears that 1.5 was not rooted at all based on Caboos3's statement
[Droid Eris Android Development] i3urn:
on the subject of rom cooking, i have never done it but am interested and would be willing to do what i could to help out.

ive got a 2.1 rooted eris
[Droid Eris Android Development] jcase:
iron changing it with the hex number will screw up the checks.

apreichner

the bootloader has secure off, thats what i want it

busybox is userful

xbin has su, scp and other things i want.
[Droid Eris Android Development] iornslave:
i knew it would... but i wonder if there is a way to do it and preserve checks.

im not sure how checksum algoritims work so i dont know if theres a way to offset the change.

the only hex editing ive ever done with files only required me to ensure the file read the same size so minor changes were possible and a single digit change would be a minor change.
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
Oh I didn't realize the bootloader was like that on the rooted rom. I was thinking you could just push the image if you had SU, but since the bootloader is already unsecured, you could use that. Until you guys get a custom recovery of course.
[Droid Eris Android Development] zifnab06:
The bootloader has S-OFF *AND* it is an Engineering SPL. Can we extract the SPL by chance? I have an idea.....but I wont' mention it if we can't :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] toastcfh:
Engineering SPL huh... woot that means u boys have fastboot. hell yeah. but no ur best bet is the goldcard deal. at that rate u can flash the rooted leak and be scott free. since u have a build that will flash to ur device and give u root. then all u gotta do is figure out the goldcard and flash it. idk if u guys have a good reason why the goldcard wont work or not. im just sayin thats prolly the best bet
[Droid Eris Android Development] refthemc:
I thought using the Goldcard was not possible?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=646734
[Nexus One General] Robertleehadley:
I've updated the radio on my nexus to the ERE36B leaked radio, but for some reason it isn't as good as the stock radio that came with the phone.

I'm rooted running Modaco's 1.9, would I be okay if I just flashed the older radio?

Thanks
[Mogul, XV6800 General] high25:
Hi i'm having problems with outgoing, incoming, and during calls...

i have a sprint mogul, unlocked, running stock sprint rom.

lately, sometimes when i make an outgoing call to someone there is just silence. there is no ringtone or anything. i look on the screen and it says it is connected but there is no sound on the other end.

when someone makes a call to me, i pick up but there is no sound. it says i'm connected but it is just silent.

i tried calling my friends phone, i saw that it was calling him, he picked up and said hello but i couldn't hear anything then i said hello and he couldn't hear me either. he called me, it came in and connected, i said hello and some other stuff but he couldn't hear me and i couldn't hear him.

when calls are working and we can both hear eachother, my phone goes silent then we both can't hear eachother. i did not hit mute or anything and the phone says that it is still connected.

i was running a custom rom before putting the stock back on. i have hard reset and everything else.

other thing that is also happening is that when i reset my phone (pressing the little hole) it goes straight to bootloader...

it also went straight to bootloader after running the customizations and resetting. to get out of this i have to take out the battery for like 15 min and then it starts up normally...

Can anyone help me with this problem? or is my phone dying?
[HD2 General] waschaa:
in settings-buttons, I have only one button(button 1 Hold)-send.

but, I wanna also assign other buttons, home, window, back, end.

How can I add other options in button list.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaekim708:
So I've been lurking around this forum ever since the G1 first came out. Messed up on the rooting procedure once, got a replacement a few months ago.

Worked fine so far. A while ago, I flashed the latest SuperD rom. I am using an 8gig SD card. I've overcharged my battery several times by accident, so the health isn't exactly up to out-of-the-box standards.

I noticed the phone entered a random reboot when I turned the music on for a while. As time passed, the random reboots became more and more frequent. Since I couldn't keep the phone on for more than 20 seconds without a reboot, I decided to wipe and flash a new rom today.

I chose Pays 1.6 Rom and flashed that. Didn't wipe my ext4, just wiped and flashed. I figured ext4 wouldn't cause such a problem, so I ignored it for now. Problem not solved.

I turn the phone on, and in the few seconds, I noticed the following:

the apps all show up, meaning the phone reads the ext4 apps (right?.)

The sd card itself displays an error - I can't access music, pics, etc.

Phone service is fine, all apps are normal.

Buuuut there's still that random reboot issue. It reboots, enters a G1 screen, then reboots quicker. In other words, after I take the battery out and reboot, it might take maybe 1 minutes before it auto-reboots. I wait, then it reboots in maybe 30 seconds. And faster and faster, until it doesn't respond anymore and I have to take the battery out again.

I'm not sure what I do causes random reboots. Sometimes it's when I press a button while in the music app. Sometimes it's when I open the keyboard. Sometimes it's just when the screen goes to sleep. It's fairly random.

I can go into recovery (once I take the battery out once.) Fastboot also works.

Running the danger SPL and the second to latest radio (I believe a new one came out recently? Mine's the one with 26)

Help please? What part of my phone is broken?

I'll give additional information if asked. Not sure what parts are relevant.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mejorguille:
Sound's like Kernel panic. Wipe everything and install soemthing stable like cyanogens 4.2.15.1 or dwangs rom. Didn't know there was anything worng with SuperD's kernel though.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billquinn1:
Since the rom relies on apps to sd I would guess the ext is borked and maybe the fat32 as well. I would reformat the whole thing to fat 32 then reformat to ext2 or 3. Load Dwangs rom for testing (easier to get running just as a test).
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaekim708:
So I wiped my SD (ext4, dalvik, fat32) and tried cyanogen. Then I tried Pays. Reboot problem's gone, but neither of them is reading my SD card.

I'm assuming its just a matter of backing up the SD and repartitioning? I'll try that next when I have time.

Thanks for the help guys! Lastly, any ideas on why this happened? It'd be hard to pinpoint the exact reason, but I'm assuming I'm not the only one who had this problem - how did other people get to the situation I'm in?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaekim708:
I wiped all of my SD, repartitioned, wiped the phone, flashed AOSP 1.6. w/ root and "expansion" pack.

Reboots are less frequent, but they still occur too often. They don't occur by themselves - its always when I'm using my phone.

It seems that it reboots more when its connected to my computer. The SD isn't mounted, but the simple fact that its connected seems to trigger reboots more frequently. Is this a coincidence or can a USB cord trigger reboots?

Help please

EDIT: The phone just made an audible cracking sound as it rebooted - like someone stepping on gravel. Hardware issue?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] lordpipa:
My screen doesnt recognize any tap slide or anything. could it be a software issue or do i have to take it to the warranty?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
First go to sceen settings in Settings\System\Screen and align your screen to see if it responds.

If not, you'll have to do a hard reset to see if its software or hardwarew related.

If it doesn't work after a hard reset, you will have to warranty it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] larsft:
I got mine back from HTC 1 month ago. Same problem. Screen worked, but was no longer a touch screen. Quick and easy handling by htc, and covered by the warrenty (at least in Norway).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] lordpipa:
Called the Warranty, they'll be send in one today. After hard reset nothing worked. Oh well, looks like I'll have to start all over again
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chem E Sam:
So i have tried and tried and searched and search and i cant find a solution to this. i am trying to root my phone, i have all the right files and drivers.

start the phone in boot loader

start comand prompt

type fastboot-windows oem unlock

and i get

< waiting for device >

anyone have any idea for a fix for this?

Thanks

Sam
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfspider:
If you're in the correct mode, my guess is that the USB drivers are not installed properly. You can also try a different USB port.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy!:
Wrong drivers? What Windows version are you running? Do you have another OS available?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deprecate:
Only one of two things here...

1 - drivers (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=613217)

2 - mode (with the power off, hold down the trackball and power button. Once you see the droids on skateboards, fastboot will work)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chem E Sam:
ok so for drivers, adb works so i think i have to the right ones, i also have downloaded the most recent ones from google. and yes i have it in the fast boot mode....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Jimmy!:
Have you enabled USB debugging?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chem E Sam:
yes i have put the device in debugging
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chem E Sam:
i tryed a different fastboot (1.0ere27-nexusone-superboot) and it worked.

thanks for your help

sam
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackmarsh5:
Whats the link to that different fastboot download

hey dude can you post up a link on where to download the different fast boot you found (1.0ere27-nexusone-superboot) I am having the same problem, and wanted to see if it might work for me thanks
[HD2 General] skylinkali:
Dear Friends,

I am new to the site, I am really struck here i got my HTC Hd2 just 2 days back and now there is a problem my videos are not playing and if i try to open the file in media player it gives this error ''The source filter for this file could not be loaded.'' please help me what should I do?????

thanks
[HD2 General] gilaxy:
i am facing the same problem i cant play the videos posted by redah

and i cant stream video from opera halp :(
[HD2 General] Grant.Net:
Same here

I had the same problem. I couldn't play videos on the phone - if I recorded one using the camera, it woldn't play, and if I tried to play one from the storage card I got the same message as mentioned above.

The problem was my YouTube app. It's on T-Mobile - when I bought it, they installed a YouTube app (which isn't included on T-Mobile phones). I think it's called 'MyLostBlog YouTube App' or something. Once I uninstalled that it started working again.