yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi Flavine,

I answer you with this information: just added two more steps in the tutorial!! STEP 15 and STEP 16 are now ready and posted in first page and available to all of you :)

Many thanks to the users who suggested me to include this step, of course I have quoted them into the new steps :)

And very very soon, in a couple of minutes, a further STEP 17 for your SD card! :D

Regarding the screen of PIN, I don't have the unlock code at startup so can't verify for you... but anyone else who has could post here his feedbacks regarding this aspect :)

EDIT: STEP 17 created too. Just have a try now and let me know your feedbacks :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aphex33:
+1....and thanks for step 14, noticed better battery performance and transitions are really smooth.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peludino:
Awesome thread!! I'm going right now, back to Stock Rom, to test all these modings...

Thanks a lot!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flavine:
Can't restore stock apps

I've removed the stock apps to a folder in my sdcard. Now that I want some of them back, I moved the APK files back to system/app. The apps don't show in the system drawer even after rebooting. Am I missing some steps?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

try to install again the APKs by clicking on it, otherwise check if they have the right permissions set (with Root Explorer)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flavine:
solved

Clicking on it works, but the app is installed as a regular app (appears in Manage Applications as well). I tried the permission way and it works! Didn't know about the permission! Thanks a lot! :D maybe can include in the front page as well, for newbies like me :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey guys new to XDA.....can i cant find faces k ill use these :D

anyway i just wanted to first of all say THANK YOU PaVi90 for getting these and organising em to make em so awsome and userfriendly :D

also want to thank all those ppl he got the info frum :)

now that aside,ive followed your instructions and rooted my fone, dont worry nothing rong but.....and any1 can help me out here..... now that everything's done, is it ok to remove all those apps we installed for rooting? sysctl, xrecovery, busybox to name a few. i dont want my xperia get any slower,lol so ill leave it if i have to its just that my fone's running relli low on space now :(

anyway,any help will be apprciated, thx guys :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estugarda:
I'm completely new to X10 and Android too. I've read though these speed up steps, and now I wonder if I go with those steps, will there be a problem updating to official Gingerbread, once it arrives? Could the update porcess then fail, if something is missing from Eclair?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Element:
No the update will go just fine. It doesn't check previous version it just flashes the new one. If that was the case all those in custom roms (2.1,2.2 etc) would not be able to update. So go on and fear not. It's a real performance boost for your x10 just follow the tutorial to the letter.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estugarda:
Thank you. I guess I'll go along it then.

Also special thanks to the author PaVi90. Impressive work and commitment to the community.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibusnawi:
Thanks a lot to PaVi90 for providing this very good step-by-step guide.

I had problem installing xRecovery, but managed to do it after following the "manual install" guide in the main thread of xRecovery. However since RootExplorer is not free, I use SuperManager from the market instead.

Once JIT was deployed, my X10 Quadrant score rocketed into 722 from only around 400 previously!!

But after installing sysctl and set the values as your suggestion, the Quadrant score is dropped to 682. :-(

Do you know what could be the reason?

What are the original values being modified following your guide at the step of installing sysctl, if you know?

Maybe reverting back the original values is the best option for my X10.

Thanks again for the awesome guide here!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Element:
Don't mind the Quadrant results. Quadrant is a fake and very easily cheated.

To prove it to you see all the Quadrants from users that have apps2sd and data2sd functions. They hit 3000-4000 score but it's not true at all.

The overall feeling is what you have as a guide to help you judge if the optimization to your device works properly and nothing more. You like the smoothness and the responsiveness? Then you are good to go and forget about numbers!

If you are desperate to use numbers to compare your device's power though, I suggest a Linpack score. I consider it to be much more accurate.

Regards,

mr_element.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibusnawi:
Thanks mr_element for the heads up, and brief but concise info about the Quadrant score.

Appreciate it much.

So here it is. I will just go ahead as I am feeling the smoothness has increased much!

I will check the Linpack as you suggested as well. :-D

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estugarda:
I went through most of the steps last night. Man, what a difference!

Oh yeah; nobody needs Timescape/Mediascape. It's just clogging up the phone. No real benefits from using it.

LaunchPro and few nice apps from market can do the same thing while working faster and taking less resources.

Now I started to wonder if I could use any of these steps to speed up my crappy Prestigio Multipad PMP3084B tablet also runing Eclair. There is no official support for it, or any mod community support either.

SuperOneClick, Z4 and Unviersal Androot are not working for me. I'd really like to get it rooted at least.

Any ideas?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midtown2:
Nice job

I will try to follow it when I am back home!

Keep it up
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhoeszh:
Is it safe to assume that i can remove the sysctl app after i finish with the setup? The app also made a sysctl.conf in system/etc.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x10i_Ren:
Hi There

awesome guide, I am, however, having a problem now with timescape, it wont update status', shpw the pics within the windows, or allow me to deregister facebook and reregister it

please help me????

i love the app and use it every day :(

I already tried clicking all the timescape .apx files and re-installing, it still doesnt work
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey bro hd u moved ll your timescpe stuff to the sdcard?if you did thatsbyour problem,what youll have to do is put those files (tht u put in the sdcard) back into the app folder in the phone memory, THEN you re-install it from there :D

If this is not the case tho please say what it is you did exactly to your timescape files and we'll try to help you from there :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x10i_Ren:
Hi Bro

thanks for reply, hmm nah after I had removed the above mentioned app file and timescape wasnt working, just for incase i put EVRYthing back in the original app file and reinstalled, it still didnt want to update timescape or update status'

any suggesitons?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phflorian:
does it affect the speed of the rom if i do some of the steps in a custom rom?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joseph_pires:
any news on custom kernel... i was snoopin around but didnt find any kernel for stock rom.. if im wrong kindly correct me...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echomac:
Great guide PaVi90 !

I made a full whipe & installed FreeX10 Beta 4 (2.2.1), including DATA2SD.

The phone was really slow and I had 2 wait after pressing buttons....

Followed youre guide (almost every step) and I noticed that step 14 was for my X10i the best one regarding speed.

I have now 2474 in Quadrant and 34.887 MFLOPS in Linpack !!!

Thats enough for me until SE release Android 2.3 ;-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibusnawi:
WOW echomac!

Mind sharing your steps? :-)

What's your sysctl value you put?

Do you also use stock rom?

Thanks in advance!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kxhawkins:
Quadrant scores mean nothing. Linpack means little more, and 34 is nothing astounding. Performance should be gauged by use.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echomac:
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1) Installed Free X10 Beta 4 (2.2.1) exactly according this swedish guide : http://www.swedroid.se/forum/showthread.php?t=36597

2) Used this thread-guide for speed improvement.

3) SYSCTL value also accoding this thread-guide :

- Check "Enable sysctl" option;

- Set "Min Free KBytes" to: 32568

- Set "Dirty Ratio" to: 5

- Set "Dirty Background Ratio" to: 3

- Set "VFS Cache Pressure" to: 1

kxhawkins : I do know that Quadrant & Linpack scores doesnt mean everything but I could not find anything else to compare the resault before and after...

Maby you can share a better way to evaluate it?

Linpack score of (only?!) 34 might be due I did not whipe my 16GB class 6 card before the installation (I thought it was to much work)...

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Anyway, after the above installations my X10 sure is snappier and much more responsive then before and I am really satisfied.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
great tutorial, i cant find a sd card speed optimiser that works on 2.1 the one you list refuses to save settings upon reboot settings are stock again
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stan.s:
q: Item 4: Louder Volume Hack : I found the app at : since the regular market search in the USA doesn't allow it. However, he states that it's NOT compatible with SE phones. Is he wrong?

I also note that there are a lot of versions available all around the web. Many with the label 4.1 do not appear to have v6.2 button inside. His current version is 5.0.1
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
i tried it it doesnt seem to work
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Could you share the font, please?

Looks nice :)

Want to give it a try on my X10 to see if it fits my theme.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banban3:
Hi everyone,

My very first post on this forum, though I have been reading it for a while now (Xperia X10 and Optimus 2X). I was upset regarding my Xperia that seemed to go to sleep, but would never wake up: I had to take the battery out and restart the phone to have it run (phone was out of warranty: took a bath in the pool... but the problem was already there before the dip).

So I changed to O2X. Now the O2X is at the repair centre, I tried to have my X10 running. With little hope as the defect is supposed to be due to hardware issue (motherboard). However, I followed the steps described here, to have as fast a phone as possible (hard to come back to X10 after O2X...).

And the good surprise is about the battery: max temp that I obtained (few days running now) is 34°C, regularly around 28°C, whereas with the stock ROM, the battery would never go below 37°C. And my phone does not show the "sleeping" problem!

So thanks for this guide: I even got rid of apps that were not mentioned but that I have no use of, and the phone works quite fast (user experience, not Quadrant), without any problem that I had before!

BTW: Quadrant score I got is 784. :)

EDIT: with setcpu stuck at 1GHz, just got 840. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
Hey pavi I have jumped bak to my optimized 2.1 jus to let u know I think u left out the "check oom allocating task" setting in the systctl section.... I believe I remember that being there... If u left it out on purpose then let me know and im sorry to bug u

Cheers for the guide as always
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddymild:
Thanks great tutorial
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olinz:
back to 2.1 thanks to your post. awesome.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurichichan:
question pls

so far this is the best ive seen, with all the complete step by step, actually i dont want to go further but having read your guide make me want to try. Just a few question sir coz im just new.

my x10i- 2.1 update1, 2.0.49 and build is2.0.2.A.0.24 if i follow every step u make, will i be ok? or do i have to do somthing else?

I hope next time there will be a video of this and this will rock totally.....

ty PaVi90
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caiovitor:
Official Upgrade From SE 2.3

After doing this can I upgrade my X10 when Official Upgrade from SE (2.3) comes?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XperiaX10Freak:
Awsum, great for newbies like me ^^
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

of course you can! Every 2.1 based ROM can be tweaked with these mods. Furthermore, several ones are also completely suitable with 2.2+ custom ROMs.

@caiovitor: Yep! Your ROM is still the standard 2.1, so when the phone will find a new update it will notify you. But no problem even with custom ROMs: 2.3 official upgrade can be detected simply by connecting your device to SEUS, without regard to the specific ROM, kernel, etc... you have in your device! But remember that the upgrade will wipe all your data (but not your SD card content...)

@everyone: thank you very much for your kind and positive feedbacks. Unfortunately I have just a small amount of time to check seldom the thread and reply to everyone, but I see that nice users helps in this goal! :) So... many thanks everybody!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iCyDe:
Does it make sense installing these things now, cause everything will be deleted if I update to Android 2.3 (August)? And are these things available for this version, too?

[Sorry, i am a toootally Noob here!!]
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

I suggest you to wait applying these tweaks to Android 2.3 , because some of them are not useful on Gingerbread, and furthermore it's better to see at first how much Sony Ericsson worked about usability and lag-less on new software.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spudy12:
Fisrt i must say a huge thanks!! This guide and all the tools people have developed are amazing! So thankyou everyone :)

My only question is, what will happen when the next update is out? 2.3?

One thing that might be worth adding is, is how to root the phone then change the firmware so that they can use generic frimware get the latest updates ect and not have the network crap.

Its same as using root explorer and editing build.prop.

Here is the guide i followed for this.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8934154

Once again many thanks!

Spud
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caiovitor:
How to restore to original SE ROM?

Hi,

I need to restore to original SE ROM because I need to send my device to SE Assistance. How can I do?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iCyDe:
Which of these Speed Ups can I use after the Gingerbread update?

Is there a new tutorial for this?

(In case the stock ROM that I have will be rooted ;-) )
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PredatorX11:
hi guys,

i have try with only some settings, on my x10 with stock rom 2.3.3

in quadrant my scores is 997...is good?:D

i think is fast, but in the home screen i see some stuttering...:(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgat_io:
Thanks so much! was so helpful... although i had to find almost all files in other sites (which was difficult).

Thanks again!
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
Hi all, i just recently got a vibrant, and i rooted using superoneclick, and now after installing rom manager and flashing clockwork recovery, every time i boot into recovery it gives me default android recovery, and not clockwork mod. what is wrong?
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
bumpitty bump bump
[Vibrant General] shrapnelx:
Make sure you have the update.zip installed by Rom Manager in the root of your sd card and hit re-install packages. That should get you into clockwork recovery.
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
It is in the root of my internal sd card, and i do not have a reinstall packages option
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
try the modded 3e recovery in the DEV section if your on 2.2
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
Well i went to that except i have one problem and i cannot post there due to being under 10 posts, but they all talk about a "keys" file, but i cant see it in any of the files in the op
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
Can you give like a full step by step guide? because none of the ones in that thread are specific enough
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
nevermind i think i got it with this:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=925400
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
Yup, got it, now im gonna go flash bionix -v :D, thanks for the help!
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
bionix hard-bricked my phone and now i cant get into download mode even with no boot guide
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
What is it doing? With ODIN open and phone plugged in to your pc do you see it adding a COM port? Im gonna take a stab and say you didn't let Linda convert your filesystem completely and reboot itself maybe...
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
No com port no nothing, the phone itself will not power on into anything using any method
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
any idea what you did right before it wouldn't come on? Did you have a lagfix other then voodoo?? Like OCLF??

Try this method....

Pull everything out of your phone..battery, sim, sdcard

Open ODIN on your PC

Plug the USB into your PC

Hold down ONLY the Volume Keys (both of them)

Plug the USB into your phone...still holding the keys

With your other hand put the battery in..

Should be a minor delay and then you should see the Download mode screen (Digging Android robot)

Try it a few times
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
that is what i have been doing for past 15 minutes, its too late now, im returning it.
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
Man..I know its frustrating...I ve been there quite a few times myself..This last time I had a complete No Power brick...no nothing..dead...nada... Called em up, had a replacement sent, but before it got here, I got the phone back on and I actually returned the replacement back to them and kept my old one...it just keeps coming back to life...

So if you ordered a replacement..theres no harm in playing with your current one to try to get it back working is there??
[Vibrant General] awesomoman:
I didnt order a replacement, i took it back to the store, and wow, this is ridiculous, the new one has the problem with the back and menu buttons where they choose when they want to work and not, i liked my desire z so much better except that i was forced into getting rid of it because people could never hear me on calls.
[Vibrant General] jmcghee1973:
Ahhh I c... sorry I couldn't help you

Sent from Bionix V powered Vibrant
[Vibrant General] bartek25:
bad choice .....becasue u never know if your replacement phone was refurbished prolly it was . u shoulnd of stay with new vib and let us help u fix it . anyway ,good luck and LOOOOOLMZ if opeople couldnt hear u whenu called thanu should of never gotr a vibrant loo ull see why :PP
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megapixle:
I'm trying to figure out if it's worthwhile to turn off mobile data when the screen is off, and turn data back on when the screen is turned on. It would also be necessary for me to occasionally switch mobile data on even when the screen is off in order to check email. (I'm thinking something like 15 minutes off, 3 minutes on)

Does anybody have any success stories or advice whether I am likely to see any noticeable battery savings by doing this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I started doing this from when I first got my evo. Just turn off mobile data, you can still get texts and make calls, and then turn it on when you need it. Also turning off background data in settings also adds additional battery, but just enable it when you need the market. I went most of all day with about 80% of my battery still good between it just being off, using the mobile data here and there, and some texting. :)

Edit: I don't use a tasker, I just use the power widget in my notification, so I can turn on my mobile data on/off with just a tap. And if you're like me you don't know when you actually need it or for how long. So I find it easier and more effective to do it manually.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luist4498:
X2, i use switch pro to toggle mine. Battery drops about 2% per hr while data is of with screen off even when listening to music from my play lists.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mulhiny:
I turn off the "always on " mobile data and noticed a big difference. The data turns on and off with the screen.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skylar.sutton:
I am the owner of SuttCo. We developed the Locale Mobile Data Plugin (which can be used by Tasker). It has a condition that can keep tabs on your data use and a setting which can be used to shut off mobile data.

I know Tasker and Locale have screen off/on conditions. I don't have time to run any tests for you (busy working on a new plugin), but if you're willing to do a semi-scientific study and report the findings here... I'll comp you a copy of the plugin. Shoot me a PM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeptikal_1:
Good stuff
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hluk:
glad i found this post... improving batt life all written up, great job!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rocklee99:
Juice defender takes care of turning off ur mobile data and turning it on when needed, all by itself
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mazda:
Not to say that turning off mobile data when you're not using it is a bad idea but I've found during my own personal experience with trying to improve my battery life for daily use that using titanium backup to freeze Google Backup Transport.apk is also a helpful solution. Other things that helped are going into Accounts & Sync and turning off background data because believe it or not, that stuff eats your battery up like a fat kid eating cake...hahahaha...Anyways, another tip would be to hit up Display and turn off Automatic Brightness and play around with the scroll until you come to a setting where you can see because I've found that the Automatic brightness eats up your battery too, not as fast but it does! Another thing that I've done is this and although there are task killers that would do this for you....I've decided to do this myself and after using an app such as Facebook or the brand new CNN app, I've gone into Applications and force close them out just to save battery and all of this nonsense I'm talking about has helped me out alot......NOT TO BRAG but using these little tips of mine, I've gone from 2 and a half hours and I was at 70 percent to 4 hours, 36 minutes and 48 seconds and I'm at 68 percent.....and that's with out turning my phone off, that's talking on the phone, texting, checking my facebook, downloading some apps here and there and just leaving it on in front of me at my desk.

Please don't start posting "Oh what, you want a FUC%ing cookie now" and all of this....all I intend to do is help someone by sharing my story....that is all! I got to get my butt to working again...hahahahaha