yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kxhawkins:
Or just use my ROM with all this stuff and more already done. Either way.

By the way, I've found the best build.prop settings for me are:

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=260

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit

dalvik.vm.heapsize=26m

mot.proximity.delay=100

ro.product.multi_touch_enabled=true

ro.product.max_num_touch=2

But that doesn't do as much as sysctl...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xi4n9:
Nice guide, after a few search, I decided to follow your guide first untill the final froyo from Z been release.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafalc88:
Best guide I ever followed amazing advice. I love my x10 even more now!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab:
i belev proximity is usless

i just press home nd it cums to .hom screen den simply press power button screen is awff.. while in nproximty it doesnt turn awff. screeen becoms blckk lightning . ..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkX10i:
Thanks!

wow, great guide, i've gone back to 2.1 for a while from FreeX10, and its sped my phone up loads, thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
an impressive guide, looks legit

after performing all of these steps, you could still send your phone to be repaired by sony ericsson in the event of a hardware problem?

thats my biggest hesitation in modding my x10, i just got it a few weeks ago
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big_raji:
Great guide! One minor nitpick though... Doesn't facerecognition get any love? I'm adding it back in, because I actually miss it! ;)

I've seen some posts recommending to clear the dalvik cache regularly. Is that recommended in your opinion? Does your 48M setting fix that?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crowds:
i rather prefer THIS
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Thank you everybody for your precious feedbacks!

I have just updated the tutorial, several MORE STEPS for you! Enjoy and... remember to donate me if you like, I will appreciate it a lot!! ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chigz:
hey i tried runnign the flashtool it eeps on tellin me "ERROR - Please connect your device and enable USB debugging" when i have already enabled the USB Debugging :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
It all seems to be related to a lack of drivers... do you have PC Companion installed? If yes, already tried to re-install it?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfbreak:
What heapsize is best 26,32,36,40,48? I see so many different i dont know wich one to take^^
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Takyon:
Try 26 & 32 and see how you get on. These will be the 2 values most people will suggest, see which one works best for you.

32 is the sweet value for me, but others swear by 26.

Sent from my X10i
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
after performing all of these steps, you could still send your phone to be repaired by sony ericsson in the event of a hardware problem?

thats my biggest hesitation in modding my x10, i just got it a few weeks ago
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

try with all the values. Every time reboot and check with Quadrant and / or Linpack if you obtain more benefits. ;)

Sure! Just connect your Xperia X10 to Software Update and choose to re-install the latest official firmware :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx.varun:
SIMPLY the BEST guide.... grt work bro...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Thank you very much! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
thank you very much! although i think that to install the multi touch, because i dont have root explorer i might follow this guys tutorial.. he does a pretty good job of walking you through it,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDwwkF7g7lk

cheers pavi! ur guide is fantastic for noobs like me doing their first mods !! wish me luck im goin in lol
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eddie_Brock:
Question regarding this step... Louder Volume Hack states two things specifically on it's info page. 1) This app ONLY works for custom ROMs 2) This does not work for Sony Ericsson devices.

Is this true? I'd like to improve my Bluetooth volume (if nothing else), but I'm reluctant to do this step if it won't work for the phone... Can anyone confirm or deny that it works?

I am on SE 2.1 firmware.

Good job by the way. A lot of useful information in one spot
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
I tried that volume hack and didn't notice a difference and a lot of people say, that it doesn't work.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Thank you, glad to hear you found it helpful!

All the mods that I have quoted here have been tested on my Xperia X10. In my case, LVH worked more than fine: I noticed a quite big improvement in terms of maximum volume with earphones! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Can we uninstall the app from step 12 after setting it and the reboot?

Just checked the guide, very nice.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
a good question about systcl,

also, do u happen to know what stock model number, baseband, build, firmware, kernel. u started with?

because i heard that that can cause problems...

iv been saying that im going to do this for days now but keep on reading more off this forum and putting it off, because i really dont want to screw it up..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
You have to keep sysctl installed in your phone.

My infos are:

X10i

2.1-update1

baseband 2.0.49

kernel 2.6.29

build 2.0.2.A.0.24
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
does your guide apply to :

X10a

2.1 update 1

baseband 2.0.46

kernel 2.6.29

build 2.0.A.0.504

?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon2901:
I did the whole guide on X10i_2.1.A.435_CUST-NBC GENERIC 1234-8465 - Nordic Combined (B), until now ( just before last step) everything just seems to be improving!

i will let you guys know if i run into problems, really seems to speed things up thank you :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon2901:
Okay, last step ****ed up my device!

Everything until last step seemed to improve performance!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Use heapsize=26 and max events per second=26, for me these values are the best.

I deinstalled step 12, I think without that the X10 is faster.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbdragon89:
Awesome thanks, but one quick thing step 13, "dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m" whats the purpose? and would making it say "dalvik.vm.heapsize=56m" will that make the phone better? running and working and multitasking?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Bigger heapsize is good for big apps, but small apps will be slow.

I don't know about multitasking, sorry.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdiddy1987:
other than not quite figuring out the multi touch step (i posted a few questions on that thread)

i did more or less all of those steps, minus a few and my phone feels brand new, and better than i ever imagined

much appreciated

cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Glad to hear both you have enjoyed the performance of your "new" device! ;)

Yes you are completely right. Imho, just try several values for heapsize and test in daily use... Maybe 32 is a good average value to balance between small and big apps requests!

I am sorry for this! :( Which ROM do you have?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crowds:
That`s exactly the step where you can FK`up your phone.

You need to be very carefull and set permitions correctly if you don`t....well you know what happens:p

read that again carefully or check this one
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simon2901:
Thanks i will back up and try last steps tommorow! i proberly messed up permissions, and no worry messed up my device but i just recovered :-)

atm i have done all but the last step ( more or less)

im not sure about step 12, did it but read that i could give battery life a hit, was is your experiences with it :-)? it does seem to make things smoother

Thanks you :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alleniv:
Hi, in my case regarding battery neither better nor worse.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spreketek:
very informative! bookmarked for reference
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

yes I quote!

Thank you!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unholyhimura:
Im glad you wrote this! thank you ! (:

I've learned a lot today .. XD
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
you're welcome!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Updated first page with a few more stock APKs safe to remove ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Element:
I can see you've added OmaDataSyncService.apk and Stk.apk ...

I know about the second (has to do with SIM and I always remove it to get rid of the "Welcum to \/0d4f0ne" stupid popup) but I was wondering , can you tell us a little bit about OmaDataSyncService? What is it responsible for? Couldn't locate it in the link you provide with all tha .apks and their functions.

Regards,

mr_element. :cool:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
For Stk.apk you are right, it regards SIM tool stuffs. Instead I do not know about OmaDataSyncService.apk: I just removed it in the same safe place and tested my X10: neither crash nor lack of services happened, so I think it's pretty safe to "delete" ;)

Always remember to MOVE the APKs in a safe folder, in your SD card. Thus you will be able to restore them if necessary without any problem!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthack:
OmaDatasyncService.apk - Part of sony sync
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthack:
Has anyone tested to perform Step 7 with the fully functional DT on the latest and final update from S-E?

if so what was the result?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Element:
You don't need that. On .435 firmware multitouch is fully functional already.

This step was for those who where on .024 and had flashed only the .435 kernel. In that case you needed those commands issued to make the device understand how many finger inputs it could use on every application.

Regards,

mr_element. :cool:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
Step 11 - louder volume hack. The app on the market says it's not compatible with SE phones.. Can anyone confirm that it works before I invest?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi everybody,

regarding the MULTITOUCH, I confirm that with latest and next releases of SE firmwares for the Xperia X10 Series the two steps to enable it are no more necessary!

The standard dualtouch driver inside the kernel of latest firmware makes it possible to use dualtouch in every application!

Regarding Louder Volume Hack, I installed and used it without any problem on my SE.

Regarding instead the OmaDatasyncService.apk , thanks to matthack for letting us know that is SE-Sync related! If you don't use this functionality, you can thus remove (move) it without any problem ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

thank you for the feedback!!

I just want to add with this post the following: I am just updating the first page with:

better information regarding when you have / don't have to do the dualtouch step

specific parameters to get the best from Sysctl!

My linpack and quadrant scores after performing all tweaks regarding which I spoke about in all steps!

And you... what are your linpack and quadrant performance after tweaks? Feel free to post here with your experience after tweaking, I am curious! :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthack:
gonna check my quadrant again tomorrow:D

yesterday brand new stock 509

today 2hrs after installing xkhawkings optimum rom 709

and ive been keeping it hard at work meanwhile so not much rest for any cache to settle down :eek:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
My screenshots just uploaded in first post! And yours?? ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthack:
btw on those last "tweaks" uve changed...

WARNING!!! if you have your phone set to sim-lock on start up those settings for sysctl will speed everything up so that you wont be able to open and type your code before it has past it and all you´ll get is a SDcard icon at the topbar next to the clock with a big red X over it and you wont be able to access your card!!

so if anyone wanna try those last numbers make sure you have SIM-lock inactivated!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfbreak:
Do you have OOM Kill checked or unchecked?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthack:
cant remeber what i had i just put my SIMcard in my old phone and turnt SIM-lock off:P

should it be on or off?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthack:
think i need a reboot my quadrant scores has dropped since last fiddeling:D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imranyousaf:
Great job man , i did move to other ROMS also , but at the end i did come back to original , and made all the changes as your said.

Really nice work

Thanks alot
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Thank you! ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urulucho:
Great job!!, very usefull!

and Many thanks!!!! (sorry..)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppkumar:
Stuck at the bootup screen

Hi,

I have the FreeX10 beta 4 with 2.2.1 version. I installed the JIT enabler using xRecovery and rebooted the phone. From then on it has been stuck on the Sony Ericsson boot screen. FYI..I have wiped the davlik cache and battery stats cache before installing it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxxx666:
busy box not found

I am trying to install busybox, but it will not install keep getting "busybox not found" this is very frustraiting. some one please help! Running rooted(superoneclick) 10a, FW-2.1.A.0.6.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppkumar:
Hey paxxxx,

When I had the same issue, I unrooted the phone with SuperOneClick, rebooted it, rooted it again, rebooted and then I installed Busybox which went fine.

Try it.

Regards,
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightbeyou:
been trying to dl busybox using my phone but to no avail...i tried installing barcode scanner to perhaps be able to get one but still unsuccessful...could anyone provide me a link in which i could dl one...please...as well as how i would install it in my x10...i got one from the site itself but it doesnt or rather i dont know how to install it...please help me out so i could finally customize my phone...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxxx666:
It worked! Thanks very much
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfbreak:
Do i need to check oom kill in Sysctl or uncheck?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eugene1991:
I believe you should check it?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingRafox:
Little Question

Is it necessary to leave all the apps like busy box and super user and xRecovery, or could I just delete them and will the changes still be kept?

Oh yea and thanx, awesome topic :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] espitech:
Amazing work!

Hey PaVi90,

Thanks a million times for your great posting!!!

I was thinking about installing a custom ROM because I was so frustrated with the performance of my X10. But after I applied all of your changes, my phone has become so unbelievable fast that I'm totally happy now. :D

Keep up the good work and all the best for you from Hamburg, Germany.

Yours, Sascha
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karthikkri:
do i have to backup my phone before doing the root?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronos808:
Very nice uncluttered guide. Many thx :)

X10i-Rooted-Jit-Xrecovery-Link2SD
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronos808:
No, U do not need to backup your phone to use this guide. But its recommended that u do bcoz just in case anything goes wrong. U can always recover from it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Candy[MAN]:
How crucial/important is step 12 (the SYSCTL settings) in terms of speed boost?

Can you really see/feel the difference?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karthikkri:
Thanks a lot :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
@KingRafox : you can remove them, but not all! For example if you remove sysctl you will lose all its benefits!

@espitech : thank you!

@karthikkri : absolutely no need! ;) However, if you are unlucky, you might lose everything. For example, you press wrong buttons in xRecovery and choose to format all instead of installing a new package. If you really feel worried, feel free to backup without any problem. xRecovery has a very easy to use backup utility inside!

@cronos808 : thank you, too! :)

@Candy[MAN] : in my honest opinion, one of the most crucial! After sysctl tweak, I really feel a noticeable performance boost and battery saving at the same time!

Xs3n : welcome! :)

All of you who believe that I might have helped in any way with my thread, please feel free to send me a small donation. I will appreciate really a lot for my studies! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karthikkri:
SEMC HSUSB driver reqd.

i having a problem with installing pc companion, i may sound dumb, but this never happened before, its gets stuck up at installing drivers, when i look into the device manager, in unknown devices, SEMC HSUSB device is there,

Is there anyway to install it manually, is drivers are there separate?

because of this, i am not able to root my phone, it is not being detected in flashtool...

please help me out..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi,

did yo try to:

1) Repeat the installation of PC Companion (after an obvious uninstall);

2) Consider the installation of SEUS that might install more or less the same drivers needed by Flash Tool
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karthikkri:
i tried many times and even googled to find out if i can find any drivers or any other way to make it work.. then i came across this, if we use z4root, we dont want any pc companion to work right?, we want to connect to pc for root access alone, so is it ok if i go for z4root?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitezboon:
u can use z4root.... it works great too for rooting.....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunchiapooi:
hello there, i'm new here and i just got my x10 a week now. i wanted to keep most things as stock as possible without some bloatware. my question is can i remove busybox, xrecovery after i'm done with the optimization?

thanks in advanced.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Yes, sure you can! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acriar:
I'm reporting you

Ok after reading this post and following the directions to the point, Step-by-step. I restarted my phone and.....everything worked :eek: . Therefore I’m reporting you to the Better Business Bureau since I know there has to be a catch. I refuse to believe there's actually a tutorial that delivers the results it promises.

Great Work Man!! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcherFasting:
Wow this is great, thanks man, If only I found this months ago. Had to learn most of this the hard way, still learned a lot anyway. I tried to keep it stock but had to dive into the mods and custom roms and I am hooked, won't go back :D

One comment though, I've been looking for a way to improve the sound quality. I found that Louder volume hack app you mention but he mentions in his description that it is not compatible with SE phones... :S
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Thank you everybody, I really appreciate your positive feedbacks! :)

I have to say that in my case LVH worked, but not "too much": especially in headphone now I hear a louder volume but not too loud. But that's more than nothing.

Thank you too for reporting my thread in the official one that collects the most relevant threads and tutorials here!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iptelesys:
Thanks Im sure this will come in handy for some
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ski-lleR:
Thanks to you for the guide.

A lot of lag are gone, not all, but i think for now it's the best we can do, until official 2.3.3

I removed all apk you suggest, and additionnaly, i removed this, because i don't use or use market alternative

Browser.apk

Calculator.apk

Facebook.apk

mediascape.apk

MediascapePluginManager.apk

officesuite.apk

Timescape.apk

Timescape.apk

TimescapePluginManager.apk

TimeScapeProvider.apk

TimescapeThemeBlue.apk

TimescapeThemeGreen.apk

TimescapeThemeIndigo.apk

TimescapeThemeOrange.apk

TimescapeThemeSakura.apk

trackid.apk

Youtube.apk

For Linpack, i'm also around 32,5,33

For Quandrant, see the file attached

(Original sd card without app2sd or link2sd or data2sd...)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basisnederland:
Perfect!!!!! I like clean and lite os! Verry fast, and gone all the bugging and slowing down sony apps.

I have done another mod too. Deleted the file startupanimation.zip on dir media. Verry much improvement on cold boot!!!!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberZhero:
Can you uninstall sysctl config after using it?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
FIRST POST UPDATED! Now a very interesting STEP 14 added - to give a significant further boost to your device :eek: :D

@ uberZhero: no, otherwise you will lose all its improvements!

@ everybody who suggested further tweaks: many thanks for this! I will update the guide with your suggestions asap!! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Thank you for the donation, very much appreciated Sir!! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kev_gordon:
Great post. X10i is much more responsive. Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evernothing:
Worked great for me.

Linpack and Quadrant scores almost identical to the OP.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Nice to hear :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joseph_pires:
i just stumbled upon this guide n i think this is hands down the best guide for a noob (like me) who wants to keep stock firmare... all the mods in this guide are great which i didnt know existed... ill give them a try.. but wanted to inquire bout a "custom kernel"... i have a bad data plan and hence wanted to make use of droid wall however it doesnt work because its compatible something to do iptables:confused::confused::confused::confused:?? is thr any solution to this..??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joseph_pires:
CORRECTION: not compatible
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
Hi joseph_pires,

thank you for the feedback, I think don't worry if you are not too familiar with X10 modding, I wrote this guide starting really from basics ;)

Regarding your request on droid wall, I know that at the moment the incompatibility is due to the kernel of our X10. The latest custom kernel, K006, introduces an unlocking for it.But this is all what I know about that
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joseph_pires:
Thanks again PaVi90 for the heads up appreciate it... so i guess i hav to just wait till a custom kernel gets developed... :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaVi90:
In my honest opinion, the best rom after the current official 2.1 will be the official 2.3 gingerbread. I really like the progresses continuously made here on XDA by very prepared developers, but I don't think we will see a fully working ROM (fotovideocamera included) until SE will release the next following update.

Regarding custom kernel, instead, I am pretty sure that in a few weeks we will get something really interesting and almost stable. In fact, overclock to 1.1Ghz, undervolt, 32fps cap removal, droid wall support, audio tune-up, 16M color are already reached goals by our devs ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramonps:
Awesome! Many thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flavine:
Has anybody else experienced this? I've done the sysctl part and I still get the code prompt.

BTW, how about adding the removal of bootanimation.zip to the guide? And what is Mediascape, is it safe to remove?

Thanks PaVi90 for a wonderful guide :)