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[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christopher888:
Hi,

I personally love my xperia X1. Its a lovely piece of sleek hardware, can be easily overclocked and has a good solid metal chassy. I bought a black one from rogers and I love it. I personally havent had any cracking issues or anything, in fact my phone has been dropped on pavement 2 times and in deep snow once, and emerged without even a scratch.

Because I hate frequent hardware changes Id like to keep my xperia for a full five years and would like to buy a second phone as they are really becoming cheap now. I have had my eye on the silver phones for a while, but know they are more prone to cracking. Particularly phones made in weeks 44,45 and 46 right?

Are there any silver phones that have had this issue corrected yet and been relreaed?

When buying a phone and shopping is there a way to tell which phones will have the cracking issue? Serial or batch numbers on the box mabye.

If I am concerned should I just stick to the black ones?

Finally other than ebay does anyone know where I can get a cheap new or refurbished X1?

Any help is appreciated.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruno_123:
hahahhahahahahahahaha

I have a black xperia and it cracks like crazy xD and i didn't drop it once xD
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XtriFe:
Hi, if the cracking is whats got you concerned, why don't you try getting just the housing? there's guides on how to replace it, I've done it myself. Replaced both the ribbon cable and the housing.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrLeche:
I still have my silver X. bought it at bethefirstx1 (1st day). my housing has been replaced once because of crack. I never bumped my phone nor dropped it. but I have cracks all over it:

1. the dreaded volume button crack (2nd time after replacement)

2. the camera button crack

3. the middle area crack (rumored to have been cracked due for using a car stand, I don't have car stand but I got the crack on the same location)

4. the camera part crack up to the top of the phone

The only thing left for me to have is the crack on the stylus area and the crack on the earphone plug.

So after these years, what I can tell about it is it still cracks due to user mishandling (please correct me if I'm work I already rant a lot of times on the crack thread)

but I found out that whenever you change your battery/take off your memory card, you either use your fingernail to open the cover on one of the four areas where you can slip it. That actually inclines the cover and tilts it on the side where your fingernail opened it. Thus it results to the cracking of the opposite trapeziodal area (either the volume or camera part)

I had my keyboard replaced and the camera housing had the crack after it was replaced. (I'm thinking it was from the technician's part of re-assembling it)

Lastly, the metallic middle portion of the phone chipped off:

I think from the leather case that came with my X1, the middle part of it is exposed and I wear 'em clipped on my belt. I guess that how got it to chip off, whenever you reach your phone on your belt side you actually hold it on the expose area pressing your thumb to it to lever your fingers on the magnetized leather case to open up. For more than 3 years of doing it everyday, I guess that the reason for my crack on the metallic area.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zire72:
If you live in the UK you could pay a visit to CEX also known as Entertainment Exchange, they also have a website... I bought my x1 from them about three months ago, and everything they sell comes with a 12 month guarantee be it second user or brand new.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoscreater:
just buy the black one, the silver ones seem to crack a lot easier. Or just get another phone that's better, they should be cheap now.

I got mine for $120 so can't complain.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachu_x1i:
I bought an silver x1i this 14 feb 2011 and it shows some crack on the battery-housing,flaking paint is my another problem . I'm still under warranty ..what should I do? I love x1 a lot than others do..

Sorry for bad english, hope you understand my problem..!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aseteo:
"Tough" Silver X1

I have a Silver X1 for about 3 years now, fell down 15 feet, hit a stone and has a tiny little dent on the screen, never had cracking problems until 2 weeks ago, fell out my hand, 3 floors down, ricocheted off a handrail and landed on concrete pavement, one crack upper right hand corner, and well usual wear and tear, the bright chrome siding wore off due to car keys in same pocket.

Don't know whether my phone actually is tough, or plain dumb luck.:D
[Galaxy Tab General] fai2start:
Hi everyone,

I was wondering have all of you been using that "spare parts" to play games/apps in full scale on the Samsung Galaxy Tab? or is there any way to solve this issue? such as upgrading/changing firmware/custom roms? Advice needed.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

TabFans
[Galaxy Tab General] Pat123:
As of now, that's the only option we have.
[Galaxy Tab General] texasreb:
Spare parts works great for me. No issues at all.
[Galaxy Tab General] Guitar4Him:
+1 for Spare Parts
[Galaxy Tab General] student.driver:
teh ditto-ness...
[Galaxy Tab General] fai2start:
Yup, I agreed.

After using spare parts, it does help me to play certain games in full screen such as:-

1. Modern Combat - Sandstorm

2. Gangstar

3. BIA2

4. Nova

5. Backbreaker

6. HomerunBattle

But, I'm not knowing why for some reasons it crashes other games as well such as:-

1. Ninja Rush

2. Shoot U!

3. MiniSquadron!

So, it was like i only have 1 choice either i choose to play these games and give up the other ones...or i choose this one and sacrifice the rest.

Have any of you been experiencing such problem?
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
For the Gameloft games, you should really be using the Tab specific HD versions anyway.

The "problem" here is not the Tab - it's the games themselves. The proper solution would be to ask the developers to code their games up so that they are not so resolution dependent.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] TheGrammarFreak:
If everyone coded to Google's recommendations we wouldn't even have this issue. Google need to be a tad more strict on the apps they allow into the market. Just my 2 insignificant-monetary-units
[Galaxy Tab General] MasterRy88:
Yeah using spare parts is hit and miss. While I found it helped games out it really hurt others. Mini squadron. Gem miner will work until you actually start the level and then the screen goes white. In duck hunter the touch response is way off .

TheGrammarFreak is totally right tho its all up to the dev's, but then again not all devs had tablets in mind when they were developing so you cant really blame them either. But at this point any reputable dev SHOULD be updating their apps to scale properly with the SGT.

It was becuase some of the apps dont work with spare parts that I dont use it and just put comments on all the apps that dont scale correctly asking them to please update it. Many have been updated, many have not.
[Galaxy Tab General] knut150:
I installed the app but then i had some problems with the scaling with the ebook reader, the margins were off while reading a book... so Im not using it anymore
[XPERIA X2 General] larzazral:
anybody have stopwatch and timer appplication suitable for xperia x2
[XPERIA X2 General] fadi.b:
try ageye g-watch (free)

http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=gwatch/about
[XPERIA X2 General] larzazral:
it's ok for Win Mo 6.5??
[XPERIA X2 General] fadi.b:
yes & work on X2
[XPERIA X2 General] dolle82:
Many thanks have been looking for stopwatch for a long time for my x2
[XPERIA X2 General] larzazral:
it's work! thank you....
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christopher888:
Hi,

I was wondering what the most stable and fast WM 6.5 rom is. I find WM 6.1 just too primitive to use. I tried the SEX1 rom and its alright, but the phone does tend to get too busy and lag somewhat. When I am trying to answer a call the screen is about 3 seconds behind making it really difficult to hit answer. I feel that's unsafe, so Id like to change my rom to something more stable.

For interests sake what is the most stable 6.1 rom? There are so many versions its so difficult to know which ones to use. I imagine the stock rom for this one, but which version would be most stable?

Which version is best for using Haret and booting linux?

Thanks any help appreciated
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoscreater:
I don't think anyone makes 6.1 roms anymore. I suggest you try 826X roms, they're WM6.5 and SUPER stable and very fast. VERY VERY good on battery life too. My X1 can last 2 weeks on standby and still have about 80% left. It's overclocked to 633.2Mhz too so ya, awesome rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] freakstyle74:
Hi everyone,

furst of all i'm sorry for my bad english, but i'll try my best ;)

Since i have installed now i think about 5 different NAND Versions of Android i have the Problem, that my Phone verry often just died over night.

At the Moment have the MarkinuX HD Clean Verison on my mobile.

Nearly every day i have the Problem, that either the Battery lost about 60 - 70 % overnight, or the phone just simply didn't react at all (battery removement is recommend).

What i just saw one night is, that die Screen just starts to light (not simply Background light - i had a withe screen and when i touch my Mobile, i got the normal unlock Screen).

Anyone who have an idea, what that is? Current Widget tells me that i have about 3-5 mA in Standby.

Thanks for any help :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] YZ:
your phone is maybe rebooting trough the night. This can be caused because of gps issues + overlocking.. the only way to fix this is to do a clean recovery and install a good working Rom. You can try this:

EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HSPL 2.08 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611433

Task 29 simply clears all the cache, data everything on your phone.. it makes your phone brand new.

download task 29 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=644781

enter bootloader mode (hold volume down button while clicking on power button once) PS: make sure your phone is off.

install task 29

now you will have nothing on your phone.

install radio Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611787

install maglard 1.13 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893618

now.. you are ready to flash an android rom. I see that you want sense on your phone. I dont use sense.. so i dont know which android sense rom gps are working on. I recommend you to flash this rom: (it is gingerbread 2.3.2, everything works + its really fast) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933951
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] freakstyle74:
Thank you for the answer ;) but these are just the step's i've made right know.

The only thing is that i didn't install the radio after tast24. Could that solve the Problem?

This nand version have no sense :)

I will try a fresh version now and report if it dies at night.

Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nobnut:
No no no. The screen turning white is not a problem... it has happened to many people (myself included). Don't worry about it. It happens on different ROMS.

The battery drain is not related to your problem. It is probably just the build or kernel you are using and it doesn't mean your phone has 'died'.

If you are concerned, try another build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] voncrane:
Me thinks you mean "Task 29" and not "Task 24"....Anyway, u might want to try out the nand build in my signature...Its fast, stable and has sense.
[Droid Incredible General] typhoone:
Ever since I upgraded to cm7 jefit pro will not work. I thought it might have been an error on their side, but i went back down to cm6 and it worked flawlessly as always. I am a huge fan of the cm7 build, but has anyone gotten the jefit apps to work with it? if anyone knows what i can do to get it to stop force closing on the main page, i would be very appreciative.

thanks for any help.

-Ty
[Droid Incredible General] superchilpil:
Cm7 is ginger sooo new api's which mean its a developer issue not cm7
[Droid Incredible General] AdhvanIt:
Wrong forum. Try q&a. And flash back to froyo or contact your app developer to request a fix.

via Evervolv GB
[HTC Inspire 4G] Whoareyou:
I know the DHD and the Inspire are very similar, but are they the same phone?, like, are they both an ace?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Diamond_dawg:
They are the same phone with a exception of few features
[HTC Inspire 4G] mentalcase:
I should have one in my hands by tomorrow. Anything I can look for to see if it can be rooted like the DHD? Bootloader version or something else?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Bootloader version is irrelevent for this device, but yes, do this:

adb shell cat /proc/emmc

or download an android terminal emulator and run this right from the phone:

cat /proc/emmc

If the partition tables are the same as the Euro DHD, I think we can root these - with a couple of extra steps.

How are you getting one tomorrow?
[HTC Inspire 4G] mentalcase:
Unfortunately, I do not want to disclose how I received the inspire, but here are the partition tables.

cat /proc/emmc

dev: size erasesize name

mmcblk0p17: 00040000 00000200 "misc"

mmcblk0p21: 0087f400 00000200 "recovery"

mmcblk0p22: 00400000 00000200 "boot"

mmcblk0p25: 22dffe00 00000200 "system"

mmcblk0p27: 12bffe00 00000200 "cache"

mmcblk0p26: 496ffe00 00000200 "userdata"

mmcblk0p28: 014bfe00 00000200 "devlog"

mmcblk0p29: 00040000 00000200 "pdata"

Hopefully they are similar.
[HTC Inspire 4G] AndreaCristiano:
anyone know if they are the same?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
from a Euro DHD:

dev: size erasesize name

mmcblk0p17: 00040000 00000200 "misc"

mmcblk0p21: 0087f400 00000200 "recovery"

mmcblk0p22: 00400000 00000200 "boot"

mmcblk0p25: 22dffe00 00000200 "system"

mmcblk0p27: 12bffe00 00000200 "cache"

mmcblk0p26: 496ffe00 00000200 "userdata"

mmcblk0p28: 014bfe00 00000200 "devlog"

mmcblk0p29: 00040000 00000200 "pdata"

Yup, it's a match. This means that as long as your Inspire is the same one that is being released, we should all be good.

If you want help rooting this now, come into the IRC channel in my sig and I think I can guide you through it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mentalcase:
Awesome! The one I received came in a retail box, so I don't think anything will change before release. Heading to the IRC room now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
So after the irc channel extravaganza is your inspire rooted? S-off? I can't wait till sunday!! Did you try flashing a rom?
[HTC Inspire 4G] AndreaCristiano:
nice I had a feeling this was gonna be the same!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Noz85:
+1

We must know
[HTC Inspire 4G] rwon:
My mouth is watering now that I read this.... Do tell
[HTC Inspire 4G] mentalcase:
Patience is a virtue.:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
We made excellent progress. There will be details on Sunday so that everyone can join he party.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Noz85:
Sounds like we may have root
[HTC Inspire 4G] rwon:
:) :) :D .....
[HTC Inspire 4G] seanfinn:
Damn can't wait to get this on Sunday now
[HTC Inspire 4G] andydumi:
I dont know what an ACE is, but this is essentially the same as the Desire HD and the Thunderbolt right?

Except obviously ATT network not Verizon and has no front facing camera or kickstand. Seems identical spec wise otherwise. Maybe I am wrong.

Still deciding between this and Thunderbolt. Been with att a while but never had a smartphone and getting stuck with a 2gb limit for $25 sounds rough. From what I understand its not a lot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rwon:
I have ATT and got in on the unlimited fortunately. 2Gb is a lot, but if you do videos or any downloading you can get over it... I have had months in the 10GB range(bit torrent) LOL. My average usage is prob about 2 gigs though and i'm on my phone all the time.
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] ganassa:
Hi

I'm very happy with my brand new FlipOut, but I'm not with the default color scheme: some of colors conflicts with applications, resulting in some grey-on-black texts, or blue-on-red notifications.

Is there a way to change the color scheme?
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] Schallstoerer:
yeah there are many apps which change the theme!

i use "91 panda home 2" its free. it changes your menue etc.

there is a theme market linked in it..so you can choose what you want!
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] Schallstoerer:
i like the default theme comes with panda 2. sometimes there is a bug in it. after the first use of a new theme you have to flip the display and back...then you have the right orientation!
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] Schallstoerer:
by the way panda is also a nice app because it changes to smaler icons..
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] ganassa:
I've already changed my home app (I use Zeam), but unfortunatley it doesn't change color scheme for non-home elements. Does Panda can do it?
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] Schallstoerer:
what i have seen it changes everything ;) try out plz...its in the market
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] ganassa:
I've tried it: it changes desktop, dockbar, but notification bar and global color for apps (background/foregrounde selected colors especially) they remain the same.
[Flipout and Charm Themes and Apps] Kalopsa:
Any news about system colours changer app? I hate that grey-like look!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO REPORTS OF SYSTEM FAILURE AFTER THIS UPDATE, BOTH HAD LAGFIX ENABLED.

!!!BACKUP BEFORE PROCEED!!!

This guide is to help those who would like to test tegrak's kernel but have dowbts about losing ability to flash zip files from CWM. This will also help those who would like to have simple root solution, and 2e recovery on froyo.

a) If you want to have simple root solution, one click lagfix and 2e recovery. Tested with Doc's v9.1.4 but should work on any rom including stock

1. flash tegrak's kernel found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920711 using Odin (all instructions in tegrak's thread)

2. install Tegrak lagfix app from the market and install root from the app's menu

3. download attached file

4. extract this file saving directory structure and copy it's system folder into /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/ (If this path doesnt exist, create those folders) so your path should look like /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/system/...

5. reboot your phone into tegrak's recovery (simply reboot your phone and press home button when you see tegrak's kernel introduction)

6. (before proceed with this step backup your system partition from the same tegraks recovery) choose update from sdcard and select 00 folder

7. Install Rom Manager from the market and flash CWM from it. Now you have tegrak's kernel and CWM to flash all types of zip files.

a) If you already rooted your phone

1. flash tegrak's kernel found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920711 using Odin (all instructions in tegrak's thread)

2. install Tegrak lagfix app from the market

3. download attached file

4. extract this file saving directory structure and copy it's system folder into /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/ (If this path doesnt exist, create those folders) so your path should look like /sdcard/tegrak/update/00/system/...

5. reboot your phone into tegrak's recovery (simply reboot your phone and press home button when you see tegrak's kernel introduction)

6. (before proceed with this step backup your system partition from the same tegraks recovery) choose update from sdcard and select 00 folder

7. Install Rom Manager from the market and flash CWM from it. Now you have tegrak's kernel and CWM to flash all types of zip files.

All this process replaces your 3e recovery with 2e recovery image and as tegrak's kernel does not overrides original recovery image your CWM will be untouched by tegrak's kernel, and you will successfully have combination of two recoveries (CWM and Tegrak's) To access CWM you can chose "reboot in recovery" from the Rom Manager menu or from Tegrak lagfix menu, and to access tegrak's recovery, press home button when you see tegrak's kernel introductory window while booting up your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] g00ndu:
Brack11, thanks for the guide, but you should be posting this over to the general subforum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
I think it's too advanced and dangerous for novices that mostly visit general. Also both described things 2e recovery and tegrak's kernel are from the area of development, this is all about customizing rom. I dont agree that it should be in general.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] Cloudstripe:
Thanks a lot!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hensk:
I also fail with barebone rom with incorporated tegrak kernel in 3e recovery,**** m8 spend all day to fix it & get back to insanity rom

10ks m8 for your efort
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
As I understand this fix didn't work for you, could you share to others what and how has failed?

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hensk:
no, no mate, just did not know that there is

thread like this,with fix solution
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
Glad to hear that this works for you, thanks are accepted :)

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] g00ndu:
Point to note, this may even be only me.

The CWM does not reside in the kernel. Rebooting through recovery will only bring back to 2e. I need to apply update.zip again, reboot through recovery to get CWM. This happens everytime when going to recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
You are right, this has nothing to do with tegraks kernel or with recovery, I has this issue when I has rooted phone without custom kernel. It would always go to standard recovery and then I would have to apply update. I believe thoa is some special feature of the device.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] g00ndu:
Iirc, when I use Rom Manager the last time, it wasn't like that at all. Reboot let me goes directly to CWM. I only need to download it and apply it once.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
Well, the tegraks kernel doesn't really replaces kernel, and if the kernel is stock you get thesame behaviour as you should have with the stock kernel, as I say, I never had rommanager be as default recovery, always either through update.zip or custom kernel (which is not custom in tegraks case)

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] g00ndu:
I understand, back in the days before the speedmod, voodoo or even the oc kernels, i installed the ROM manager and had made CWM as the default recovery. Anyway, it is still okay, I guess. Btw, using tegrak's kernel, have you tried using update zips via cwm?

I have not tried it yet, since I find that updating via tegrak method works very well for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
Yes, I used a few times to flash different modems and r64 theme.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fomofo:
Unfortunately this did not work for me (XWJS5), got stuck on initial splash screen, luckily Dean-O's post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10562493&postcount=80 saved my ass.

I've been unable to get 2e recovery working on a bear-bones kernel since XXJPY.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] brack11:
Did you have lagfix enabled? As I can say from my own experience.now - this hack is DANGEROS if you have lagfix enabled. To say more any manipulations with recovery while on onenand fix - DANGEROUS AND LEAD TO LOOSING ALL PARTITIONS

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] fomofo:
No, I have used the "hack" recovery 2e method with success right up until JPY, but JS3, and now JS5 does not work.

It seems to me (just learning Android), that it doesn't have write permissions to the /sbin directory, which is what the recovery script needs.

Recovery 2e works with CF-root, but I already have root, and rather not overwrite the stock kernel.