Release date today for the Rogers Xperia Play. I've been so excited for this thing. I'm almost positive I'm going to buy it, unless I get cold feet.
Is there anything I should know before I grab this thing? All the Rogers phones are SIM locked, but apparently a few sites are showing that these particular phones can be unlocked with a code. Can anyone else confirm?
Also, apparently the bootloader is locked for these phone too. I've seen a few methods to unlock the bootloader in order to root, but I'd like to know what methods {if any} will also work for the Xperia Play. Thanks guys.
TheChancellor said:
Release date today for the Rogers Xperia Play. I've been so excited for this thing. I'm almost positive I'm going to buy it, unless I get cold feet.
Is there anything I should know before I grab this thing? All the Rogers phones are SIM locked, but apparently a few sites are showing that these particular phones can be unlocked with a code. Can anyone else confirm?
Also, apparently the bootloader is locked for these phone too. I've seen a few methods to unlock the bootloader in order to root, but I'd like to know what methods {if any} will also work for the Xperia Play. Thanks guys.
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my advice, if your a retro and current gen gamer your gonna need at least a 16gb memory card if the xperia play in your area doesnt already come with one!
Definately get some sort of case, the back is a scratch manet!
The latest gameloft games for xperia play are pretty dam good!
my only word of warning, if you cant root the device the gameloft games and ps1 games are going to rape the internal memory, you definately need to check you can root the device before you take the plunge unless your happy with around 50 market games/apps installed.
last bit of advice: you need this device!!!
Please let us know whatever you can about the phone, i.e. does it have a Rogers bootscreen... is it rootable or can bootloader can be unlocked, is the brightness adjustable or automatic, can bloatware be deleted.
Color me jealous. With all the negative publicity around Sony's handling of the PSN network here in the US and Verizon's 4G network failure stalling Droid releases the wait could get longer...
I will be receiving a Play from someone who received the device at the Google I/O conference, and it is confirmed that it is the R800a variant. I would assume that it's unlocked and unbranded, so I was curious if anyone who has one can share if they've received any SW updates for the phone. Will the phone receive the same updates as the other variants being offered around the world?
Also, the phone hasn't officially been offered here in the states outside of Verizon, so, has anyone with this phone been able to connect to the store to purchase games and the like (PS1 titles, etc)?
Thanks-
i have a white r800a and i was able to update soon as i open the box. also i am using tmobile service on mine
Frizzal said:
i have a white r800a and i was able to update soon as i open the box. also i am using tmobile service on mine
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Thanks for the input. Any trouble accessing the store or the like?
I've had my white unlocked/unbranded R800a since May 9th (pre-Google I/O dev freebie) and no problems accessing the Android Market or using the Xperia Play launcher app to get new market games. The one thing not working is the search function in the PlayStation Pocket app. Crash Bandicoot is in there, but when I click search it says "This service is not available in your country/region.". I haven't even honestly used it until today to check since I primarily use emulators.
I'm on AT&T.
So far I'm on 2.3.2 but I'm not sure how many people have 2.3.3 yet. Gingerbreak does work great though
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I'm not sure how many people have 2.3.3 yet. Gingerbreak does work great though
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Hmmm Weird I always had 2.3.3 but I never had the facebook thing.
axiomjunglist said:
I've had my white unlocked/unbranded R800a since May 9th (pre-Google I/O dev freebie) and no problems accessing the Android Market or using the Xperia Play launcher app to get new market games. The one thing not working is the search function in the PlayStation Pocket app. Crash Bandicoot is in there, but when I click search it says "This service is not available in your country/region.". I haven't even honestly used it until today to check since I primarily use emulators.
I'm on AT&T.
So far I'm on 2.3.2 but I'm not sure how many people have 2.3.3 yet. Gingerbreak does work great though
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Yeah, it seems like R800As can't access the market to buy more PS1 titles, and I'm also on 2.3.2...
I use Snes9x, but what other emulators would you recommend that are free and work well?
Also (hang with me as this is my first Android device), what are the best, free, file manager, battery indicator, and RAM monitor?
Thanks!
I've got one of these too. It's Android 2.3.2 and both OTA and PC Companion say it's up to date. I can access the Market, but PSOne titles aren't on there. I tried looking at the Android Market website and found some of the games, but they all say "Europe Limited" on them. Is it possible it might be that Sony hasn't gotten around to making them available in other regions yet?
"Yeah, it seems like R800As can't access the market to buy more PS1 titles, and I'm also on 2.3.2..."
Mine can. I live in Canada but I still haven't seen an update yet. Still on 2.3.2
I have the pocket app and it has about 5 PSX titles. I picked up Medievil, good game!
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"Yeah, it seems like R800As can't access the market to buy more PS1 titles, and I'm also on 2.3.2..."
Mine can. I live in Canada but I still haven't seen an update yet. Still on 2.3.2
I have the pocket app and it has about 5 PSX titles. I picked up Medievil, good game!
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Well it sounds like it works in Canada, then. I'm in the United States and clicked the search button in the PlayStation Pocket app and it told me "This service is not available in your country/region." I'm curious if the Verizon R800x version says the same thing?
It's so stupid how they are making so many versions of this phone and the FW.
I watched a Youtube review and the guy said there was to processors, one for the phone and one for the games. He also said the camera had a smile detection feature. Is this guy BS or did he have a pre release one that was different?
Well there are not that great anyway. Maybe they will give you access when there are better games on there. You’re not missing much. Cool boarders 2, MediEvil, Rally Cross, syphon Filter and wild Arms. Also Backstab HD shows up in my pocket app.
It is the only Gameloft game that does. Also most gameloft games I have purchased do not even show in my playstaion xperia app.
It seems they have bugs to work out for sure.
Sounds like BS to me. I've seen a lot of misinformation thanks to people who have no idea about what they're talking about.
I thought so too.
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Well there are not that great anyway. Maybe they will give you access when there are better games on there. You’re not missing much. Cool boarders 2, MediEvil, Rally Cross, syphon Filter and wild Arms. Also Backstab HD shows up in my pocket app.
It is the only Gameloft game that does. Also most gameloft games I have purchased do not even show in my playstaion xperia app.
It seems they have bugs to work out for sure.
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Well, I probably wouldn't ever actually buy a game from the market, rather, I just wanted to know if we would be treated like second class phone-users here in the states. Unless we go Apple, we always get the shaft with devices, FW updates, services, etc.
No ps1 titles here either, same message. But, uh, getting back to the original topic, what's the update path for these things?
Now that 2.3.3 is rolling out all around I figured I'd pop over to the dev section and flash myself an update. I hadn't realised that the US R800a was going to be this odd minority device without the plethora of pre-rooted images floating around like the other alphabet suffixes. Surely, giving these out to developers at a conference, they would've expected us to root these things (I sometimes forget that there's folks out there who actually get their android updates "over the air").
Anyone know how compatible these are with the canadian R800a phones (I'm presuming most of the region specific restrictions are keying off the sim card)?
For that matter, how much actual difference is there (aside from the radios) between the other letter variants?
This is a little premature on my part, but I'm starting to worry we may have dead-end devices.
Don't feel bad. The US usually gets things before us Canadians.
I was shocked to see Canada get this phone before the US.
Anyone who has an unlocked, unbranded R800a get 2.3.3 officially yet?
This is not an official update but is now officially a confirmed working method for updating to 2.3.3 with root for R800a dev units on AT&T. Furthermore, it should work in any region... for those not in the states. And, no bootloader unlocking required!
Cheers and thanks to emann56 and Willis111 (be sure to thank them):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116090
Using the stock Rogers firmware I saw no update to 2.3.3, but after I installed the stock uk firmware I saw an update right away. Of course I used Gingerbreak first
I can't seem to find the game in our marketplace. Does anybody know if it's been removed from the market or is there anything in particular I have to do to get it to show. I first had a Galaxy S but bought a Xperia Play mainly because of Minecraft.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe&feature=search_result
Would have been a huge help if you specified which country you are accessing the market from...
From Norway, but I searched it up in android.com and it was there, but said my phone was not compatible! :O Said it was a SE R800i and incompatible
Think I just need to do a firmware update
Since the purchase of the OnePlus 8 Pro (IN2023) last May, I have received a single OTA update. That was the day I first turned the phone on, and it was updated to OxygenOS 10.5.8.IN11BA. That's it.
Since then, not a single OTA of the EU version of OxygenOS has been made available to my device, even weeks after each incremental update had been reported to be rolling out to other devices.
I'm not sure how exactly OTA rollouts are being implemented by OnePlus, but I find it weird to be constantly left behind and exclusively rely on a Play Store app (Oxygen Updater) to get any new OS update that becomes available.
Any other owners experiencing a similar issue? Any ideas on how/if this can be somehow dealt with?
Impossible to invoke a new update unless it's being advertised to your device, I believe they're staggered releases so the servers tension uncluttered.
There's nothing wrong with the ox updater method..
It's an age old complaint "when will it xxxxxx be our?"
Only OnePlus would know.