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Hmmmmm has anyone loaded and tested ICS for UK three network ? i believe it was released today at 0600am and is available to download from samfirmware, however im unable to log in ?servers full .............
I would be gobsmacked if its the same as the first lpq release (buggy), which I am still using and has given me poor poor poor battery life 1.6 days of light use..... and yes i did a full wipe , ive never used titanium i always start as a completely new setup, rooted and removed bloat.
its crazy how all us peeps on here spend so much time researching upgrading flashing rooting customizing tweaking reinstalling deleting and for what .... because lets face it the bottom line is the galaxy s2 will never have great battery life because 1. its screen size and 2. its battery
All I want from samsung is a minimalistic stable rom with great battery life
I actually cant believe all the blurry videos i've took of my daughter growing up with the galaxy s2 and then ICS comes along and for the most part fixes it ..... its crazy how on earth was the phone first released with such poo video recording well at least its better now

OMG are you sure that is lpq?
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OMG are you sure that is lpq?
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Hmmmmm has anyone loaded and tested ICS for UK three network ? i believe it was released today at 0600am and is available to download from samfirmware, however im unable to log in ?servers full .............
I would be gobsmacked if its the same as the first lpq release (buggy), which I am still using and has given me poor poor poor battery life 1.6 days of light use..... and yes i did a full wipe , ive never used titanium i always start as a completely new setup, rooted and removed bloat.
its crazy how all us peeps on here spend so much time researching upgrading flashing rooting customizing tweaking reinstalling deleting and for what .... because lets face it the bottom line is the galaxy s2 will never have great battery life because 1. its screen size and 2. its battery
All I want from samsung is a minimalistic stable rom with great battery life
I actually cant believe all the blurry videos i've took of my daughter growing up with the galaxy s2 and then ICS comes along and for the most part fixes it ..... its crazy how on earth was the phone first released with such poo video recording well at least its better now
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I'm using 3uk ics now.downloaded from check fuz and installed via mobile odin . Running smooth . It is lpq, but I was on polish lpq before and didn't have ANY of the issues you mentioned, I was also getting 3 days battery out of it... Think you should check your setup.
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Wait, 1.6 days is considered poor battery life now?
Some people need to wind their neck in and realise advancements in battery tech is slow due to engineers and innovators struggling with the laws of physics, so until we get mini fusion reactors in our smartphones we will have to consider 20-24 hours of normal use before it needs juice the norm. They don't have the luxury of the Ipads size (which is just basically a massive smartphone.) to whack in a massive battery.
Either that or just buy a Nokia 6310.....

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Wait, 1.6 days is considered poor battery life now?
Some people need to wind their neck in and realise advancements in battery tech is slow due to engineers and innovators struggling with the laws of physics, so until we get mini fusion reactors in our smartphones we will have to consider 20-24 hours of normal use before it needs juice the norm. They don't have the luxury of the Ipads size (which is just basically a massive smartphone.) to whack in a massive battery.
Either that or just buy a Nokia 6310.....
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+1 sgs2 is a smartphone ie computer, how long does a laptop battery last ? Point made
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Wait, 1.6 days is considered poor battery life now?
Some people need to wind their neck in and realise advancements in battery tech is slow due to engineers and innovators struggling with the laws of physics, so until we get mini fusion reactors in our smartphones we will have to consider 20-24 hours of normal use before it needs juice the norm. They don't have the luxury of the Ipads size (which is just basically a massive smartphone.) to whack in a massive battery.
Either that or just buy a Nokia 6310.....
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LPQ has poor battery life compared to uk generic 2.3.4 ki4 official rom which gave me around 3 days light use with the exact same setup.
I know car batterys are different from phone batterys but the advanced technology is there for both ! it is just slowly trickled out in harmoney with other consumer giants to keep the economy and there bank balance happy. i.e the commercial technology groups said hdtv would be the highest resolution physically possible on a screen yet they have produced 4k tvs ! they have had the affordable technolgy released in the ipad 3 when they released the first ipad ....its all clever marketing slowly trickled out
here is a link to read about car batterys that will run the car without the need of fuel that last longer than the life of the car and that have been patented by the big oil corporations like texaco TO NOT BE COMMERCIALLY RELEASED
http://www.ev1.org/chevron.htm

I checked in software updates and it,is telling me there is an update just wondered it it will work or will I have to do it via kies
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I got it running fine after a few issues with not being able to unzip it at first
It's noticeably smoother in general and some live wallpapers run with a better frame rate
Face unlocking works fine too
But God the 3 UK version is full of Bloatware so I may go back to my unbranded GB until they release a 4.0.3 version

I think Samsung are being lazy since this is XX but should be XW for the UK, anyway its a bag of sh1t and should never have been released on Kies, I guess the masses put them under pressure to release "something" and "something" we got.

What date build uk rom?
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What date build uk rom?
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Some time this week but don't hold your breath it'll be on time.
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Some time this week but don't hold your breath it'll be on time.
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I think Eric means the build date of this 3 build
Can someone who's using it type *#1234# and let us know the build date
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I think Eric means the build date of this 3 build
Can someone who's using it type *#1234# and let us know the build date
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9th March as per the thread at the top of this section.

Powereh said:
9th March as per the thread at the top of this section.
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It's the same as the open LPQ one, and i guess it should have duplicate sms bug.
i extracted & deodexed it and it's exactly the same as other LPQ builds.

Ok so i'll wait for ita/fra/uk/de NO BRAND ics rom
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Thanks all.
I will stay on dxlp7.
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all done n rooted
done update today on my three s2
all running ok
rooted ok and cwm all works ok
had top unmount n mount sd card to get music albums n copilot to work
live screens run great
dunno bout battery life as ive been hammering all my apps on it today to check them all out.
ill check out battery life tomorrow if i can stop playing around with it

A bad workman always blames his tools.

newquaymarc said:
done update today on my three s2
all running ok
rooted ok and cwm all works ok
had top unmount n mount sd card to get music albums n copilot to work
live screens run great
dunno bout battery life as ive been hammering all my apps on it today to check them all out.
ill check out battery life tomorrow if i can stop playing around with it
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So also have the sd card problem....wow
I wanna know the monkeys that work at samsung.

KitKat update worth the headache?

Just hoping for some user experience on stock kitkat vs custom .
Currently using Free Xperia 302 based on CM 10 JB 4.3, I cant find a single thing wrong with this rom. It's very fast and stable, GPS, camera and netflix working great!
Should I update, is the os as smooth as JB 4.3 cm build? I would imagine it would not because it is not ASOP. But is it that different in speed?

I personally don't see much of an advantage and you're probably getting great or better performance already. I guess some points come to mind:
Pros
-Small Apps will return with stock
-I like the Sony UI
-I don't know if you've installed a compatible IR blaster with your custom rom but if not you'll get that functionality back with stock.
Cons
-SD card permission problem (but I guess you'll still root)
-Apparently there is a battery drain issue with Google Play Services on 4.4 (and opting out of interest based ads in the settings is supposed to help)

Thanks, I'm not upgrading. Cheers!
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Just posted this in another thread; pretty happy ATM thought I'd share
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And will always be. Nightlies doesn't mean unstable. Each omni nightlies are daily drivers, rest assured about that [emoji6]
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Thanks for recommending this ROM: installed it last night and wow! Installed
omni-4.4.3-20140614-pollux_windy-NIGHTLY.zip
Its flawless! Games look better and game frame rates are higher I'm coming from CM 4.3.3
All hardware works; GPS, Camera, etc. Netflix too. I uninstalled DSP manager and replaced with Viper4android. So awesome!! KitKat 4.4.3; it is so buttery smooth and stable; no crashes of FC.I recommend everyone at least try this build; its money! I'm so glad I didn't upgrade to official Sony Kitkat ROM and that I saw you post. Definitely will be sending a donation tithes guys for doing such a good job. This will be my new rail driver.
Omni awesome!
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Warning no!!!! Do never upgrade to kitkat!!!!! (BAD MISTAKE TO DO THAT!!!!!)
http://source.android.com/devices/tech/storage/ said:
The WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE-permission must only grant write access to the primary external storage on a device. Apps must not be allowed to write to secondary external storage devices, except in their package-specific directories as allowed by synthesized permissions. Restricting writes in this way ensures the system can clean up files when applications are uninstalled.
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Well, you see, this is just one of the BIG KK-Disadvantage.
So Upgrading to KitKat is a QuiteVERY BIG AND BAD DISASTER! A horribly bad mistake that many people (incl. my self) trap into!
If you install CameraMX for example, make videos and photo-recordings etc. then let's see what will happen, if you deinstall/uninstall it...!
Android 4.3.1/Lower: All Recordings will stay. Only the app itself is deleted. Even on the External Storage you'll keep them all.
But since 4.4.0, your recordings will all be erased forever.
Thank you Microsoft to introdûce MTP just for Zune Player. A good alternative to Mass-Storage. No access to File System=Inrecoverible!
And if your BootLoader is Locked, the „Factory_Data-Reset“ will WIPE, SAFE DELETE OFF ALL FILES so that the recoverage-chance would be absuloutelý dead!
But: If MTP would not be there, maybe GooGLE would have made something even worse!
Google has done every version very well. But since KitKat, theý, the Programmers and Android-Enginierrs did actually ruin it all!
Well done, Google! Good JOB!
Top 4 Worst KitKat-Versions:
#3 - 4.4.0
#4 - 4.4.1
#1 - 4.4.4
#2 - 4.4.3
#0 = Android 4.4.2 KitKat
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Some another KitKat-Problems:
>WiFi not stamina (Only for 4.4.2)
>Battery-problems because of task „Android·OS“ - Only 4.4(.0) and 4.4.2!
>64% of all 4.4.2 users have battery-problems with Skýpe. Google recommends you to UN - INSTALL!!! ! ! - Have i got to give a comment about Googles recommendation??? ? ?-Well..., i don't think so. So what...?
>And many other problems. If you want to know more, then ask me.
If you haven't got a XDA-Forum Account but you want to know...
Well, then just NOT UPGRADE, if you don't want to take any risk!
>New Accent-Colour (betonungsfarbe) of the Status-Bar.
>WiFi and Network-Status ↑↓ is not shown up anymore „to avoid battery and useless CPU-Usage. “
AnD THE WORST:
More and More phones START WITH KshITKAT!
The first KK-Statrer was the Nexus 5. Well, it's a Google-Phone, so it's got the newer „better“ version!
And ALL S5 Variants too! (S5 +S5Mini+Active+Sport+all others.... like LTE-A)
All new HTC One, luckily not the MAX.
Sony Xperia: Z2 and Z2 Tablet, Z3, Z3 Compact and the Z3-Tablet·ComPact!
Galaxy Tab S, Note Pro, Tab 4.
And many others too.....
Did you think that you see all the others by pressing the button (eine Schaltfläche) you'll see all other ones? Probably yes...!
Best JB-Phone: Samsung Galaxcy Note 3 - Only Upgrade to the newwest BaseBand-Version of Jelly Bean! The Galaxy Note 3 is the World's best JellyBean-Phone
A Question:
What is actually the newest baseband-version with Jelly Bean on the Note 3?
Higest-Resoulotion Jelly Bean Phone: Oppo Find 7 not 7a! - It's got a 1440p-QHD Screen - 4x Galaxy S3 Res! 2560x1440=1440p/1280x720=720p (Galaxy S3,
S5 Mini, Xperia Compacts, Htc 1 Minis(both) etc.
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ishaang said:
I personally don't see much of an advantage and you're probably getting great or better performance already. I guess some points come to mind:
Pros
-Small Apps will return with stock
-I like the Sony UI
-I don't know if you've installed a compatible IR blaster with your custom rom but if not you'll get that functionality back with stock.
Cons
-SD card permission problem (but I guess you'll still root)
-Apparently there is a battery drain issue with Google Play Services on 4.4 (and opting out of interest based ads in the settings is supposed to help)
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You can say that agian and louder!
Like this:
ishaang said:
I personally don't see much of an advantage and you're probably getting great or better performance already. I guess some points come to mind:
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Cons
-SD card permission problem (but I guess you'll still root...)
-Apparently there is a battery drain issue with GooglePlay Services on 4.4 (and opting out of interest based ads in the settings is supposed to help)
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Well... Google knows about this battery problem but they don't want to tell us, what causes that bug... what did cause this bug? Well, Google does not want to tell us that, about the Android-Code and so on... but well..... 4.4.3 fixes this.!

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Android 4.4.2 is bad (bogus) anyway. (2 Links)
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yep, but 4.4.4 is a pretty good one, especially if fine-tuned a bit.

Rootk1t said:
yep, but 4.4.4 is a pretty good one, especially if fine-tuned a bit.
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The Note 4 has 4.4.4
But i hate 4.4.2
4.4.4 is still much better than 4.4.2.

We should be getting 5.0.2 this month or early next month, which should bring some worthwhile changes to the table.

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We should be getting 5.0.2 this month or early next month, which should bring some worthwhile changes to the table.
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For some phons, it's already there.
Sure, Nexus 5,6,9
HTC One M9
Galaxy S6
And Xperia Z4, whenever it comes out.

Good times in Sony...not

This is text from one pc/mobile portal in Croatia.
They never said anything what's not confirmed and checked...
I won't translating whole txt but will translate punchline...
..."Sony expected losts for a 2014 in amount of 470 mil $, now they changed their expectations and said they will end fiscal year with a total lost of 2,15 bil $..."
Why and which division failed?
..."as a mani reason for awful results they blamed Xperia mobile device department.
Now they have changed their strategy and will try to sell more if their higher level products..."
If Z3 is part of that plan I'm not sure they will succeed
After they start to care about customers and maintained their devices like they should we all reacted by buying new devices from Xperia lines...and what we got from them?
Current flagship on 4.4.2, lousy wifi drivers and EDIT camera?!
I really think this is Sonys last chance to shake their heads and think again...
Once they lose their fans it's gonna be impossible to get them back.
I know I feel like EDIT when I give 2000$ in one year for a two devices and can't get even decent software if not flagship for at least one year...
Original article:
Japanska korporacija Sony objavila je financijske detalje vezane za proteklo tromjesečje, a u njima se nalazi i revidirano očekivanje ukupnog financijskog rezultata za tekuću godinu. Prema tim podacima, umjesto planiranog gubitka od oko 470 milijuna američkih dolara, sada se očekuje da će fiskalna godina u ožujku 2015. biti zaključena s gubitkom od čak 2,15 milijardi USD.
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I have read this article as well. Why sony couldnt just invest on the software side rather than creating bunch of useless phones??? Poor Sony ...
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DrearierJester1 said:
I have read this article as well. Why sony couldnt just invest on the software side rather than creating bunch of useless phones??? Poor Sony ...
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Sorry double post had a net disruption during typing
This maybe the next step they will do it. Sin
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DrearierJester1 said:
I have read this article as well. Why sony couldnt just invest on the software side rather than creating bunch of useless phones??? Poor Sony ...
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This maybe the next step they will do it. Since it is clearly sony lacks software technicalities. Their hardware is top notch I really hope they should implement like apple software updates create a low, mid to premium range that has a uniform update just like ios style. But not loosing the buttery smooth user interface.
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Sorry for double post, don't know how to delete post...
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DrearierJester1 said:
I have read this article as well. Why sony couldnt just invest on the software side rather than creating bunch of useless phones??? Poor Sony ...
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I guess they wanted fast money and to overflow the market with devices, they didn't think about software at all.
If they invested in software right at the start, it would have been very slow for them to make profit, since there's no direct profit from software..
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I guess they wanted fast money and to overflow the market with devices, they didn't think about software at all.
If they invested in software right at the start, it would have been very slow for them to make profit, since there's no direct profit from software..
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agree ... but at least people would know that Sony has the best stable software and features, just like iOS (not sure if u guys will agree, lol). Afterall, Sony is still a hardware company ...

DrearierJester1 said:
agree ... but at least people would know that Sony has the best stable software and features, just like iOS (not sure if u guys will agree, lol). Afterall, Sony is still a hardware company ...
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True, but hardware is as important as software. They really need to optimized it. I'm impressed for their walkman, album and movie app after all their updates its really useful and beautiful but if they really want to impressed the consumers they have add more useful features. Improvement on daily and basic function can be improve from beautification of user interface without sacrificing fast and responsive app.
Sony is known for innovative of improved product they should start thinking like that.
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sony has been floping here and there about the place, Z2 Sold alot
honnestly, sony should listen to the more technical customers, over "customers" because alot of these hardware technitions are pointing out almost all xperias not having head basins or pypes or anything to prevent heating, alot are pointint out bad motherboard design, and another thing Xperias aside Z2 have great firmware but everything that doesnt have 4.4.4 right now, is on a very slugish firmware, every single device, 4.1.2 and up

I can't agree to that statement that they don't have good software department...
They have great engineers, you'll see once when Z3 will be released.
And that's something that fans won't approve.
They added new camera features and it's obvious they could do that on Z2.
They added awesome feature called ultimate stamina, where your device kills all background proces, wif,mobile data and gps and leave your device with just basic functions - that way you can use your device for a 7-8 days without charging...
They add awesome new sound processing and many new features...
I know they can't add everything in one device and they have to leave at least one ace in their sleeve but this approach isn't good...
To update your device every six months just to get something two years old device could deal with it nonsense...not only nonsense...it's rude...
I could accept that approach if we are talking in low or even mid range of devices but guys...we are talking about device we paid 1000$!!!
Sony isn't doing very smart thing and that will cost them more then 2.xx bil $.
When I joined Xperia family I stayed here for a long time but when we realized it's enough and we, real fans, who are buying every piece of s**t they are selling, leave this sinking ship...they'll be in bigger problems.
Because once you realized HTC or Oneplus or anyone else is offering more for your money and more fair for your money you won't ever get back...
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Having those Z3 features doesnt make Sony engineers great. I would call them great if they can optimize the software to match the customers expectations and not a buggy fw.
Obviously they have to think new features to make sure Z3 has the edge apart from other Z series. Its just they limit them selves and bake a mediocre fw.
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I sent this to a range of sony emails
And im hoping they realise great Sw isnt great without good optimization or FW, Most cases as well HW.
Xperias arent bad, but there are these things that always puts customers off an Xperia
Although im going to continue buying xperias simply because of their great security and toughness i will constantly persist in trying to get my point across..
Revolution redux may be needed

DrearierJester1 said:
Having those Z3 features doesnt make Sony engineers great. I would call them great if they can optimize the software to match the customers expectations and not a buggy fw.
Obviously they have to think new features to make sure Z3 has the edge apart from other Z series. Its just they limit them selves and bake a mediocre fw.
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Customers expectations?
That would actually be a miracle...to please everyone and to satisfy every user.
I can't agree to that part - buggy fw...
Yeah , there are some things to polish but perfect smartphone doesn't exist.
Don't know, I'm quite satisfied with Z2, I'm satisfied with Z1, that's why I kept it...
We could have better camera auto mod, yes but we have manual mod and if you know what are you doing you can get incredible results (check camera and similar threads)
Improvement is always welcomed and oftenly possible... And I'm sure Z2 will get better fw and nice updates...
We have six months old devices, take it easy...it'll be OK..
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funky0308 said:
Customers expectations?
That would actually be a miracle...to please everyone and to satisfy every user.
I can't agree to that part - buggy fw...
Yeah , there are some things to polish but perfect smartphone doesn't exist.
Don't know, I'm quite satisfied with Z2, I'm satisfied with Z1, that's why I kept it...
We could have better camera auto mod, yes but we have manual mod and if you know what are you doing you can get incredible results (check camera and similar threads)
Improvement is always welcomed and oftenly possible... And I'm sure Z2 will get better fw and nice updates...
We have six months old devices, take it easy...it'll be OK..
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"every user", alot of user yes
Buggy fw, depends on how you use, it becomes unstable and messes up alot if you start modding or messing with it
Improvement is needed in some areas camera SW/FW may be needed comparing to other brands,
I am in agreement here
But this is my opinion/experiance

Envious_Data said:
"every user", alot of user yes
Buggy fw, depends on how you use, it becomes unstable and messes up alot if you start modding or messing with it
Improvement is needed in some areas camera SW/FW may be needed comparing to other brands,
I am in agreement here
But this is my opinion/experiance
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That's why I'm using eXistenZ v2 (soon, we'll have v3 with Ultimate Stamina) and it'll be even better.
It's not ROM marketing but I found v2 battery friendly and very, very good ROM with all features and apps I need daily.
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funky0308 said:
That's why I'm using eXistenZ v2 (soon, we'll have v3 with Ultimate Stamina) and it'll be even better.
It's not ROM marketing but I found v2 battery friendly and very, very good ROM with all features and apps I need daily.
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Sounds good, ive stuck my self to a modifed stock rom simple because the mods i have realy force battery over performance and heating
Im tempted to go to cm11 and theme it like an xperia rom just because im tired of this slight slowness in response on the stock rom

Envious_Data said:
Sounds good, ive stuck my self to a modifed stock rom simple because the mods i have realy force battery over performance and heating
Im tempted to go to cm11 and theme it like an xperia rom just because im tired of this slight slowness in response on the stock rom
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Yeah...I hate that too...
Every friend of mine who took this device to see it, after he heard specifications couldn't believe his eyes when he saw hiccups on scrolling.
It's better on eXistenZ, still not perfect but it's better.
I'm on LB and don't want anything except stock based ROM.
Actually, I can't unlock bootloader but I bought this device on purpose, because I knew I don't want to use custom kernels...
Battery life isn't good on CM (at least for me) and I'm on stock/stoxk based ROMs since Xperia S and PAC ROM
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funky0308 said:
Yeah...I hate that too...
Every friend of mine who took this device to see it, after he heard specifications couldn't believe his eyes when he saw hiccups on scrolling.
It's better on eXistenZ, still not perfect but it's better.
I'm on LB and don't want anything except stock based ROM.
Actually, I can't unlock bootloader but I bought this device on purpose, because I knew I don't want to use custom kernels...
Battery life isn't good on CM (at least for me) and I'm on stock/stoxk based ROMs since Xperia S and PAC ROM
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It weirldy depends on device power, for some odd reason Xperia S causes gapps to drain battery but on Z2 it has alot less of that,
cm11 on Z2 is perfectly fine, its about same life on stock then on Cm11
Im concidering Stopping development On my rom for Z2 untill 4.4.4 comes, i cant add any huge mods without them just not working, ive only been able to add small patches to the framework and boot class
Xperia S was a wonderful device, the only problem being the Linux Base was outdated and had a issue, once i patched that the device flew like a rocket, i added the patch to Envi-Rom V3 and upcoming V5

Envious_Data said:
It weirldy depends on device power, for some odd reason Xperia S causes gapps to drain battery but on Z2 it has alot less of that,
cm11 on Z2 is perfectly fine, its about same life on stock then on Cm11
Im concidering Stopping development On my rom for Z2 untill 4.4.4 comes, i cant add any huge mods without them just not working, ive only been able to add small patches to the framework and boot class
Xperia S was a wonderful device, the only problem being the Linux Base was outdated and had a issue, once i patched that the device flew like a rocket, i added the patch to Envi-Rom V3 and upcoming V5
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Hmm..That's nice then.. ?
I sold my XS to one friend of mine.
He is still using it and he's perfectly satisfied with it.
It's way to slow and old for me, z2 is perfect device for me now but we just have to admit Sony should build that device, or at least, some of the lines of it, better...
Quality control failed totally this time and that shouldn't happen to company like Sony (mobile)...
If they learn from z2 case/experiance - that'll be enough for me.
I'm planning to buy z4 and I really hope differences between 10th and 15th week won't be same as can see on Z2...
See ya guys...
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funky0308 said:
Hmm..That's nice then.. ?
I sold my XS to one friend of mine.
He is still using it and he's perfectly satisfied with it.
It's way to slow and old for me, z2 is perfect device for me now but we just have to admit Sony should build that device, or at least, some of the lines of it, better...
Quality control failed totally this time and that shouldn't happen to company like Sony (mobile)...
If they learn from z2 case/experiance - that'll be enough for me.
I'm planning to buy z4 and I really hope differences between 10th and 15th week won't be same as can see on Z2...
See ya guys...
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Sounds good, i plan to buy a New Xperia 18 months from now
Z6 i think if i did the math right, if there is another Z Ultra, id take that in a heartbeat
Z Ultra was wonderful to use, it fit my gorilla hands perfectly

How many still have a play

Just curious how many people still actually have a xperia play and what model.
Mine is the hdmi tp model whats yours. Also what do you typically play on it. Custom rom? OC'D?
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psxpetey said:
Just curious how many people still actually have a xperia play and what model.
Mine is the hdmi tp model whats yours. Also what do you typically play on it. Custom rom? OC'D?
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I actually bought my Xperia Play last year. I have the Verizon R800x variant and it's been a great device for gaming (that's all I use it for). I'm currently just running stock rooted 2.3.4 GB with CWM recovery because I've found that this setup gives me the best performance for gaming. I've tried a few different ROMS and tried Turbo, Lupus and Doom kernels, but keep coming back to stock GB because it seems to perform best for me.

Mine is VERIZON R800X, rooted, unlocked Bootloader
Had it since launch day and still using it as phone and gaming combo. Was just recently, yesterday, running Slmbean JB OC'ed at 1305 for a couple months. Started having some issues with battery drain and some other issues, so I fugured GB was the way to go. Currently running Gin2Blur 2.3.3 custom rom, rooted, OC at 1305. Plan to flash Adreno Booster.

Still have r800i. Not as main phone, but as time killer when needed (Lumia 630 is my main dial/sms/web browser phone)
Flashed to infinity and beyond with roms and kernels
Still alive, two flex cable and 3 batteries replaced
Beside, i still didn't win in Collin McRae 2 championatship in expert mode, Still have to check compatibility of FF7 in final fight, and FF8 is still on disk1. I'll check that when i finish Spyro3 all working nicely in PSXperia (fpse tends to lag on stock speed)

Fixed my screen a few weeks ago(R800i). Haven't used it in years

wedgess said:
Fixed my screen a few weeks ago(R800i). Haven't used it in years
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wel come back to this forum.. and I think its high time you use it and DEV for it again buddy.. lol
Our play runs Lollipop too with ease now

In reply to you the gamer
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DroidX2 said:
Mine is VERIZON R800X, rooted, unlocked Bootloader
Had it since launch day and still using it as phone and gaming combo. Was just recently, yesterday, running Slmbean JB OC'ed at 1305 for a couple months. Started having some issues with battery drain and some other issues, so I fugured GB was the way to go. Currently running Gin2Blur 2.3.3 custom rom, rooted, OC at 1305. Plan to flash Adreno Booster.
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Same here perm root and unlocked bootloader. running CM10.LBP CM MOD THEME. Its very stable and no need to buy a nexus or big screen phone. I find it better than console and i partitioned the memory. Currently have 128gb memory freaking awesome. Totally legit and fast plus i odexed the rom:laugh:

Android all star said:
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Same here perm root and unlocked bootloader. running CM10.LBP CM MOD THEME. Its very stable and no need to buy a nexus or big screen phone. I find it better than console and i partitioned the memory. Currently have 128gb memory freaking awesome. Totally legit and fast plus i odexed the rom:laugh:
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Teach me you're ways master lol
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Android all star said:
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Same here perm root and unlocked bootloader. running CM10.LBP CM MOD THEME. Its very stable and no need to buy a nexus or big screen phone. I find it better than console and i partitioned the memory. Currently have 128gb memory freaking awesome. Totally legit and fast plus i odexed the rom:laugh:
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Do you have working touchpads, without the frame dip?

Still at it. Aftermathematics.
Just as obsessed with my PLAY as I was on that sweet night of June 2012.
Opened this legend 4 times for changes:
one for orange housing,
One for flex cable
One for earpiece replacement and digetiser( may fault, damaged cable when changing housing )
And one to make it white again. Obsessive, I know. But I've never been this close to any of my devices before. Still (not so) active on fourms, running gin2kitkat, and as game often as I can. Still a hell of a surprise to people when I slide out that sexy, sexy gamepad. ( just last week some dude asked me wtf is this amazballs thing. Thought it was a PSP go unroll he saw me calling someone)
Even in 2014, this Phoenix copes really well with newer apps, but not that well with newer triple A titles.
But emulators? OMFG. Works sooo guud. Goddamit I'm tearing up.
11/10 would buy again.
Sent from the Legend of all Legends,
The boss of all bosses,
The Xperia Play.

saqibkhan said:
wel come back to this forum.. and I think its high time you use it and DEV for it again buddy.. lol
Our play runs Lollipop too with ease now
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Thanks man. I have never left just not active or deving for it. I still moderate this forum Wait what since when has our play been running Lollipop
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wedgess said:
Fixed my screen a few weeks ago(R800i). Haven't used it in years
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wedgess said:
Thanks man. I have never left just not active or deving for it. I still moderate this forum Wait what since when has our play been running Lollipop
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haha.. its all mikes hardwork brother.. some experimental roms here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-play/help/qa-cm-12-unofficial-builds-feedback-t2995442
will be officially be posted by Mike himself soon now. for all the Legacy Xperia Devices.

I still have this phone. For almost year I was using S4 Zoom and since December I returned to Xperia Play and I'm using it as my normal phone and console. I really love it and I don't see any possibility for changing a phone (I need phone with gamepad ). My play is from april 2011 (second Xperia Play in Poland - won in competition ). I so loved this phone. I'm working on best ICS ROM from Krisdee - but I'm looking for good JB ROM (KitKat and Lollipop still have so many bugs).

TheVicious said:
I still have this phone. For almost year I was using S4 Zoom and since December I returned to Xperia Play and I'm using it as my normal phone and console. I really love it and I don't see any possibility for changing a phone (I need phone with gamepad ). My play is from april 2011 (second Xperia Play in Poland - won in competition ). I so loved this phone. I'm working on best ICS ROM from Krisdee - but I'm looking for good JB ROM (KitKat and Lollipop still have so many bugs).
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Its even more epic because you won it. Great story behind it!
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R800x unlocked and running cm9 at the moment about to flash to a Honeycomb sdk for the Nexus device

Here You have photos of box this price. Real wood.
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Had mine for 3 years since last month when touch screen stop working and I don't really know the problem :silly: , so it will be resting for a few months

After wanting one for years, I finally got one during Christmas last year, (Had a Lumia 610 before it, yay upgrade) so I can't see myself upgrading any time soon. Recently, I got another one to fiddle around with the experimental Lollipop roms. Flippin' the pad out on the train and watching people become confused is glorious. And the "I haven't seen a Sony Ericsson phone in years!" comments always crack me up.
Best phone I've ever had and probably will.

@TheVicious no friggin way. Thats amazing.

I never won in my life anything except this .

[Discussion] The LG G5 discussion thread

Hello LG G5 users , feel free to talk here about anything related to the LG G5 :good:
Thread Rules
1. Respect the others
2. This is an LG G5 thread , do not talk about any other LG phone here.
3. Use appropriate langage.
4. And of course , respect xda rules.
So what do you think about this LG phone ?

Hi guys , thread opened thanks to @KennyG123 , now that the G5 is out and available for sale feel free to share your experience in this discussion thread.
I will update it later with infos , reviews , battery tests..etc.
Enjoy

This is my first impression of the G5 and I'm sure once the stock and custom roms start rolling out I will have a much better experience with my phone. I picked up my new LG G5 a hour ago from my local Sprint retailer and I have already run into a few problems that kind of bother me about the phone. I switched from my Nexus 6 to this phone and I would have to say I do enjoy the feel of the phone and the fact of it being smaller and easier to hold. This is the only good thing I have really noticed about the phone so far though. The volume rocker on the left side of the phone seems very strange and would be much more ergonomic with it remaining on the back or on the right side to be easily accessible with the thumb. The G5 does not have an app drawer with the current software even though there were leaks saying that they were actually going to end up adding the app drawer for this phone. The software seems as if it went for a more Apple style design with a more vivid color scheme. I ended up looking through some of the apps and there are advertisements in the voicemail app which just seems wrong. I have already ran into a bug which should be expected with any new release of a phone of course and this bug happens when I double tap on a notification on the lock screen it locks the screen instead of opening the application which I really hope wasn't the intended purpose. So far the phone isn't as great as I expected it to be.

@CorruptProfile Thank you very much sir for this first well detailed feedback.
How about other things like the camera , performance ( if you tried any intensive game ) ? Is it buttery smooth or LG 5.0 UX suffer from lags ?

CorruptProfile said:
This is my first impression of the G5 and I'm sure once the stock and custom roms start rolling out I will have a much better experience with my phone. I picked up my new LG G5 a hour ago from my local Sprint retailer and I have already run into a few problems that kind of bother me about the phone. I switched from my Nexus 6 to this phone and I would have to say I do enjoy the feel of the phone and the fact of it being smaller and easier to hold. This is the only good thing I have really noticed about the phone so far though. The volume rocker on the left side of the phone seems very strange and would be much more ergonomic with it remaining on the back or on the right side to be easily accessible with the thumb. The G5 does not have an app drawer with the current software even though there were leaks saying that they were actually going to end up adding the app drawer for this phone. The software seems as if it went for a more Apple style design with a more vivid color scheme. I ended up looking through some of the apps and there are advertisements in the voicemail app which just seems wrong. I have already ran into a bug which should be expected with any new release of a phone of course and this bug happens when I double tap on a notification on the lock screen it locks the screen instead of opening the application which I really hope wasn't the intended purpose. So far the phone isn't as great as I expected it to be.
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Have you checked right? T-Mobile users said that the app drawer is there, like seen in the GUI Official Video (not a leek)

Killua96 said:
Have you checked right? T-Mobile users said that the app drawer is there, like seen in the GUI Official Video (not a leek)
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It is there if you use easy mode on your launcher as far as i know.
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Soufiansky said:
It is there if you use easy mode on your launcher as far as i know.
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Nope, there is a third option shown in the UX 5.0 video and confirmed by T-Mobile users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk8Zs3Mlbcs
Look at 2:19

I only really play Clash of Clans as far as game intensive on my phone and it ran very smoothly for the little bit that I was on it. The camera is far superior to any phone I have had in the past and the quality is great. The option for the regular launcher with an app drawer does not exist on my device which is no problem since I do not like the launcher in general and the Google Now Launcher is far superior to LG's. The biggest problem I have started to see with the device now is the fact the battery is weak as can be. I'm not sure if there isn't enough data collected yet to give an accurate estimate on how long the battery will last. I took the first screenshot of the battery usage before I used any high usage applications and it already was showing that my phone would last an hour and 47 minutes when it was at 41%. I would add screenshots to this but, I don't have over 10 posts yet so that isn't possible so I sent them to @Soufiansky so he can post them instead.

CorruptProfile said:
I only really play Clash of Clans as far as game intensive on my phone and it ran very smoothly for the little bit that I was on it. The camera is far superior to any phone I have had in the past and the quality is great. The option for the regular launcher with an app drawer does not exist on my device which is no problem since I do not like the launcher in general and the Google Now Launcher is far superior to LG's. The biggest problem I have started to see with the device now is the fact the battery is weak as can be. I'm not sure if there isn't enough data collected yet to give an accurate estimate on how long the battery will last. I took the first screenshot of the battery usage before I used any high usage applications and it already was showing that my phone would last an hour and 47 minutes when it was at 41%. I would add screenshots to this but, I don't have over 10 posts yet so that isn't possible so I sent them to @Soufiansky so he can post them instead.
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Thank you again for the feedback , when i come back home i will post the links you send me in pm

Thanks to @CorruptProfile
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How's the phone size?
I'd be coming from the Nexus 6 which is like a phablet, so I want to know how it feels in the hand?

Mew351 said:
How's the phone size?
I'd be coming from the Nexus 6 which is like a phablet, so I want to know how it feels in the hand?
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It is 5.3" , way smaller than the huge Nexus 6.

Soufiansky said:
It is 5.3" , way smaller than the huge Nexus 6.
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I was going to get the S7 Edge but it's not rootable, so it is a huge deterrent for me

Mew351 said:
I was going to get the S7 Edge but it's not rootable, so it is a huge deterrent for me
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You can wait for the M10 , and for root it will come one day , patience
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You can wait for the M10 , and for root it will come one day , patience
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The M10 is waayyyyy too small for me ;/

Mew351 said:
How's the phone size?
I'd be coming from the Nexus 6 which is like a phablet, so I want to know how it feels in the hand?
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I came from the Nexus 6 as well and honestly I like the size of the G5 it is smaller but not too small in the hand where it feels like you are holding nothing.

Mew351 said:
The M10 is waayyyyy too small for me ;/
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Note 5 ? Nexus 6P ? We're going in an off topic here...
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I came from the Nexus 6 as well and honestly I like the size of the G5 it is smaller but not too small in the hand where it feels like you are holding nothing.
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What about the module thing ? I saw a lot of issues about it these days
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I don't own a module and I don't really see the purpose of owning one to be completely honest. It's basically just buying add-ons if you prefer having them or not. I enjoy having the naked look of a sleek looking phone without having a bunch of stuff all over it. It really comes down to the person if they want the parts or not and personally I don't the parts won't make the phone any worse and if the modules really just fail then it won't have any overall effect on the performance of the phone itself.

CorruptProfile said:
I don't own a module and I don't really see the purpose of owning one to be completely honest. It's basically just buying add-ons if you prefer having them or not. I enjoy having the naked look of a sleek looking phone without having a bunch of stuff all over it. It really comes down to the person if they want the parts or not and personally I don't the parts won't make the phone any worse and if the modules really just fail then it won't have any overall effect on the performance of the phone itself.
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No i was talking about the stock battery module , you haven't faced any issue ? Because some people were reporting bad screen colors reproduction next to the module , others said it started taking off....etc.
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