Xperia PLAY - General Questions and Answers

Hello everybody!
I can buy an Xperia PLAY of a friend of mine for about 200$. I don't know if it worth it. I can see it can play really good games like NOVA 3, Modern Combat 3, NFS MW2 whithout any lag, but will it perform the same in about 1-2 years. Its processor is only 1Ghz and only 512 RAM. I'm thinking that i can root it and overclock it at 1,4Ghz like Xperia Arc S wich has the same chipset.
Please help me with oppinions.
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alex-p690 said:
Hello everybody!
I can buy an Xperia PLAY of a friend of mine for about 200$. I don't know if it worth it. I can see it can play really good games like NOVA 3, Modern Combat 3, NFS MW2 whithout any lag, but will it perform the same in about 1-2 years. Its processor is only 1Ghz and only 512 RAM. I'm thinking that i can root it and overclock it at 1,4Ghz like Xperia Arc S wich has the same chipset.
Please help me with oppinions.
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yeah get it. it's pretty good for it's functionalities and if you overclock it and install a custom GB rom, it'll be heaps good

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[App] Dead Space Android Game

This is getting really really and more really F'n amazing! PC games are completely going Fully Mobile. I haven't purchased the app yet, was curious if anyones phone runs it without any problems.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDIwMywiY29tLmVhLmRlYWRzcGFjZV9uYSJd
The list of Supported Phones: I don't see ours listed.
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Samsung Galaxy Gio
Samsung Galaxy Mini
Samsung Sroid Charge
SE Xperia x10
SE Xperia Play
SE Xperia Neo
SE Xperia Arc
SE Xperia x8
HTC Desire
HTC Desire HD
HTC Desire Z
HTC Sensation
HTC Desire S
HTC Wildfire
HTC Incredible S
LG GT-540
LG Optimus One
Really? I opened the link and it showed on the left hand side it's compatible.
gl1669 said:
Really? I opened the link and it showed on the left hand side it's compatible.
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It will say that regardless, it said that for GTA3 and it runs like $^#%, nothing but lag with that game. I downloaded a cracked copy, Gonna give it a test run to see if it runs and will report back. If it runs I'd be glad to buy it for $7
Just got done playing 10mins worth of gameplay......The game runs smooth and great on Zeus Rom.
Is it worth the money? I have been looking at buying it for a while, i just haven't been able to bring myself to buy it.
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It got addicting......I bought it and it's working Fantastic! It kills 3% battery every 10mins, Not bad considering the graphics.
Ok. Im going to quit being cheap and just buy it. Thanks
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I grabbed it for my infuse after watching my 13 year old play it on his Experia Play. Its quite awesome on the infuse. No glitches and very addicting.
Wonder why GTA3 runs horribly then. Confused but I'm sure its glitches.
Axiomkid said:
Wonder why GTA3 runs horribly then. Confused but I'm sure its glitches.
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download chainfire from the market...install the drive with reboot (from cwm seems to cause problems) then change the default opengl settings to unroll textures to 32 bit...either that or the one about about 16-bit something...that should allow you to play the game
i think it might depend on the rom tho...on galnet miui the game played fine, but by unrolling textures with chainfire, graphics looked better AND the game played better
havent tried it on zeus tho...hmm where's my phone....
albee320 said:
download chainfire from the market...install the drive with reboot (from cwm seems to cause problems) then change the default opengl settings to unroll textures to 32 bit...either that or the one about about 16-bit something...that should allow you to play the game
i think it might depend on the rom tho...on galnet miui the game played fine, but by unrolling textures with chainfire, graphics looked better AND the game played better
havent tried it on zeus tho...hmm where's my phone....
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I'll give chainfire a whirl and report back thanks.
It downloaded 137 MB, and then went kaput.
Even chainfire doesn't seem to help!!!
It runs ok on the infuse. Isnt anything close to the double core phones but it still runs looks awesome but like I said it has stuttering unlike on the Atrix or skyrocket I have but the infuse still handles it OK.
Axiomkid said:
This is getting really really and more really F'n amazing! PC games are completely going Fully Mobile. I haven't purchased the app yet, was curious if anyones phone runs it without any problems.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDIwMywiY29tLmVhLmRlYWRzcGFjZV9uYSJd
The list of Supported Phones: I don't see ours listed.
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Samsung Galaxy Gio
Samsung Galaxy Mini
Samsung Sroid Charge
SE Xperia x10
SE Xperia Play
SE Xperia Neo
SE Xperia Arc
SE Xperia x8
HTC Desire
HTC Desire HD
HTC Desire Z
HTC Sensation
HTC Desire S
HTC Wildfire
HTC Incredible S
LG GT-540
LG Optimus One
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dante501 said:
It runs ok on the infuse. Isnt anything close to the double core phones but it still runs looks awesome but like I said it has stuttering unlike on the Atrix or skyrocket I have but the infuse still handles it OK.
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Well if we Get a graphics driver update like the Captivate did, there may be some hope in better gaming performance with the Infuse.
Played the 1.98 version and it runs flawlessly on Zeus with overclock to 1600. Haven't tried it on 1200 yet. I love this game and all but it freaks the crap out of me so bad I'm too scared to play it.. will someone hold my hand??.. lmao
Froggys go ribbet
Anyone tried running the game or gta3 on the cwm community kernel v8? how's the performance?
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jesi.james said:
Played the 1.98 version and it runs flawlessly on Zeus with overclock to 1600. Haven't tried it on 1200 yet. I love this game and all but it freaks the crap out of me so bad I'm too scared to play it.. will someone hold my hand??.. lmao
Froggys go ribbet
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I'm on chapter 11 killed 2! Boss's already. I agree 1 scary ass game, even though it's a mobile version.
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I am curious about the size of the game. After the install, does it require additional files? If so, where are they stored? My phone is pretty damn full so I was curious about how much room it will take and up where it'll end up.
Thanks.
Axiomkid said:
This is getting really really and more really F'n amazing! PC games are completely going Fully Mobile. I haven't purchased the app yet, was curious if anyones phone runs it without any problems.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDIwMywiY29tLmVhLmRlYWRzcGFjZV9uYSJd
The list of Supported Phones: I don't see ours listed.
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Samsung Galaxy Gio
Samsung Galaxy Mini
Samsung Sroid Charge
SE Xperia x10
SE Xperia Play
SE Xperia Neo
SE Xperia Arc
SE Xperia x8
HTC Desire
HTC Desire HD
HTC Desire Z
HTC Sensation
HTC Desire S
HTC Wildfire
HTC Incredible S
LG GT-540
LG Optimus One
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Works well man. Got the Apk to test it before buying to make sure it ran smooth.
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Another great game!! Right next to modern combat 3
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Tegra 3 games are so enticing...

I know we have the more battery efficient (and in a lot of areas more powerful) chipset, but everytime I look at those Tegra only games I get jealous. I mean is there a possibility our chipset will be able to produce the same quality of graphics when these games are released for the Tegra devices? I would hate to have to trade up over something so trivial, but I really like to game.
I'm thinking that the battery life can be greatly improved on the Tegra devices with custom ROMs and Kernels. I mean the new Nexus tab has a Tegra, so it must be a reliable piece.
Thoughts?
seh6183 said:
I know we have the more battery efficient (and in a lot of areas more powerful) chipset, but everytime I look at those Tegra only games I get jealous. I mean is there a possibility our chipset will be able to produce the same quality of graphics when these games are released for the Tegra devices? I would hate to have to trade up over something so trivial, but I really like to game.
I'm thinking that the battery life can be greatly improved on the Tegra devices with custom ROMs and Kernels. I mean the new Nexus tab has a Tegra, so it must be a reliable piece.
Thoughts?
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Keep the better phone and buy a Nexus 7.
Our phone vs Tegra 3 version
Better battery life
LTE
Superior sound quality
Less build quality issues
gunnyman said:
Keep the better phone and buy a Nexus 7.
Our phone vs Tegra 3 version
Better battery life
LTE
Superior sound quality
Less build quality issues
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I'm researching right now if the s4 will be capable of pumping out similar quality when the game dev's optimitze for our chipset.
gunnyman said:
Keep the better phone and buy a Nexus 7.
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This.
Out phone was the first phone with the S4, you need to give developers the time.
A TON of phones, including the Stateside Galaxy S III will be having the same chipset/gpu as ours, and developers will not want to miss out on such a huge population.
I have some tegra games on my phone. I use chainfire3d to trick the play store and get to download and play the games
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LGSilva said:
I have some tegra games on my phone. I use chainfire3d to trick the play store and get to download and play the games
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How well do they run?
I can't wait to get my Nexus 7. Tegra 3 games on a 7" screen are going to be seriously amazing. I really hope Gameloft releases Nova 3 for it, because it is seriously the best FPS ever made for mobile devices. It already kicks ass on my One X, it will be bad ass on the Nexus 7.
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/jellus
Just order the Nexus 7 and use it as a gaming device. Problem solved
_MetalHead_ said:
I can't wait to get my Nexus 7. Tegra 3 games on a 7" screen are going to be seriously amazing. I really hope Gameloft releases Nova 3 for it, because it is seriously the best FPS ever made for mobile devices. It already kicks ass on my One X, it will be bad ass on the Nexus 7.
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im kinda anti tegra i guess...since i have a tegra 2 7inch tab that nvidia pretty much forgot about once teg3 was concieved. and games were glitchy as hell.
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which android phone I should choose ?

Hello everybody, I'm a bit confused to choose the best phone on my price range.
So in your opinion which mobile should be the best from my list if we compare, processor, ram, sd mini card availability, screen quality, battery life and so on. Maybe I should take some different phone with similar specifications ?
I got couple of them:
*LG E610 Optimus L5
*Sony ST25i Xperia U
*Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18
*Sony ST23i Xperia Miro
*LG P700 Optimus L7
Any suggestions I will appreciate, thanks indeed.
Ed
Search the forums. Look at some of the apps and roms for some of your choices. Choose the phone that best suits your needs.
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okay, buy all what I wanted was people opinions and experience
I have a samsung note 2 and it is awesome. But... Is it on your budget?
unfortunately isn't on my budget, p.s. I already had samsung galaxy s and wouldn't be keen to have again
What is your budget ? Are you buying off-contract or carrier-subsidised ?
There are a few good web-sites where you can compare phones side-by-side, I used them myself when I was shopping around.
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Sony Xperia Miro is a nice affordable mobile phone. It comes with 4.0 android operating system, 5 mega pixel camera, 3,5 inch screen display,800 MHz processor, 3G and 1500 mAh battery capacity. If you like this phone you can read all details here
themobileindian.com/handset-guide/details/Sony-Xperia-Miro
the budget till 185 euro, I think I will take xperia sola it seems okay
eddyys said:
the budget till 185 euro, I think I will take xperia sola it seems okay
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Not bad. Do you tried to find something used?
When I was first looking, my budget was similar (then I decided to spend a little extra). I would definitely check out used phones. I think I'd been considering a Galaxy S II at that price point, but don't know if you could do better, I think the Galaxy Nexus was a bit more - but I'd check and see if the prices have come down since the Nexus 4's now come out.
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Go for the Xperia u you can find it for 150euro but I don't suggest you an android phone for the budget instead go for a wp7.5 / 8 , like the Lumia 620 because wp is much more lighter and fluid on budget phones.
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Samsung galaxy s3
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[Q] Which phone should i buy ?

Presently i am using nokia 3120 classic.I want to buy a android phone with good camera quality and should run all hd games smoothly,good screen size and battery life .My budget is around 200$ and can extend up to 250$(if required).
I was thinking of getting a micromax superfone canvas 2(a110).Will it be a wise decision or should I choose any other phone.
I want to know the drawbacks in mmx canvas 2 and how is the camera quality is it worth 8 mp?
I bought sony xperia tipo a month back which is in your price range.
and i am pretty impressed by its performance(though the camera quality sucks).
I think you should have a look at it!
:good:
Maybe Galaxy Ace 2. Rom JB official updated by samsung
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Galaxy W sir? 1.4 GHz xan be overclocked to like 1.8GHz stable and ICS with 3.0kernel...!
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I think you should go with ace 2 that would be better since its a dual core processor
TheCloneGamer said:
I think you should go with ace 2 that would be better since its a dual core processor
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But it's the least most power full processor... That's what made me refused to buy the Ace 2... The phone seller was also the one who urged me to buy that...
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i bought the htc evo 3d a year ago, now it´s rooted and i still have no problems with it
otherwise the new htc one x+ looks very useful and i´m thinking about to buy it :good:
but if you only want to pay 200$ it should be enough for the incredible or htc one
But it's dual core.
If i'm not wrong.Dual core is always better than a single core
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May be htc one v in his price range
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BlackDraunzer said:
Presently i am using nokia 3120 classic.I want to buy a android phone with good camera quality and should run all hd games smoothly,good screen size and battery life .My budget is around 200$ and can extend up to 250$(if required).
I was thinking of getting a micromax superfone canvas 2(a110).Will it be a wise decision or should I choose any other phone.
I want to know the drawbacks in mmx canvas 2 and how is the camera quality is it worth 8 mp?
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I am using Karbonn A9+ (Indian version of Cherry Flare), the fone has good specifications and Karbonn is also coming up with S1 Titanium with Quad-Core Processor, looking into it might be worth.
BlackDraunzer said:
Presently i am using nokia 3120 classic.I want to buy a android phone with good camera quality and should run all hd games smoothly,good screen size and battery life .My budget is around 200$ and can extend up to 250$(if required).
I was thinking of getting a micromax superfone canvas 2(a110).Will it be a wise decision or should I choose any other phone.
I want to know the drawbacks in mmx canvas 2 and how is the camera quality is it worth 8 mp?
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The Nexus 4 8gb is the best value for money. You'll recieve all the updates quick and first compare to the Galaxy s3 and Motorola's :good:
In your budget Micromax Canvas 2 is a superb mobile phone. You can run hd games easily and camera is also nice.
TheCloneGamer said:
But it's dual core.
If i'm not wrong.Dual core is always better than a single core
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May be htc one v in his price range
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Fine, you win, BUT other than the Ace 2, I recommend Xperia U... dual core 1GHz... In my country, it probably costs the same price... :thumbup:
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Does xperia u support external sdcard
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Wow, cant believe i missed that out... I guess Ace 2 is better
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TheCloneGamer said:
Does xperia u support external sdcard
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No it doesn't supports external sd
U can also go for xperia sola
Galaxy grand etc...
But go for dual core single core mobile can never be better than a dual-core one..
I agree with fayosi. I would buy a nexus 4. standard android os w/ no filler and quick updates.
nishuy21 said:
Offcourse it supports external sd
U can also go for xperia sola
Galaxy grand etc...
But go for dual core single core mobile can never be better than a dual-core one..
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Dude! He wants something affordable! And also... Xperia U doesn't have an external SD card slot!
Currently planning to Develop a CM9 Based ROM :3
pbmurdoc said:
I agree with fayosi. I would buy a nexus 4. standard android os w/ no filler and quick updates.
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Do not buy nexus 4 u will get better in this price
First of all nexus devices are hard to customize
Second nexus 4 has touch problem u can check its youtube review from pocketnow to find it ex if u use pinch to zoom then it responds Less to it..
Third nexus 4 had throttle problem see youtube I.e when it reaches 36` Celsius it starts to throttle
And ur CPU speed starts to become low
When it reach 40` (this temp is common for such powerful device)Celsius u will see lag in games as CPU speed reaches
CPU freq reaches 1.2 GHz(not too bad from1.5ghz) and gpu freq reaches 200mhz (very bad from 400mhz)
So better don't go for it
it gets update fast but other mobiles also get them in time...
nexus4 is better
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Dear All,
According to my exp. if u want more in less price then you should go local brand like Micromax , Karboon etc.

Note Pro BAD graphics?

Hi,
As the title is saying, the graphics performance on this 800€ tab is TOO BAD.
I have the exynos version, so I don't know How the snapdragon version is.
Any suggestions? Any experiences? Asphalt 8 is unplayable!:banghead: It runs much better on an single cone device! Do you think Samsung will ever do something?
Lots of regards, prohackerbro
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Bad on asphalt 8 yes, the high settings seem to practically bring the exynos processor to its knees while on asphalt 7 game play is buttery smooth. Whether gameloft will do any further optimization for this tablet remains to be seen. I'm not a gamer so I could care less but I feel for those who expect high performance from a tablet this expensive. It sure would be nice to play games on a large screen device like this using a game controller.
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muzzy996 said:
Bad on asphalt 8 yes, the high settings seem to practically bring the exynos processor to its knees while on asphalt 7 game play is buttery smooth. Whether gameloft will do any further optimization for this tablet remains to be seen. I'm not a gamer so I could care less but I feel for those who expect high performance from a tablet this expensive. It sure would be nice to play games on a large screen device like this using a game controller.
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You mean that gameloft must do something? I think its more caused from the high resolution... And the gpu cant handle it...
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prohackerbro said:
You mean that gameloft must do something? I think its more caused from the high resolution... And the gpu cant handle it...
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I would suspect it's the game not being optimized to run on the hardware. I can think of a handful of other games with great graphics that have no trouble running on this tablet. I would think if it was the hardware, those high detail games would have issues too.
That and gameloft has kinda been slow to update its games for newer hardware. I can think of a couple of their games that had issues with new devices, took them months to release a update, after that the games ran well.
Yup. Certainly the resolution will be an issue too but again, the game developer has to make adjustments to account for it.
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prohackerbro said:
Hi,
As the title is saying, the graphics performance on this 800€ tab is TOO BAD.
I have the exynos version, so I don't know How the snapdragon version is.
Any suggestions? Any experiences? Asphalt 8 is unplayable!:banghead: It runs much better on an single cone device! Do you think Samsung will ever do something?
Lots of regards, prohackerbro
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This is an example of a game badly optimized for the exynos. The exynos is almost identical to the snapdragon in terms of power and performance however snapdragon gets more dev love. Any game that is properly optomized though will look gorgeous on this tablet and play very well. I havent had any game iv chosen to install play any less than fantastically. If you want c ok ntact the devs of asphalt and ask for it to be fixed. It isnt samsungs fault. Snapdragons have lte built in so it was more effective to go with the exynos for the wifi model.
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XCOM Enemy Unknown is another example of bad optimization on Exynos devices. Low fps, stutter and lots of crashing.
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I'll be getting my P905 (the snapdragon version) tomorrow, I'll be sure to give you feedback on this matter when I get the time.
I find this rather funny, because the Note 3 Exynos has exactly the same problem.. As does the S4 Exynos..... And from both the Snapdragon device has no issues at all.
Lesson to be learned here: Don't buy a device with an Exynos if there's a Snapdragon edition as well.
I've never had any problems with any Exynos-based chip. That said, the Snapdragon version is always better IMHO.

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