Xperia twitter info

Hey guys,

IF you want to stay uptodate just chek out Sony's Xperia account on twitter. Lots of good info there.

@XperiaGames

Cheers

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Finding IMEI number on the Xperia Play, rooting first step

One of the first steps to rooting your Xperia Play is finding the IMEI number of your phone. For those still looking for it you can either find it by going to settings> telephone info > Status (it should be around the 10th number down) or by entering *#06# on your keypad like you are making a call. -----
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Top 3 Android Browsers

Android Phones supports many fascinating Applications but what most annoys a user is the Default Internet browser which comes in android based phones. Very large number of user today have been stuck to the Android’s older version 2.1 which comes with the incompatibility of viewing flash files. So some popular Web Browsing firms launched their famous Browsers, Android capable; which flawlessly provide smooth streaming of websites and other multi-tasks.

Some of the most Popular Android phone browser’s available are:-

Opera Mini Web Browser:- Opera is the most trusted brand in the web browsing world of mobiles and it became very popular when they launched it for Android smartphones too. Opera has launched many specific versions for android users like old android version users can use Opera 6.1 and users having latest versions of Android can go with Opera 11. Users are advised to get this browser either form Android Market or from Opera’s Official site.

Opera provides the fastest browsing, when using from mobile and its compression capability of web pages makes it even faster in streaming websites.

It is very cost effective as it uses web page compression technology so data transfer rate becomes less and user saves money.

Multi-tab viewing makes it more attractive and its user-friendly interface looks even better than others.

Dolphin Browser HD :-  Mobo Tap Inc. came up with this full-featured Android browser which is not as fast as Opera is but its browsing experience is far better than Opera. It’s most unique feature is that it allows the full-featured Web browsing experience which feels as you are browsing in PC. It was primarily launched for Androids 2.0.1 + versions which make it very easy to install almost on very version of Android.

Users can download it from Android Market or from its official site.SkyFire Web Browser 4.0 :- Sky Fire Labs Inc. launched this browser which in no time has been ranked 2ndby every popular gadget review sites. It’s comes with some special web browsing features which makes it invincible choice for users supporting lower versions of Android. It has the video-flash supportive capability which is just beyond to comment upon Being very light is size its permanent license is also for just $3.Get it from a trusted source like Android Market or Sky fire’s website featuring version 4.1.0.
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Power management for the Honeycomb tablets

The modern day Android smart phones and tablets come with mind blowing great features. These features make the Android devices better than any other devices of that kind. Those features include Wi-Fi, GPS, app support and many more. These facilities make us use the devices more and that leads to less battery life. The Honeycomb tablets are the best tablets available and they come with some great features that make the experience better for you. This is the reason why these tablets tend to power out soon. We end up charging it more than once a day. That’s not something recommended for the batter. The uses of social networking sites and YouTube have increased a lot in last few years. These tablets support these facilities and you end up using them more than normal.It’s very important to save battery life and not to charge it more than once a day. These things will increase the over all battery life your tablet. Saving battery life and using it for a longer time is actually easy in Honeycomb tablets. You just need to keep some basic things in mind and use the proper tools. Let me tell you how you can manage power of these tablets.

Procedure to increase battery life in Honeycomb tablets

Find the Apps option on your home screen and select it. From the new options, select Settings. Choose the About tablet option now.Find the select the Battery usage option. You will find detailed information about apps and features, of your Honeycomb tablets, which are using the battery power. You can find out which app or features are using what amount of battery power.You will see that the display screen of your tablet is using most of the battery power. Controlling that is actually easy. You just need to lower the brightness of the screen. It will not decrease the display quality but it will surely save a lot of battery life. Lower down the screen timeout time to save more battery power.Many of the apps and accounts of your Honeycomb tablets continue to sync even when you don’t need it to. That burns a lot of battery power and so you must turn of auto sync for apps and accounts that are not needed.Once you do that, you must remember to sync or update those accounts and apps at least once a week. Honeycomb tablets can work better with updated programs.There are many programs that continue to run in the background even when you don’t use them. Find out which programs are running unnecessarily on your tablet and close them.Your Honeycomb tablets surely come with Wi-Fi facility and its no wonder that you use that a lot. Wi-Fi allows you first wireless networking. The problem with Wi-Fi is that it doesn’t turn off itself even when you are not using it. Wi-Fi tends to search for networks and that burns a lot of battery. Turn it of when you don’t need it.

A restricted use will work best for saving battery in Honeycomb tablets.

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Add more icons on Galaxy Nexus with Stock Launcher

XDA-developers have once post about the way to remove the constant Google search bar from the all screen of ice cream sandwich by disabling Google Search app. And now, one of the XDA Recognized developer’s djmcnz  has taken one step forward to allow users by placing the icons in a place of Google Search bar which can’t be done by the earlier hack. Interestingly enough now you can choose between 3 or 5 home screens. You must root your device for this and the mod stock launcher is proposed for Galaxy Nexus. Here is how to Install this:-

1) First and foremost you have to make a back up and boot to CWM recovery
2) Select any one of the given zip files

3)  Now flash the zip file in recovery mode.

You can install an alternative launcher first so you have options if this does not work and this may also happens that you find a problems with small resolutions screen.

Features by Developer

Google search bar removed from home screenSearch still works as expectedChoose 3 or 5 home screens!Great with Paul’s search button mod available here4×5 grid enabled in portrait mode to reclaim the search bar spaceVertical grid height reduced slightly to accommodate 5 rowsLandscape remains 4×4 (4×5 doesn’t fit without scaling) so bottom row is chopped off (gracefully)

Source: XDA developers

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Whats the defalt Wifi or data plan

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Homescreen black space... what to do?

Hmmm odd... one thing you could try would be to delete the homescreen cashe in your prefrences. That will probably take care of the problem but it will also rest the homescreen to the factory settings. I dont know what your homescreen looks like but it probably shouldnt be too hard to get it back to the way you want it. Hope it works out for you! -----
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Whats the battery life like when GPS is running?

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can i run emulators on the xperia play without having to root the phone (and other root questions)

im thinking more of n64 emulation and the popular 16bit emulators, and possibly mame 32
mostly at the moment tho i like the idea of a ps one emulator if anything just so i can have gran turismo 1 and 2 in my pocket.

but as i said i dont know whats out there and how much can be said on in this forum regarding xperia play hacks and cracked apps..

i know emulation is ok to talk about and legal so no problems there ;) alltho what will run on a unmodifyed play is another thing i need to learn,

finally im unsure about rooting at this moment in time unless there is a 1click option or somthing as there does not seem to be a guarnteed way to recover andriod if it goes bad,, for example the way you can restore a iphone there is no danger really in a jailbrake

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10 Exciting Features of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Having ‘Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich’ Google is seeking to exceed Apple’s iOS 5. Its OS brings a more polished interface that is planned to work on the tablets and phones- no buttons hardware here. It has also Face Unlock for the purpose of unlocking the phone just by looking it, the Android Beam for data sharing among phones with a touch, and a new people application which unites social network and contacts. There is also the much improved camera application and much refined browser.

You can find some of the Google’s highlights delightful inventive Ice Cream Sandwich. Let’s us find the swift trip into the new best features of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

1.  Interface The initial outstanding improvement many will observe in case you turn to Ice Cream Sandwich is the much refined user interface. This latest UI absolutely relinquishes the standard physical buttons of Android (Back, Search, Home, Settings)in preference to the soft top keys for Home, back and recent Applications found at the screen bottom in the System bar. There are several more UI improvements which include the customizable favorite tray, refined gesture-based voyage (a demo live showing ways to delete old message threads by just swiping all off on the screen), and a new type face named Roboto. You can also find some necessary improved stock keyboard Android with the addition of the latest checker speller and a skillful word suggestion box.

With the new outstanding enhancements of the Android Ice Cream Sandwich you can say that this phone is on its way to exceed iOS 5 of Apple. And with the new and latest UI improvements that the owners or users will really enjoy by using this Ice cream sandwich of Android. Truly this is the best Android phone that is out in the market.

2.   Face UnlockThe facial recognition has been around laptops for many years now, but Face unlock is the first time that this new technology has been adopted into tablet’s OS and in a smartphone. Its feature is very simple, you just have to register your face with the use of your device’s front facing camera and unlock it by holding the camera up to your face. If you are not a registered user, the device will not unlock.

3.     Improved MultitaskingThe Ice Cream Sandwich gives a more multitasking visual experience than the Gingerbread. The new button recent applications found in the System bar allow you to easily go from one application to the other.  When touched, the button will bring up a thumbnail list of your recent applications. Touch on the thumbnail to swipe the app, to open the app to the right or left to eliminate it from the list.

4.     Better Web BrowsingIce Cream Sandwich new browser provides a greater interface than that is found on the Google’s Chrome desktop model, right into the shape of the windows tabs. With the Ice Cream Sandwich corrected multitasking, the new browser allows you to open up 16 new browser tabs all at once, to provide preview live of each of them.  You can sync bookmarks from your chrome account Google with the latest browser. In case you are tired looking at the mobile versions of your popular websites, you will be happy to know that the new browser provides you with the opening option for the full desktop models of any websites out there. Offline reading allows users to save specific web pages for reading in case of no available active connection of Internet. Not only corrected features but ice Cream Sandwich web browser is also very fast than its previous models.

5.     Calender EnhancementsWhen you are accustomed to the calendar of previous Android, you are aware of its deficiency. In order to resolved that Google has upgraded the application to be integrated with other applications. Like for example, if you are using facebook you can get the application permission to integrate with your calendar .Or better yet, the calendar allows you to use the OS ‘zoom’ feature to provide for an extension view of your events. No more looking at one or two lines to figure out what you have planned for the day. Just move in quick and you will get whole view of your events. Touch the screen to return to normal mode.

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Some of the best Android based Mobiles

Google is based at everything it does and one of the best things about Google is that it’s ever improving and innovative. The Android OS from Google has really changed the way mobile phones were used to be. Android based Mobiles are the best smart phones of this generation. There are many versions of this OS and the new features and technique that Android OS releases with every new version is actually path breaking. The Android OS is fast, stylish and well customizable according to our needs. Let me tell you about some new generation phones that use Android OS.

The Motorola Cliq is one of the phones that can be most comfortable to use because of the design. Its build in a way that brings total ease when typing and that’s what makes it a great phone for messaging and social networking. It’s an Android based Mobile and that allows you to use some great apps. As it’s a Motorola phone, you will get to use the Motoblur interface with Android OS. The social networking tools and interfaces are made especially for people who spend time with Facebook and Twitter.The Motorola Backflip has a flip keypad that comes out of the back. The keypad has a fantastic design and it makes the phone more attractive. The design of the phone is strong and beautiful. When the design makes the outer side beautiful, Motoblur interface makes the display stunning too. This phone is surely one of the best looking Android based Mobiles available in the market. The internet surfing has been made easy with this phone and the powerful chipset makes operating fast too. The Android OS makes it even better because of all the things you can do with it.Sprint HTC Hero is another Android based Mobile that will lighten up your life. The phone actually looks almost like iPhone but it has an Android OS that makes it even better as a device. If your network supports 4G then you will be happy to know that with this phone you can use 4G internet surfing which is even better than 3G. This is surely one of the smart phones that you will want to have in your hand.Google Nexus One can be one of the toppers from Android based Mobile list. The reason is that it’s from Google and we all know what Google is capable of producing. The voice controlling functions, Android OS and many Google tools are the charm of this phone. The operating is not only fast but its also easy and customizable any way you want.HTC Droid Incredible is surely among those things that matches their name with capability. The name Incredible defines the phone best because this Android based Mobile is surely unbelievable with features. Everything you need from a smart phone can be found in this phone. The design of this phone is also something that you will love because it’s smart and slick just the way smart phones should be.
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