Android Considering the Xperia Play

[Terminator02]

psx4droid is really laggy, it just isn't optimized very well

on the other hand sony's own emulator works perfectly (i believe the phone comes with crash bandicoot), however AFAIK they haven't released any more games for purchase yet

 

[ProtoKun7]

Don't use a task killer, they cause more problems than they fix.

As for the app you mentioned, remove the name from your post (its not allowed on these forums), and yes that behaviour is normal for their severely overloaded servers. Lots of pirates in the world, aren't there?

Actually, you are allowed to.
I was uncertain a while ago but I got clarification and you can, apparently.

 

[shamiko_]

Don't use a task killer, they cause more problems than they fix.

As for the app you mentioned, remove the name from your post (its not allowed on these forums), and yes that behaviour is normal for their severely overloaded servers. Lots of pirates in the world, aren't there?

Actually, you are allowed to.
I was uncertain a while ago but I got clarification and you can, apparently.

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[Terminator02]

so we're now allowed to mention *snip and *snip, but not warez sites?

 

[Originality]

Well if a mod says it's ok...

 

[SifJar]

Well that fits in nicely with a lot of the other rules here...

 

[CarbonX13]

Well, it's the same deal sort of with posting all the scene release names on the site. I'm pretty sure we all know what people do after they see the scene release posted.

 

[SpaceJump]

I have a little problem: There's one app (game) shown on my battery widget, that it's consuming 42% battery power. So I opened up Advanced Task Killer to stop it but it isn't on its list. Then I restarted the phone and that app still shows up there after the restart.

What's the deal? How can I stop it?

 

[Foxi4]

...what's the app's name, lol? Maybe it's a system service?

 

[Jakob95]

By the way to you guys that are saying that the processor isn't good. I have the original Droid Incredible that has a processor that is worse then the new ones in the Xperia, Thunderbolt, and other phones. But my phone runs fast and great, all games work full speed don't get crashes ever unless if the app is poorly made.

 

[SpaceJump]

...what's the app's name, lol? Maybe it's a system service?

It's Guerilla Bob.

I uninstalled the game and obviously it's now gone. But strange, isn't it?

 

[ProtoKun7]

If it wasn't showing up in ATK it's possible you might have had to lower the security (i.e. show more apps/processes to look for the one you're looking for). But you've uninstalled that now so I guess that's mostly irrelevant. Still, I'd've expected it to be visible on default settings.

 

[SpaceJump]

Isn't it strange that it's even running after a reboot?

 

[Originality]

Some apps do configure themselves to run on startup. Said apps are usually heavily flamed as battery leaches.

 

[SpaceJump]

Is there a way to uninstall the preinstalled games like Sims 3? They aren't in the installed apps list.

 

[Terminator02]

u'd have to root

 

[Originality]

That's one of the things rooting is for, to remove bloatware.

EDIT: didn't see there was another page.

 

[SpaceJump]

Ok, I rooted my Xperia Play. Now how do I remove those games? They still don't show up in the apps list.

Also I tried the Wifi-Thethering app. It starts up fine and my DS sees the Wifi, but my DS isn't able to connect to it. Any idea?

 

[Chrono_Tata]

You can use Titanium Backup (search on Market) to manage system apps. Be careful what you touch though; it's slightly advanced stuff and you could mess up something if you delete something vital.

Also I'm not sure if the DS can connect to Android Wi-Fi tethering. It's very particular about what security protocol it can connect over. If the tethering app supports it, see if you can change the security protocol (for example use WEP instead of WPA).

 

[SpaceJump]

I use no security protocoll at all, just for testing. And still the DS cannot connect.