MiniCM9 Hints, Tips, Tricks, Mods, Fixes - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

--------------- The following Hints, Tips, Tricks, Mods and Fixes... refer to MiniCM9-3.0.4 ICS 4.0.4/CM9 port for the Χ10 mini
Here is the Official Thread
If any of this information is incorrect - enable troll mode > reply
Contacts
Stop right there! Before you even think about flashing to Minicm9 (or any other rom)
You should Know that the “Back Up and Restore” app on your x10 is USELESS!
Use another app or service to back up your contacts ect...
You wont be able to install “back up and restore” after your flash and even if your a smart **** and manage to install it... Trying to open the .sbf file will result in “error file unreadable” there are no other programs or apps that can help you open that sbf file (trust me I looked)
To retrieve my contacts. I used pc companion to “repair” my device. Restored my contacts on the phone with back up and restore then went to............... Contacts> Export to SdCard
This gave me a .vcf file that I uploaded to google mail.
When booting MiniCM9 I checked the box to sync contacts .
Hardware Keyboard
For me the hardware keyboard didn’t have full functionality right out the box.
It would have saved me allot of time if I knew that the settings are cooked into the rom.
They can be found in... Settings > Advanced > Keyboard Layout > and for me it was qwerty-en
Wallpaper
I noticed that the default wallpaper was oversized for the home screen
Heres a tool I made to help you find the optimum size for your wallpapers
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Having the optimum size wallpaper may improve performance by 0.0001% and its nice to have everything in proportion. (Each spacer represents 20 pixels)
I use an alternative home screen called go LauncherPro its highly customisable and works well with Minicm9 (and doesn’t have the google search at the top) it can be found in the market.
Internet (data connection/mobile internet)
I had issues connecting to the internet ( O2-UK ) to solve this I text ACTIVE to 2020.
and they sent the settings to my phone via text
Other providers may have a similar service try google magic
Icons
When I first flashed minicm the icons at the top were distorted and tiny
BUT! I later re-flashed and the icons weren’t distorted im not sure what’s what with this?
Im assuming the icons were fixed when I registered for “push updates” found in
settings > system
But im not sure....
also the dialer was out of proportion and was cutting off the top half of the numbers I entered however this also seems to have fixed itself.
Boot Animation
Big thumbs up to whoever created that! Its a work of art! But it has a massive impact on the speed of starting the phone up and in cases were you have a low battery and need to make that emergency call its not going to help at all. I disabled it
Settings > Performance > Disable boot animation
Music Player
I took one look at the Apollo app and decided I didn’t like it
The one I use is called mort player its in the market for free and iv never had a problem with it. I dont know if theres a better one out there coz once I found mort player I stopped looking.
Im a big fan of an internet radio station called progressive at www.di.fm
They have a free app in the market search for di.fm
Camera
Im still working on this one... The pre installed camera is.... well its naff
I like the on-screen button... but it shaves off allot of the screen and there’s a big ugly menu bar thing
I spent 4 hours in the kitchen trying to get the original camera app to work with no joy -.-
If you know how to do it or have an alternative app that works well (inc hardware button) please let me know and ill place it here for everyone.
I also don’t like cameras to make a sound when I take a photos I normally fix this by making a blank sound file and replacing the cameras sound files (whilst keeping the file names intact)
Removeables
bojler has a nice list of apps that can be removed to free up space
(GUIDE) MiniCM9 - Free up system memory, delete unwanted system apps.
Big thanks to the developers of this rom! My old nakerd x10 mini pro is now an up to date BEAST
If you have any other hints/tips/tricks/mods/fixes please share them ill add them to the head post

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Thanks for the info.
Did you get the info where the sound files are located to deactivate / overwrite the nasyt nasty foto & focus sound?
In Android > 4.4 it's optional but on this little Xperia x10 mini it's hittung my nerves and i would like to change that
cheerz!