Hi guys!
I'm sure you know why we can't get official jelly bean. Because we have only 512 ram. Since only 388 is user available, thats not enough for JB to run smooth. Well I'm not a developer, but as far as I know, Mali-400 is the black sheep here. It consumes 124mb ram. Isn't it possible to lower it's consumption like with Intel integrated graphics? I know it's kernel related, and I have only basic Java knowledge, but I'm sure someone can do this here, if this possible of course.
I'm sorry if this already been discussed, just trying to help somehow.
Download kernel spurce and check mali 400 gpu config,its pretty well explained how to modify it.
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Actually unofficial port of JB runs pretty smooth on Xperia Sola
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Pag96 said:
Actually unofficial port of JB runs pretty smooth on Xperia Sola
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Im pretty sure he meant multytasking.
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Im pretty sure he meant multytasking.
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In one of the kernel threads for sola, guys tried change the amount of ram and make more ram available to user, but it only produces instability and graphical glitches.
In other device (s advance?) they tried to allocate about 400mb og ram to system! All works pretty good, but games force close rondomly due to the poorer ram dedicated to gpu
BTW, the best is to allocate 390mb to system!
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In one of the kernel threads for sola, guys tried change the amount of ram and make more ram available to user, but it only produces instability and graphical glitches.
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I know that because mali is running in high texture quality mode,by lovering quality we can also increase performance and allocating more RAM to user/system.
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Vaste92 said:
In other device (s advance?) they tried to allocate about 400mb og ram to system! All works pretty good, but games force close rondomly due to the poorer ram dedicated to gpu
BTW, the best is to allocate 390mb to system!
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It was definetely not S advance, it has 768mb ram, from which 625mb is available.
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It was definetely not S advance, it has 768mb ram, from which 625mb is available.
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Yep, it was on experimental v8 kernel for XU
I was wondering this as well as I've got a raspberry pi and that let's you adjust the memory split between ram and graphics, personally I never plan on gaming on my phone, watching an SD film with my player or a bit of YouTube is the most taxing thing it will do, so that much memory seems a waste.
+1 good idea
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I know that its supposed to be 512mb, but all the Task Managers I use suggest otherwise. They all show it to be 386mb. Could someone please tell me what is going on? Thanks
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It is 512 mb but you only have 386 available. The system needs the other 126mb of RAM to run
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krabappel2548 said:
It is 512 mb but you only have 386 available. The system needs the other 126mb of RAM to run
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Then why is it that the system processes also seem to consume the available 386mb? The likes of Launcher, Keyboard etc.
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Then why is it that the system processes also seem to consume the available 386mb? The likes of Launcher, Keyboard etc.
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Those are considered apps by Android. The system itself needs another RAM.
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Then why is it that the system processes also seem to consume the available 386mb? The likes of Launcher, Keyboard etc.
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Those aren't really system processes. Real system processes are the kernel, networking stacks, drivers, ... And then you have another bit of memory reserved for the GPU. It's normal.
Today i flashed ICS 6.1.10 global rom in my sony xperia sola. After installing it i was in big trouble. When Charger or headPhone is Connected touch works ****. Aweful Performance. Everything was laggy. I was really disappointed. So now I have came back to GB 2.3.7. My xperia Runs like a Charm now. No single issue. some people complaining about battery but i have not noticed any fast battery drainage.
One thing that bothers me is that my friend Has a chinese brand mobile 1ghz processor, 512 mb ram. Even that has ICS and it works good. Then Why Sola lags on ICS?
I will come to ICS when All bugs will be fixed. I can not compromise performance.
I will wait till good reviews by users about ICS.
I hope that I have posted this topic in right forum.
Hi, I totally agree with what you said. You should however try the latest ICS, there is a new one after .10 it ends with .54. It is much faster. I would at least try it. There are uploads of that ROM here if you're interested.
CM 9.1 is for you, must give a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876929
If you are stock lover, then try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922029
These two are the fastest and the best for our Sola.
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i have no lag with current version...
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Poor you.. Lol kidding. Totally disagree. Man, get the newer firmware. That is old one. I have some tips for you. In settings go to development options and checklist force gpu rendering and set background process limit to at most 3 processes. It even better than GB! You will not say that thing if you know how to customize your Android phone.
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Mine Chinese phone with 512 MB RAM also is working better than Sony. The thing is that sola manages RAM poorly. However on fxp cm9 150 with zRam set to 26 % I no longer have issues with lags or freeze.
BTW. To the above post. Forcing gpu rendering will cause system to use more RAM, so it's the other way round.
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Kriss_Hietala said:
Mine Chinese phone with 512 MB RAM also is working better than Sony. The thing is that sola manages RAM poorly. However on fxp cm9 150 with zRam set to 26 % I no longer have issues with lags or freeze.
BTW. To the above post. Forcing gpu rendering will cause system to use more RAM, so it's the other way round.
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Are you sure? :/. Haha but that's not problem to me cause I set background processes at most 3.Force gpu rendering will makes your phone faster. Also i have more tips that will make your touch sensitive phone more responsive and make scrolling faster. But whatever I tell to this thread will not make OP move to ICS
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after limiting background processes to 3? what you meant by that? bro Android is for multitasking. Mostly what we do "Using internet, listening songs, testing and sometime playing games". On GB i am running browser, play store, facebook and sometime messages without disturbing other processes. anyway i will try .54.
On ICS screen colors look aweful. On GB colors are very bright and shining. Seeing angles much more than decent. and on ics everything is ****. Lets try .54..
Which one Should I try? Global or central europe or indian?
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after limiting background processes to 3? what you meant by that? bro Android is for multitasking. Mostly what we do "Using internet, listening songs, testing and sometime playing games". On GB i am running browser, play store, facebook and sometime messages without disturbing other processes. anyway i will try .54.
On ICS screen colors look aweful. On GB colors are very bright and shining. Seeing angles much more than decent. and on ics everything is ****. Lets try .54..
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Hi bro, nice to see you again. Yes android is for multitasking. But with set at most 3 processes doesn't mean you can't multitasking. You still can use your phone for browsing, listening to music, update status on facebook.. Don't worry about that. It will just makes more free ram especially when you gaming. You also can use Android Assistant from play store to kill some process if you want to gaming by pressing quick boost button(I just use it if I want to play a game). You can set built in task killer using auto memory manager (must be rooted). It's ICS, which takes more RAM than GB.
I agree with that screen colors
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Which one Should I try? Global or central europe or indian?
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That's up to you. They are same.
Hmm by the way, there is newer firmware than. 54. I'm using C.1.0 fw, but there's newer fw again B.75(correct me if I'm wrong). Don't know it has been released or not
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Now I m flashed. 54 and it is very good. I have not used tweaks. Only while charging touch makes trouble but ignorable. My charges from 10% to. 100% in abt one hour.
So there is a new firmware. ? Okay hunhh
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Now I m flashed. 54 and it is very good. I have not used tweaks. Only while charging touch makes trouble but ignorable. My charges from 10% to. 100% in abt one hour.
So there is a new firmware. ? Okay hunhh
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Good that finally you moved to ICS. Yep..
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b.54 is lattest till now. There is no b.75.
So there is not gonna be any JB. very sad.
waqar bukhari said:
b.54 is lattest till now. There is no b.75.
So there is not gonna be any JB. very sad.
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Sony sucks! They always do the same thing again and again. I think I should buy something better next time.
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Does Anybody Knows how to Root and install a custom rom in xperia sola? There are some guides which are very difficult to follow. I have b.1.54. other than this u dont know.? before this I had rooted xperia x10i but that was just one click root. attached in debugging mod and clicked root on flash tool. Why it is so difficult with this one?
I don't think it's difficult. What step you didn't understand?
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ichambi said:
Sony sucks! They always do the same thing again and again. I think I should buy something better next time.
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i think that they will lost a lot of consumer
On gsmarena website,they shows that micromax a110 and Sony xperia u both has 512 mb of ram
But for me xu has only 388 mb while micromax has 473mb.....Is there any problem with my xu?
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On gsmarena website,they shows that micromax a110 and Sony xperia u both has 512 mb of ram
But for me xu has only 388 mb while micromax has 473mb.....Is there any problem with my xu?
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Our sola's Mali-400 take more RAM than PowerVR SGX531
1darshan said:
On gsmarena website,they shows that micromax a110 and Sony xperia u both has 512 mb of ram
But for me xu has only 388 mb while micromax has 473mb.....Is there any problem with my xu?
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Yup I just noticed this
My pa's a110 has 307mb ram used and about 167mb free
Thats strange
512mb physical ram
And ram used by system is only about 40mb
How is this possible!??
And gpu alone cant make a difference of 90mb ram
There are several other things but what?
drsanket_xperia_u said:
Yup I just noticed this
My pa's a110 has 307mb ram used and about 167mb free
Thats strange
512mb physical ram
And ram used by system is only about 40mb
How is this possible!??
And gpu alone cant make a difference of 90mb ram
There are several other things but what?
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The theory is like Intel GMA graphic, it's shared the system RAM as their video memory, and also depend on different GPU
Like my sola, it got 512MB RAM, but system accessible only 387MB, so mean my Mali-400 take 125MB RAM as their video memory.
Is there a way to disable the GPU when not needed like when messaging, calling or keeping the phone on standby?? It will save much ram and battery
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OMG
This question is basic
You can search and read ram management at google bro
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just use advance task killer in the market for killing running apps from the background, to free some memory.
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Is there a way to disable the GPU when not needed like when messaging, calling or keeping the phone on standby?? It will save much ram and battery
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Pimp my rom or android tweaker from market if i remember good has such options
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Reducing MALI 400 (dedicated video memory requires kernel recompilation, as I see nobody tried it.
The best memory tweak is v6 supercharger script by zepplinox(spelling?)
Original and the best
Check how many posts on his thread
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Fellow xda users,
I am not a massive fan of gaming on my android phone but since Real Racing 3 was released I can't get enough of it!
My problem is that when running on my Xperia U it is extremely laggy sometimes and also FC's alot.
Can anyone recommend a gaming optimized rom maybe that can actually handle the games needs or is there any tweaks I can do to get it running better?
I am running the latest cyanogenmod 9, rooted with unlocked boot loader.
I just don't understand how an iPhone 3GS with a 600mhz CPU can run this better than a dual core 1ghz CPU?
Any help is much appreciated!
Daniel Lowery.
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Lowery91 said:
Fellow xda users,
I am not a massive fan of gaming on my android phone but since Real Racing 3 was released I can't get enough of it!
My problem is that when running on my Xperia U it is extremely laggy sometimes and also FC's alot.
Can anyone recommend a gaming optimized rom maybe that can actually handle the games needs or is there any tweaks I can do to get it running better?
I am running the latest cyanogenmod 9, rooted with unlocked boot loader.
I just don't understand how an iPhone 3GS with a 600mhz CPU can run this better than a dual core 1ghz CPU?
Any help is much appreciated!
Daniel Lowery.
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check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38589234&postcount=61
on XU, setting used is medium, change to low and enjoy :highfive:
Not tried yet will I need a pc to do this? :/ but thanks for your help!
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darQ96 said:
check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38589234&postcount=61
on XU, setting used is medium, change to low and enjoy :highfive:
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Ohh my friend you absolute legend it works with the most slightest of lagging even in cup races now! :highfive:
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Hmm it still keeps fc still even half way through races after being fine?? :/ baffled#
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well, don't know about FC-s :/
HEY buddy
- Try to edit file at folder SDCARD/Android/Data/com.ea.games.r3_row/.depot/eds
- in folder have a file:
1. AndroidHigh.plist
2. AndroidMid.plist
3. AndroidLow.plist
4. AndroidXtraHigh.plist
- just copy another one you wanna use, example you use AndroidLow.plist and paste
- rename to AndroidMid.plist and AndroidHigh.plist (in Xperia U use between 2 both that file but i dont know maybe cant)
- and just try playing you felt fullspeed, no lags
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Force Closes
i think i may have a solution to your problem. if you install chainfire 3d (requires root(link at bottom of post)) you can decrease texture quality and/or texture size which will reduce quality nof all apps until disabled but does help lag and memory usage which is probably why you are getting fc because you have run out of memory or it is starting to overheat.
play.google.com/store/apps/detailsid=eu.chainfire.cf3d&feature=nav_result#t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5jZjNkIl0
Tom Cuthbertson
ICS and JB not supported
But dont forget chainfire is for Gingerbread and Froyo only
doh
same problem
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same problem
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try this ---> RR3 graphic
How are you playing this game on Xperia U its not compatible on my galaxy tab 2 or Xperia p
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They can upload images of such changes are hardly please understand what has to be done
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iPhone Has Better GPUs it not about CPU but GPU...
Disable sound in game thus may help... It's not RAM problem its gpu
Lowery91 said:
Fellow xda users,
I am not a massive fan of gaming on my android phone but since Real Racing 3 was released I can't get enough of it!
My problem is that when running on my Xperia U it is extremely laggy sometimes and also FC's alot.
Can anyone recommend a gaming optimized rom maybe that can actually handle the games needs or is there any tweaks I can do to get it running better?
I am running the latest cyanogenmod 9, rooted with unlocked boot loader.
I just don't understand how an iPhone 3GS with a 600mhz CPU can run this better than a dual core 1ghz CPU?
Any help is much appreciated!
Daniel Lowery.
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frnds.. i want something(rom or kernel or anyting) that will give me 250mb ram(if 250 not possible then anything that will give me as much ram as possible)
But i also want the battery..
help me frndssss
don't think 250 is possible with ICS on 512MB.
some roms claim 200, like Zperience or Aroma? but i haven't tried can't confirm. i think anything over 100mb free after finishing boot is good.
the way Android uses RAM though this is maybe misleading, free RAM by itself isn't really useful, but i know what you mean..
shirish893 said:
frnds.. i want something(rom or kernel or anyting) that will give me 250mb ram(if 250 not possible then anything that will give me as much ram as possible)
But i also want the battery..
help me frndssss
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only 160 mb at max with normal use
and try gx gaming rom if you are using xperia sola
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don't think 250 is possible with ICS on 512MB.
some roms claim 200, like Zperience or Aroma? but i haven't tried can't confirm. i think anything over 100mb free after finishing boot is good.
the way Android uses RAM though this is maybe misleading, free RAM by itself isn't really useful, but i know what you mean..
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Can u please name any one with best performance and also battery saver..
give me rom+kernel(link)
i don't know! those two i mentioned also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163800
claims 200MB but i doubt it.
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i don't know! those two i mentioned also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2163800
claims 200MB but i doubt it.
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leave ram..
suggest me that vl increase battery life...
but not in cost of performance...
shirish893 said:
frnds.. i want something(rom or kernel or anyting) that will give me 250mb ram(if 250 not possible then anything that will give me as much ram as possible)
But i also want the battery..
help me frndssss
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Why you need so much free ram?
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Try Terra Rom or stock rom with all crap deleted , free Rom doesn't mean that phone will be faster.
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actually i just noticed on a brand new phone with sony official .54 ics installed, nothing removed:
200mb free RAM!
on first boot was 210mb, now is around 185mb on 3rd boot,
weird because i know after setting up apps and accounts etc, AND using Speedy Droid to remove lots of sony stuff, she had only about 50MB free, after a fresh boot. not sure why i have so much more now.
Having free ram is not achievement dude and neither it reflect your phone is fast, Epic
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ashisharia said:
Having free ram is not achievement dude and neither it reflect your phone is fast, Epic
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i know.
this phone is slow if you run many complex apps because 512MB is not enough for ICS (google target was 1GB).
free RAM after startup is still a rough guide to how much memory the base ROM is using. do you have a better suggestion?
the comment about 200mb on stock was because many 3rd party roms seem to think they've acheived something when they show 200mb free. i found this is almost same as stock.
I was answering OPs question: no, probably no fully functional ROM gives 250MB free after startup, but the stock .54 can give 200 ish before you install, configure or run anything. then you'll find you have very little free and things tend to get laggy.
if OP posted more specficially about his problem maybe someone can help further..
Hey, I was saying about post author and not you .
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Hey dude.. can u give something that will increase the performace and saves battery.. aroma is not so gud...
In miui v1.3 I got upto 160-218mb max..
U can try..
250 impossible.
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Hey dude.. can u give something that will increase the performace and saves battery.. aroma is not so gud...
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You don't get it, do you? Having free ram is not achievement and doesn't reflect how fast is your mobile, get your basics right
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Free ram is wasted ram when it could be used to cache apps for faster loading,except when it drops to 0 and apps keep restarting.
Android is clever,
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never see something like it, mine 140