How's using this phone (or the Xperia RAY) in 2021? - Xperia Arc General

Hear me out, I want to stop being addicted to social media and other crap that is too easy to access on recent phones. So I wanted to go back to some ancient phone that I had in the past and that I liked. My favourite old phone is the Xperia Ray, which is basically the same stuff as the Xperia Arc but much smaller. This phone is not too hard to find refurbished for a decent price, such as on Aliexpress.
The only features I need are mp3 playing, bluetooth streaming (IIRC this phone supports SBC and AD2P so it should work just fine), SD Card for music storage, and calls+sms. I would also like to use Whatsapp or Wire or Signal, but I don't think those support Android 4 anymore.
Anyone still using it as a basic feature phone? Can you use Whatsapp, Wire or Signal on it and does Bluetooth work well with recent headsets?

Let me reply to my own question. I bought the Xperia Ray refurbed on Aliexpress and it actually arrived in excellent conditions, it was almost as good as new. On its stock firmware, it's barely usable, but on 4.4 CyanogenMod it's fully usable. Whatsapp works well, and you can watch youtube videos with NewPipe legacy in 144p, not very appealing but if you are reading this you probably want to cure your social addiction. Other social media crap doesn't even work but then again I used youtube 99% of the time. Most apps don't work well, for example, the phone is unusable as GPS nav, so I have to keep a modern phone in the car in case of emergency (and swap the sim). The built in mail app from CM works well, and so does the music player, but I wanted to install the old Walkman ported from the Xperia S, which also works decently. Bluetooth in the car works for basic streaming with no metadata, but on CM it works like on a normal phone with metadata and everything.
The screen is a bit yellowed but I don't mind. The battery looks original and lasts around a day, but then again you will not be using it too much because it's not compatible with most apps.

Hello!
I just had the same idea that you had and wanted to rescue my old Xperia Ray, a phone that I loved, and make it usable too (Whatsapp is enough for me). The problem is that I am finding it hard to upload to Android 4 as most links and webs are now broken, and I don't even know how to run CyanogenMod... Could you please tell me if you followed any available tutorial or have the files needed for this?
Thank you very much!

llops3 said:
Hello!
I just had the same idea that you had and wanted to rescue my old Xperia Ray, a phone that I loved, and make it usable too (Whatsapp is enough for me). The problem is that I am finding it hard to upload to Android 4 as most links and webs are now broken, and I don't even know how to run CyanogenMod... Could you please tell me if you followed any available tutorial or have the files needed for this?
Thank you very much!
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If you've never run a custom rom on the Ray before, you'll need to unlock the bootloader first. Some instructions can be found here: https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Installing-LegacyXperia-for-Dummies
You can find CyanogenMod and LineageOS roms for the Ray here: https://archive.org/download/LegacyXperia_SEMC_2011. Look for roms with "urushi" in the filename.
If you're going to install a Marshmalllow or Nougat rom, you'll need to follow this guide: https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Installing-Marshmallow
I decided to use the LineageOS Nougat rom and posted some thoughts over here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...cyanogenmod-13-0-builds.3323975/post-85992081
Hope that helps!

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If you've never run a custom rom on the Ray before, you'll need to unlock the bootloader first. Some instructions can be found here: https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Installing-LegacyXperia-for-Dummies
You can find CyanogenMod and LineageOS roms for the Ray here: https://archive.org/download/LegacyXperia_SEMC_2011. Look for roms with "urushi" in the filename.
If you're going to install a Marshmalllow or Nougat rom, you'll need to follow this guide: https://github.com/LegacyXperia/Wiki/wiki/Installing-Marshmallow
I decided to use the LineageOS Nougat rom and posted some thoughts over here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...cyanogenmod-13-0-builds.3323975/post-85992081
Hope that helps!
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Thank you very much! The problem is that I've seen that my Ray says "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No". So I guess that I will have to find some other phone on aliexpress or second hand.

llops3 said:
Thank you very much! The problem is that I've seen that my Ray says "Bootloader Unlock Allowed: No". So I guess that I will have to find some other phone on aliexpress or second hand.
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Unfortunately, it looks like you would need to unlock the bootloader with a paid service. See:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-unlocking-bootloader-with-unlock-allowed-no.1896553/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...on-xperia-ray-with-locked-bootloader.1765742/

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Unfortunately, it looks like you would need to unlock the bootloader with a paid service. See:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-unlocking-bootloader-with-unlock-allowed-no.1896553/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...on-xperia-ray-with-locked-bootloader.1765742/
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I thought so... I will get another Ray on aliexpress I think, it looks easier. But thank you very much for the info!

Related

any advancing on this?

was reading on android central up on a 1.6 build which has the nexus one style which looks really nice.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/spr...o-rom-sneak-peek-working-donut-cdma-hero.html
still some bugs and problems, and alot of people are over there trying to get it fully functional and put together a rom, any chance of this being picked up here?
samrozzi said:
was reading on android central up on a 1.6 build which has the nexus one style which looks really nice.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/spr...o-rom-sneak-peek-working-donut-cdma-hero.html
still some bugs and problems, and alot of people are over there trying to get it fully functional and put together a rom, any chance of this being picked up here?
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you can download it on page 7 but you will also need google bits which i am right now trying to install. but having trouble
That dev is also a member of this site, so technically it is picked up here. Just don't think ther's a thread.
yeah their are a few downloads and .apks for the htc keyboard, just seeing some problems with sms, bluetooth and data occasionally.
I know I am no dev, but would love to just see a rom with the nexus one style.
and yeah he says he comes here, but I havent seen much about it on xda, so wanted to help its progress by atleast shedding some light on it.
oo nice thanks for that
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That dev is also a member of this site, so technically it is picked up here. Just don't think ther's a thread.
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Yup. I mostly lurk here. A bit too much drama . I even forgot my original login and pass lol.
I've had to halt development on this one (mostly) as I simply don't have time. Crisis at work, and real life sucks. It's no fun spending 16 hours a day with a bluetooth in each ear glued in front of a PC. I only have time to focus on one project in my free time. I still monitor the thread at Android Central, so I help where i can.
Just wanted to add credit goes to quietcblongs for the fixes to even get this partially running. Any monkey can grab the source from git and type make in the terminal. Without his work this would just be a toy for me to play with on my Ion, and even then not everything works.
i would love to see this take off, to bad bt doesnt work because I use it everyday. i just want a 1.6 or higher on my hero with a nexus one look, (as does everyone else probably lol)
I would like to see a melding of this with the 1.6w/live wallpapers
Where is there a 1.6 with live wallpapers? I've only seen the 2.0.1...
i tried live wallpapers on this build, no go, got the phone to recognize them, was even able to install from market, just force closes on the picker, i like the launcher on this and the camera that works, but it ill not be my daily rom, going back to 2.0.1
phonetec said:
i tried live wallpapers on this build, no go, got the phone to recognize them, was even able to install from market, just force closes on the picker, i like the launcher on this and the camera that works, but it ill not be my daily rom, going back to 2.0.1
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forgot that LW was from the nexus 2.1 would have been cool though
That thing looks sliiiiick as hell..is it stable?..does the camera,phone,texting/pic mail work?...
Just played around with this ROM and it was brilliant. I couldn't get the Touch Input to work at all though, and Lockbot didn't work and forceclose. For those two reasons I had to revert back to Fresh.
But this sneak peak at something better than 1.5 was a real breath of fresh air. Thanks to all the devs.
This looks good. Going to Nandroid and flash this when I get home.
Any reports on this ROM's stability? Could this be used day to day?
illogic6 said:
This looks good. Going to Nandroid and flash this when I get home.
Any reports on this ROM's stability? Could this be used day to day?
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if you dont use bt or headphones then yes
I must say that I am very impressed at this point. Only issue I'm having is difficulty pulling up the Market. Doesn't seem to want to load the EULA or whatever it makes you accept after every wipe while on EVDO. I switched to WIFI and it let me right in. No problem accessing protected apps either... I just installed Evernote.
Nice to have something fresh to play with for my Hero.
I would flash this rom, but I do use headphones to listen to music. I also heard that there are some MMS issues, confirm/deny?
First off, I want to say that this ROM rocks and the sheer speed alone has made me not even care about sense. I was a little hesitant on flashing this thinking I would miss sense but as stated earlier, the speed of the rom more than makes up for it.
I have been rather fortunate with my experiences using this rom. My text messages work as well as my headphones. I was suprised that my headphone jack works as I have read for the most part that headphones arent working with this rom. Looks like I have gotten lucky.
I have decided to use this as my daily driver and the only issues that I've experienced at this point is just lack of bluetooth and speaker phone which have already been mentioned and aren't deal breakers for me. Big thanks to the devs and keep up the awesome work!
jtadeo said:
I would flash this rom, but I do use headphones to listen to music. I also heard that there are some MMS issues, confirm/deny?
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hmm, headphones work fine for me here.
headphones working here too.... just no speaker and bt. Who cares when you have Global search, google nav, powercontrol...

Still alive?

Is the Nexus Q still alive somewhere inside Google or got it dropped once and for all? (Would be sad, I wanted to buy one)
Any information?
Hidden92 said:
Is the Nexus Q still alive somewhere inside Google or got it dropped once and for all? (Would be sad, I wanted to buy one)
Any information?
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Haven't seen anything other than speculation while searching. I ended up getting one off ebay, flashed Quantum by Lokifish Marz and modified it enough to be able to run Android Launcher at start and use the browser with flash, android games, and audio and video streaming while still keeping the functionality of the Q intact. Really happy with it because I can bring with me traveling and hook it up to any TV and Wifi.

Need advice on best working (stable) rom. Please.

Hi, went to fire up my Q & nothing works. It's been a couple years.
I'm looking to get as much functionality out of get as possible. Hoping I can use it as a Pandora/podcast player & amp for speakers, art a minimum. Would love to be able to cast video as well.
When I search the threads for the word Stable nothing referring to a ROM comes up.
What ROM do you recommend for as stable service as possible?
Any good tutorial for rooting the Q or ?
Thanks all
Ideajason
IdeaJason said:
What ROM do you recommend for as stable service as possible?
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I just use the unofficial steelhead CM11.0 as posted by hharte here.
I use it with allcast to play music in my workshop. It looks awesome with two small (but good speakers).

Upgraded to 2.0, Android 5.1 problems

I find that the device has lost much tablet functionality. The screen does not auto rotate and stays in landscape, there is no owner information tab to display on lock screen, Amazon apps and instant video will not sync. The device will not cast a screen anymore to a roku3. In general the 5.02 Android version 1.5 was a much better tablet user experience at least for me. I almost wish for a way to downgrade back 'til this is sorted! I had hoped Jide would not grow so fast that they dropped their focus of great software on adequate hardware. They now seem to have lost their way. I had supported as a kickstarter for ultra and mini with the thinking that they can help the developing world with that proposition......now chasing Intel x86 at the failing of the kick starter supported user experience. Quite a few titles from the Google play store do not run any longer on Remix OS 2.0. At least the GPS, camera, keyboard, Bluetooth, still seem to work. I had hoped this hardware and Jide would end the constant "testing" concept as it seems like working on custom ROMs again! My Pipo M6 pro is still pretty darn useful on custom ROMs! I hope Jide regains their focus! Great UI, good enough hardware!
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7inchTab said:
I find that the device has lost much tablet functionality. The screen does not auto rotate and stays in landscape, there is no owner information tab to display on lock screen, Amazon apps and instant video will not sync. The device will not cast a screen anymore to a roku3. In general the 5.02 Android version 1.5 was a much better tablet user experience at least for me. I almost wish for a way to downgrade back 'til this is sorted! I had hoped Jide would not grow so fast that they dropped their focus of great software on adequate hardware. They now seem to have lost their way. I had supported as a kickstarter for ultra and mini with the thinking that they can help the developing world with that proposition......now chasing Intel x86 at the failing of the kick starter supported user experience. Quite a few titles from the Google play store do not run any longer on Remix OS 2.0. At least the GPS, camera, keyboard, Bluetooth, still seem to work. I had hoped this hardware and Jide would end the constant "testing" concept as it seems like working on custom ROMs again! My Pipo M6 pro is still pretty darn useful on custom ROMs! I hope Jide regains their focus! Great UI, good enough hardware!
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Oh yeah, google photos can't see device folders! This device should pretty well support Google apps!
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7inchTab said:
Oh yeah, google photos can't see device folders! This device should pretty well support Google apps!
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Can't install google calendar , amazon instant video, and their app store, won't sync. The screen rotation seems to be a result of the launcher file manager experimental feature.....it seems to disable rotation for some reason.
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7inchTab said:
Can't install google calendar , amazon instant video, and their app store, won't sync. The screen rotation seems to be a result of the launcher file manager experimental feature.....it seems to disable rotation for some reason.
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Additionally the I image that loaded on mine does not have the customer support app in the app drawer, while the shutdown screen report a problem button/link is there nothing happens without a feedback app in the drawaer
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hello!
I use remix os in my laptop computer. I have also linux (ubuntu) and windows, but for surf, social network etc...Remix os is the best. thanks dev!
skyfolder said:
hello!
I use remix os in my laptop computer. I have also linux (ubuntu) and windows, but for surf, social network etc...Remix os is the best. thanks dev!
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do you have remix 2.0 on your Remix Ultra Tablet? How is the Ultra Tablet Working on 2.0, are any apps problematic , features not working? I am using a Remix Ultra Tablet on 2.0 Remix pre release version. I see a few bugs since updating from 1.5
Am I in the wrong forum?
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For me, on my laptop, I don't see bug. I have remis os 2.0 on USB, and I boot from this USB. I play swordigo and other game, my laptop is digital. It's very big advantage on remix os. I don't see any problem. it lacks the root and the battery indicator.
Envoyé de mon 6045X
skyfolder said:
For me, on my laptop, I don't see bug. I have remis os 2.0 on USB, and I boot from this USB. I play swordigo and other game, my laptop is digital. It's very big advantage on remix os. I don't see any problem. it lacks the root and the battery indicator.
Envoyé de mon 6045X
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Will someone gain control of this forum please! This is for Remix Ultra Tablet. Not Remix OS on X86 devices. Regards.
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7inchTab said:
Will someone gain control of this forum please! This is for Remix Ultra Tablet. Not Remix OS on X86 devices. Regards.
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I think the Jide folks just stayed in vegas and never went home. I ordered a Ultra Tablet a week ago and haven't heard anything. I noticed they did increase the price $50 since I've ordered it.
ejames2001 said:
I think the Jide folks just stayed in vegas and never went home. I ordered a Ultra Tablet a week ago and haven't heard anything. I noticed they did increase the price $50 since I've ordered it.
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I ordered Friday one week ago and received it yesterday. Ordered for 250 $. shipping to Germany with Fedex. Waiting for the toll fee now
Glad I found this Forum on XDA, because the JIDE forum is a hot mess and pretty much useless. The old forum was much better over there.
Anyway, I digress; I haven't "updated" to the 2.0 yet on my ultra-tablet because right now, I have ROOT on my device and I'm pretty sure there is no way to ROOT the new 2.0 OS yet. Am I correct in assuming so?
usafle said:
Glad I found this Forum on XDA, because the JIDE forum is a hot mess and pretty much useless. The old forum was much better over there.
Anyway, I digress; I haven't "updated" to the 2.0 yet on my ultra-tablet because right now, I have ROOT on my device and I'm pretty sure there is no way to ROOT the new 2.0 OS yet. Am I correct in assuming so?
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Maybe a general Jide ***** forum thread should be developed?
I started this thread, because like you I lurked for awhile over there and it is just kumbaya crapola. I haven't rooted the ultra tablet because it is just o.k. hardware platform. More interested in their more with less proposition if attainable. The mini makes a great developing world pc to get past a phone...
I think it smart to be working with XDA and X86 as the more crappy old PC's that can be !made useful the better. It's amazing the folks wanting to make these their entire command center for a home theater. Maybe they should write code and get a PI of whatever flavor they want!
Anyway, I was hoping to hear from other Remixers who've put 2.0 on thier Ultra, and what issues they have had. I do not see Jide responding to any issues anywhere....just kumbaya.
I think they were hoping to be bought up before they actually need to run a business! Perhaps just another piece of Android technology from the CH. Ina corp that is build it and move on.
I thought their concept of more with less was good for the developing world as opposed to less with more ala Apple and MS. Frankly I've been pretty happy with Nexus devices and cheap hardware on custom roms.(also a more with less proposition) My Pipo M6 pro on custom roms with a Logitech keyboard does everything this can all be it slower.
We'll see if Jide delivers, or fades....I am sure they are in over the heads, the fact that people want to root or custom to! Tells you their software solution may not be needed. Their hardware does not warrant development more than Android sticks do.
They claim to be making themselves a software outfit, but the Nexus 9, Cube and other devices have not seen any love lately.
Time will tell. Back to 2.0 update issues for the remix ultra...
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usafle said:
Glad I found this Forum on XDA, because the JIDE forum is a hot mess and pretty much useless. The old forum was much better over there.
Anyway, I digress; I haven't "updated" to the 2.0 yet on my ultra-tablet because right now, I have ROOT on my device and I'm pretty sure there is no way to ROOT the new 2.0 OS yet. Am I correct in assuming so?
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I'm running the new 2.0 update and have root. You just need to boot into the CWM recovery (or flash it) that was posted in the old Jide forums, then flash the latest SuperSU zip from Chainfire. I haven't tested swapping out the stock launcher yet, as I'm really digging the new features, like desktop mode. AdAway worked perfectly, so I can confirm that root is working for at least some aspects.
flightsimmer said:
I'm running the new 2.0 update and have root. You just need to boot into the CWM recovery (or flash it) that was posted in the old Jide forums, then flash the latest SuperSU zip from Chainfire. I haven't tested swapping out the stock launcher yet, as I'm really digging the new features, like desktop mode. AdAway worked perfectly, so I can confirm that root is working for at least some aspects.
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Did Google calendar install and is usable? Mine can't write to drive, installed but says calendar storage is not turned on in system? Also their stupid feedback link on the shut down screen does not work since no feed back app in drawer. Did your upgrade install one that works? For whatever reason Amazon app store won't sync apps....do you use any Amazon stuff? Is it good? Trying to decide if I should blow it away and re upgrade if mine did not get all it should...seems to be at least stable and most of the hardware does seem to function correctly outside of my display seems to ghost quite terrible after the upgrade! Also Google photos seems unable to see device folders and g+ loads an app that still puts a photos app into your device....real odd!
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Did Google calendar install and is usable? Mine can't write to drive, installed but says calendar storage is not turned on in system? Also their stupid feedback link on the shut down screen does not work since no feed back app in drawer. Did your upgrade install one that works? For whatever reason Amazon app store won't sync apps....do you use any Amazon stuff? Is it good? Trying to decide if I should blow it away and re upgrade if mine did not get all it should...seems to be at least stable and most of the hardware does seem to function correctly outside of my display seems to ghost quite terrible after the upgrade! Also Google photos seems unable to see device folders and g+ loads an app that still puts a photos app into your device....real odd!
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Google Calendar fails to load on mine for the same reason. My install didn't include a feedback agent (and I think that's common across everyone's builds). I haven't tried the Amazon apps yet, so I can't comment on their usability. I will say that my display was ghosting hardcore even before the upgrade, so the 2.0 upgrade didn't affect that one way or the other. I just tried the Google Photos app and it sees my wallpaper folders in the /SDCARD partition OK, so I'm not sure what's happening on your device for it not to see them.
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I'm running the new 2.0 update and have root. You just need to boot into the CWM recovery (or flash it) that was posted in the old Jide forums, then flash the latest SuperSU zip from Chainfire. I haven't tested swapping out the stock launcher yet, as I'm really digging the new features, like desktop mode. AdAway worked perfectly, so I can confirm that root is working for at least some aspects.
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I can't believe the old CWM v6.0.5.1 still works on the new update and more importantly, no one has figured out how to get TWRP or a "newer" version of CWM working? I guess, if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
Thanks for the information. Will upgrading to "2.0" wipe the userdata? I don't care about re-installing apps, etc... just worried about all my media content on the device currently.
I used Kingroot as on device root. Is working so far, but can't use SuperSU. Need to stick with kingroot...
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I can't believe the old CWM v6.0.5.1 still works on the new update and more importantly, no one has figured out how to get TWRP or a "newer" version of CWM working? I guess, if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
Thanks for the information. Will upgrading to "2.0" wipe the userdata? I don't care about re-installing apps, etc... just worried about all my media content on the device currently.
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As the instructions say save/backup your data! It seemed to be a complete erase reinstall from what mine did...be sure to pop out your micro sd as some discussions made it sound like sometimes it got caught up in the fun......?
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7inchTab said:
As the instructions say save/backup your data! It seemed to be a complete erase reinstall from what mine did...be sure to pop out your micro sd as some discussions made it sound like sometimes it got caught up in the fun......
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Thanks. Then I guess I'm going to have to wait a while. I've got too many .mkv files on the device and it would take forever to transfer > PC < back to Tablet.
flightsimmer said:
I'm running the new 2.0 update and have root. You just need to boot into the CWM recovery (or flash it) that was posted in the old Jide forums, then flash the latest SuperSU zip from Chainfire. I haven't tested swapping out the stock launcher yet, as I'm really digging the new features, like desktop mode. AdAway worked perfectly, so I can confirm that root is working for at least some aspects.
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So I tried this with my ultratablet, just wanted to boot to recovery first to make sure it works. Doing a "fastboot boot recovery.img" I get the remix logo but it doesn't ever boot into cwm it just locks up. Anything special I need to do before?

Procedure & Files for upgrading Mad Catz Mojo

Due to the recent price drop for the MCM there has been some renewed interest on fb in the MCM. It took many hours to collect the files and figure out how to get it going right so to save others some time I put an instruction PDF together along with all the files you need.
It's located in a public google drive folder located at:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8TeTD5Bph9dMkJyX1N5ZktBcHM
Have fun,
Phoenix4848
Phoenix4848 said:
Due to the recent price drop for the MCM there has been some renewed interest on fb in the MCM. It took many hours to collect the files and figure out how to get it going right so to save others some time I put an instruction PDF together along with all the files you need.
Have fun,
Phoenix4848
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Thnx Phoenix, yes i bought one today (wednesday delivery) and was surfing around clipping and downloading stuff. about the MOJO. This looks easy enough to use. Thank you for your work already done !
Still in doubt if i want android TV installed or CM as i bought also a android TV remote with it (not even sure if these work but i costs only $4). Love the shields laucher/desktop.
Got one also start play with it now .....look cool and fast.
thanks a lot OP. very helpful.
Excellent work and thanks, @Phoenix4848! Don't forget that there are alternative methods of flashing, and also other ROMs out there. I recommend setting up Fastboot just as a safety net; it can save your bacon if something goes wrong with Flashify. This XDA section is a gold mine of info on the MOJO, but you don't need that link, do you?
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Excellent work and thanks, @Phoenix4848! Don't forget that there are alternative methods of flashing, and also other ROMs out there. I recommend setting up Fastboot just as a safety net; it can save your bacon if something goes wrong with Flashify. This XDA section is a gold mine of info on the MOJO, but you don't need that link, do you?
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Thank you for the feedback. Yes I want to install Remix OS on a different mojo; I won't attempt that until I have Fastboot up.
I created the folder/link for a kodi box support group on fb. The procedure is simple enough for the average user and it's important mojo owners get rooted and SuperSU installed - there is a piece of ransomware that is targeting Android 4 devices. CM 12.1 is stable and user friendly - and it's android 5.1 which will run the newer versions of Kodi.
Adding it here was an afterthought.
Phoenix4848 said:
Thank you for the feedback. Yes I want to install Remix OS on a different mojo; I won't attempt that until I have Fastboot up.
I created the folder/link for a kodi box support group on fb. The procedure is simple enough for the average user and it's important mojo owners get rooted and SuperSU installed - there is a piece of ransomware that is targeting Android 4 devices. CM 12.1 is stable and user friendly - and it's android 5.1 which will run the newer versions of Kodi.
Adding it here was an afterthought.
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Good thought, even if it was after. You don't need fastboot to install RemixOS, or any other one, but if your MOJO is soft-bricked and you can't get into TWRP recovery you can fastboot boot the recovery and flash from that. You can also fastboot flash the recovery. And BTW you do not necessarily need MoDaCo's fastboot, if you're set up for other Droids like I was you can use your existing fastboot setup. I find it easiest to do from Linux.
Yes, I like the Lollipop ROMs myself, a huge advance over KitKat (IMHO they shouldn't have bothered to release KK). And Marshmallow is even better, much to my amazement. I wish I had the extra time to learn to port ROMs myself, there'd be a MM ROM out for the MOJO about now!
Fastboot set up?
kevinthefixer said:
Good thought, even if it was after. You don't need fastboot to install RemixOS, or any other one, but if your MOJO is soft-bricked and you can't get into TWRP recovery you can fastboot boot the recovery and flash from that. You can also fastboot flash the recovery. And BTW you do not necessarily need MoDaCo's fastboot, if you're set up for other Droids like I was you can use your existing fastboot setup. I find it easiest to do from Linux.
Yes, I like the Lollipop ROMs myself, a huge advance over KitKat (IMHO they shouldn't have bothered to release KK). And Marshmallow is even better, much to my amazement. I wish I had the extra time to learn to port ROMs myself, there'd be a MM ROM out for the MOJO about now!
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How do you set up Fastboot on the MOJO?
Thanks
Phoenix4848 said:
Due to the recent price drop for the MCM there has been some renewed interest on fb in the MCM. It took many hours to collect the files and figure out how to get it going right so to save others some time I put an instruction PDF together along with all the files you need.
It's located in a public google drive folder located at:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8TeTD5Bph9dMkJyX1N5ZktBcHM
Have fun,
Phoenix4848
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Thanks Phoenix4848 - works for me....
Thx Phoenix4848...
Works fine and makes me happy.
Regards from Germany
For 50 bucks this is the best android device in the market
does Amazon video player app work on mad catz device? I'm prime member lt install but can't play any movie..... anyone know why?
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ponghclub said:
does Amazon video player app work on mad catz device? I'm prime member lt install but can't play any movie..... anyone know why?
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Not a clue. But here's a couple things to try:
1) Call or e-mail Amazon tech support
2) Try a different ROM on the MOJO
Remix maybe?
ponghclub said:
does Amazon video player app work on mad catz device? I'm prime member lt install but can't play any movie..... anyone know why?
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Probably not a problem with the Mad Catz device probably a problem with the OS. Stock is Android 4.2, CM doesn't seem to work with every player. Remix works with more players but I don't know if it will work with Prime. I'll try later.
ponghclub said:
For 50 bucks this is the best android device in the market
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It really is isn't it? Once you get over the hurdle of flashing a decent ROM, you're set. Fantastic little gadget. I was very lucky to get it for £60 here in the UK. I don't think I've ever had emulation play so well on anything before.
thank you ...for reply and advice now I will try to flash the new ROM I have to read more instruction.... again thanks
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OK I have chat with Amazon IT tech he said most game console can't play Amazon video that the end of it and I get $5 for the next purchase. I will install the new ROM next...wish me luck!
PS: I still have doubt some of us have Amazon prime member install the video app to see ..is he right? thanks
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ponghclub said:
OK I have chat with Amazon IT tech he said most game console can't play Amazon video that the end of it and I get $5 for the next purchase. I will install the new ROM next...wish me luck!
PS: I still have doubt some of us have Amazon prime member install the video app to see ..is he right? thanks
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I'm a Prime member but it'll be a couple weeks before I get a real chance to fiddle with it, so if nothing more comes up to prevent it, maybe I'll try it on CM12.1 then. Too many irons in the fire now...
Last year, there was a workaround to play Prime videos via the Dolphin Browser with flash activated. However, ever since Amazon Prime Video dropped Flash support, it's no longer working.
Prime was the reason I bought my first MOJO, ended up selling it when the the workaround stopped working. As of now, I use the (second) MOJO for Kodi and the Youtube App only.
It's truly a shame we can't use it for a service we pay for, especially when they claim on their website that all android systems (>4.0) are supported.
I haven't tried any other custom ROMS since the stock meets my needs for now(minus Prime Video). But please do let us know if it works on the custom ROM you try.
Amazon Video works on Remix
AndroidSupaFan said:
Last year, there was a workaround to play Prime videos via the Dolphin Browser with flash activated. However, ever since Amazon Prime Video dropped Flash support, it's no longer working.
Prime was the reason I bought my first MOJO, ended up selling it when the the workaround stopped working. As of now, I use the (second) MOJO for Kodi and the Youtube App only.
It's truly a shame we can't use it for a service we pay for, especially when they claim on their website that all android systems (>4.0) are supported.
I haven't tried any other custom ROMS since the stock meets my needs for now(minus Prime Video). But please do let us know if it works on the custom ROM you try.
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I just got Amazon Video working on the Remix ROM. No tricks, it just works.
Additional note Xposed also works on that ROM. And Paragon should offer NTFS support. I like Remix - next step get a HDD working.

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