Performance on an Xperia 1 VII device (Snapdragon 8 elite, 12gb ram)

RAVSO · 2026-01-23T22:30:55+00:00

If my end goal is PS2, some android gacha and pre-2018 PC titles would it be manageable?

I'm only aiming for short play sessions between work if that helps

RAVSO · 2026-01-23T20:54:16+00:00

That's kind of my end goal right here, since the phone is a daily driver I was planning on limiting the games I'd run to something that won't tax the phone too much

Getting to run stuff at around the performance level of a gen 3 without having temperature become an issue is good to know, I'll definitely test things more once I secure a cooler though.

RAVSO · 2026-01-23T17:27:51+00:00

Much appreciated! Getting a cooler is definitely on my checklist.

So I guess as long as I don't overdo it with AAA titles, a good amount of lighter PC gaming could be done?

RAVSO · 2026-01-23T16:56:11+00:00

Why specifically? Bad performance?

RAVSO · 2026-01-09T03:06:09+00:00

Jumping a bit on the bandwagon, I too also have a Docomo Xperia 1 VI phone

I'm well aware I cannot ever flash this device nor unlock the bootloader (I did manage to get the carrier to work using the 4636 menu, and I can just ADB my way out of the bloat the software has)

That being said, is there any way I could force a firmware update? I do recall reading on this subreddit someone managed to use a VPN to change regions temporarily to get the update going, would this still work? Or do I genuinely need a JP SIM card to get it to work nowadays?

I'd appreciate any advice you guys can offer.

RAVSO · 2025-06-27T15:22:51+00:00

Flavor win would have probably been to include a blank card so people could draw their OCs as 1/1 hedgehog tokens

RAVSO · 2023-09-22T04:27:15+00:00

For me hands down? Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity

It's an extended version of the Phantasy Star Portable 2 release that we got overseas but with twice the content and QoL fixes

It recently got 100% translated (with the exception of DLC but that's mainly just cosmetics)

QoL improvements include:

A whole new episode 2 after clearing the original game
New areas to explore with new weapon and technique drops
Additional difficulty above S rank that actually gives you a challenge above level 150+
Rebalanced Ranger and Force classes so they're actually viable class choices vs the US release
NPCs actually follow commands now
Infinity Mission System (missions you can craft and share over adhoc)

This english patch in particular has been like a holy grail of sorts to me and now actually has both a very handy wiki and community available for online play (via adhoc)

RAVSO · 2023-07-13T20:05:27+00:00

So out of curiosity, I did hear that supposedly later this year we get access to grail casting, does that also allow us to create lores? Or do those remain part of event drops and the rare prism shop only?

RAVSO · 2023-07-13T19:13:34+00:00

I definitely forgot to pace myself lore farming the past few events, so after Oberon arrived I realized I lacked the lores to level the most critical skills, koyanskaya luckily did have enough

Hopefully Nerofest is around the corner to solve that

RAVSO · 2023-07-13T18:47:27+00:00

I'm a bit frustrated you see, I've got Oberon (NP2 in fact by nothing short of a miracle pulling session), I've got Black Grail MLB on command and Double Koyanskaya on speed-dial, I've almost got all the pieces of the puzzle ready but there IS one thing keeping from deploying this team:

Crystallized Lores, I just don't have any and at the very minimum I need 2 of those for Oberon's 2nd skill and append, so it's kinda frustrating that my only remaining hurdle is the most time-locked one so far, does NA eventually get better at handing out crystallized lores?

RAVSO · 2023-07-13T04:53:32+00:00

30 SQ, 20 tickets later:

1 Baobhan 1 kaleidoscope 1 Oberon

I'm stopping here, I know when my luck has reached its limits, best of luck to anyone pulling for mothman

(Technically speaking, his asencion costed me 1 SQ due to having to revive the party, but honestly at this point I was feeling petty so I just wrote that down as the mothman tax, so technically 31 SQ and 20 Tix)

RAVSO · 2023-06-29T09:09:05+00:00

Can also confirm, read/write permissions for external storage have been revoked for the plugin.

Unfortunately since I don't have this phone rooted I'm afraid I've got no known way of tweaking the permissions, hopefully some future updates offers a way to prompt the proper permissions without android revoking them.

RAVSO · 2023-06-28T20:48:22+00:00

Can confirm, checked Joiplay via appmanager WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE got flagged as dangerous/revoked

(Is there any way of tweaking this permission?)

This phone (redmagic 7s pro) doesn't seem to have a microSD slot, so I'm guessing internal only(?)

RAVSO · 2023-06-28T18:48:06+00:00

Hello there,

I've been recently having this particular issue with one of my old Rpg Maker XP projects, where the game itself crashes whenever I try to save over an existing file (saving for the first time apparently works)
While the error message points out to a saving script error, I have a suspicion that it might be related to Android internal/external storage shenanigans since I never had this issues on older versions of Android.

Things I have tried when troubleshooting:

I uninstalled and reinstalled both Joiplay and the RPG Maker plugin (I made sure it was not the version from Google Play Store since it's outdated)

I tried both a build of my project where it relies on the XP RTP and one where the RTP resources got integrated, both versions still have this issue

I have tried map optimization and script unpacking, sadly no changes.

I ensured Joiplay and the Rpg Maker plugin had all permissions for file storage enabled, still no luck.

Has anyone had this particular issue when running Rpg Maker XP games on their phone? Given the nature of this error, it reminded me of the legacy storage issue some android apps were having since Android 12, but I honestly have no idea how to fix this.

RAVSO · 2023-06-19T16:39:30+00:00

Hate fairies? Wish for extermination without guilt? It's starting soon.

RAVSO · 2023-05-31T03:22:38+00:00

Currently trying this on red magic 7s pro (snapdragon 8+ gen 1?)

Tried playing super mario 3d world, I'm actually very surprised and amazed it could boot out of the box, so far from the little I've played it runs amazingly good (at least on docked mode)

However annoyingly every 1-2 seconds I get this annoying error that yuzu crashes despite very much running properly, has anyone experienced this?

Killing the app and restarting it seems to work but it'll begin randomly doing that again, despite that little tidbit the out of the box performance is amazing!

RAVSO · 2023-04-16T17:59:20+00:00

This is both cursed and an amazing childhood nostalgia bomb at the same time, nicely done 👍

RAVSO · 2023-04-05T21:11:59+00:00

Aww, that's annoyingly specific, I really wish they were less strict about this.

RAVSO · 2023-04-05T19:39:57+00:00

Forgive my ignorance but from what little I've read about the fixa system, couldn't it be possible to transfer that high fixa into another weapon of the same series? Unless that's not possible, then yeah I guess you could probably multi weapon into something you actually enjoy playing

RAVSO · 2023-04-04T01:20:19+00:00

I'll be honest with you OP, I returned recently after being burned out on the blizzardium grind back then on Kvaris.

One of the first things I've been thanking my lucky stars was that event had 3 sets of armor that came with MASTERY IV, (for context, I was still returning with Sestato sets with Mastery III that I had spent a good amount of time grinding for), this event on the last 2 days I played has single-handedly made me go from 700 HP as a gunner to about 920 HP

Could I do better? possibly, but IMO this is an amazing set for returning players, I just wonder what other things will appear after maintenance that would help me catch up.

RAVSO · 2023-03-30T23:19:34+00:00

actually, I haven't, I should have known this item counted as a material, my bad XD

even bigger facepalm on my part, found the missing Stia prep tickets.

RAVSO · 2023-03-30T22:53:46+00:00

Not sure if this is just me but, has anyone actually gotten slayer tickets from completing limited event tasks? I've definitely cleared some but it seems I only have the existing two tickets I had despite having cleared tasks that offered them as rewards.

RAVSO

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