[Q] android 4.0 - General Questions and Answers

Hi there. im very new here and not quite on top of the news . but my question is, i have an xperia arc (not arc s) and was wondering if this new android ice cream sandwich update will be available for my older xperia arc?and if so when? i hope this isnt posted elsewhere as il look a little dim. and still learning to navigate around so please forgive me if already bandied about. thanks in advance.

davidrichmond said:
Hi there. im very new here and not quite on top of the news . but my question is, i have an xperia arc (not arc s) and was wondering if this new android ice cream sandwich update will be available for my older xperia arc?and if so when? i hope this isnt posted elsewhere as il look a little dim. and still learning to navigate around so please forgive me if already bandied about. thanks in advance.
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Sony Ericsson has officially confirmed its Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule – it's arriving in early 2012. The first devices to receive the ICS update are Xperia Arc S, Xperia Neo V and Xperia Ray. Other Sony Ericsson devices such as the original Arc, the Xperia Play, original Neo and the Xperia Mini and Mini Pro duo - plus the Xperia Active and Live with Walkman are also slated to get the ICS update by March/April 2012.
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http://www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-PDAs/Android-40-ICS-update-coming-to-Sony_8280.html

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If you don't want to wait for the official release you can also try:
FreeXperia's CM9 ICS Alpha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356685
or DooMLoRDs Sony Ericsson ICS Alpha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393738
Both are only in the Alpha stage and have different bugs / issues. Read through the threads to see which would suit you more or wait and look for updates / and official release.

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[Q] Android 3.1!

Does anyone know when we'll get the 3.1 update? It is coming to Xooms NOW, however the GT 10.1 will not get it for a number of weeks.....
Please keep it in one thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072576
popophobia said:
Please keep it in one thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072576
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OOps! Sorry, this can be deleted/closed now mods.
Update XPERIA ARC to Android 3.1
How to update XPERIA ARC to Android 3.1 ?
Is Xperia ARC 2.3.4 support USB HOST mode?
wait what? this is the transformer thread and 3.x is for tablets not phones

[Q] Xperia X8 Custom ROM

Dear All,
i am new to android and even on XDA threads, may be i am posting this thread on a wrong place, so m sorry for that..anyways i have got xperia x8 black running v2.1, last night i rooted and installed xrecovery on my phone, and after that i installed another custom ROM on my device, which were not fully functional at all...i googled and searched over these forums but couldn't find any proper ROM (or i am unable to look for a proper one). Please provide a link for direct download of any custom ROM (perfect & stable) version greater than 2.1 (preferably 2.2 froyo).
Thanx in advance.
Osama
check the forums for your specific device.
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Dear Sage,
i would appriciate if you would post a link here for me.
thank you
Here, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8
GO HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=846
At the moment I'm running GingerDX on my X8 and I love it. I've been following X8 development for quite a while now and must say I'm very happy with doixanh's work so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188486

Xperia tipo/tipo dual Official Jelly Bean

Hi everyone,i'm sharing this news about Xperia tipo/tipo dual getting v4.1 Jelly Bean update in a month.
Hope this news is true.
Source: http://www.themobileindian.com/news/11103_Sony-Xperia-Tipo-to-get-Android-4.1-update-in-a-month
Re: Xperia tipo Official Jelly Bean
Tipo dual??
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adityalahiri13 said:
Tipo dual??
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yes,also working on...
i hope it's true =D
I'm not really sure about this
Re: Xperia tipo Official Jelly Bean
zoldyck said:
I'm not really sure about this
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Me too..
Sony said dont expect jb update for tipo & miro a few weeks back..
It's just for Xperia J..
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It is true as Sony has changed the list
According to Sony official due to very good response from sale of tipo
Sony has decided to make it hit and give JELLYBEAN update...
see here
nishuy21 said:
It is true as Sony has changed the list
According to Sony official due to very good response from sale of tipo
Sony has decided to make it hit and give JELLYBEAN update...
see here
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Its just a rumor, no official post from sony :|
Re: Xperia tipo Official Jelly Bean
You guys are believing in rumors? SONY only Upgrades their 2012 High End Xperia and Latest 2013 Xperia to Jelly Bean.
And yes it's correct as someone stated above that SONY never made an Official Statement about it.
And Why this thread belong in Development Section? Whats the development in here? This thread is belong to the General Section because no Link to SONY Source nor Download Link to that "Most Likely a Lie Firmware". So please move this thread to the General Section (Just wanted to make this Forum Development Tidy)
nishuy21 said:
It is true as Sony has changed the list
According to Sony official due to very good response from sale of tipo
Sony has decided to make it hit and give JELLYBEAN update...
see here
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Most likely untrue. It just an article quoting another article. Looks like Tipo will stay together with ICS.
yep i will belive this when i can update tipo..
This is the last official information that I read when I bought my phone:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2012/12...an-android-4-1-for-2012-xperia-smartphones-2/
I read too (but I don't remember where :S) that Sony doen't update to Jelly Bean due to performance issues ... but I can see in this forum many custom ROMs with Jelly Bean in our Tipo :S
I would like to see an official Jelly Bean on my Tipo.... I have locked bootloader and I can't install JB ROMs
Regards!
Just Google it u will find many articles about it...
Rumours have some base they didn't come all alone fake....:laugh:
Well tipo Can be upgraded to jellybean
As there r two mobiles worst than tipo
Galaxy music and chat that are getting jellybean..
nishuy21 said:
Just Google it u will find many articles about it...
Rumours have some base they didn't come all alone fake....:laugh:
Well tipo Can be upgraded to jellybean
As there r two mobiles worst than tipo
Galaxy music and chat that are getting jellybean..
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Nope. Once, there were rumours of Xperia U getting Jelly Bean within a week. A week past and it announced that Xperia U will not get JB. So most likely the rumours are fake. Besides, Sony usually do not upgrade ultra low end phones like Tipo.
lee480 said:
Nope. Once, there were rumours of Xperia U getting Jelly Bean within a week. A week past and it announced that Xperia U will not get JB. So most likely the rumours are fake. Besides, Sony usually do not upgrade ultra low end phones like Tipo.
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Don't rain on my parade :/
Just kidding I also think it won't be. That is what this forum is for. Just wait FXP to be stable and that will be our "jellybean" update.
Option58 said:
Don't rain on my parade :/
Just kidding I also think it won't be. That is what this forum is for. Just wait FXP to be stable and that will be our "jellybean" update.
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Yes one day cm10 will be stable
But if xperia tipo get JB than development of CM10.1 for tipo will start...:laugh:
nishuy21 said:
Yes one day cm10 will be stable
But if xperia tipo get JB than development of CM10.1 for tipo will start...:laugh:
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Yes as I understand, then the development of CM10.1 will be easier and more stable because of the new kernel/drivers or something released by Sony.
However, Xperia J got jellybean already and devs can take that from it for CM10.1 for Tipo/Miro and there is no need anymore for official jellybean..
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Yes as I understand, then the development of CM10.1 will be easier and more stable because of the new kernel/drivers or something released by Sony.
However, Xperia J got jellybean already and devs can take that from it for CM10.1 for Tipo/Miro and there is no need anymore for official jellybean..
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I think FXP will not develop or port it until we got jellybean...:angel:
Also there are many users that have locked bootloader...
Tipo/Miro development is very slow
ercea said:
This is the last official information that I read when I bought my phone:
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2012/12...an-android-4-1-for-2012-xperia-smartphones-2/
I read too (but I don't remember where :S) that Sony doen't update to Jelly Bean due to performance issues ... but I can see in this forum many custom ROMs with Jelly Bean in our Tipo :S
I would like to see an official Jelly Bean on my Tipo.... I have locked bootloader and I can't install JB ROMs
Regards!
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As far as I know, the phone's RAM is not enough for the JB... but the Xperia E (with the same hardware as in Tipo) comes with JB OOB, so that should not be a problem...
Anyway, can't wait to see a method that allows custom ROM installation in phones with locked bootloader, like in Xperia Sola.
AW: Xperia tipo/tipo dual Official Jelly Bean
As I stated elsewhere I think it's all about the money... Here on xda you can find jelly bean Roms for old low end phones. Example: x10 mini, great stable jelly bean Roms are available there. And those phones have even worse hardware then tipo... Sony could provide jelly bean if they wanted... But why should they want it? They want to sell new phones! So don't complain, buy a new phone or support the devs here, even with donations, so they're motivated to make all this efforts! Just my personal opinion...
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[Q] Xperia Z 4.2.2 pre-installed themes on 4.3

Hello XDA developers,
With regards to interesting facts read on your site, I decided to post my question here. I am totally new to XDA and I hope you guys will help for the concern I am here for.
A month ago I purchased Sony Xperia Z which was delivered with 4.1.2 jelly bean OS. I am totally new to Android OS. The pre-installed themes on this OS were amazing. The next update available was 4.2.2 which came with more themes and the list ended up with following themes:
Amber
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Amethyst
Quartz
Silk
Xperia
With eagerness the device was updated to 4.3 and I am totally disappointed with the pre-installed theme pack.
Hence I started looking for solutions to get back the previous 4.2.2 themes on 4.3.
Please help me with this? Is it possible to get back those themes without voiding the warranty of the device?
Please provide the step by step procedure to accomplish.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Yogesh

Has sony abandoned xperia l?

Hii, sorry i searched for a thread like this but didn't found one, so if there is a thread already existing like this i apologize for that_
I wanted to ask that has sony abandoned xperia l? so many days but still no news for an android 4.3 update, let alone 4.4_
No stable aosp roms like cyanogen or aokp.. Will it stay like this or what? Does somebody have any news?
My previous phone was samsung galaxy y, which is a low end phone but it has a hell lot of roms and even when the device is discontinued the roms are still developing_i think xperia l has potential.. Can't it support roms like cyanogen (official stable version) ? Hell even xperia m got one, which has only 4gb of internal_
If somebody have any kind of news please reply.. m sick and tired of checking the updates daily_
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Xperia L Future?
Hi
I feel the same for the Xperia L, Sony hasn't given an update schedule for it, there are is no news/rumour on either 4.3 or 4.4 for the Xperia L furthermore although we are backed by official CM support the maintainer is a bit quiet in terms of progress, what makes it worse is that the phone is not that popular especially with the SP overshadowing it.
With my previous phones (Xperia X10 mini pro, Xperia X8 & Live with Walkman) the XDA forums were so full of ROMs/mods/everything you would want-they only got better for me. But with the Xperia L it all feels dead - I reckon mostly because of Sony's lack of info on updates-no one wants a phone that has no good update outlook.
I hope that Sony will update our beloved Xperia L to a stable Kit-Kat, not asking for anymore-the phone does deserve it, beautiful hardware at a nice price.
Yea
ShinOrochiX said:
Hi
I feel the same for the Xperia L, Sony hasn't given an update schedule for it, there are is no news/rumour on either 4.3 or 4.4 for the Xperia L furthermore although we are backed by official CM support the maintainer is a bit quiet in terms of progress, what makes it worse is that the phone is not that popular especially with the SP overshadowing it.
With my previous phones (Xperia X10 mini pro, Xperia X8 & Live with Walkman) the XDA forums were so full of ROMs/mods/everything you would want-they only got better for me. But with the Xperia L it all feels dead - I reckon mostly because of Sony's lack of info on updates-no one wants a phone that has no good update outlook.
I hope that Sony will update our beloved Xperia L to a stable Kit-Kat, not asking for anymore-the phone does deserve it, beautiful hardware at a nice price.
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flameonfzn said:
Hii, sorry i searched for a thread like this but didn't found one, so if there is a thread already existing like this i apologize for that_
I wanted to ask that has sony abandoned xperia l? so many days but still no news for an android 4.3 update, let alone 4.4_
No stable aosp roms like cyanogen or aokp.. Will it stay like this or what? Does somebody have any news?
My previous phone was samsung galaxy y, which is a low end phone but it has a hell lot of roms and even when the device is discontinued the roms are still developing_i think xperia l has potential.. Can't it support roms like cyanogen (official stable version) ? Hell even xperia m got one, which has only 4gb of internal_
If somebody have any kind of news please reply.. m sick and tired of checking the updates daily_
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I too owned Samsung Galaxy Y. It was a very low end device but had many developments. I bought XL due to cost/performance ratio was good. Unfortunately there is so slow development
Sony has no reason to update our phone since it's a mid-range device. That's why we didn't get 4.3 or 4.4.
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Yeah I don't think we're gonna be getting anymore updates.
There will be one more major update to our phone.. Mark my words!!
If what I hear is correct, we should get a working CM11 by the end of this week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I don't think Sony has abandoned the Xperia L just yet, honestly.
Perhaps they'll release 4.3/4.4.2 for it someday, but be honest: most people buy the flagship models with their contracts (Z, Z Ultra, Z1, Z2) so they prioritize those.
Yeah we get a very nice performance phone at a cheap price but at the cost of slow development
I checked the list of devices which sony has confirmed won't be getting any updates anymore_xperia l isn't in the list..
But it occurs to me that xperia sp and xperia m were launched with xperia l (xperia m a little after i think) but the phones have received major updates_this thought troubles me..
But we can't do nothing.. we just have to be hopeful and wait for the updates i think
Unless some superhero makes the aosp version stable for us_
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ishan_rulz said:
If what I hear is correct, we should get a working CM11 by the end of this week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Fingers crossed!
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ImTooNoob said:
Sony has no reason to update our phone since it's a mid-range device. That's why we didn't get 4.3 or 4.4.
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Yeah.. i think no official updates are going to happen_but xperia m is the same, a much on the lesser hand i think but still somebody developed a freaking cyanogen 11 for it!
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flameonfzn said:
Hii, sorry i searched for a thread like this but didn't found one, so if there is a thread already existing like this i apologize for that_
I wanted to ask that has sony abandoned xperia l? so many days but still no news for an android 4.3 update, let alone 4.4_
No stable aosp roms like cyanogen or aokp.. Will it stay like this or what? Does somebody have any news?
My previous phone was samsung galaxy y, which is a low end phone but it has a hell lot of roms and even when the device is discontinued the roms are still developing_i think xperia l has potential.. Can't it support roms like cyanogen (official stable version) ? Hell even xperia m got one, which has only 4gb of internal_
If somebody have any kind of news please reply.. m sick and tired of checking the updates daily_
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well, there's no official statement from sony about dropping the support for xperia L and it's still within the 18 months cycle. So, who knows?:fingers-crossed:
can only speculate whether there will be another update or not, but it's just speculations, so . . .
no one but sony can answer "has sony abandoned xperia l?"
other roms like cm, aokp, etc has nothing to do with sony, it depends on the community :victory:
the official cm is currently in "coming soon" section in fxp :victory:
sony had supported the open resource project by giving the kitkat aosp for xperia L i guess..
eventhough it's not good enough for daily use :crying:
btw i check the updates of the development daily too
well, since there's ptcrb updates on xperia M and it's still within 18 months policy
finger crossed :angel:
Steins Gate said:
well, there's no official statement from sony about dropping the support for xperia L and it's still within the 18 months cycle. So, who knows?:fingers-crossed:
can only speculate whether there will be another update or not, but it's just speculations, so . . .
no one but sony can answer "has sony abandoned xperia l?"
other roms like cm, aokp, etc has nothing to do with sony, it depends on the community :victory:
the official cm is currently in "coming soon" section in fxp :victory:
sony had supported the open resource project by giving the kitkat aosp for xperia L i guess..
eventhough it's not good enough for daily use :crying:
btw i check the updates of the development daily too
well, since there's ptcrb updates on xperia M and it's still within 18 months policy
finger crossed :angel:
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Well nothing you said was news to me and i know that aokp and cyanogen has nothing to do with sony_ lol
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dear sir, my phone is sony xperia L c2104, i m bigenner.. plz tell me full tutorial to making this kitkat unofficial rom.. plz

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